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Subscribe to E-Updates Register with Engage Hamilton to receive monthly updates on important City initiatives and public consultations in the community. Stay informed on City news, programs, events and services Sign up for free email updates and notifications from the City of Hamilton Our current offering of updates include the following: Notices & Alerts: Emergency Alerts & Advisories - Subscribe to receive updates in the event of a City emergency or a major incident. Extreme Weather Alerts - Subscribe to receive updates when extreme weather conditions (heat, cold, snow events) hit Hamilton. Public Notices - Subscribe to receive notice about budgets, fees, changes to by-laws, public auctions, highways closures or permanent alterations. Recreation Alerts - Subscribe to receive updates about program cancellations, facility closures and information about service changes. Road Closures Report - Subscribe to scheduled closure information for City of Hamilton roadways. The number of notifications sent to subscribers is unpredictable. Newsletters: City News Roundup - Subscribe to receive a weekly roundup of news releases from the City. Council & Committee Updates - Subscribe to receive links to meeting agendas, minutes, meeting schedule changes and other information related to City Council and Committees. Sign me up! Simply fill out the form below with your contact information and select your interests. Once you are signed up you will receive new information when it becomes available.	https://hamilton.ca/city-council/news-notices/subscribe-e-updates
Title: LCV Ft. Pickett: Food Services Worker Performs a variety of tasks concerned with the kitchen and dining areas. Prepares dining and serving areas by setting up counters, stands, and tables. Places food containers in serving order, fills salt and pepper shakers, and places linen and silverware on tables. Performs duties cleaning and working in Scullery. Responsible for cleaning the kitchen area to include floors, equipment, walls, light fixtures, as well as general kitchen cleaning. Stores cleaned items and cleaning material. Collects soiled dishes, scrapes, and soaks items. Disposes of food wastes in garbage disposal or trash receptacle. Responsible for picking up and storing non-food items, cleaning solutions, and paper products, kitchen cleaning and operations (machine and manual washing) and perimeter cleaning functions. Responsible for sanitation, cleanliness and ensuring the DFAC is visually appealing and orderly. Serving Line - Responsible for set-up, serve, breakdown and replenish the serving lines, the beverage refrigerators, and the juice dispensers. Sweep, mop and clean the serving lines, warmers, refrigerators, beverage dispensers and the coffee machine after each meal. Assist with salad and bar. Serving main course, and speed line items, meats, vegetables, starches, and short order items during the daily serving hours. Washes and sorts dishes, glassware, and silverware. Cleans and sanitizes kitchen equipment, pots and pans, counters, and tables. Sweeps and mops floors. Required: Preferred: Additional requirements: KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World. KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals. Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver. Fraud Alert Fraud has infiltrated the job placement market via the internet, email and direct phone contact. Attempts have included unauthorized use of KBR’s name and logo to solicit potential job seekers or to extend false job offers. Bad actors may mix in fake job advertisements with legitimate postings. These ads can include contact instructions and require job seekers to send sensitive personal information or money to pay for visa applications, processing fees, etc., in exchange for consideration for a high-paying position. KBR will never ask for any sort of advance payment as part of the recruiting/hiring process. Candidate profiles are carefully managed to protect personal information.	https://www.militaryhire.com/jobs-for-veterans/job/3849287/LCV-Ft-Pickett-Food-Services-Worker/state/Virginia/city/Blackstone/
The Victus 13x is a weapon attachment featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) and Call of Duty: Warzone 2. It is one of the Optic attachments available in MW2. The Victus 13x is a Universal Attachment, which means it can be used across all Weapons Platforms in the game. Victus 13x This scope comes standard with the Victus XMR and offers exceptional 13x magnification for extreme distance target practice. Victus 13x Info - Attachment Type Optic - Release Game Launch - How To Unlock Coming Soon 0.0 of 5 (0 Votes) How to Unlock the Victus 13x in MW2 and Warzone 2: Here's how to unlock the Victus 13x attachments in COD Modern Warfare 2 and COD Warzone 2: Coming Soon. Weapon Blueprints That Equip Victus 13x: Here you can find the list of Weapon Blueprints that include the Victus 13x attachment in COD Modern Warfare 2 and COD Warzone 2:	https://www.gamesatlas.com/cod-modern-warfare-2/attachments/optic/victus-13x
A Feng Shui Proposal for the WTC Memorial Competition This design concept is to preserve the integrity of Libeskind’s masterplan by maintaining the expansive 4.7 acres of green grass oasis amid this encompassing urban building complex. The universal shape of the Memorial will be a circle within the square — circle symbolizes heaven and square symbolizes the earth i.e. “heaven on earth” …Also, the circle connotes love, compassion, equality, a coming together for the victims’ families, the people of New York and the world. Relative to the main ground plane, the globe of the world is set onto a lower plaza level; the sphere can be perceived as rising from the earth, which is emphasized by the sloped green grass borders on three sides of the Memorial. The design intention is to separate the sacred quality of the entire site as a peaceful park setting, from the dynamic underground activity in the area. Design Features: - 1. The Memorial is located at the center point of the two WTC towers to maximize the allowances of this site for public ceremonies, celebrations, placement of surviving original elements, and life affirming activities i.e. performance & visual arts exhibitions. - 2. The size of the WTC Memorial Plaza is to be 99’™ X 99′ — similar to the size and concept of Rockefeller Center Plaza (approx. 137′ x 85′) which welcomes natural light into the lower concourse level. The interior spaces along the glass walls and the water canals feels more comfortable and appropriate for areas of quiet visitation and contemplation. - 3. A translucent Globe of the World, continually turning on its axis, is positioned within a circular pool of water to symbolize our international relationships. Underwater lights will radiate beneath, to create an iridescent glow during the evening hours. - 4. A bamboo or jade green colored marble for the Memorial Wall (instead of the traditional black granite) with the inscription of all the Names of the victims is to help enhance the spirit and acknowledgement for new beginnings. On the other side, water will be falling along the Wall as a background, while the bronze statue of the Kneeling Fireman will honor all the firefighters, police, etc. and greet the visitors into the Memorial plaza at the concourse level - 5. The glass walls and the marble Memorial Wall is set onto Water canals surrounding the plaza which nurture our life force energy known as “chi” based on the philosophy of “feng shui”; Water creates the balancing element relative to this event produced by Fire. Traditionally, for the Chinese, Water enhances our business and generates $$$; for the ancient Greeks, Water symbolizes the passage between life and death. - 6. One can walk on the wide Skylight built into the ground plane symbolizing water; its connection is to the Hudson River. It also provides natural light to the lower concourse level, which is called the Hall of Heroes, where the final resting place for the unidentified remains from the WTC site will be situated. A graceful pool of still water — marking, together with the indirect light on the back wall, the end of the corridor — will reflect through a system of mirrors the Peace Flame from above - 7. The World Peace Flame located at the end of the axis to the WTC Memorial at the slurry wall is to symbolize the memory of all victims and bring positive and healing “Light” into our world conciousness. - 8. A narrow line of glass blocks and lights built into the ground will be used to make visible the footprints of the original WTC towers both in day and night times. It will also provide natural and respectively artificial light to the lower concourse level for spaces especially designated to families and loved ones of victims as well as a variety of spaces belonging to a future expansion. - 9. The universal shapes of the soft round circle within the square balances the dynamic sharp-edged shapes of the surrounding buildings, which suggest a cluster of healing earth quartz crystals.	http://rdchin.com/a-feng-shui-proposal-for-the-wtc-memorial-competition/
The short-term outlook for the U.S. stock market is as pessimistic today as it was optimistic at this time last year. The reason the market outlook was so positive a year ago was the extreme pessimism that prevailed then among stock market timers. According to one of the sentiment indices I maintain, in fact, timers then were then more pessimistic than they’d been more than 97% of the time since 2000. We all know what happened after that: The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, Today the pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme. Now one of my sentiment indices is showing optimism that exceeds 97% of daily readings since 2000. That’s why contrarians, who bet against the consensus, are as bearish today as they were bullish a year ago. To be sure, market tops are not the symmetrical opposites of bottoms. As we saw a year ago, the latter tend to be sharp and V-shaped, while tops historically are more drawn out and gradual. So even if contrarian analysis is right, we shouldn’t necessarily expect the market to immediately embark on as sharp a decline as the rally that began a year ago. This feature of market tops is worth keeping in mind, since it puts into context the market’s strength over the past month, which is not what contrarians were then forecasting. Market-timers’ bullishness had already reached abnormally high levels in the latter half of November, as I pointed out in a Nov. 19 column. Though the S&P 500 is 1.5% higher now, some sectors — such as Industrials — have lost money. (See below where I review the stock market’s returns in the context of my columns this year that focused on a contrarian analysis of sentiment.) To quantity this rolling nature of market tops, I created a trailing-month moving average of each of my two stock market sentiment indices. In both cases, statistical tests show, the moving averages had greater explanatory power than any single day’s reading — even single readings as extreme as we’ve seen lately. This result adds to the contrarians’ concern about the market’s near-term prospects. That’s because bullish sentiment has remained consistently high over the past month, producing one of the most-bullish sustained periods of the past two decades. Read: Best investments for 2020 and the next decade, according to a top U.S. financial adviser Why contrarian analysis works Because my columns periodically focus on contrarian analysis, it’s worth stepping back and reviewing why this investing strategy generally works. The ultimate reason is that investors overreact: When they get optimistic, they tend to become irrationally exuberant; when they get worried, they become too dejected and throw in the towel. As Warren Buffett famously said, the contrarian’s task is to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. Brexit provides a good illustration of this overreaction. When, in June 2016, the original British Brexit referendum passed, markets tanked as investors thought the world was coming to an end. Their extreme pessimism created a classic contrarian buying opportunity, as I reported at the time. Today, in contrast, investors have become euphoric in the wake of Boris Johnson’s and his Conservative Party’s resounding victory in last week’s election — a result that renders Brexit all but certain. The contrast with their mood in June 2016 couldn’t be more stark. Just as the world wasn’t coming to an end then, investors today are overlooking the many real roadblocks that stand in the way of Brexit being of genuine benefit to both the British and European economies. Contrarians bet that investors are overreacting to last week’s election just as they were to the June 2016 referendum. The only difference is that they are overreacting in a different direction. Review of my 2019 columns on contrarian analysis Since December is the occasion for reviewing the year now coming to a close, this is as good a time as any to report how the stock market performed in the wake of my columns this year that focused on a contrarian analysis of stock market sentiment. I count six that reached a bearish conclusion about the market’s near-term prospects and two that were short-term bullish. The performance of the Russell 2000 Index RUT, You will notice that this benchmark, on average, performed far better in the wake of bullish columns than bearish ones. To be sure, the track record is not impeccable. For example, only over the weeks following bearish columns did the Russell 2000 actually fall. And over the months and two-month periods following bearish columns, the Russell 2000 did no worse than the average of all days. Furthermore, given that I had just eight columns devoted to a contrarian analysis of stock market sentiment, these data are merely suggestive rather than conclusive from a statistical point of view. Still, the results are encouraging, and indicate once again that contrarian analysis can be a helpful short-term tool. And remember that you don’t have to be a short-term trader to take advantage of this tool; it can also be used to choose when to take money off the table or invest new sums into the market. But right now, the message of contrarian analysis is that it would be better to take money out of stocks. Mark Hulbert is a regular contributor to MarketWatch. His Hulbert Ratings tracks investment newsletters that pay a flat fee to be audited. He can be reached at [email protected] Read: Why Wall Street sees the stock market on the verge of a ‘melt-up’ More: Good news: the ‘stock-bond ratio’ just hit bottom. Here’s how to use it to invest.	https://www.marketwatch.com/story/if-you-believe-stock-market-bulls-have-the-bears-locked-out-this-will-rattle-your-cage-2019-12-17
2021 Graduation Ceremony Broadcasts KPTZ congratulates the classes of 2021 on their achievements and is pleased to present broadcasts of the Port Townsend and Chimacum High School Graduation Ceremonies, live from Memorial Field in Port Townsend. Port Townsend’s commencement ceremony was broadcast live on Friday, June 11 on KPTZ, and was hosted by KPTZ’s Larry Stein with Port Townsend High School’s longtime Secretary Jan Boutilier as co-host. Listen here: Chimacum’s ceremony was broadcast on Saturday June 12 on KPTZ, and was hosted by KPTZ’s Peter Robinson, with Chimacum High School’s Matt Orr as co-host. Listen here: These graduation presentations were produced in collaboration with The Production Alliance and the Port Townsend and Chimacum School Districts. In the spirit of community, Graduation broadcast sponsors are: Finnriver: Farm and Cider Garden, and Corvus Crafts: Print, Design, and Marketing. Thanks from KPTZ to our valued business supporters and community partners. KPTZ Honors Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe During the month of June, KPTZ turns its attention to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. KPTZ recognizes and supports the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe who protect their treaty rights in area homelands by working with partner stewards of the land to preserve, enhance, and restore habitat and ensure that they can responsibly harvest their traditional foods for the next seven generations. The right to hunt, fish, and gather in their accustomed areas was retained by their S’Klallam ancestors in 1855, when they signed the Point No Point Treaty. Both Coastal Cafe and KPTZ’s new magazine Compass will feature The Tribe this month, and their efforts to protect and restore land, sea and habitat – see airing details below. After they have aired, both of these programs are also available on demand through our KPTZ Podcasts page. Coastal Cafe A tribal perspective on the Kilisut Harbor restoration project which was the replacement of a restrictive causeway with a bridge between Indian and Marrowstone islands – an area of historic importance to both Jamestown and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes. Coastal Cafe hosts Aaron Barnett and MaryAnn Wagner will speak with tribal members Hans Daubenberger and Randy Johnson as well as Rebecca Benjamin of the North Olympic Salmon Coalition. We’ll learn about the project’s impacts from both tribal and personal perspectives from key people involved with the project. Airs Wednesdays, June 9 and 16 at 5:30pm. Compass Further exploring The Tribe’s land stewardship work, Compass host Steve Evans tours the Jamestown S’Klallam’s prairie restoration project. Airing Saturday, June 5 at noon, and repeating Monday, June 7 at noon and 5PM. Talk to a DJ in Real Time 100 Years – 100 Songs Starting February 24, Bill Mercier, host of Friday’s Jazz Notes, honors the 100th anniversary of the first jazz record by featuring one song from each of the last 100 years. Tune in Fridays from 6-8 pm. Interview with Derek Kilmer Listen to the podcast of KPTZ’s Special Interview with U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer recorded January 31 KPTZ Wishes You a Happy New Year! Stanley Stag wishes everyone a very merry holiday season. Thanks to Loran Scruggs for her artwork! Give Big! On Dec. 29 & 30, there’s a special online giving campaign just for community radio! Can you chip in to support KPTZ’s high quality, original radio programming? If you appreciate that our town has local radio station, please give in any amount and share the KPTZ campaign page with your friends: https://mystation.givebig.org/c/CR/a/kptz on your Facebook page with the following message on your post: Please donate to support your local community radio station KPTZ! Every gift counts, and will help the station start the new year on a positive note! And your gift is tax-deductible. Thanks!	https://kptz.org/page/229/
All Week 1 Tutorials listed below are included in purchase!! This is a two-part assignment. Identify four potential roles of human resources representatives within an organization. Create a Mind Map or infographic that summarizes 7 to 10 characteristics or responsibilities of those individuals. Select one of the HR roles listed in your Mind Map, and research potential job requirements. Write a 225- to 525-word job description for the HR role that you have selected. Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your Mind Map and job description. Create a sample Mind Map on a topic of your choice. Include at least three major subjects with two subtopics each. Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your Mind Map. All Class Discussion Questions include 3 alternate Answers! A+ Work! Questions may be different, depending on which Instructor you get. Identify three major HR Competences HR professionals should have and why. What is the difference between Line and Staff Mangers. Please provide an example for each. Identify the functions of HR and their role in the HR organization. What is Strategic Human Resource Management. Explain the role of HR role in the Strategic Planning Process. Describe the Pros and Cons of five Training Techniques. Which technique do you believe is most effective? Explain. Identify each component of the ADDIE Model and explain its purpose. Describe a time when you attended a Training where you believe the ADDIE model was used for the Training session. What is Management Development and identify a technique. Why is Management Development important in organizations? All Week 2 Tutorials listed below are included in purchase!! Create a hypothetical business scenario in which there is a clear ethics violation. Suggest a plan of action to resolve this situation. Complete your scenario in a total of no more than 500 words. Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your scenario. All Class Discussion Questions include 3 alternate Answers to Choose from! A+ Work! In Week 1, we discussed HR's role in the Strategic Planning process. After the organization's Strategic Plan has been formulated, HR has the action to formulate an HR Plan that aligns with the Goals and Objectives of the Strategic Plan that relate to Human Capital. As an HR professional, provide an example of what an HR Plan would include. Provide several examples of why all managers should have human resource management knowledge and skills. Provide reasons why it is important for an organization to have an Orientation Training for new employees? Does your organization have Orientation Training? If so, please describe. Identify two advantages for the organization and two for the employee for implementing a Job Rotation program. In today's environment, there is a concern for workplace Violence and acts of Terrorism. How would you go about providing a safer workplace for your employees? Discuss the basic facts about the Occupational Safety and Health Act--its purpose, standards, inspection, and rights and responsibilities. What is HR's role? What is the Manager's role? All Week 3 Tutorials listed below are included in purchase!! Watch the "Candidate Interview" video. Respond to the integrated questions to move forward with the video. Take a screenshot of your completed video and submit it on the assignment files tab. Maintenance Technician-Janitor job description, along with the three candidate resumes. Then, utilize the appropriate selection techniques to evaluate and select the best candidate for the job. Discuss the candidates' resumes with your team in the discussion area. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your completed team assignment. You are the Hiring Manager for a company that has selected a candidate for its open Maintenance Technician/Janitor position. As Hiring Manager, it is your job to send out a new hire acceptance letter to the candidate. Review the discussion and selection of your learning team from the "Team Interview Simulation Review" assignment. Identify the candidate you would like to hire for this position. Justify your selection based on your Learning Team discussion of the candidate resumes, job description, and interview. Create a 525- to 700-word new hire acceptance letter to send to the candidate of your choice. Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your letter. What type of information does a job application provide? Identify a couple of questions that an interviewer or manager cannot ask an applicant. Who participates in the Job Analysis process? Why is it so important to organizations? There are several methods identified for data collection. Identify two methods. Explain the usefulness of each method providing the pro's and con's. Why is it important to conduct preemployment investigations? What is the purpose of conducting the investigation? Please provide five interviewing mistakes. What would you be your recommendations for avoiding these mistakes? All Week 4 Tutorials listed below are included in purchase!! Grand View Grocers Corporation, headquartered in Clewiston, Florida, is among the nation’s top grocery chain companies, with over $34 billion in revenue. It operates and owns approximately 1,500 grocery stores in 10 states and will be expanding operatons to Washington, D.C. in the near future. Grand View Grocer’s Corporation’s operating strategy distinguishes it from other grocery chain companies. Each grocery store has a Training and Development Methods manager that allows decisions to be made locally, close to the client. This also makes Grand View Grocer Corporation’s service more responsive, reliable, and empathetic to its customers. Recently, Grand View Grocers Corporation has identified a that there is an increase in the annual turnover rate for cashiers nationwide. The increase was found in newly hired cashiers, so it was determined that on-the-job training was ineffective. Complete the Training Needs Assessment Exercise. Provide a comprehensive approach to retain employees in organizations. Describe two ways in which Managers and HR can foster Employee Engagement. Is electronic eavesdropping in the workplace legal. Support your response with research. What is Termination at Will? Provide a couple exceptions. Explain what is meant by Ethics. Please provide a few examples of important factors that shape ethical behavior at work. All Week 5 Tutorials listed below are included in purchase!! Navigate to the Occupational Outlook Handbook webpage. Select a career of interest. Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit this information. Includes Option #1 with Full Speaker Notes! Includes Option #2 with Full Speaker Notes! Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Sway presentation that your team will use to train HR professionals about job evaluation principles and best practices. • Outline the process of job evaluation. • Describe the procedures/guidelines used to conduct a job evaluation. clearly defined performance goals and metrics. • Use visual aids and graphics to enhance your presentation. • Include clear and specific presenter's notes. Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your presentation. Complete the Total Rewards Plan Worksheet. Provide a brief outline of what Managers can and cannot do with respect to Recruitment, Selection, Promotions, and Layoff Practices. Describe the EEOC Enforcement Process. Many organizations do not have an HR organization so employees often feel there are no Options. Please describe the difference between Non-Exempt and Exempt jobs? Provide an example of each. Please identify the Four Basic Factors Determining Pay Rates. Describe tactics the Union may use during a Union Drive and election. Does your organization have a Union? Define Impasse Mediation, Arbitration, and Strike and techniques to overview an Impasse. Have you participated in any of these processes? If so, please describe.	https://uop-tutorials.info/hrm300.html
Reeves, Neal, Tinati, Ramine, Zerr, Sergej, Van Kleek, Max and Simperl, Elena (2017) From crowd to community: a survey of online community features in citizen science projects. In Proceedings of the 2017CS W '17 : Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. ACM. pp. 2137-2152 . (doi:10.1145/2998181.2998302). Abstract Online citizen science projects have been increasingly used in a variety of disciplines and contexts to enable large-scale scientific research. The successes of such projects have encouraged the development of customisable platforms to enable anyone to run their own citizen science project. However, the process of designing and building a citizen science project remains complex, with projects requiring both human computation and social aspects to sustain user motivation and achieve project goals. In this paper, we conduct a systematic survey of 48 citizen science projects to identify common features and functionality. Supported by online community literature, we use structured walkthroughs to identify different mechanisms used to encourage volunteer contributions across four dimensions: task visibility, goals, feedback, and rewards. Our findings contribute to the ongoing discussion on citizen science design and the relationship between community and microtask design for achieving successful outcomes. More information Identifiers Catalogue record Export record Altmetrics Contributors University divisions Download statistics Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.	https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/401344/
How Do Ratings Agencies Analyze Banks? One of the most important competitive advantages a bank can have is a high credit rating, which enables it to borrow money at lower interest rates than its peers with worse ratings can. This is a powerful advantage, because a lower cost of funds increases a bank's profitability without simultaneously increasing risk. Continue Reading Below Banks aren't just randomly assigned a credit rating; the ratings are instead the end result of an extensive analysis into the likelihood that a bank will someday default on debts to bondholders or other creditors. Image source: Getty Images. Moody's (NYSE: MCO), which is one of three main ratings agencies along with Fitch and Standard & Poor's, breaks the analysis down into multiple stages, the most important of which is a bank's baseline credit assessment, or BCA. A bank's BCA is a function of three things: - A macro profile, which captures the bank's operating and economic environment. - A financial profile, which captures the bank's financial health. - And qualitative adjustments, which reflect non-financial qualitative judgments. Breaking this down further, a bank's macro profile consists of an assessment of the systemwide factors that Moody's believes are predictive of the propensity of banks to fail. This profile includes economic variables such as: - GDP growth. - interest rates. - asset prices. - global capital flows. The financial profile, by contrast, focuses on a bank's solvency and liquidity. - Solvency is defined as a combination of asset risk, leverage, and earnings -- the weaker and less predictable the asset quality, the higher the required capital and/or returns. - Liquidity is determined by a bank's funding profile together with its ability to access cash -- the less reliable the bank's sources of funds, the larger the buffer of liquid assets required. You can see how Moody's weighs these factors in its schematic of a bank's financial profile: Image source: Moody's. And the final stage consists of three additional factors that, according to Moody's, are "important qualitative contributors to the soundness of a financial institution but which are either: (1) nonfinancial in nature; or (2) financial, but which we cannot readily assess via a common standard ratio." The three qualitative factors are: - Business diversification, defined as the breadth of a bank's business activities. - Opacity and complexity, defined by the extent to which a bank's complexity heightens management challenges and the risk of strategic errors, as well as the degree to which financial statements are a reliable guide to its fundamentals. - Corporate behavior, defined as the extent to which a bank's strategy, management, and its corporate policies may reduce or increase its overall risk profile. Knowing how Moody's or other ratings agencies analyze companies admittedly goes too far into the weeds for most investors. But given the impact that a bank's credit rating has on its cost of funds, which analogizes closely to a retail store's cost of goods sold, it's important information for current and prospective investors in bank stocks to know. 10 stocks we like better than Moody'sWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Moody's wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. Click here to learn about these picks! *Stock Advisor returns as of May 1, 2017 John Maxfield has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Moody's. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.	https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/how-do-ratings-agencies-analyze-banks
Africa - the dream of a lifetime but how do you plan for an extended photo safari? I recently returned from a two month photo safari in South Africa, truly a trip of a lifetime and want to share many of the things I learned in the planning, execution, and photography of this adventure. This is part one of a multi-part series of posts about South Africa and its photographic treasures. The goals of my trip were a little different than most visitors to Africa. Most of my friends visited many parks and camps, saw little of the country outside of the national parks, and all complained about not enough time to really see the parks. I proposed to solve these issues by spending a full two months in South Africa and almost one of these months in the amazing Kruger National Park - not with rushed three hour guided tours but on my own time schedule and itinerary. I wanted to maximize time with the wildlife and keep costs reasonable. To accomplish these goals we planned months in advance (but not long enough in advance to stay where we wanted every night of the trip.) Suggestion: make your reservations 10-11 months before you plan to travel. Things get booked quickly in the South African National Parks and most take reservations 11-12 months in advance. South Africa has many public holidays and the locals fill the lodging and campsites for many days around every holiday, so check the local calendar and be sure you have lodging over the busy holidays. Choosing travel dates can be difficult. The wet season (September to April) is green and lush but the dry season (May to August) concentrates the wildlife near rivers and water holes. The South African summer (December to February) can be unbearably hot (especially in the north) but the winter (June to August) can be crowded with tourists. I visited from mid-March to mid-May (early fall and the beginning of the dry season) and found the weather near perfect and the number of visitors very tolerable. Suggestion: Consider your goals carefully when choosing travel dates. Your air flights will set your beginning and ending dates and you can work out lodging and transportation from there. There are few direct flights covering the 9,000 miles from the US to South Africa. If you cannot get a direct flight your options are to fly via Europe on any of several major airlines or to fly through the Middle East via the United Arab Emirates or Qatar. If your travel will take you only to Kruger National Park, your South African destination will be Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. If you plan to see the parks along the south coast, you might want to start your visit in the beautiful city of Cape Town. In either city you will probably want to spend your first and last nights near the airport. The duration of travel from the US to South Africa will be between 19 hours (for a direct flight) and more than 35 hours if you change flights in Europe or the Middle East. After your travel dates are chosen you will want to plan a general itinerary for your in-country travels. Driving is easy in South Africa once you master the right-hand steering and driving on the left side of the road. Rental cars are inexpensive and the highways are excellent with great signage. A good map and perhaps a phone GPS will help your arrive efficiently at your day's destination. When planning your itinerary remember that there are many national parks and public lands in South Africa and you won't want to miss any in the vicinity of your travels. South Africa is a large country, roughly twice the size of Texas, so be sure to break up your travel in manageable distances - there is a lot to see. Almost all lodging outside of the major cities will be in small guest houses or Bed & Breakfast homes. These are often very nice and readily available at a reasonable cost. Note: Personal travel is safe. easy, and rewarding in South Africa. A few things to consider before you leave concern health, finances, and communication. Part of South Africa is in the tropics (north of the Tropic of Capricorn) and can pose some health risks for travelers. It is best to check with a travel medicine physician before you leave and obtain appropriate vaccinations. You will also want malaria prophylaxis when in the tropics and, perhaps, some antibiotics for respiratory or gastrointestinal maladies. You will need insect repellent with a high concentration of DEET (surprisingly this is hard to find in South Africa.) Travel expenses are best handled with a no fee "travel" credit card. Chip-enabled cards are accepted almost everywhere and can be used for everything from an ice cream cone to a week's lodging. A small amount of local currency (Rand; ZAR) is needed for tips and for highway toll booths. The current exchange rate is about 13 ZAR/dollar and almost everything goes on the plastic. Finally, you might want to check with your cell phone provider for an international calling option while in South Africa. You need a GSM phone and will find voice and text charges reasonable. Data charges may be very high and while Wifi is readily available in the B&Bs and restaurants, it is not available in the national parks so plan ahead. One very important item to purchase before your trip is a SANPark "Wild Card." The South Africa National Parks organization, SANPark, will send you a personalized card good for family admission to all South African national parks and their affiliate parks. If you plan to be in multiple parks or any park for more than about two weeks this card is a good deal. It covers admission and daily conservation fees and will save you considerably over daily fees. The card is available from SANPark but it takes about 4-6 weeks to arrive in the US so order early! Pack lightly for your trip. Dress in South Africa is casual and, outside of Cape Town, conservative. Shorts and sandals work most places and joggers are nice for hiking when it is allowed. You will need long pants, long sleeved shirts, and a light jacket for early morning activities. A hooded Gortex rain jacket is also advised. In the south during the winter season, you will need another layer as it gets quite cool and windy. Suggestion: the less you have to carry in your luggage, the happier you will be. You won't need as much photography gear as you might think. I took a lot and used very little. You will want (at least) two camera bodies, a moderate zoom (24-70mm), a telephoto zoom, lots and lots of high-capacity memory cards, extra batteries and charger(s), lens cleaning gear, sensor cleaning gear, and a reasonably dust-resistant pack. I took wide angles, a macro, a short tele, some prime lenses, a cable release/intervalometer, and a tripod - I used none of these in 2 months - probably could have, but didn't. Almost 90% of my shots were with a 100-400mm zoom on a crop sensor body. You will need a laptop, external hard drive(s), chargers, and a card reader. It is wise to download and back up your camera's memory cards every day. At times this was difficult at a campsite but it was reassuring to know I had 3 copies of every image. Suggestion: Back up your images daily and keep your original memory cards until your return home. Don't forget battery chargers, adapters, and cables for your electronic gear. You will also need an electrical adapter for 240VAC/50Hz power using a unique South African 3 round-prong plug. Some B&Bs will also use a European-style 2 round prong plug but these are rare in the parks. Note: The usual 3-prong European-style plug does not work in South Africa. We were able to pack everything into our two soft-luggage checked bags. We carried a day pack with personal items and my camera bag on the plane. Be sure to check with the Transportation Safety Administration about laptops and cameras on your return flight to the US. Since we flew through Qatar, my laptop and camera bodies had to be checked. I carried one hard drive with copies of all images and my Lightroom catalog but the camera bag was checked. I had Qatar Airlines sign an inventory with replacement costs and they very carefully sealed the camera bag, wrapped it in plastic, sealed the plastic, and labeled it to be hand delivered in customs on my return to Dallas. They did as promised and there was no damage but I was not a happy traveler. Those are some general thoughts to consider before leaving on your extended photo safari. In future posts I will discuss more detailed things to consider while on your trip and the realities of an extended photography safari.	http://www.naturalphotographyjackson.com/blog/2017/6/planning-an-african-photo-safari
Educational resources for marine biology. - Category: - Ecology - Aquatic Ecology NPR HAUSER: Well, the only thing I could figure is that everything I've read about what they do with altruistic behavior to protect other mammals - marine mammals. And I've even seen them protect a little hammerhead shark before. They protect other animals ... The Chronicle of Higher Education Emerging research in neurobiology and developmental psychology suggest that "adulthood" is attained later in life than was previously believed. In The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults ... Science Magazine NEW DELHI—A new front has opened in the war on science in India. On Friday, India's minister for higher education, Satyapal Singh, took aim at the theory of evolution. Calling himself “a responsible man of science,” Singh, a chemist, suggested that ... Telegraph.co.uk News18 The Hindu - - - GREMM is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific research on the marine mammals of the St Lawrence and also education on conserving the marine environment. In English and French. Educational resources for marine biology. A nonprofit organization that publishes educational materials for the natural sciences over the Internet, free for public use. The Marine Biology research group is a scientific unit of the Ghent University. Our mission is to understand the sea. We are convinced that our marine research both leads to fundamental scientific insights in the ecology and evolution of marine ecosystems and contributes to the sustainable management and exploitation of 'the last wilderness'. Since the seventies, the Marine Biology research group is working in the marine environment and has spec University of Plymouth researchers engaged in cross-system ecological research. Includes publications list and other information about staff, projects, and interests. Group of professional scientists and student volunteers dedicated to undertaking fundamental and applied research on marine turtles world-wide. Humane Society of the United States article listing a number of pressures that humans put on the North Atlantic Right Whale population. Explores the biology, history, and current issues regarding this species. Undergraduate marine science program. Provides short courses for certified divers on marine science including oceanography, zoology, fish biology and marine habitats and other courses on conservation and the ocean ecosystem.	http://www.biologydir.com/group-for-research-and-education-on-marine-mammals-info-7611.html
Handwoven Kuba raffia cloth from The Congo. This is a flat weave Kuba cloth featuring patchwork and appliqué. Extremely long: could be displayed horizontally or vertically. Approximate size: 53 x 337 cm / 20 x 132 in. All cut fabrics - regardless of length - will be sent as a single piece.	https://www.africanfabric.co.uk/fabrics-textiles/large-textiles-cloths/kuba-cloth/c/very-long-kuba-cloth
Deliberate Diversity: Acknowledging the Strengths of Our Students Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 \| 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Event Type: Webinar* Facilitator: Mandy McGrew As more students from racially, culturally, and economically diverse backgrounds enter our institution, it is important to recognize the differences in life experiences and perspectives students bring into the classroom. Research shows that some students are less apt to retain information delivered through lecture. Others may lack trust in institutions or authority figures and hesitate to speak up in class. Some may experience stereotype threats that influence their achievement on exams. In this workshop, we will apply Tara Yosso’s theory of cultural capital and address a variety of factors that influence the experiences of underrepresented students and discuss how faculty can emphasize students’ strengths while acknowledging students’ challenges. *This workshop was recently changed to a webinar. Registration for this event has closed. If you would still like to attend, please email [email protected].	https://facultydevelopment.kennesaw.edu/scholarly-teaching/events/2021-fall/deliberate-diversity-acknowledging-strengths-students.php
Not all psychics are mediums, but all mediums are psychic. A psychic uses psychic skills to read the energies of people (spirits incarnate as human) within the earthly realm. A spiritual medium uses psychical skills to read the energies of spirits within the spirit world. A medium however, is psychic too and this can present a problem. When a client visits, you can pick up on their emotional energies, thoughts and expectations and this can effect the reading you give. You must learn to filter these out through practicing on many people first. You must learn through experience when you're picking up psychic energies or those of spirit. It's hard to describe skills such as these and they must learned within a mediumistic circle or similar group, explained shortly. Ask your client to close their eyes and relax for a few moments before you begin a session. Remind them to be free of expectations so that you do not pick up on them psychically. For example, you smell your grandmother’s perfume or your grandfather’s cigar when you are in your car or in your bedroom. At times, you may feel anxious when you walk into certain rooms and then feel better once you leave. Whatever the case may be, if there are ghosts that haven’t crossed over in your life, we will cross them into the light and help them continue on their journey. The Christian spiritual life is a journey that doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Christianity requires a community to exist in and teachers from whom to learn the faith, and features a cloud of witnesses cheering us on (Heb 12:1). The Holy Spirit animates the Church and, among other things, gives her the gifts of knowledge, wisdom, understanding, fortitude, good counsel, and fear of the Lord, piety. We have an obligation to build on those gifts sealed in us at our confirmation: and one of the most effective ways is spiritual reading. By reading good spiritual books, we can build on each of those seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. In addition, we can come to know the saints better, sit at their feet, and learn from their writings. In recent years, we've seen the emergence of "celebrity mediums," who are people that have become famous simply for being mediums. This, in turn, has led to some fairly intense scrutiny of those who claim to have mediumship ability. People like the "Long Island Medium," Theresa Caputo and Allison DuBois, who inspired the hit television show Medium, have often been criticized for taking advantage of their clients' grief. Still worse, many are accused of being frauds. As a spiritual trance medium, who has channeled messages and healing energy from the soul for thousands of souls around the world, so shall I be that clear channel for you. I provide a clear channel of connection and communication with God/Source itself and reading the Akasha (Akashic Records) to gift you with wisdom on your spiritual journey in providing channeled insights within your chosen Life Experience to bring you joy, peace, and assist in transformations of the soul. With your permission, I connect on a soulful resonance to bring forth messages and healing energy from within you and out to you for further remembering, exploration, and transformation. combining both universal wisdom and the wisdom of your soul, within soul to soul one on one communication and message, these two essences BEing as One within One Spiritual Soul Channel Reading for you. Each reading explores your Soul Life Purpose, what your soul is inviting you to remember, embrace, and treasure within this Life Experience. Using the ancient wisdom tools of Soul Mediumship, as well as intuitive guidance, I will explore with you, your spiritual destiny and the specific gifts you have chosen to experience within this Life Experience. I will also identify the cycle of energies you are embracing in this moment in direct application to your current life situation. (Everything That Rises Must Converge), Flannery O'Connor put the twisted vision and dark humor of Southern Gothic fiction to spiritual purposes. Though O'Connor, a rural Southerner, knew she would die young of lupus, she remained a faithful Catholic. Indeed, she was determined to undermine the '50s worldview which saw science and logic as steadily leading us to becoming a society based on rationality, consumerism, and progress, which would make God superfluous. Acutely aware of the extremes of religion in the South, she nonetheless preferred that "God-haunted" region to a bland world produced by advertising. She believed the supernatural lay just below the surface of the everyday, requiring the spiritual artist to portray the mundane world with great care and accuracy, however bizarre some of its events and characters might be. O'Connor saw the potential for mysterious grace in any place where the spirit, though twisted, was still alive. Her writing is powerful, at times violent, often hilarious. Sometimes I find it best to read her a little at a time; her unconquerable wit and her deep, abiding spirituality always shine through. I somehow got convinced to have a psychic reading with Adriana on Newbury St. I was walking down the road minding my own business and she pulled me aside and said something like, "You're at a crossroads and I see something about career in your future." Well, that's pretty non-specific, but I was intrigued because I've been plagued by work issues and feeling like I need to make a change. Mina Crandon claimed to materialize a "spirit hand", but when examined by biologists the hand was discovered to be made from a piece of carved animal liver. The German apport medium Heinrich Melzer was discovered to be a fraud in 1926. In a séance psychical researchers found that Melzer had small stones attached to the back of his ears by flesh coloured tape. Psychical researchers who investigated the mediumship of Maria Silbert revealed that she used her feet and toes to move objects in the séance room. The illustration on some decks did double duty, providing divinatory tools and scientific knowledge, like the Geografia Tarocchi deck from around 1725. “The Geografia are extraordinary cards, almost like a little encyclopedia of the world with the oracle imagery peeking out at the top,” Matthews says. “The actual bit that you read from is just a cigarette-card length. So for example, the hanged man just shows his legs at the top of the card, while the rest of the card has information about Africa or Asia or other places on it.” No, it really doesn’t work like that. Just like us, spirits have free will — mediums don’t have power over them. Most of the time, you’ll hear from the ones you’re hoping will come through with a message for you, but it’s rare that a medium will guarantee who’s going to come through. I’ve done many a reading with people who want to connect with a specific person, but end up hearing from someone they never expected. It isn’t a case of 1-800-Dial-the-Dead! Just such a situation happened recently when I sat with a client named Vivian who had great trouble walking, so I agreed to go to her home. The biblical basis is St. Paul's advice "Attend to reading" (1 Tim 4:13) which meant that Timothy his disciple should "apply to the reading of holy books, not in a passing way and for a short time, but regularly and for a considerable time," said St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Catholic Church on Moral theology. St. Bernard of Clairvaux said that "spiritual reading and prayer are the arms by which hell is conquered and paradise won." A fake medium is likely to consider money first and foremost. Because a mediumistic reading is un-provable it's hard to get your money back. You know when something is wrong when nothing makes sense or the medium asks many probing questions. Remember however that even the best mediums have off days, but primarily things should make sense. Some pieces of information don't make sense for days, sometimes weeks after the reading. Realization comes though a family member or finding an old photograph or letter. A medium can never make promises about which spirits with come through or on what information they can gather from spirit. Contact doesn't work that way, and you tend to get what you're given! In old-line Spiritualism, a portion of the services, generally toward the end, is given over to demonstrations of mediumship through contact with the spirits of the dead. A typical example of this way of describing a mediumistic church service is found in the 1958 autobiography of C. Dorreen Phillips. She writes of the worship services at the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield in Chesterfield, Indiana: "Services are held each afternoon, consisting of hymns, a lecture on philosophy, and demonstrations of mediumship." After I had my own private conversation with him, remembering those gallery visits and happy times we’d shared, and how I was blessed to have him as a friend in my life, it was time to say my goodbyes, and I knew I would see him again. I went downstairs, and of course, I just had to ask Amanda, “While you were upstairs, did you ask Michael something about money?” I knew it sounded very personal. She looked at me with a look of surprise and said as she put her head down, “Well . . . yes, John, I guess I was being selfish. I asked Michael if there was anything he could do to help me out financially over there; and if there was any guidance he could send me, it would be of great help now.” I was amazed that he’d answered her so quickly. No one truly knows when playing cards began to be used for divination, although as early as the fifteenth century, additional picture cards (trumps) were being added to decks of playing cards. These cards depicted images of gods, heroes, or motifs to express philosophical, social, astronomical, or other ideals. The earliest known mention of the practice of tarot-style cartomancy appears in literature in the 16th century. By the 18th century, simple divination methods using cards appeared in several manuscripts. Trusting your intuition will help guide you toward the right psychic advisor. Simply browse our online profiles and see who you feel drawn to the most. Your gut feeling is your most important tool in finding the perfect advisor for you. Once you choose one, you can then view their ratings and written reviews to gain more insight into the type of readings they provide. Some people prefer a more direct, honest approach while others prefer softer, gentler guidance. No. Most important, they want you to be happy. After all, you’re the one who’s still here and has to continue living in the physical world. When people come to see me for a private reading, having lost a spouse or a partner, it’s clear that they find it really hard to move on due to their bereavement. Some people even feel guilty for being alive, and some who have met someone else feel as if they’re cheating on their spouse or partner who passed away. This is the last in the five-volume series of autobiographical novels called "The Children of Violence," which trace the life story of Martha Quest. The first four books portray Martha's youth and young womanhood among the English settlers in colonial, racially divided British Rhodesia. In this book, Martha leaves Africa and is living in postwar London, a bombed-out city where the walls of buildings are not the only boundaries that have come down. The line between good and evil was much clearer under the African sun; here Martha enters a world where such distinctions are lost at a dizzying pace. Her friend Lynda undergoes a personal breakdown, prefiguring Martha's own dissolution. Lessing's genius is to see that this time of social fragmentation and personal disorder can be welcomed as the prelude to a spiritual rebirth. This book moves from politics toward spirituality and reflects Lessing's honesty and concern. The British medium William Roy earned over £50,000 from his séance sitters. He confessed to fraud in 1958 revealing the microphone and trick-apparatus that he had used. The automatic writings of the Irish medium Geraldine Cummins were analyzed by psychical researchers in the 1960s and they revealed that she worked as a cataloguer at the National Library of Ireland and took information from various books that would appear in her automatic writings about ancient history. The 18th century saw tarot's greatest revival, during which it became one of the most popular card games in Europe, played everywhere except Ireland and Britain, the Iberian peninsula, and the Ottoman Balkans. French tarot experienced a revival beginning in the 1970s and France has the strongest tarot gaming community. Regional tarot games—often known as tarock, tarok, or tarokk are widely played in central Europe within the borders of the former Austro-Hungarian empire. When most people consider consulting a psychic they are usually driven by the need, or desire, to identify and understand the future outcome of a situation or problem. Mostly theses situations relate to love and relationships, career and money. Psychic and spiritual readings are two different things and the type of reading that you choose, when consulting a psychic, medium or clairvoyant, is generally determined and influenced by your own level of spiritual awareness. And here’s the thing – you may already consciously know the message or insight you receive in a Tarot reading, in which case, the reading can be a heartening confirmation of what you already know. Or, you might be completely unaware of the message until you see it reflected in the cards, in which case you are now empowered to take action based on your new awareness. We have the original NewAgeStore tarot interpretations and the extremely popular tarot cards from Aquatic Tarot by the lovely Andres Schroeter, the same cards that have been on NewAgeStore for over a decade. In addition, the lovely and very talented Ciro Marchetti has graciously agreed to allow us to use his divine works of tarot art to add to our readings page. And yes! These cards are available for purchase directly through Ciro’s website Matthews has authored several books on divinatory cards, and her latest is The Complete Lenormand Oracle Cards Handbook. This 36-card deck was named after the celebrity card-reader Mademoiselle Marie Anne Lenormand, who was popular around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, though the decks bearing her name weren’t actually produced until after her death. The oldest packs in Matthews’ collection are two Lenormand-style decks, the French Daveluy of the 1860s and the Viennese Zauberkarten deck from 1864, which were some of the first decks to be illustrated using the technique of chromolithography. Attempts to communicate with the dead and other living human beings, aka spirits, have been documented back to early human history. The story of the Witch of Endor (In the most recent edition of the NIV witch is rendered medium in the passage) tells of one who raised the spirit of the deceased prophet Samuel to allow the Hebrew king Saul to question his former mentor about an upcoming battle, as related in the Books of Samuel in the Jewish Tanakh (the basis of the Old Testament).	https://mediumgenevieve.com/most-accurate-tarot-spread-former-lives-reincarnation.html
To get this far, we’ve had to win our local heat in Huddersfield and the regional final in Burnley. The National Finals will be in Birmingham on 16th June. We only had three weeks to prepare the case. It was about handling stolen goods: a phone, a gold ring and designer headphones. The things were definitely stolen; Jordan Bates has admitted he stole them from Charlie Farah, a rich student who picks on people who aren’t as lucky as her. She’s been targeting Jordan’s friend, Alex, taunting her for only having an old Nokia. When he was caught stealing Charlie’s laptop, Jordan told the police that it was Alex who suggested Jordan steal the things to get revenge on Charlie. He’d done the stealing while Charlie was in class, and Alex kept the things. The police searched Alex’s bedroom and, sure enough, they were all there. On the face of it, Alex was bang to rights. However, she tells a different story. She says Jordan gave her the things as early Christmas presents, and she had no idea they were stolen. She’s a bit naïve, and she believed Jordan when he said he’d bought them from a cheap website. What’s weird here is that the phone was on factory settings, and Alex had had it nearly a month. That suggests she’s lying, and the phone was ready to be sold on. On the other hand, the phone had a brand new SIM card in it. If you’ve got a stolen phone, you’ll want to sell it on as quickly as possible, and you won’t bother buying a new SIM card, will you? Our barristers, Jessica Davidson, Abi Beton, Martha Simpson and George Ainsworth were confident, calculated, clear and punchy. Our witnesses, Isaac Jackson (Jordan, the thief who has a motive to implicate Alex as it will reduce his sentence), Sophie Williams (Charlie, the rich bully who never wastes an opportunity to put Alex down), Katie Dickinson (Alex, the gullible teachers’ pet who doesn’t think it’s odd to be given unwrapped luxury items on different dates at the beginning of December) and Nyiree Couligan (Alex’s teacher, who believes every word Alex says) were assured and gave as good as they got. Our Magistrates, Wiktoria Czartoryjska, Amelia McLaughlin, Laura Keay, Abi Beton and George Ainsworth, gave meticulously reasoned decisions. Our legal advisor, Charlotte Vose, and our usher, Ellie Cockburn, were polite and courteous and carried out their duties immaculately. It’s difficult to convey how much of a sweat it is to get this far. The team worked many hours, analysing the evidence, and putting arguments together. The witnesses had to anticipate every possible question that could come their way and have a good answer ready. Barristers had to plan their questions very carefully, so that it would lead answers which supported their case. Magistrates had to take an overview of the evidence and evaluate it, bearing in mind the contradictions and motivations of the witnesses. It’s been hard work, and a long journey, and being in the top 16 teams in the country, out of hundreds of other teams, is a feat in itself. Many thanks to Bott + Co for their support of our team over the past year. Wish us luck in the final!	https://www.businesspartner.org.uk/through-to-the-national-finals/
This network provides understanding and support for folks affected by mental illness and to caregivers. Twice a year we hold a summit. It is a program, open to the congregation, to informally share and learn more about our experiences with mental illness. We use spiritual activities such as art, walking in the woods and in labyrinths, and games to express our feelings. Please contact Sarah Karstaedt or Christine Joyner to be included on the email contact list for the next meeting. Sarah Karstaedt, [email protected], Christine Joyner, [email protected] Summit programs twice/year, Dates TBD Unitarian Universalist Society: East, Mental Health Ministry UUS:E’s Mental Health Ministry provides support and recommends resources to people who have, or have had, a mental health diagnosis in their lives, as well as people who are caring for family members and friends who have, or have had, such a diagnosis. Mind Your Health is a support network that discusses various aspects of mental health/mental illness/brain dis-ease. If you would like to get involved, have questions, or just want to talk, contact 860-646-5151 or [email protected]. Mental Health Caregivers Support Network is a support network for caregivers and families/friends of people with mental health issues. We meet as a group twice a year for a summit to discuss ideas of what members would like to do in the next six months and to affirm contact information within the group. If you would like to get involved, have questions, or just want to talk, contact the office at 860-646-5151 or [email protected]. - Need advice on securing state and federal benefits related to mental illness? Contact Ida Gales at 860-646-5151. - Need advice on navigating school systems and accessing mental health resources for children? Contact Mary Young at 860-646-5151. - Want information on resources available through NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness)? Contact Sarah Karstaedt at 860-646-5151. Watch our Adult Programs, Classes and Ongoing Groups pages for special events and classes. Pastoral Care Ministries Caring for each other in times of personal challenge or crisis is at the heart of our congregational culture and mission. In partnership with the minister, UUS:E’s Pastoral Care Committee helps us carry out this very important internal ministry. For more information, click here.	http://uuse.org/community/mental-health-ministry/
Social others’ goal pursuit constitutes an important context within which a person pursues his/her goals. We examine both passive and active influence from others’ goal pursuit. Passive influence occurs when the person simply observes others’ pursuit without actual interaction. Active influence occurs when the person’s own pursuit dynamically interacts with others’ pursuit. Sample questions that drive our research are: How do goals transfer from one individual to another? How is one’s goal pursuit strategy affected by others’ strategies? What are the differences between individual goal pursuit and shared goal pursuit?	https://situatedgoalpursuit.com/interpersonal-influence-in-goal-pursuit/
Adults know how uncomfortable constipation can be. Imagine what it would be like for a toddler to have constipation. Perhaps you don’t even realize that your toddler has constipation. The toddler doesn’t understand what is going on or how to tell the mom. So, let’s explore more about what to give a toddler for constipation. Choosing the right foods for toddler constipation is the key to providing relief. Additionally, learn what foods should toddlers avoid when constipated. Put the fear aside first. It is perfectly normal for your child to experience constipation. Once in a while, it is quite normal. In any case, you should be alarmed if constipation lasts longer than two weeks. It is considered chronic constipation and you should consult a pediatrician. An infrequent bowel movement that is fewer than three in a week is called constipation. Most toddler constipation can be treated at home and it lasts for only a short period of time. The right food can provide quick relief. Nevertheless, in order to treat it, you must be aware of the child’s symptoms of constipation. Infants who are breastfed or given only fluids rarely experience constipation. Constipation may develop only when they begin eating solid foods. Table of Contents Constipation Symptoms in Toddlers On average, toddlers have bowel movements at least once per day. A child who fears pain often tries to hold back their bowel movement. Often times you’ll see them holding on to their buttocks while crossing their legs. Additionally, they make faces as they try to hold the stool. The following constipation symptoms in toddlers should make you alarmed: - Having fewer than three bowel movements a week - Hard, dry, and difficult-to-pass bowel movements - Large unusual stools - Bowel movements that cause pain - Pain in the stomach and hard feeling in the stomach when touched - The presence of liquid or pasty stool in your child’s underwear – is a sign that stool is backed up in the rectum - Hard stool with blood on the surface Causes of Constipation There are many reasons why children get constipated. The following are the most common causes of constipation in toddlers: - Diet. One of the main causes of constipation in toddlers could be diet. Processed food, dairy products, sweets, and low-fiber foods can cause constipation. - Withholding. It could be caused by pain during bowel movements. Due to large or hard stools. It is natural for them to avoid repeating the uncomfortable experience. - Changes in daily routine. Routine changes, such as travel, weather changes, sleep, etc. - Cow’s milk allergy. Cow milk may cause allergies in some children. - Medications. Constipation may occur as a result of certain medications. - Hereditary. It is possible for children to develop constipation due to hereditary reasons. - Toilet training. Some children dislike having to train themselves to go to the toilet. The tendency is to hold onto their bowel movements so as to avoid having to use the toilet. What to Give Toddler for Constipation? It may be uncomfortable for toddlers to be constipated, but it does not necessarily indicate an underlying health disorder. Anyway, let’s be mothers not bothered by what to give a toddler for constipation anymore. Let’s check out some of the best foods to relieve toddlers from constipation. 1. High Fiber Foods for Toddler Constipation Fiber-rich foods promote good digestive health. In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, fiber-rich diets are highly recommended for adults as well. Foods high in fiber relieve constipation. Toddlers are no different. You need to plan a fiber-rich diet for toddlers based on their age and gender. Every day, they should consume between 14 and 30.8 grams of fiber. For toddlers less than a year old there are no fiber guidelines. Good sources of fiber are: - Whole grains: oatmeal, whole wheat bread or pasta or spaghetti, and bran flake cereals - Legumes: black beans, lentils, soybeans, kidney beans, and chickpeas - Nuts: peanuts, almonds, and pecans - Fruits: oranges, apples with skin, berries, and pears - Vegetables: broccoli, carrots, green peas, and collard greens Below are a few examples of foods with high fiber content and their grams weight: Slowly introduce toddlers to fiber-rich foods. Don’t increase your fiber intake all at once. It can complicate the situation for the toddler. High fiber-rich foods for toddler constipation is the Key 2. Plenty of Water It is essential to drink more water. Constipation can be relieved by drinking water along with fiber-rich food. Drinking water also helps toddlers stay hydrated. Maintaining good hydration is essential for preventing constipation issues, as well as keeping your toddler healthy. In addition to drinking water, allow them to drink fluids such as fruit juice, vegetable juice, and clear soups. The fluids the toddler should drink will depend on their size, health, and activity levels. It is okay for them to drink water in small or medium quantities throughout the day. 3. Apple Cider Vinegar As a quick remedy for many ailments, apple cider vinegar has been used for centuries. Parents have also used this for constipation in toddlers. But, there is no scientific evidence that it helps constipation. The fact remains that it is a natural laxative food that appears to be effective for constipation. ACV contains a water-soluble fiber called pectin that promotes digestion. It also contains a tiny amount of magnesium, which supports bowel movements. Here is a simple recipe that you can try: - 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar - 2 teaspoons of maple syrup - 2 tablespoons of cranberry juice - 2 cups of water All the ingredients should be mixed together and given to the toddler. Try small quantities to see if there are any improvements. Even though this is considered food, take precautions. There is insufficient evidence to confirm apple cider vinegar’s safety and effectiveness as a treatment for constipation. It would be a good idea to consult a pediatrician before using ACV to treat constipation. 4. Prune Juice The phenolic compounds in prune juice and the high sorbitol content help to relieve constipation. The natural laxative properties of these substances prevent constipation. Pruning juice is safe for toddlers over the age of 1 to drink in small amounts to relieve constipation. For children under one year of age, it is certainly not recommended. Therefore, you should be extra careful when choosing prune juice for constipation. Prune juice may also cause allergic reactions in some children. Additionally, prune juice’s high sorbitol content may cause abdominal gas and bloat. Pruning juice for toddlers with constipation is generally safe if they are over 1 year old. As long as they are not allergic to prune juice. Gradually increase the dosage by starting with smaller doses. The dose for constipation should not exceed one cup per day. 5. Olive Oil Were you surprised to see olive oil on this list of ways to treat constipation in toddlers? Can olive oil be used to treat constipation in toddlers? The answer is NO. The laxative effects of olive oil are only mild. But olive oil may be used to massage the baby’s abdomen to relieve constipation. Olive oil is an ideal oil for tummy massage for toddler constipation. Using your hands, warm the olive oil and gently massage it over the child’s belly. Massage gently with only light pressure. Olive oil enemas are effective in treating severe constipation, according to a study in 2021. In conclusion, 75 percent of the children with chronic constipation found relief as a result of olive oil enemas. Yet they warrant further studies in this area. 6. Karo Syrup Karo syrup is a corn syrup derived from cornstarch. Used to make food sweet and prevent the crystallization of sugar. Karo syrup helps to prevent stool hardening by retaining water in the stool. In accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics, doctors recommend 1 to 2 teaspoons of Karo syrup per day for babies over 1 year of age. Karo syrup for constipation in toddlers is effective if used at the correct dosage. In the past, dark corn syrup was used to treat constipation. The dark corn syrup, however, has changed from what it once was. As a result, most people use regular Karo corn syrup. Also, here is what the Karo website says about using the syrup to relieve constipation in infants: 7. Gripe Water Natural supplements such as gripe water could be helpful for toddler constipation. Gripe water is made from ginger and fennel. Both ginger and fennel seeds are excellent for digestion. Fennel and ginger make the colon more comfortable. Muscles are relaxed, digestion is boosted, and bowel movement is facilitated. Gripe water is believed by many mothers to alleviate stomach pain, vomiting, and constipation. Having said that, a study in 2015 suggests that gripe water may be associated with increased vomiting and constipation in babies. For this reason, it is very important to consult a pediatrician before giving gripe water to infants. 8. Magnesium Citrate Magnesium citrate is a laxative that helps in reducing constipation. It is a stool softener for kids. Magnesium citrate relaxes the bowels and pulls in water to the intestines. As a result of the water in the intestines, the stool gets softer and bulkier. That allows stool to pass through easily. Children younger than 2 years of age should not take magnesium citrate. According to the Lexicomp Drug information, the dose shouldn’t exceed 3 oz. Those with conditions like nausea or vomiting, stomachaches, or kidney disease should not use this laxative. Generally safe, but some may experience side effects. Consult your doctor before taking magnesium citrate for constipation. What Foods to Avoid If Child is Constipated? You should avoid giving your child foods that could worsen constipation. Make sure foods that lack fiber are not given. Here are a few examples: - Fast food - Chips - Meat - Dairy food (in case dairy allergy can constipation worse) - Underripe bananas - Sugar and refined carbohydrates foods such as white bread, pasta, and rice - processed foods such as hot dogs - Snacks or frozen foods Other Tips that Help Ease Constipation - Tummy massage – Relax the abdominal muscles that support the bladder and intestines by massaging them gently. A bowel movement is stimulated by this process. - Increase level of activity – To stimulate digestion, allow them to exercise or play. It’s important to move the body to prevent constipation and promote bowel movement. - Chiropractic care. The chiropractor has been successful in treating toddler constipation. Research from 2008 has suggested that chiropractic care is beneficial for pediatric patients with chronic constipation. Tips to Prevent Constipation Here are some tips to prevent toddlers, babies, and children from getting constipated: - Toddlers under 6 months should not be given solid food. - Maintain a diet high in fiber - Drink plenty of water every day. - Be sure your child is engaging in physical activities and not sitting around the house all day. - Ensure that the child has bowel movements and encourage him to do so. When to See a Pediatrician Consult a pediatrician if constipation symptoms last more than two weeks. Furthermore, if your toddler has other symptoms, it may include: - no appetite to eat - swelling of abdomen - fever - experiencing pain while bowel movement - unusual weight loss Takeaway Constipation in toddlers is a regular occurrence and only lasts a short time. Make sure you start with the right foods after understanding the symptoms. Food with the right amount of fiber and plenty of water is a quick relief for toddler constipation.What to give a toddler for constipation? The best foods for toddler constipation are fiber-rich foods and drinking plenty of water. The right amount of fiber matters based on the child’s age gender and other condition. A child’s physical activity is another factor that pays off with quicker results. A natural remedy for constipation with suggested foods which does not work could be a symptom of something else. Therefore, if constipation becomes chronic, you should see your pediatrician. 11 Sources (Citations) Noble Home Remedies relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical associations for accuracy and reliability while avoiding tertiary references. Our editorial policy provides more information about how we ensure our content is accurate and up-to-date. - Constipation – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/constipation/symptoms-causes/syc-20354253 - Constipation in children – https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/constipation-in-children/symptoms-causes/syc-20354242 - Eating, Diet, & Nutrition for Constipation in Children – https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/constipation-children/eating-diet-nutrition - Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015-2020 Eighth Edition – https://health.gov/sites/default/files/2019-09/2015-2020_Dietary_Guidelines.pdf - Constipation in Children – https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/abdominal/Pages/Constipation.aspx - Authenticating apple cider vinegar’s home remedy claims – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29224370/ - Effect of dietary fiber on constipation: a meta-analysis – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23326148/ - Chemical composition and potential health effects of prunes: a functional food? – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11401245/ - The usefulness of olive oil enema in children with severe chronic constipation – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33812657/ - Infant Constipation – American Academy of Pediatrics – https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/diapers-clothing/Pages/Infant-Constipation.aspx - Magnesium citrate: Drug information – http://somepomed.org/articulos/contents/mobipreview.htm?14/60/15309 - Milk for Dog ConstipationConstipation in dogs is a common condition is characterized by infrequent bowel movements and difficulty - How to Use Cannabis OilAre you interested in using natural remedies to improve your health and well-being? 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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS FIELD BACKGROUND SUMMARY DETAILED DESCRIPTION This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/616,788 filed Dec. 27, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The present invention relates generally to medical device systems. A variety of medical device systems are used to measure physiological signals from a subject and to process the signals and provide indications of potential or actual problem conditions. Computational demands of processing systems associated with the medical devices systems produce drains on the power sources of these device systems and can have a major impact on overall battery life. Moreover, in many medical device systems, it is desirable to keep the system as small and unobtrusive as possible so that the patient can have it available at all times. In the case of implantable systems, power source replacement may involve surgery with its attendant costs and risks to the subject. Moreover, power source replacement may involve replacement of the implantable system itself because such units are typically hermetically sealed to reduce the likelihood of infection. The invention provides medical device systems and methods for operating medical device systems that provide energy savings by efficiently managing computational demands of the systems. Some such systems comprise detectors to receive input from a subject, communications systems to deliver signals indicative of the input to a processor, processing systems to analyze the signals and determine one or more conditions of the subject, and a communication system to provide indications of the one or more conditions to the subject. The various embodiments describe ways for a medical device to provide at least two stages of processing for signals measured from a subject. A first set of computer instructions, programmable logic, or circuitry, for example, one or more feature extractors and one or more classifiers process the signals to determine a first estimate of a susceptibility or propensity of the subject to have a neurological event. If the first estimate meets a set of criteria, a second set of computer instructions, programmable logic or circuitry, typically more computationally demanding and/or more sensitive and possibly providing more specific results than the first, is enabled to determine a second estimate of the propensity for the subject to have a neurological event. At least one of the feature extractors may be selected based on information about the subject. If desired, information related to the estimate may be output to the subject. The systems and method can proceed in such a manner for any number of iterations. For example, a third set of computer instructions, programmable logic or circuitry may be enabled if the second estimate meets a second set of criteria, and so forth. Information related to the estimate may be output to the subject. The computer instructions, programmable logic or circuitry may be enabled on a processing system that is external to the subject, on a processing system that is implanted in the subject, or on combinations of external and implanted processing systems. Certain specific details are set forth in the following description and figures to provide an understanding of various embodiments of the invention. Certain well-known details, associated electronics and medical devices are not set forth in the following disclosure to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the various embodiments of the invention. Further, those of ordinary skill in the relevant art will understand that they can practice other embodiments of the invention without one or more of the details described below. Finally, while various processes are described with reference to steps and sequences in the following disclosure, the description is for providing a clear implementation of particular embodiments of the invention, and the steps and sequences of steps should not be taken as required to practice this invention. As described in the background, a variety of medical device systems are used to measure physiological signals from a subject and to process those signals. Some such medical device systems, especially those comprising ambulatory and implantable devices, operate on portable power sources such as batteries. Computational processing demands, especially in the case of substantially continuous or repeated monitoring of the subject, can cause energy drains and may have a negative impact on battery life. The various embodiments of the systems and methods provided herein reduce the computational burden on such systems to extend the battery life. Although some of the discussion below focuses on measuring electroencephalogram (“EEG”) signals of subjects and subject populations for the detection and prediction of epileptic seizures, it should be appreciated that the invention is not limited to measuring EEG signals or to predicting epileptic seizures. For example, the invention could also be used in systems that measure one or more of a blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature of the brain or of portions of the subject, blood flow measurements, ECG/electrocardiogram (“EKG”), heart rate signals, respiratory signals, chemical concentrations of neurotransmitters, chemical concentrations of medications, pH in the blood, or other physiological or biochemical parameters of a subject. Furthermore, aspects of the invention may be useful for monitoring and assisting in the treatments for a variety of conditions such as sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, migraine headaches, depression, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Disease, dementia, attention deficit disorder, stroke, eating disorders, other neurological or psychiatric disorders, cardiac disease, diabetes, cancer, or the like. Using epilepsy as an illustrative example, epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by neurological events in the form of chronic, recurring seizures and affects an estimated 50 million people worldwide. Seizures are a result of uncontrolled discharges of electrical activity in the brain. A seizure typically manifests itself as sudden involuntary, disruptive, and often destructive sensory, motor, and cognitive phenomena. Epilepsy is usually treated, though not cured, with medication. Surgery may be indicated in cases in which seizure focus is identifiable, and the seizure focus is not located in the eloquent cortex. A single neurological event most often does not cause significant morbidity or mortality, but severe or recurring neurological events can result in major medical, social, and economic consequences. Epilepsy is more often diagnosed in children and young adults. People with uncontrolled epilepsy are often significantly limited in their ability to work in many industries and may not be able to legally drive an automobile. The cause of epilepsy is often uncertain. Symptomatic epilepsies arise due to some structural or metabolic abnormality of the brain and may result from a wide variety of causes including genetic conditions, stroke, head trauma, complications during pregnancy or birth, infections such as bacterial or viral encephalitis, or parasites. Idiopathic epilepsies are those for which no other condition has been implicated as a cause and are often genetic and generalized. In the majority of cases, the cause of a subject's epilepsy is unknown. One of the most disabling aspects of neurological disorders such as epilepsy is the seeming unpredictability of neurological events such as seizures. Mechanisms underlying the generation of seizures are thought to operate over a period of seconds to minutes before the clinical onset of a seizure. Typically, electrographic manifestations of a neurological event are detectible some time before clinical manifestations occur. Most work in the quantitative analysis of neurological events has been aimed at detecting these electrographic manifestations. NeuroPace, Inc. has been developing systems to detect the electrographic onset of a neurological event so that some action, such as direct electrical stimulation of certain brain structures, may be taken in an attempt to preempt the clinical onset of a neurological event. However, the detection of the electrographic onset of a neurological event may not come far enough in advance of the clinical onset for electrical stimulation or other therapies, such as the administration of anticonvulsant drugs, to be effective in preventing the clinical onset. Additionally, seizure activity may already be causing harm to the brain before the clinical onset of the seizure. It is desirable to be able to predict neurological events well before their electrographic onset. Embodiments of predictive systems generally comprise a collection of detectors for acquiring data from a subject and an analysis system for processing the data. Predictive analysis systems are routinely considered to be comprised of arrangements of feature extractors and classifiers. Feature extractors are used to quantify or characterize certain aspects of the measured input signals. Classifiers are then used to combine the results obtained from the feature extractors into an overall answer or result. Systems may be designed to detect different types of conditions that may be reflective of neural condition. These could include, but are not limited, to systems designed to detect if the subject's neural condition is indicative of an increased susceptibility or propensity for a neurological event or systems designed to detect deviation from a normal condition. As can be appreciated, for other neurological or non-neurological disorders, the classification of the subject's neural condition will be based on systems, feature extractors and classifiers that are deemed to be relevant to the particular disorder. FIG. 1 102 102 depicts an example of the overall structure of a system for estimating a propensity for the onset of a neurological event such as, for example, an epileptic seizure. The input data may comprise representations of physiological signals obtained from monitoring a subject. Any number of signal channels may be used. Examples of physiological signals that may be used as input data include, but are not limited to, electrical signals generated by electrodes placed on or within the brain or nervous system (EEG signals), temperature of the brain or of portions of the brain, blood pressure or blood flow measurements, pulse oximetry, ECG/EKG, blood pH, chemical concentrations of neurotransmitters, chemical concentrations of medications, combinations of the preceding, and the like. 102 The input data may be in the form of analog signal data or digital signal data that has been converted by way of an analog to digital converter (not shown). The signals may also be amplified, preprocessed, and/or conditioned to filter out spurious signals or noise. For purposes of simplicity the input data of all of the preceding forms is referred to herein as input data . 102 104 104 105 104 104 105 104 104 105 102 102 a b a b a b The input data from the selected physiological signals is supplied to one or more feature extractors , , . A feature extractor , , may be, for example, a set of computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium, or a corresponding instantiated object or process that executes on a computing device. Certain feature extractors may also be implemented as programmable logic or as circuitry. In general, a feature extractor , , can process data and identify some characteristic of the data . Such a characteristic of the data is referred to herein as an extracted feature. 104 104 105 104 104 105 105 104 104 105 102 104 104 105 102 a b a b a b a b Operation of a feature extractor , , requires expenditure of electrical energy to process data and identify characteristics. The amount of electrical energy required may depend on the complexity, quantity, and quality of the input data and on the complexity of the processing system applied to the input data. Feature extractors , , that are more complex generally require correspondingly larger amounts of electrical energy. As described more fully below, in some embodiments, some feature extractors may be optionally applied or omitted in various circumstances. For example, when the application of one set of feature extractors , is sufficient to estimate that a propensity for a neurological event is sufficiently low, then other feature extractors may not be applied to the input data . If the set of feature extractors , indicates a higher propensity for a neurological event, then additional feature extractors may be applied to the input data . 104 104 105 a b Each feature extractor , , may be univariate (operating on a single input data channel), bivariate (operating on two data channels), or multivariate (operating on multiple data channels). Some examples of potentially useful characteristics to extract from signals for use in determining the subject's propensity for a neurological event, include but are not limited to, alpha band power (8-13 Hz), beta band power (13-18 Hz), delta band power (0.1-4 Hz), theta band power (4-8 Hz), low beta band power (12-15 Hz), mid-beta band power (15-18 Hz), high beta band power (18-30 Hz), gamma band power (30-48 Hz), second, third and fourth (and higher) statistical moments of the EEG amplitudes, spectral edge frequency, decorrelation time, Hjorth mobility (HM), Hjorth complexity (HC), the largest Lyapunov exponent L(max), effective correlation dimension, local flow, entropy, loss of recurrence LR as a measure of non-stationarity, mean phase coherence, conditional probability, brain dynamics (synchronization or desynchronization of neural activity, STLmax, T-index, angular frequency, and entropy), line length calculations, area under the curve, first, second and higher derivatives, integrals, or a combination thereof. Of course, for other neurological conditions, additional or alternative characteristic extractors may be used with the systems described herein. 106 107 104 104 105 106 107 106 107 106 107 106 107 106 107 a b The extracted characteristics can be supplied to one or more classifiers , . Like the feature extractors , , , each classifier , may be, for example, a set of computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium or a corresponding instantiated object or process that executes on a computing device. Certain classifiers may also be implemented as programmable logic or as circuitry. Operation of a classifier , requires electrical energy. The classifiers can vary in complexity. Classifiers , that are more complex may require correspondingly larger amounts of electrical energy. In some embodiments, some classifiers may be optionally applied or omitted in various circumstances. For example, when the application of one or more classifiers is sufficient to estimate that a propensity for a neurological event is sufficiently low, then other classifiers may not be applied to the extracted characteristics. If the classifiers indicate a higher propensity for a neurological event, then additional classifiers may be applied to the extracted characteristics. 106 107 108 106 107 106 107 106 107 The classifiers , analyze one or more of the extracted characteristics and possibly other subject dependent parameters to provide a result that may characterize, for example, a subject's neural condition. Some examples of classifiers include k-nearest neighbor (“KNN”), neural networks, and support vector machines (“SVM”). Each classifier , may provide a variety of output results, such as a logical result or a weighted result. The classifiers , may be customized for the individual subject and may be adapted to use only a subset of the characteristics that are most useful for the specific subject. For example, the classifier may detect pre-onset characteristics of a neurological event. Additionally, over time, the classifiers , may be further adapted to the subject, based, for example, in part on the result of previous analyses and may reselect extracted characteristics that are used for the specific subject. 106 107 As it relates to epilepsy, for example, one implementation of a classification of neural conditions defined by the classifiers , may include (1) an inter-ictal condition (sometimes referred to as a “normal” condition), (2) a pre-ictal condition (sometimes referred to as an “abnormal” or “pre-seizure” condition), (3) an ictal condition (sometimes referred to as a “seizure” condition), and (4) a post-ictal condition (sometimes referred to as a “post-seizure” condition). In another embodiment, it may be desirable to have the classifier classify the subject as being in one of two conditions—a pre-ictal condition or inter-ictal condition—which could correspond, respectively, to either an elevated or high propensity for a future seizure or a low propensity for a future seizure. 106 107 As noted above, instead of providing a logical answer, it may be desirable for a classifier , to provide a weighted answer so as to further delineate within the pre-ictal condition to further allow the system to provide a more specific output communication for the subject. For example, instead of a simple logical answer (e.g., pre-ictal or inter-ictal) it may be desirable to provide a weighted output or other output that quantifies the subject's propensity, probability, likelihood and/or risk of a future neurological event using some predetermined scale (e.g., scale of 1-10, with a “1” meaning “normal” and a “10” meaning a neurological event is imminent). For example, if it is determined that the subject has an increased propensity for a neurological event (e.g., subject has entered the pre-ictal condition), but the neurological event is likely to occur on a long time horizon, the output signal could be weighted to be reflective of the long time horizon, e.g., an output of “5”. However, if the output indicates that the subject is pre-ictal and it is predicted that the neurological event is imminent within the next 10 minutes, the output could be weighted to be reflective of the shorter time horizon to the neurological event, e.g., an output of “9.” On the other hand, if the subject is normal, the system may provide an output of “1”. 106 152 154 152 154 152 154 150 152 154 150 152 150 154 150 FIG. 2 Other implementations involve classifier outputs expressing the inter-ictal and pre-ictal conditions as a continuum, with a scalar or vector of parameters describing the actual condition and its variations. depicts an example of a graphical display of the output of one embodiment of a classifier over a period of time. The output of the classifier at any point in time is a vector of two estimated probabilities: an estimated probability that the input data is indicative of an inter-ictal condition and an estimated probability that the input data is indicative of a pre-ictal condition. The sum of the two probabilities , , at any given time is one. The estimated probabilities , are plotted over a period of time beginning approximately 360 minutes before the onset of a neurological event at time zero, indicated by the vertical axis . In the example graph, the estimated probability that the data is indicative of an inter-ictal state was larger than the estimated probability that the data was indicative of a pre-ictal state, until approximately 80 minutes before the onset of the neurological event. The estimated probability then dropped to very small values beginning approximately 50 minutes before the onset . The estimated probability that the data is indicative of a pre-ictal state remained low until approximately 80 minutes before the onset of the neurological event at which time it began to trend upward rapidly. 104 104 105 106 107 a b As described above, the computational demands of the processing provided by feature extractors , , and classification provided by classifiers , can be extensive. In the case of ambulatory systems supplied by portable power sources, such as implanted batteries, supplying the energy required to meet the computational demands can severely limit power source life. In some applications, physiological signals may be measured and analyzed continuously or often over long periods of time and the need to conserve energy may be particularly acute. FIG. 3 110 112 112 depicts a simplified block diagram of a method of operating medical devices for analyzing signals that provides energy savings by enabling different parts of an overall algorithm to process signals only as needed in order to reduce energy consumption and optimize system performance. One or more physiological signals from a subject are measured . In one embodiment, sixteen channels of physiological signals are measured. More or fewer channels may be measured according to the particular kinds of analyses being employed. The measured signals may be pre-processed, such as, for example, by amplification, filtering, and/or conversion from analog to digital, to generate input data for the analysis. Input data may also comprise other subject dependent parameters (such as subject inputs and/or subject history data) that may be indicative and/or predictive of a subject's propensity for a neurological event. Typically, the physiological signal(s) from the subject are measured during a sliding observation window or epoch. Characteristics of the sliding window may be adapted based on previous measurements and analysis. In particular, the sliding windows may operate continuously, periodically during specified intervals, or during an adaptively modified schedule (for example, to customize it to the specific subject's cycles). In some embodiments, adaptations to the sliding window can be made automatically by the system. In some embodiments, adaptations to the window may be made by a clinician. For example, if it is known that the subject is prone to have a neurological event in the morning, a clinician may program the system to continuously monitor the subject during the morning hours, while only periodically monitoring the subject during the remainder of the day. As another example, it may be less desirable to monitor a subject and provide an output to a subject when the subject is asleep. In such cases, the system may be programmed to discontinue monitoring or change the monitoring and communication protocol with the subject during a specified “sleep time” or whenever a subject inputs into the system that the subject is asleep or when the system determines that the subject is asleep. This could include intermittent monitoring, monitoring with a varying duty cycle, decreasing of the sampling frequency, or other energy saving or data minimization strategy during a time period in which the risk for a neurological event is low. Additionally, the system could enter into a low risk mode for a time period following each medication dose. 112 114 114 114 114 Input data is subjected to a first stage analysis . The first stage analysis may be performed by logic embodied in, for example, computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, executed by one or more computers or other devices. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, and the like that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Typically the functionality of the program modules may be combined or distributed as desired in various embodiments. The first stage analysis may comprise the application of one or more feature extractors and a classifier such as described above. Typically, the first stage analysis will comprise the application of a subset of available feature extractors applied to the input data to identify some characteristics of the signals. Preferably, the first stage analysis will be relatively low in computational demands and will have a relatively high sensitivity, but not necessarily a high specificity. In general terms, the sensitivity of the analysis is related to the probability that analysis indicates the presence of a condition given that the condition actually exists. In general terms, the specificity of the analysis is related to the probability that the analysis indicates the absence of a condition given that the condition is actually absent. The detection of particular frequencies in EEG signals is one example of feature extractor having a relatively low computational demand. The output(s) from the first set of feature extractors may be combined using a first classifier. 114 116 Based on the first stage analysis , a first estimate of a susceptibility or propensity for the subject to have a neurological event is determined . The first estimate may take the form of a qualitative characterization or may be represented quantitatively or by a combination of qualitative and quantitative characterizations. A qualitative characterization may, for example, relate to the presence of pre-onset characteristics for a neurological event. A quantitative characterization may be a single number, such as, for example, by a probability of a neurological event occurring in a predetermined time period following the measurement of the signals or an estimated time horizon during which an estimated propensity for the subject to have a neurological event is below a predetermined threshold, or a collection of values that characterize the analysis. 116 118 The first estimate is then examined to determine whether it meets one or more specified criteria. The specified criteria may be universal or may be adapted to a particular subject. By way of examples, the criteria may include the presence or absence of certain features in the signals or the exceedance of a threshold probability. The criteria may be modified over time. The criteria may be adapted in response to various conditions of the subject such as, for example, the subject's state of wakefulness or current activity level. The criteria may also adapted in response to current conditions of the medical device such as, for example, the current charge state of a battery. 120 126 120 If the criteria are not met, a second stage of analysis is not performed and the system may return to a monitoring condition . In this instance, the computational and energy costs of the second stage analysis are not incurred. For additional energy savings, for example if it is determined that a seizure is very unlikely, the system may also reduce the sampling rate or cease monitoring and turn off or go to sleep for some specified amount of time. Such embodiments will depend on the predictive value of collecting continuous monitoring data. For example, if it can be determined that the value of such data is low, turning off may be a viable option for some amount of time. 118 120 122 120 If the criteria in step are met, for example if the estimate derived from the first analysis indicates an increased susceptibility or propensity for the monitored condition to exist or occur (for example, prediction of the pre-ictal condition), then the algorithm may transition from the base mode to a second or advanced mode wherein a second stage analysis is performed to determine a second estimate of a propensity for the subject to have a neurological event . The second stage analysis may be performed by logic embodied in, for example, computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, executed by one or more computers or other devices. 120 114 120 114 120 114 120 Depending on the particular embodiment, the set of feature extractors employed in the second stage analysis may be used in conjunction with the set of feature extractors employed in the first stage analysis or as an alternative to the first set of feature extractors. The set of feature extractors employed in the second stage analysis will typically afford a higher level of computational complexity and/or may have a higher specificity and/or sensitivity than the set of feature extractors employed in the first stage analysis . In one embodiment, the second stage analysis may perform more refined versions of the analyses performed by the first stage analysis . In another embodiment, the second stage analysis may perform different kinds of analyses. In yet other embodiments, the feature extractors in the first stage analysis and second stage analysis may have multi-resolution predictions and may provide for divergent spatial predictions. For example, the first stage analysis may include feature extractors that more accurately predict over a long time horizon, while the second stage analysis may more accurately predict over a short time horizon. 114 122 116 122 116 The output from the second set of feature extractors may be combined in the classifier used in the first stage analysis or a second classifier. The result from either classifier may, in one embodiment, have both an improved sensitivity and specificity, relative to the sensitivity and specificity of the classification based on only the first set of feature extractors. The second estimate is preferably more refined than the first estimate and may take the form of a qualitative or a quantitative characterization or a combination thereof It will be appreciated, however, that battery life is saved regardless of whether more or less computation is required to produce the second estimate than the first estimate . 124 Once the subject's susceptibility or propensity for seizure is estimated by the predictive algorithm, a signal that is indicative of the propensity for the future seizure may optionally be communicated to the subject . In some embodiments, the predictive algorithm provides an output that indicates when the subject has an elevated propensity for seizure. In such embodiments, the communication output to the subject may simply be a warning or a recommendation to the subject that was programmed into the system by the clinician. In other embodiments, the predictive algorithm may output a graded propensity assessment, a quantitative assessment of the subject's condition, a time horizon until the predicted seizure will occur, or some combination thereof. In such embodiments, the communication output to the subject may provide a recommendation or instruction that is a function of the risk assessment, probability, or time horizon. It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that the method described herein can readily be extended to encompass more than two stages of analysis. In one embodiment, the result of the first stage analysis may determine which of a plurality of second stage algorithms is selected to run. In another embodiment, the result of a second stage analysis may be used to decide whether a third stage of analysis is run, which result may trigger a fourth stage analysis, and so on. In alternative embodiments of the energy saving methods disclosed herein, the predictive algorithms are run less often when previous results indicate that it is unlikely that a neurological event is imminent. For example, if the result of a previous execution of the algorithm indicates that it is relatively more likely that a neurological event will occur within a given time interval, the predictive algorithm may be scheduled to execute more frequently. Such variable scheduling techniques may be usefully combined with the other scheduling techniques discussed in detail herein. FIG. 4 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 4 8 1 11 16 depicts an illustrative example of one such alternative embodiment. Each bar represents a result of the predictive system as measuring and analysis cycles were run at various times, t, t, etc. At time t, a relatively low propensity of a neurological event was estimated and the next running of the analysis was scheduled for time t. A similarly low propensity was estimated at time t, and so the system was scheduled to be run again at time t, where the time interval t-tis the same as the time interval t-t. At time t, an elevated propensity was estimated and so the analysis system was scheduled to execute more frequently, with a shorter interval between succeeding executions. The estimated propensity did not change again until the system was executed at time t, at which time the estimated propensity was once again lower and so the system was scheduled to run on the baseline schedule as it had been at t. At t, a highly elevated propensity was estimated, and so the system was scheduled to run on a much more frequent schedule which continued until a lowered propensity was estimated at time t. The length and frequency of measurement and analysis cycles may be tailored to the prediction horizon. As an example, if the predictive system indicates that it is unlikely for a neurological event to occur in the next hour, the system could be scheduled to run more often than once per hour, but not so often as several hundred times per hour. Preferred scheduling frequencies would be between about 2 and about 100 times the reciprocal of the system's neurological event prediction horizon. By varying the frequency of measuring and analysis cycles according to the estimated propensity, energy savings would be realized. In an alternative embodiment, different prediction subsystems may be run depending on the results of prior calculations. For example, if the current propensity for a neurological event is remote, a corresponding exceptionally low operating power analysis subsystem would be scheduled. If the low operating power analysis subsystem indicates an elevated propensity for a neurological event, a second, more computationally demanding and more specific subsystem would be scheduled. If the output of the second subsystem indicates a propensity above a certain threshold, a third subsystem may be scheduled, and so forth. In yet another alternative embodiment, the approaches of the two preceding embodiments may be combined. The selection of subsystems and their rates of execution may depend on the results of prior analyses. The systems described herein may be embodied as software, hardware, firmware, or combinations thereof. In some instances, it may be desirable to have first or lower stage systems operating only in hardware in order to minimize energy requirements. The systems described above may be embodied in a device external to the subject, an implanted device, or distributed between an implanted device and an external device. FIG. 5 200 202 200 Because the methods of the present invention are able to consume less energy than conventional algorithms and will thereby prolong the life of the power sources, the methods of the present invention will facilitate the long-term implementation of the algorithms in a portable and/or implantable device system. illustrates a system in which the algorithms of the present invention may be embodied. The system is used to monitor a subject for purposes of detecting and predicting neurological events. The system of the embodiment provides for substantially continuous sampling of brain wave electrical signals such as in electroencephalograms or electrocorticograms, referred to collectively as EEGs. 200 204 202 204 204 204 202 204 The system comprises one or more sensors configured to measure signals from the subject . The sensors may be located anywhere on the subject. In the exemplary embodiment, the sensors are configured to sample electrical activity from the subject's brain, such as EEG signals. The sensors may be attached to the surface of the subject's body (e.g., scalp electrodes), attached to the head (e.g., subcutaneous electrodes, bone screw electrodes, and the like), or, preferably, may be implanted intracranially in the subject . In one embodiment, one or more of the sensors will be implanted adjacent a previously identified epileptic focus, a portion of the brain where such a focus is believed to be located, or adjacent a portion of a seizure network. 204 204 202 Any number of sensors may be employed, but the sensors will preferably include between 1 sensor and 16 sensors. The sensors may take a variety of forms. In one embodiment, the sensors comprise grid electrodes, strip electrodes and/or depth electrodes which may be permanently implanted through burr holes in the head. Exact positioning of the sensors will usually depend on the desired type of measurement. In addition to measuring brain activity, other sensors (not shown) may be employed to measure other physiological signals from the subject . 204 204 204 206 208 206 208 202 208 202 206 208 202 In an embodiment, the sensors will be configured to substantially continuously sample the brain activity of the groups of neurons in the immediate vicinity of the sensors . The sensors are electrically joined via cables to an implanted communication unit . In one embodiment, the cables and communication unit will be implanted in the subject . For example, the communication unit may be implanted in a subclavicular cavity of the subject . In alternative embodiments, the cables and communication unit may be attached to the subject externally. 208 204 202 In one embodiment, the communication unit is configured to facilitate the sampling of signals from the sensors . Sampling of brain activity is typically carried out at a rate above about 200 Hz, and preferably between about 200 Hz and about 1000 Hz, and most preferably at about 400 Hz. The sampling rates could be higher or lower, depending on the specific conditions being monitored, the subject , and other factors. Each sample of the subject's brain activity is typically encoded using between about 8 bits per sample and about 32 bits per sample, and preferably about 16 bits per sample. 208 In alternative embodiments, the communication unit may be configured to measure the signals on a non-continuous basis. In such embodiments, signals may be measured periodically or aperiodically. 210 202 210 208 210 210 208 210 208 210 208 208 210 An external data device is preferably carried external to the body of the subject . The external data device receives and stores signals, including measured signals and possibly other physiological signals, from the communication unit . External data device could also receive and store extracted features, classifier outputs, patient inputs, and the like. Communication between the external data device and the communication unit may be carried out through wireless communication. The wireless communication link between the external data device and the communication unit may provide a one-way or two-way communication link for transmitting data. In alternative embodiments, it may be desirable to have a direct communications link from the external data device to the communication unit , such as, for example, via an interface device positioned below the subject's skin. The interface (not shown) may take the form of a magnetically attached transducer that would enable power to be continuously delivered to the communication unit and would provide for relatively higher rates of data transmission. Error detection and correction methods may be used to help insure the integrity of transmitted data. If desired, the wireless data signals can be encrypted prior to transmission to the external data device . FIG. 6 208 224 224 226 224 212 204 208 214 216 218 220 226 228 210 220 204 210 210 210 depicts a block diagram of one embodiment of a communication unit that may be used with the systems and methods described herein. Energy for the system is supplied by a rechargeable power supply . The rechargeable power supply may be a battery, or the like. The rechargeable power supply may also be in communication with a transmit/receive subsystem so as to receive power from outside the body by inductive coupling, radiofrequency (RF) coupling, and the like. Power supply will generally be used to provide power to the other components of the implantable device. Signals from the sensors are received by the communication unit . The signals may be initially conditioned by an amplifier , a filter , and an analog-to-digital converter . A memory module may be provided for storage of some of the sampled signals prior to transmission via a transmit/receive subsystem and antenna to the external data device . For example, the memory module may be used as a buffer to temporarily store the conditioned signals from the sensors if there are problems with transmitting data to the external data device , such as may occur if the external data device experiences power problems or is out of range of the communications system. The external data device can be configured to communicate a warning signal to the subject in the case of data transmission problems to inform the subject and allow him or her to correct the problem. 208 222 210 222 222 104 104 105 222 210 220 208 210 a b FIG. 1 The communication unit may optionally comprise circuitry of a digital or analog or combined digital/analog nature and/or a microprocessor, referred to herein collectively as “microprocessor” , for processing the signals prior to transmission to the external data device . The microprocessor may execute at least portions of the analysis as described herein. For example, in some configurations, the microprocessor may run one or more feature extractors , , () that extract characteristics of the measured signal that are relevant to the purpose of monitoring. Thus, if the system is being used for diagnosing or monitoring epileptic subjects, the extracted characteristics (either alone or in combination with other characteristics) may be indicative or predictive of a neurological event. Once the characteristic(s) are extracted, the microprocessor may transmit the extracted characteristic(s) to the external data device and/or store the extracted characteristic(s) in memory . Because the transmission of the extracted characteristics is likely to include less data than the measured signal itself, such a configuration will likely reduce the bandwidth requirements for the communication link between the communication unit and the external data device . 222 208 106 107 108 210 FIG. 1 FIG. 1 FIG. 1 In some configurations, the microprocessor in the communication unit may run one or more classifiers , () as described above with respect to . The result () of the classification may be communicated to the external data device . 210 208 230 232 222 FIG. 7 While the external data device may include any combination of conventional components, provides a schematic diagram of some of the components that may be included. Signals from the communication unit are received at an antenna and conveyed to a transmit/receive subsystem . The signals received may include, for example, a raw measured signal, a processed measured signal, extracted characteristics from the measured signal, a result from analysis software that ran on the implanted microprocessor , or any combination thereof. 234 236 236 208 The received data may thereafter be stored in memory , such as a hard drive, random access memory (“RAM”),electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (“EEPROM”), removable flash memory, or the like and/or processed by a microprocessor, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or other dedicated circuitry of a digital or analog or combined digital/analog nature, referred to herein collectively as a “microprocessor” . Microprocessor may be configured to request that the communication unit perform various checks (e.g., sensor impedance checks) or calibrations prior to signal recording and/or at specified times to ensure the proper functioning of the system. 234 236 236 Data may be transmitted from memory to microprocessor where the data may optionally undergo additional processing. For example, if the transmitted data is encrypted, it may be decrypted. The microprocessor may also comprise one or more filters that filter out low-frequency or high-frequency artifacts (e.g., muscle movement artifacts, eye-blink artifacts, chewing, and the like) so as to prevent contamination of the measured signals. 210 240 External data device will typically include a user interface for displaying outputs to the subject and for receiving inputs from the subject. The user interface will typically comprise outputs such as auditory devices (e.g., speakers) visual devices (e.g., liquid-crystal display (“LCD”), light-emitting diodes (“LEDs”)), tactile devices (e.g., vibratory mechanisms), or the like, and inputs, such as a plurality of buttons, a touch screen, and/or a scroll wheel. The user interface may be adapted to allow the subject to indicate and record certain events. For example, the subject may indicate that medication has been taken, the dosage, the type of medication, meal intake, sleep, drowsiness, occurrence of an aura, occurrence of a neurological event, or the like. Such inputs may be used in conjunction with the measured data to improve the analysis. 210 208 The LCD display may be used to output a variety of different communications to the subject including, status of the device (e.g., memory capacity remaining), battery state of one or more components of system, whether or not the external data device is within communication range of the communication unit , a warning (e.g., a neurological event warning), a prediction (e.g., a neurological event prediction), a recommendation (e.g., “take medicine”), or the like. It may be desirable to provide an audio output or vibratory output to the subject in addition to or as an alternative to the visual display on the LCD. 210 242 210 242 242 244 210 246 238 210 210 208 FIG. 7 External data device may also include a power source or other conventional power supply that is in communication with at least one other component of external data device . The power source may be rechargeable. If the power source is rechargeable, the power source may optionally have an interface for communication with a charger . External data device may also include a USB interface configured to communicate with a computer .While not shown in , external data device will typically comprise a clock circuit (e.g., oscillator and frequency synthesizer) to provide the time base for synchronizing the external data device and the communication unit . FIG. 5 208 210 208 210 208 Referring again to , in a preferred embodiment, most or all of the processing of the signals received by the communication unit is done in an external data device that is external to the subject's body. In such embodiments, the communication unit would receive the signals from subject and may or may not pre-process the signals and transmit some or all of the measured signals transcutaneously to an external data device , where the prediction of the neurological event and possible therapy determination is made. Advantageously, such embodiments reduce the amount of computational processing power that needs to be implanted in the subject, thus potentially reducing energy consumption and increasing battery life. Furthermore, by having the processing external to the subject, the judgment or decision making components of the system may be more easily reprogrammed or custom tailored to the subject without having to reprogram the communication unit . 208 210 208 In alternative embodiments, the predictive systems disclosed herein and treatment systems responsive to the predictive systems may be embodied in a device that is implanted in the subject's body, external to the subject's body, or a combination thereof. For example, in one embodiment the predictive system may be stored in and processed by the communication unit that is implanted in the subject's body. A treatment analysis system, in contrast, may be processed in a processor that is embodied in an external data device external to the subject's body. In such embodiments, the subject's propensity for neurological event characterization (or whatever output is generated by the predictive system that is predictive of the onset of the neurological event) is transmitted to the external subject communication assembly, and the external processor performs any remaining processing to generate and display the output from the predictive system and communicate this to the subject. Such embodiments have the benefit of sharing processing power, while reducing the communications demands on the communication unit . Furthermore, because the treatment system is external to the subject, updating or reprogramming the treatment system may be carried out more easily. 212 208 210 226 210 In other embodiments, the signals may be processed in a variety of ways in the communication unit before transmitting data to the external data device so as to reduce the total amount of data to be transmitted, thereby reducing the power demands of the transmit/receive subsystem . Examples include: digitally compressing the signals before transmitting them; selecting only a subset of the measured signals for transmission; selecting a limited segment of time and transmitting signals only from that time segment; extracting salient characteristics of the signals, transmitting data representative of those characteristics rather than the signals themselves, and transmitting only the result of classification. Further processing and analysis of the transmitted data may take place in the external data device . 208 210 208 210 210 208 208 208 210 208 In yet other embodiments, it may be possible to perform some of the prediction in the communication unit and some of the prediction in the external data device . For example, one or more characteristics from the one or more signals may be extracted with feature extractors in the communication unit . Some or all of the extracted characteristics may be transmitted to the external data device where the characteristics may be classified to predict the onset of a neurological event. If desired, external data device may be customizable to the individual subject. Consequently, the classifier may be adapted to allow for transmission or receipt of only the characteristics from the communication unit that are predictive for that individual subject. Advantageously, by performing feature extraction in the communication unit and classification in an external device at least two benefits may be realized. First, the amount of wireless data transmitted from the communication unit to the external data device is reduced (versus transmitting pre-processed data). Second, classification, which embodies the decision or judgment component, may be easily reprogrammed or custom tailored to the subject without having to reprogram the communication unit . 208 210 208 In yet another embodiment, feature extraction may be performed external to the body. Pre-processed signals (e.g., filtered, amplified, converted to digital) may be transcutaneously transmitted from communication unit to the external data device where one or more characteristics are extracted from the one or more signals with feature extractors. Some or all of the extracted characteristics may be transcutaneously transmitted back into the communication unit , where a second stage of processing may be performed on the characteristics, such as classifying of the characteristics (and other signals) to characterize the subject's propensity for the onset of a future neurological event. If desired, to improve bandwidth, the classifier may be adapted to allow for transmission or receipt of only the characteristics from the subject communication assembly that are predictive for that individual subject. Advantageously, because feature extractors may be computationally expensive and energy hungry, it may be desirable to have the feature extractors external to the body, where it is easier to provide more processing and larger power sources. For additional energy savings, the systems of the present invention may also embody some of the energy saving concepts described in commonly owned, copending Patent application Ser. No. 11/616,793, entitled “Low Power Device with Variable Scheduling,” filed Dec. 27, 2006, pending, the complete disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. More complete descriptions of systems that may embody the concepts of the present invention are described in commonly owned U.S. Pat. No. 8,868,172, filed Dec. 28, 2005, U.S. Pat. No. 8,725,243, filed Dec. 28, 2005, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,150, filed on Dec. 28, 2005, published as US 2007/0149952 A1, abandoned, the complete disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. The inventive aspects described herein may be applicable to commercial monitoring systems. For example, the systems herein may be applied to the NeuroPace® RNS system. Such commercial systems extract half-wave amplitude and duration, sum of absolute differences as an approximation of signal curve length (which is in turn a simplification of waveform fractal dimension), and a modified sum of absolute amplitudes as an approximation of signal energy. Instead of running all of the feature extractors continuously all of the time, subsequent measurement and analysis cycles may be scheduled based on analysis of previous measurement cycles. In some embodiments, the measuring and analysis cycles are run less often when the previous measurements indicates that it is relatively unlikely that a seizure is imminent. On the other hand, if previous measurements indicate that a seizure is relatively likely to be proximate, the measurement and analysis cycles are run more frequently, up to, possibly, some predetermined maximum rate. Such a feature extractor configuration will preserve computation power, reduce battery usage, and prolong the time between battery changes. FIG. 8 300 302 The ability to provide long-term low-power ambulatory measuring of physiological signals and prediction of neurological events can facilitate improved treatment regimens for certain neurological conditions. depicts the typical course of treatment for a subject with epilepsy. Because the occurrence of neurological events over time has been unpredictable, present medical therapy relies on continuous prophylactic administration of anti-epileptic drugs (“AEDs”). Constant doses of one or more AEDs are administered to a subject at regular time intervals with the objective of maintaining relatively stable levels of the AEDs within the subject. Maximum doses of the AEDs are limited by the side effects of their chronic administration. FIG. 9 304 306 308 306 308 Reliable long-term essentially continuously operating neurological event prediction systems would facilitate epilepsy treatment. Therapeutic actions, such as, for example, brain stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation (e.g., vagus nerve stimulation), cranial nerve stimulation (e.g., trigeminal nerve stimulation (“TNS”)), or targeted administration of AEDs, could be directed by output from a neurological event prediction system. One such course of treatment is depicted in . Relatively lower constant doses of one or more AEDs may be administered to a subject at regular time intervals in addition to or as an alternative to the prophylactic administration of AEDs. Supplementary medication doses are administered just prior to an imminent neurological event . By targeting the supplementary doses at the appropriate times, neurological events may be more effectively controlled and potentially eliminated , while reducing side effects attendant with the chronic administration of higher levels of the AEDs. While the present disclosure has been described in connection with various embodiments, illustrated in the various figures, it is understood that similar aspects may be used or modifications and additions may be made to the described aspects of the disclosed embodiments for performing the same function of the present disclosure without deviating therefrom. Other equivalent mechanisms to the described aspects are also contemplated by the teachings herein. Therefore, the present disclosure should not be limited to any single aspect, but rather construed in breadth and scope in accordance with the appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating aspects of contingent use of feature extractors and classifiers; FIG. 2 is an example of a classifier output; FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an embodiment of contingent analysis; FIG. 4 is an example timeline for an embodiment of an analysis scheduling that varies temporally. FIG. 5 is a simplified diagram of a system that embodies a contingent scheduling system; FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an implanted communications unit that may be used in accordance with the systems and methods described herein; FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an external data device that may be used in accordance with the systems and methods described herein; FIG. 8 is an example timeline for a typical therapeutic regimen for the treatment of epilepsy; and FIG. 9 is an example timeline for a therapeutic regimen for the treatment of epilepsy that may be enabled by the system and methods described herein.
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NSF CAREER Award will help address food security and nitrate pollution The National Science Foundation will support Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Huiyuan Zhu’s research group as it focuses on the discovery and design of catalysts that enable efficient nitrate-to-ammonia transformation driven by renewable electricity. Huiyuan Zhu, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering, received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to study new ways to reduce nitrate pollution in groundwater, boost agricultural production, and inspire students to tackle sustainability through careers in STEM fields. The project will receive $592,850 over five years from the National Science Foundation and support Zhu’s research group as it focuses on the discovery of catalysts that enable efficient nitrate-to-ammonia transformation powered by renewable electricity. If successful, this work could lead to more environmentally beneficial and financially feasible ways to provide fertilizer for reliable food production, especially in developing countries, and help clean up nitrate pollution, Zhu said. For the past century, the world has relied on what’s called the Haber-Bosch process to convert nitrogen into ammonia for fertilizer. That process requires natural gas, which has increased in price significantly because of the pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine war, Zhu said. Russia and Ukraine also are major producers of fertilizers and related products, and sanctions against Russia and disruption of Ukrainian industry have caused shortages of these critical agricultural products. These shortages are expected to push up food costs worldwide, according to Morgan Stanley. Fertilizer production and other agricultural and industrial processes also contribute to nitrate pollution, particularly in groundwater. More than half the people in the U.S. alone rely on groundwater for drinking, according to the United States Geological Survey. Nitrate, from both natural and human-caused sources, is among the most widespread contaminants in groundwater. Ingesting elevated levels can pose significant health risks to infants and pregnant women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All these global pressures make research into sustainable and affordable methods of fertilizer production, as well as better systems to deal with nitrate pollution, especially important. Zhu’s research seeks to address these disruptions of the natural nitrogen cycle while ensuring food security. It all begins in the lab. The research team will use electrochemistry to react nitrate compounds with hydrogen derived sustainably from water to manufacture NH3, while simultaneously decomposing the nitrate pollutants and restoring balance to the nitrogen cycle. In addition to furthering science and reducing water pollution, this new process could help developing countries gain more food security. Currently, fertilizer production “requires large infrastructure, which you cannot build everywhere,” Zhu said. “For example, if you look at sub-Saharan African countries, the transportation costs for nitrogen fertilizer are a major barrier.” But a new, modular process powered by sustainable energy that produces less wastewater pollution could be installed on a smaller scale wherever it’s needed, she said. “The first step to enable this reaction is to develop an active, selective, and durable electrocatalyst for this process,” Zhu said. “That’s our focus.” The group recently published promising initial results in the online journal Nature Communications. In addition to the research, Zhu’s group will train students from diverse groups at the interface of catalysis, chemistry, and engineering. The research will be integrated with educational and outreach efforts to illustrate the importance of sustainability in daily life, while stimulating excitement for STEM amongst K-12 youth, especially those from low-income families. In fact, chemical engineering undergraduate Connor Hall has already been working on outreach projects in Zhu’s lab. Hall said he met Zhu through the department’s Mass and Energy Balances course. “She had a very holistic approach and invited me to join her lab,” Hall said. “My first major project was developing a Minecraft model of sustainable ammonia production to educate youth on the benefits of green electrons and sustainable resource harvesting practices. She gave me an opportunity to present this project alongside much more scientific research about catalysis and clean energy systems.” He went on to work with doctoral students in Zhu’s lab, where he developed a “deep understanding of catalyst synthesis methods, structural effects on selectivity/conversion, and how to learn from undesirable outcomes. “Dr. Zhu saw my efforts and helped me attend multiple conferences,” Hall said. “In some, I was the only undergraduate in attendance among Ph.D. students, professors, and other well-respected researchers.” Hall said working in the lab has not merely helped him gain technical knowledge, it also has given him purpose.	https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/05/career-award-will-help-address-food-security-and-nitrate-polluti.html
Daniel G. Katzenbach (Dan) is a Partner in the Raleigh office of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog and Chair of the firm’s Construction Law practice group. Since joining the firm in 1997, Dan has concentrated his practice in the areas of construction law, environmental and toxic torts, architects and engineers professional liability, premises liability, and other complex litigation matters. Dan’s clients include general contractors, developers, architects, engineers, product manufacturers, trucking companies, and insurance and surety companies and agencies. Dan practices before federal and state courts in North Carolina and has litigated a wide variety of cases to favorable verdicts. Dan has represented numerous landowners and property management companies in lead paint lawsuits since the litigation first made its way to North Carolina. Obtained defense verdict at arbitration hearing for roofing contractor who had been sued with regard to a large residential development project with allegations of faulty work and water damage. Represented an Engineer and Land Surveyor before the Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors upon charges of negligent misconduct in connection with expert testimony given in an arbitration proceeding, and successfully persuaded the Board to dismiss all charges against the client. Obtained dismissal for North Carolina Home Inspector in lawsuit where plaintiff alleged over $200,000 of damages from termite infestation discovered after closing on house. Plaintiff subsequently appealed the decision to the N.C. Court of Appeals, where we prevailed again, with the Court affirming the trial court’s ruling of dismissal. Obtained very favorable verdict at trial for general contractor sued by a homeowner alleging differential settlement of his home due to unsuitable soils from improper installation of foundation. Plaintiff alleged over $100,000 in repair costs for installation of helical piers beneath home. Jury rejected the plaintiff’s arguments and concluded that the home had not settled as alleged. Obtained favorable verdict for large regional energy company at trial in lawsuit brought by homeowner alleging almost $1 million in damages for property damage and personal injury from mold associated with water heater flooding. Obtained dismissal of construction personal injury lawsuit for general contractor on plaintiff’s allegations of injury from fall from temporary guardrails on job site. Obtained favorable verdict for roofing subcontractor at trial on general contractor’s claim for indemnity relating to alleged water intrusion into residence. Obtained a defense verdict for a roofing contractor client in a week long bench trial in Charlotte, NC. The roofing contractor was a defendant in an action initiated by a townhome owners’ association, alleging 1.5 million dollars of construction defects at a residential townhome development. The plaintiff alleged that all of the roofs at the 29 unit development needed to be removed and replaced at a cost of over $500,000. The case was tried to a Judge, who ruled in favor of our roofing contractor, awarding the plaintiff $1.00 on the roofing issues. “Liability of General Contractor for Injuries Caused by Negligent Subcontractor,” North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, September, 2006.	https://www.cshlaw.com/attorneys/daniel-katzenbach/
Responsible for: Functions as an Aviation Maintenance Test Flight Examiner (ME) under the direction of the Aviation manager. The Maintenance Test Flight Examiner (ME) shall be responsible for training Maintenance Test Pilots (MTP) in accordance with approved POI, performing Maintenance Test Flights (MTF), and Maintenance Operational Checks (MOC), conducting in-flight troubleshooting and verifications of aircraft to ensure airworthiness upon completion of extensive disassembly for maintenance, repair, replacement or modification of components or aircraft systems. Flights typically associated with this position include training MTPs how to determine the availability of required aircraft power, assessing power plant health and performance, and verifying the functioning of aircraft components and systems in accordance with applicable aircraft technical publications and predetermined requirements. The ME shall train MTPs how to perform general or limited test flights of aircraft when ground diagnostic tests cannot determine the safe and/or proper functioning of aircraft components or systems. The ME shall conduct aircraft general and pre-flight readiness inspections. The ME shall successfully start, run-up, fly, navigate and safely land aircraft IAW applicable aircraft operators manual. The ME shall correctly complete all required aircraft maintenance forms, records, and aircraft log books entries. The ME shall perform mathematical calculations, performance data, and landing configurations of the type series. The ME shall conduct briefings to flight crew members and maintenance personnel in support of the various ME aircraft operations as stated above. A. Duties/responsibilities: B. Independence: Performs within the broad guidelines of duties and responsibilities with significant choice of methods. Authority to select and implement goals and objectives within the execution of duties and responsibilities. C. Supervisory Responsibilities: as assigned. A. Education Level: High School diploma required, Bachelors degree preferred B. Experience: Two (2) years’ experience as a Maintenance Test Flight Examiner in the AH-64E series, meets requirements of AR 95-20-required. Must be qualified as a AH-64E Maintenance Test Flight Examiner-required. C. Specific knowledge, skill, and ability requirements: D. Other: Possess a valid driver’s license.	https://careers-vinnellarabia.icims.com/jobs/2183/maintenance-examiner-ah-64e/job
Making an impact in an organisation of the complexity of the NHS is about as easy as trying to gain control of a small country. Yet a team from Atos Consulting figured out a way of helping NHS South Central meet a government target early, while also making a sustainable improvement to the quality of care. NHS South Central is one of 10 strategic health authorities in England and serves 4 million people. It's made up of nine primary care trusts, nine acute trusts, three mental health trusts, one learning disability trust, one specialist trust and an ambulance trust. In 2004, the Government decided that no-one should wait longer than 18 weeks from GP referral to hospital treatment. Without additional funding to make this happen, NHS South Central realised it would have to transform the way it delivered patient services if it was to meet this target. Using 'lean' principles, it redesigned patient 'pathways' - the journey from first seeing a doctor, through diagnosis and on to recovery. But to put these principles into practice, NHS South Central asked Atos Consulting to work with its nine primary care trusts to deliver not one but 27 redesigned patient pathways - three for each area with high waiting times or particular challenges. It also wanted an NHS South Central Academy that would act as a repository of tools and techniques, NHS staff to be trained to deliver improvements over time, and a network of experts who would help with making the changes sustainable. As an early adopter of the Government's target, NHS South Central had to demonstrate significant progress by March 2008. But although patient pathways had been discussed for several years, they were still a relatively new concept, and applying lean principles to patient care on such a large scale had never been tried before. Redefining just one pathway meant asking up to 30 busy managers and clinicians to co-operate and collaborate. Many were sceptical about whether a technique that has its roots in industry could work in a clinical environment. Organisational structures within the NHS also made it difficult to establish ownership of a single pathway from start to finish. Atos consultants had to resist the pressure to 'go native' and bend to the immediate needs and concerns of patients and clinicians in a particular healthcare setting. And, of course, this initiative was not the only one under way within NHS South Central - staff and managers were concerned about yet more change and extra work for their already-stretched teams. Atos designed its own project pathway - an eight-step process to implement lean principles across each pathway. These eight steps would take 20 weeks. Steps 1 to 5 covered redesign; steps 6 to 8 focused on implementing and sustaining the changes. Lean experts from Unipart Expert Practices were brought in and integrated into the project teams. Joint teams of clinicians and consultants worked closely together and, over the 20 weeks, successfully gained credibility with frontline staff and helped them to embed innovative new practices. Waiting times have since reduced by an average of 14 weeks - and in some cases, by 25 weeks. At the time of writing, waiting times have reduced across 24 different pathways. At one A&E department, 98% of patients are now treated within four hours; and in one GP practice, all patients now expect to consult with their doctor the same or next day. TAKE-HOME TIPS Having redesigned patient treatment 'pathways', NHS South Central turned to Atos for help in putting them into effect. The consultancy brought in 'lean' experts from Unipart and worked alongside clinicians to change practices among front-line staff. The result: drastic cuts in waiting times for patients - Resist the pressure to 'go native' - stay focused on the big picture; - Work to gain credibility and to build consensus among key participants; - Build a strong evidence base to convince sceptics of the value of the project.	https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/mca-management-awards-2009-best-public-sector-project-winner-operational-performance-public-sector-category/article/900721
“The number of smartphones in use globally crossed 1 billion for the first time in the third quarter and will double by 2015, after the introduction of Apple Inc.’s iPhone fueled demand, according to Strategy Analytics,” Jun Yang reports for Bloomberg. “The number reached 1.038 billion in the three-month period, a 47 percent increase from a year earlier, the Boston-based industry researcher said in a statement toda,” Yang reports. “That translates into one in every seven people worldwide owning a handheld device that works like a computer, according to the statement.” MacDailyNews Take: Steve Jobs made more than just a ding. Yang reports, “The industry’s expansion accelerated on the popularity of the iPhone, Strategy Analytics said. As smartphone use spreads to emerging markets, it probably will take less than three years for another billion devices to be added, the researcher said.” Read more in the full article here.	https://macdailynews.com/2012/10/17/fueled-by-apples-iconic-iphone-smartphones-in-use-surpass-1-billion-will-double-by-2015/
Paula Scher was one of the first typographers I was exposed to by this TV Series on Netfilx called Abstract. From there, I was able to see typography from a different perspective. As Scher mentioned, one of the mantras she has was to ‘Illustrate with type’. Undoubtedly, I am struggling with using typefaces to my advantage which makes my designs look flat and stagnant. By using different typefaces as my brush strokes, it reinvents the way I look at designing my posters. Paula Scher illustrated this map of the United States using demographic information about the region and she is using typography as her paintbrush. Paula Scher is also highly against the use of the Helvetica typeface as she terms it to ‘neturalise feeling’ and she also blames it for causing the Vietnam war in another interview in the movie Helvetica. Typefaces have a personality of their own and we should use that to our advantage when designing. From her humble roots as a album cover designer, she was able to create many different album covers using custom typefaces which made her designs standout amongst the sea of generic album covers and typefaces.	https://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/joel0035/2018/09/
History is a fascinating subject and we offer you the opportunity to explore the past in an exciting and thought-provoking way. We emphasise the evaluation of evidence and the role of debate in encouraging you to form your own interpretation of the historical events that continue to shape the world we live in today. Year 7 In Year 7 You start with the Norman invasion of 1066, an event that completely changed the nature of life and society in England. You will learn about the power of the king and the conflicts between the English monarch and medieval church before embarking on an in-depth study of the Crusades. A focused case-study on the village of Yalding in medieval England allows you the chance to examine medieval society and culture through the lives of ordinary people. Year 8 In Year 8, you'll complete a survey course on Tudor history before examining the reigns of the Stuarts. You’ll have the chance to study the reasons that monarchs lose power, comparing the seventeenth-century English Revolution with the bloody revolution of eighteenth-century France. In the summer term you’ll investigate Britain’s role in the history of slavery and empire, with the focus moving away from Europe towards Africa and the Americas. Year 9 Year 9's programme continues to develop the skills necessary for the IGCSE. It will encourage you to learn more about the world around you. In the Autumn Term we focus on the theme of ‘Power and Protest’, focusing on the battle for racial equality in the United States and for gender equality in the ‘Votes for Women’ campaigns of early-1900s Britain. We explore these struggles through the rich offerings of primary sources available to us. The course ends with an examination of the causes and impact of World War One, and leads into the formal CIE content on the European Peace Settlements which set the scene for the IGCSE. The cross-curricular nature of the impact of the War is studied through our three-day Flanders trip.	https://senior.stephenperse.com/page/?title=History&pid=318
Test 2020-10-15-24-1 (CTM 643-April 2020) Summary The test has been saved successfully. Project Information \|Project Identifiers\|\|Project ID: 215315\| DEA: 081H8304 EFIS: 0817000139 \|DIST-CO-RTE-PM\|\|08-SBD-138-0/2.3\| \|Work Description\|\|Construct 4' Median\| \|Location Description\|\|San Bernardino County along route 138\| Sample Information \|Sample Taken Date\|\|10/15/2020\|\|Sample Unique Key\|\|24\| \|Will the laboratory/organization for which you are a member perform testing on this material sample?\|\|Yes\|\|Date that the sample was received by the laboratory/organization performing the testing\|\|11/18/2020\| \|Sample type\|\|Per Request\|\|A brief description of the sample\|\|soil\| \|The quantity of what the sample constitutes\|\|1 bag\|\|From where was the sample collected\|\|Job Site\| \|First name of sampler or witnessed by\|\|Kazi\|\|Last name of sampler or witnessed by\|\|Ahmed\| \|Title of sampler\|\|Unknown\|\|Laboratory sample identification\|\|CR20200514\| \|The fabricator/manufacturer/facility name\|\|Caltrans\|\|Transportation Laboratory (TL) Number\|\|C002250\| \|Inspector Lot Number from the Transportation Laboratory (TL) Form\|\|Structure unique identifier\|\|08-SBD-138-PM 0.5\| \|Structure name\|\|Southbound\| Material Information \|Material Type\|\|Soil\|\|The fabricator's/manufacturer's product name for the sample\|\|A-20-001 - PM 0.5\| \|The fabricator/manufacturer designation for the sample\|\|Soil Corrosion\|\|A detailed description of where the material sample was collected\|\|5 feet depth\| \|Where the material sample would have been placed if not sampled\| Test Details DIME Sample ID: 2020-10-15-24 DIME Test ID: 2020-10-15-24-1 Testing Lab: Wood Test Method: CTM 643-April 2020: Method for Test for Laboratory Resistivity and pH for Soil and Water Test Release Date: 2020-11-24 Test Results The test method used?: Laboratory Resistivity Test for Soil Input Type: Calculated Tester's full name: Sarah Mauri Date of test: 11/20/2020 Minimum soil resistance of the lab measurement: 7200 Ohms Soil sample temperature: 19.3 C Soil box constant: 1 pH of soil: 8.15 Minimum soil resistance corrected to 15.5: 7884.00 Ohm-cm Minimum soil resistivity at 15.5:7884 Ohm-cm General comments (publicly viewable) (Max 1000 characters):	https://dime.dot.ca.gov/index.php?r=test/viewDetail&test_id=98581
Are you considering a future doctorate or are you about to get started with your research? In this section, you will find information on a range of topics relevant to those in the early stages of their doctorate. Go directly to: Why do a doctorate? At the latest shortly before graduating, many Master's students are faced with the question of whether they should begin doctoral studies and which career paths will open up after completing their doctorate. The doctorate is the highest academic degree that can be awarded at universities. A doctoral degree offers you the opportunity to intensively deal with a research topic or project over a longer period of time. With the degree, you demonstrate the ability to work independently and scientifically and it opens up a wide range of career options – both within the university and in science-related areas, business and society. The decision for or against the doctorate should be well considered. The driving force should primarily be an in-depth interest in a research question or research topic. In any case, we recommend that you talk to the professor at an early stage, who you can imagine as your supervisor, or arrange a consultation with us. In addition, the Frühjahrsakademie of the Research Academy Ruhr offers support in the decision-making process and in the initial phase of the doctorate to those interested in PhD studies within the University Alliance Ruhr. Different ways to obtain a doctorate in Germany There are basically two different ways to obtain a PhD in Germany: Individual doctorate You choose and work on your research topic independently and are supervised by your doctoral supervisor. As a rule, you will look for your supervisor independently. During your individual doctorate, you will often be employed as a research assistant at a chair or institute. In the section "Financing the doctorate" you will also find an overview of other ways to finance your PhD studies. Structured PhD programmes In contrast to the individual doctorate, the PhD study in structured programmes is formally regulated and offers numerous integrated support offers. Structured programmes, such as DFG Research Training Groups, usually offer funding in the form of positions as research assistants. The application modalities vary depending on the programme. Further information can be found on the websites of the doctoral programmes. Here you will find an overview of the structured doctoral programmes at the UDE. Requirements and Regulations at the University of Duisburg-Essen Requirements The prerequisite for a doctorate is a) a degree after a relevant university or art college course of study with a standard period of study of at least eight semesters, for which a degree other than Bachelor is awarded, or b) a degree after a relevant university course of study with a standard period of study of at least six semesters and subsequent appropriate preparatory studies in the doctoral subjects, or c) a Master's degree within the meaning of § 85 Paragraph 3 Sentence 2 HG, i.e. a further degree qualifying for a profession with a standard period of study of at least two semesters. If the degree was not relevant, the Doctoral Committee shall determine appropriate doctoral preparatory studies in the doctoral subjects that must be proven before final admission to the doctoral procedure. Doctoral Regulations The right to award doctorates lies with the faculties, which therefore determine the procedure and rules for doctoral studies. These rules are laid down in law in the published doctoral regulations of the respective faculty, which in turn are based on the model doctoral regulations of the university. All doctoral regulations (also an English version of the model regulations) can be found here. An overview of the doctoral committees of the faculties can be found on this page. Please note the special regulations at the Faculty of Medicine, if applicable. All information, as well as FAQs on the old and new doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Medicine, can be found on the Faculty's website. Preparatory Studies Preparatory scientific studies have a maximum duration of four semesters and are jointly determined by the doctoral committee and the applicant. If preparatory studies for the doctorate are still to be completed, admission to the list of doctoral candidates is conditional and the supervision agreement of the faculty applies. Enrolment Enrolment in a doctoral program takes place within the enrolment period for non-restricted programs. For enrolment in a doctoral program you have to submit the required certificate (confirmation from the supervising professor or confirmation from the doctoral committee) and the completed application for enrolment. You can find all important information such as opening hours, registration deadlines, necessary documents etc. in the application form. Please note the information on the enrolment procedure for degree programs without admission. How to find a supervisor If you decide on an individual doctorate at the University of Duisburg-Essen, you must first find a supervisor for your PhD project. You can apply for job advertisements as well as unsolicited apply to a chair holder in your area of interest. Perhaps you already have an exact idea of which professor you would like to work with. This could be someone who has published in your field of research or whom you got to know at a conference or during your studies. On the faculty's website you will find the contact details. If you still have no idea which professor could be your supervisor, we recommend that you research the websites of the faculty or department in which you would like to do your PhD studies to find out which professors work in your field and then contact them. The important criteria for the professor's confirmation of supervision are usually your qualification(s), your research goal and the feasibility of your research project. If necessary, the professor will request an exposé in order to better assess your project. In the exposé, you define an initial framework for your dissertation in terms of content and time and set out in writing what you want to achieve. Once you have found a supervisor and agreed on a research topic, the next step is for the doctoral committee of the responsible faculty to check whether the doctoral requirements have been met and decide whether you will be accepted as a doctoral student. You can then enrol as a doctoral student (see section "Enrolment"). During your individual doctorate, you will often be employed as a research assistant at a chair or institute. In the section "Financing the doctorate" you will also find an overview of further options for financing a doctorate. Stages of doctoral studies Depending on the subject area, the doctorate takes between three and five years to complete. Of course, each doctorate is very individual, but as a rule different characteristic phases can be distinguished: Orientation phase (approx. 1-3 months) The orientation phase includes the decision for the doctorate, the choice of topics, the search for a supervisor and a suitable financing model. The admission to the doctorate is then carried out by the doctoral committee. Entry phase (approx. 3-9 months) In the introductory phase, you will familiarise yourself with your research topic and formulate your doctoral exposé. At the beginning of this phase, it is advisable to prepare as detailed a structure and a schedule as possible. Research phase (approx. 2.5-3 years) In the research phase you will work on your project and make changes and adjustments if necessary. The securing of results and clean documentation of your work is relevant throughout. The research, review and evaluation of relevant literature or the collection of data covers the entire doctoral phase. Transparent communication with your supervisor is also very important over the entire period: In addition to organisational arrangements, a regular dialogue about the content of your thesis should be guaranteed in the supervision relationship. Final phase (approx. 3-12 months) In this phase you will complete your research project and complete your dissertation. In the final phase, you and your supervisor set a deadline for the submission of your dissertation and – depending on the estimated time for correction phases, the preparation of expert opinions and the dates of the doctoral committee meetings – agree on a deadline for the disputation if possible. The written application for admission to the doctoral examination must be submitted to the doctoral committee; any other requirements to be observed are governed by the doctoral regulations. You will only be admitted to the oral examination as part of the doctoral procedure after a positive assessment and acceptance of the dissertation. If you have successfully passed the doctoral examination, the last step is to publish the dissertation in a suitable form, for example as a monograph in a publishing house or as an Open Access publication. An exception to this is the cumulative doctorate, in which you publish several articles individually during the doctoral phase (usually three or four, depending on the doctoral regulations) and provide them with a framing text for submission as a dissertation, which establishes the connection between the individual contributions and your overarching research question. The University Library Duisburg-Essen offers you an own contact point for all questions concerning the publication of your dissertation. The contact persons of the UB's dissertation office will give you valuable tips and information about guidelines and design principles. Phases according to Sibel Vurgun (Hrsg.): Kompetenzen von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftlern. Entwicklung eines Kompetenzmodells. UniWiND-Publikationen Band 6, 2016, S. 18. Online verfügbar unter: https://www.uniwind.org/.../user.../Publikationen/2016_UniWiND_Bd6_A5_web.pdf (letzter Zugriff 26.3.2019).	https://www.uni-due.de/gcplus/en/info_doctorate_stages.php
EGO General Directorate Transportation Planning and Rail System Department took action between Ankara Metro Ulus-Sıhhiye Stations for rails with high wear levels and not renewed for 25 years. Thanks to the 320-meter rail change that started with the complete closing process, the speed of the Metro will increase from 65 km per hour to 80 km along the route. Ankara Metropolitan Municipality took the worn rails in Ankara Metro to close marking. EGO General Directorate Transportation Planning and Rail System Department, which accelerated its work prioritizing passenger safety, started to replace worn out international track rails with new ones in order to provide uninterrupted and comfortable travel to the citizens of the Capital. COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE FOR 25 YEARS OF RAILS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVEN EGO General Directorate took action to replace the 25-meter-long rails between Ankara Metro and Ulus-Sıhhiye Stations, which have been found to have reached the highest level of wear and have not been renewed and changed for 320 years. While the Department of Transportation Planning and Rail System prioritizes the work due to the curfews planned for the summer months but applied during the full closure process, the team of 25 continues its renovation works at night. Providing information about the rail change works on the line, Metro Operations Branch Manager Yurtalp Erdoğdu said: “We are replacing the worn rails between Ulus Station and Sıhhiye Station. During the periodic controls on the route, especially the abrasions on the rails are carefully monitored. As a result, we make the decision to replace the rails that have reached a critical level of wear and make business planning. Generally, we carry out these activities without interrupting the flights, within the time periods that our passengers will not be victimized. During the full closure period, we decided to change the rail of 320 meters. We plan to complete this in 6 days. In the works here, the whole team is our own personnel, and the equipment is our own equipment. The work we do entirely with our own resources. As a result, we aim for our passengers to travel more comfortably and safely. " TRAVEL TIME ON THE NATIONAL-SIHHIYE ROUTE WILL BE SHORTENED Thanks to the replacement of the worn rails on the Ulus-Sıhhiye line, the current speed on the route will increase from 65 km to 80 km from now on. The rail renewal work, which will save time and shorten the travel time of the passengers, is planned to be completed by May 14 with the acceleration of the metro services.	https://www.raillynews.com/2021/05/The-speed-of-the-Ankara-metro-will-increase-from-65-km-to-80-km-per-hour/
Best of Bandcamp Contemporary Classical: August 2018 The taxonomy of contemporary classical music—new music, contemporary music, whatever you want to call it—is a thorny issue. But every two months, we’ll take a look at some of the best composer-driven music to surface here on Bandcamp, that which makes room for electronic experimentation, improvisation, and powerful takes on old classics. The dynamic violin virtuoso Patricia Kopatchinskaja—who served as the music director of the prestigious Ojai Music Festival in 2018—was riveted by a piece of music composed by Michael Hersch that she stumbled across online several years go. Attracted by the intense power of the work, she tracked down and commissioned him to write “Violin Concerto,” which she plays here with trademark bravado, deftly supported by the International Contemporary Ensemble. The harrowing four-movement work took inspiration from a pair of poems by Thomas Hardy and a sculpture by Christopher Cairns, but it was written in response to the death of a friend, and there’s little doubt the music’s rigor and darkness were derived from that sense of loss. From the start, Kopatchinskaja relies on her technical brilliance, unleashing scratch tones and bruising intervals, but as the dissonance builds, her lines become more concentrated and tightly coiled. The piece slows, pitted by occasional rhythmic spasms, with the violin digging into a single pitch during the length of the third movement before fading into somnambulance, awash in weird harmonics. “End Stages,” commissioned and performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, is no less brooding. Once again, the work was composed with death in mind, but inspired by a set of drawings by occasional collaborator Kevin Tuttle; the work moves toward acceptance of mortality with muted serenity. The New York ensemble Yarn/Wire—the quartet of pianists Laura Berger and Ning Yu, and percussionists Russell Greenberg and Ian Antonio—tackle one of the most fascinating and ambitious works in their compelling repertoire: a new piece by Alex Mincek of Wet Ink Ensemble. Images of Duration, which takes its title from writings by philosopher Henri Bergson, explores the ways humans perceive time and objects in shifting ways over extended durations—with changing scale and understanding. Pianists Berger and Yu tuned their respective pianos a quarter tone apart from the other (which results in unusual harmonics), while percussionists Greenberg and Antonio deploy tuned gongs, air canisters, waterphone, a baby monitor, and a white noise machine in addition to standard drums, tuned percussion, and chimes. As a whole, the hour-long piece covers vast terrain, nearly all of it riddled with exquisite tension—in both the most quiet, fragile passages and the most tumultuous, punishing ones. Mincek dedicates the piece to painter Ellsworth Kelly, known for his two-dimensional landscapes where depth occasionally surfaces through the use of reliefs, and the music mirrors that methodology, with sustained, ominous expanses of sound marked by sudden, fleeting instrumental eruptions. The way it’s paced allows the listener to bask in those shifts, sensing the overarching connectivity of the soundscape while highlighting the changes in perspective as it all unfolds. Even beyond that exercise in perception, the actual sounds, motion, and structure offer a thrilling experience. This bracing portrait album by Eric Moe offers six disparate solo pieces, half of which require the performer to interact with electronic or pre-recorded elements. The composer clearly has a penchant for pulling phrases apart, not only in the electronic elements, but in his written scores. “Cross Chop” opens the album with a giddy rush; Paul Vaillancourt gives a stunning reading on the drum kit, starting with a straight-up adaptation of the trademark opening rhythm of the Surfaris’ classic “Wipe Out.” But instead of falling into a dance groove, the music shifts radically into a dizzying display of polyrhythmic, melodic power—a fully notated drum solo that could bring fans to their feet in a rock club. “And No Birds Sing” is a solo piano piece, performed by Moe, on a grand piano retuned with 19 notes to each octave—an absurd proposition—to deliver a work of triumphant dissonance and otherworldliness. Of the interactive pieces, on the title track violist Jessica Meyer tangles with a chaotic fabric of percussive, electronic pings, and abstract gurgles, while Yihan Chen’s pipa-playing on “The Sun Beats the Mountain Like a Drum” contrasts with a variety of global percussion traditions, from Afro-Cuban congas to Indian tabla, to say nothing of some ghostly work song chants. Inspired by music composer Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart—the older sister to Wolfgang Amadeus, who never got the level of recognition of her brother—actress and playwright Sylvia Milo turned to her husband, percussionist Nathan Davis, and keyboardist Phyllis Chen to create music for Milo’s original monodrama about the overlooked composer, titled The Other Mozart. Wisely, Davis and Chen make no effort to evoke period music particular to a historical era, but instead generate a fantastical world of sound and melody using instruments and objects Maria Anna Mozart would have certainly dealt with: “clavichord, harpsichord, music boxes, clock chimes, and church bells, as well as hand fans and teacups.” The duo vibrantly transform those devices, often electronically, to produce a mixture of evocative vignettes. The delicate “Nannerl Theme” is a miniature of pure music box sweetness; the piece that follows it, “Every note I play, he hears” sounds utterly out of time, with a high-pitched bowed percussion tone that seems electric, ringing out ominously, while gently struck bells and other objects clang in sporadic, spread-out interjections, suggesting an internal dialogue that’s anything but peaceful. The music cycles through shifting moods effortlessly, using a limited palette of sound that can toggle between whimsical and portentous without a hiccup. Tim Feeney—founding member of the ambitious So Percussion, and currently part of the trio Meridian with Sarah Hennies and Greg Stuart—operates with wide open ears, harnessing his deep curiosity to traverse new territory. His practice encourages fluidity between composed and improvised material, and while this dazzling new solo effort falls strictly in the latter category, the procession of minimal materials suggests a sense of order that feels compositional in its rigor. The album description reads: “Four improvised poundings, a drum, a pair of sticks, a metal plate, a pair of dowels, a heavy cymbal, a large room, a small squirrel […].” That rudimentary list lays down Feeney’s materials, which he plays in subtle ebb-and-flow patterns: a steady hammering thrum that shifts timbres according to what devices he’s beating with and upon, but also determined by the way he strikes objects. Sometimes he’s damping the surface, sometimes he’s moving to a different part of the surface area, and sometimes he grips his sticks or dowels in disparate ways (or at least that’s what it sounds like). Both parts follow a similar trajectory, arriving as much as a sound study than a narrative journey—although the focused repetition evokes the sensation of an epic trek. Los Angeles trombonist and composer Matt Barbier—a member of the category-defying duo Rage Thormbones, with Weston Olencki—created a series of works based upon hand-drawn holograms made by Tristan Duke of the five platonic solids, 3D geometric shapes that are all convex polyhedrons. He derived pitch relationships from those graphic representations, resulting in scores, all 10:06 in duration, that delve into alternate tuning systems. Whether using synthesized sound (operated by Olencki) or traditional string instruments (played by Ashley Walters, Derek Stein, Andrew McIntosh, Adrianne Pope, and Linnea Powell), the pieces, each named for the particular platonic solid the information was drawn from, deliver sustained tones with mind-warping harmonies and psychoacoustic effects. The compositions, in relying on mathematics to sketch out the various pitches, create a heady, deeply physical sound world that seems to change shape depending on how the listener positions themselves in front of the speakers. “Tetrahedron” is heard in three different iterations—one featuring violin, a second with modular synth, and a third overlaying both of them in meticulously synced fashion. Things get even odder when Barbier blends different reading of different shapes, including the cello treatment of “Cube” overlaid with the cello treatment of “Octahedron.” I can’t pretend to have any fluency in that math, but I have no problem getting immersed in this enveloping sound environment. Violinist Josh Modney has consistently demonstrated jaw-dropping technical skill and deep, exploratory impulses in his work in Wet Ink Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, and in a duo with Zs guitarist Patrick Higgins—but he outdoes himself on this powerful solo effort. Modney organized the double-album into three discrete programs, all utterly astonishing. The first includes some dazzling interactive components, such as Sam Pluta’s reactive electronics on “Jem Altieri With a Ring Modulator Circuit,” where acoustic and electronic sounds dance in wild, breathtaking patterns, or the way Kate Soper’s voice virtually becomes one with Modney’s violin on her “Cipher.” The second program opens with a transformation of Bach’s “Ciaccona” in just intonation, followed by the duo piece “the children of fire come looking for fire” by and with Modney’s Wet Ink collaborator, pianist Eric Wubbels, also in just intonation. Both pieces are physically demanding, and produce wild psychoacoustic effects. The collection concludes with five solo improvisations where Modney pushes the boundaries of his instrument and his body without any kind of treatments, alternate tunings, or editing. As a whole, the album stands as powerful testimony to sound-seeking by one of today’s most intrepid experimentalists. German composer and pianist Reinhold Friedl is well known as the founder and leader of the iconoclastic ensemble Zeitkratzer, who have tackled works by radicals such as Alvin Lucier, John Cage, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and have also interpreted Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music and collaborated with the likes of Keiji Haino and Terre Thaemlitz. A different, no less restless side of Friedl’s work is displayed in these three string quartets, viscerally played by France’s Quatuor Diotima. Friedl largely dispenses with traditional methodologies; although his second string quartet slyly quote chords and melodies from famous past string quartets while turning them inside out in the way he arranges them as a whole, he’s concerned with creating intensely physical experiences, for both musician and listener. The musicians in the first quartet use circular bowing motions throughout the entire work, generating ghostly harmonies in constant flux that flutter and hydroplane, while the third string quartet build from the sustained, heavy vibrato of decidedly sour pitch combinations that accelerate and intensify over 20 minutes into an increasingly rhythmic crescendo. Anthony Cheung, a composer and professor at the University of Chicago, has routinely drawn from a broad range of inspirations and intellectual notions to create music that play with traditional forms. The opening suite “The Real Book of Fake Tunes,” a cheeky reference to the collection of lead sheets many young jazz musicians use to learn how to improvise on standards, is actually for flute (played here by Claire Chase) and string quartet (Spektral Quartet), an infrequently used instrumental format that’s nonetheless been around for two centuries. While the composer notes that there are chord progressions in the final section that might suggest Coltrane’s “Countdown,” the music itself bears virtually no resemblance to jazz. But the interaction and shifting focus of Chase and Spektral does evoke a fluidity we don’t often experience in contemporary composed music. The three “Bagatelles” for string quartet and piano reference various Beethoven pieces, while “Aprés une lecture” uses some of the notated transcriptions composer Leoš Janáček made of the spoken language from Brno, Czech Republic as melodic motifs that hold the piece together. As fascinating as such ideas are, they wouldn’t matter if the composer’s structural rigor and lyric gifts didn’t transform them into work that’s consistently compelling. Texas composer and performer Jerry Hunt—who committed suicide just prior to his 50th birthday in 1993—was a relentless experimentalist who largely shunned his classical music pedigree, forgoing the concert hall in favor of a radically homemade approach and sound. In fact, his pieces were largely inextricable from their performances. This particular work, performed and recorded live on the Berkeley radio station KPFA in 1980, was part of a larger system he called “Ground.” He called it “just two very small chamber cuttings for voice speaking and percussion.” Hunt’s eccentric, sometimes inaudible vocal style creates syllables and diphthongs based on text from George Eliot’s novel The Mill on the Floss—his delivery recalls the bizarre delivery of filmmaker Jack Smith—and they meld with hand percussion (bells worn around his wrists, which are in constant motion, not as only as a sound generator triggering a primitive bank of samples, but part of his kinetic performance style), hand claps, and spooky, abstract electronic sounds produced and manipulated on tape. The piece is seriously otherworldly, as if Hunt has summoned forth a new reality from his imagination and he’s navigating its elusive contours, leaving the listener both compelled and a little frightened.
Exploring how human resource management initiatives can build organisational knowledge: A case study of knowledge management in a law firm Marley, Erin (2012) Exploring how human resource management initiatives can build organisational knowledge: A case study of knowledge management in a law firm. Honours thesis, Murdoch University. Download (206kB) Download (1MB) Abstract Over the past decade knowledge has been highlighted as the definitive source of competitive advantage (CA) and value for organisations in the new Knowledge Economy (Kong and Thomson 2009; Hartell and Fujimoto 2010). Since the early 1990’s many researchers have discussed the management of knowledge within organisations; prompting the exploration of knowledge creation and management theories (Wikström and Normann 1994). Research has revealed a limited ability for Knowledge Management (KM) frameworks to address the ‘soft’ (human) aspects alongside the ‘hard’ (technological) aspects of knowledge creation and transfer (Leyland 2010). This has called for an emphasis to be placed on the appropriate use of structures and strategies to harness knowledge and technology, in order to stay competitive (Leyland 2010). Aiming to address these points this research is an explorative study investigating how HRM initiative can impact on knowledge generation and thereby build competitive advantage. The study employs a single case study approach premised on an in-depth rather than an industry-wide investigation of the relationships between KM and HRM in achieving organisational learning and CA. More specifically the research identifies how HRM initiatives enable knowledge-sharing between knowledge workers for the purpose of organisational learning, value adding to goods and services, and increased competitive advantage (CA). This study is both unique and significant in terms of its contributions to knowledge in the field of KM. It elicits understandings from a review of the current KM literature and a practical perspective generated from the feedback given by 12 managers from a large Australian Law firm, situated in a highly knowledge-intensive industry with an incentive to engage in KM. The study aims to address the gap in the literature by providing broad practical insights into the management of knowledge from both ‘hard’ (IT) and ‘soft’ (Human) perspectives. A thematic analysis of both the literature and the data collected in chapters two and four provides a synthesis of theory and practice offered in chapter five. The key findings indicated that in the case organisation HRM policy and practice were not a key aspect of managing relationships and facilitating knowledge-sharing amongst employees. However, organisational culture played a big part in enabling and encouraging commitment to KM. The core recommendation for the case organisation to consider is the implementation of HRM initiatives which will promote the development of an organisational learning focused culture to improve the knowledge-sharing. This finding is supported with reference to the broader KM, organisational learning and HRM literature. This study provides a platform for further research exploring the potentially productive nexus between KM, HRM, organisational learning and culture and how this can better understood by academics and managers seeking to add value in legal and professional services.	https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/12906/
Financial Loan Managers Job DescriptionJob Descriptions October 27, 2013 Financial loan managers are working professionals who have progressed to the point where they are qualified to work as managers. Workers in this field come from the same career path as a financial loan specialist or loan agent. Their job is to help borrowers find contracts that give them the loan they need. The loan agent is in charge of bringing the contract to the higher-positioned associates, who ultimately approve the loan. However, these professionals must make sure that the loan is approved within the stated limits and must consult with management regarding changes. A Managerial Path for Loan Officers This career path is all about negotiating and getting along with people. Agents meet with applicants and preside over a question and answer session. This is when the borrower answers questions about finances, credit, property and other pertinent information. The borrower learns the different type of loans available and what the terms of service would be. The financial loan officer then compiles all necessary documentation and calculates payment schedules. Other duties covered include handling customer complaints, addressing clients’ questions, helping underwriters create the contract, and helping people who have delinquent loans. Considering that the job position is a financial loan manager, this indicates seniority – the worker who learns the system and then qualifies for more responsibility, namely in the vein of management. Managers have additional obligations. They must establish relationships and address customer issues just the same, but they also oversee training programs and recruit new employees, while evaluating loan applications. Since they are ultimately in charge of overseeing cash flow, this is a position of significant responsibility. These managers maintain professional relationships with clients, direct the activities of multiple departments, and report back to executives on the goings of this side of the business. Managers are very often trusted to market bank products, set policies regarding credit, identify potential loan markets, send reports out and handle minor courtroom activity, concerning the transferring of titles and deeds. A Day in the Life of a Financial Loan Manager A financial loan manager’s day is filled with supervisory tasks, as well as picking up after officers when needed. Managers may meet with loan applicants and arrange for an interview, and analyze and approve the work of officers that negotiate a deal. Managers and officers alike may assist with underwriting, and work with professional underwriters to develop loan needs and the client’s ability to pay back the loan. This may involve learning new software, in addition to learning existing formulas that have been proven to work. Lastly, keep in mind that there are specializations within this industry, including commercial, consumer, mortgage, and collections. This may be the next step for you if you are serious about wanting a career change, and willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. Just so you know, you don’t have to push yourself beyond what is reasonable. Go back to school for a four-year degree and watch the tide turn in your favor!	http://educationcareerarticles.com/career-information/job-descriptions/financial-loan-managers-job-description/
In that vein, we will be presenting IAUD Award 2012, which will recognize groups and individuals who have conducted or proposed particularly noteworthy activities aimed at realizing a UD society in which everyone - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, culture, nationality, customs, or other factors - can live comfortably, without feeling any undue inconvenience. As a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011, cities, towns and villages in the northeast coastal areas were terribly damaged. The majority of the victims included the aged, people with disabilities, children, and other people in socially weak positions. Amid the calls that reconstruction be carried out as soon as possible, one can also hear voices saying that the reconstruction plans devised should incorporate the perspectives of UD and renewable energy, so that safe and secure municipalities resistant to earthquakes, tsunamis and other disasters can be built to last for generations to come. Accordingly, for IAUD Award 2012, we are seeking, both within Japan and the global community, innovative UD activities and proposals aimed at realizing a mutualistic, sustainable society, for example creating municipalities, organizations, products and more that will be conducive to reconstruction, restoration and recovery from any disasters that occur in the future. We will then judge these entries and formally recognize the finalists. We are also expecting entries involving activities and proposals relevant to the situation in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, as well as innovative, universal activities and proposals that can be applied to the diverse conditions in regions throughout the world.	https://www.iaud.net/ud2012/award/en_index.html
We have previously written that a criminal conviction can have consequences that last far beyond whatever sentence is imposed. This is especially true for teenagers and young adults. A conviction, even for minor offenses, can jeopardize job opportunities, college admissions and scholarship opportunities. Under a federal law enacted in 2000, for instance, individuals with a drug crime conviction on their records became ineligible to receive government grants and loans to help pay for higher education. There was no distinction in the bill between misdemeanor and felony offenses. The law was slightly amended in 2005, and denial of government aid is now limited to drug offenders who were enrolled in school and receiving federal aid when their alleged offense was committed. Although the 2005 rework made the law slightly less draconian, it remains overly punitive and, arguably, counterproductive. Young offenders who are denied access to an affordable education are more likely to suffer economic and social disadvantages that ultimately make them more likely to reoffend. Thankfully, Congress may now be seeking to clean up the mess that it made some 16 years ago. There are bipartisan bills in both the House and Senate that would repeal a law passed as a result of the drug hysteria of the 1990s. Given how gridlocked Congress has been in recent years, however, it is unclear if and when this repeal measure could be passed. It is both unfair and unfortunate that overly punitive drug laws can so negatively impact a young person’s future. But in light of laws like this, it is critical for any student facing drug charges to seek the help of an experienced criminal defense attorney right away.	https://www.buting.com/blog/2016/02/congress-may-repeal-law-denying-college-aid-to-drug-offenders/
Le-Angela Thompson, who joined SYF on April 25 as Chief Operations Officer. She comes to SYF as a highly motivated strategic thinking people leader, that is able to drive high team performance through continuous process improvement centered around customer experience and company objectives. Le-Angela is joining SYF to keep a top-down view of our processes in order to ensure that we are effectively using all our resources to better the education and lives of the student at our Academies. In addition to her professional work, Le-Angela has been a long-time volunteer in the educational space, having volunteered with the Center for Leadership Development and UNCF for 15 years combined. The staff is excited about what Le-Angela will bring to the team! Kimb Stewart is back! Kimb served as the Education Services Coordinator for SYF in 2015 and left in 2017 to work for the Indiana Department of Education. She’s happy to be back with SYF as the Director of Programs Services. Kimb comes back to SYF with a bevy of educational, alternative, and traditional, experiences, and is primed and ready to assist SYF Academies in all their needs. Kimb believes that the key to truly successful alternative education programs is the teachers and administrators who work diligently and faithfully to provide an education to their students while also acknowledging and understanding their unique needs and experiences. Her job at SYF is to provide Academies with resources and opportunities to enable them to help their students graduate fully prepared for their next step, whether it be enrollment in a post-secondary institution, enlistment, or employment. She will also be studying the impact of all of the services, resources, and opportunities provided to the network. Alexia Evans joined SYF on May 2. Hailing from Michigan, Alexia currently works as an Executive Assistant at Simon Property Group. She is joined SYF as the Administrative Coordinator for the Foundation, focusing on Foundation activities and Advancement needs. She became involved with SYF when she raised her hand saying, “I want to help.” Speaking up lead her to the opportunity to join the team!	https://syf.org/welcome-new-syf-staff-members/
Alexia sniffed. “I am getting there. You must understand, Professor Lyall, this is a smidgen embarrassing. You must permit me to broach the matter in a slightly roundabout manner.” “Far be it for me to require directness from you, Miss Tarabotti,” replied the werewolf in a tone of voice Alexia felt might be bordering rudely on sarcasm. “Yes, well, anyway,” she continued huffily. “Only last night at a dinner event we both attended. Lord Maccon's behavior gave me to understand the previous evening's entanglement had been a… mistake.” Miss Hisselpenny gave a little gasp of astonishment. “Oh,” she exclaimed, “how could he!” “Ivy,” said Miss Tarabotti a touch severely, “pray let me finish my story before you judge Lord Maccon too harshly. That is, after all, for me to do.” Somehow Alexia could not endure the idea that her friend might be thinking ill of the earl. Alexia continued. “This afternoon, I returned home to find him waiting for me in this very parlor. He seems to have changed his mind once again. I am becoming increasingly confused.” Miss Tarabotti glared at the hapless Beta. “And I do not appreciate this kind of uncertainty!” She put down the ribbon pillow. “Has he gone and botched things up again?” asked the professor. Floote entered with the tea tray. At a loss for what proper etiquette required, the butler had placed the raw liver in a cut-glass ice-cream dish. Professor Lyall did not seem to care in what form it was presented. He ate it rapidly but delicately with a small copper ice-cream spoon. Floote served the tea and then disappeared once more from the room. Miss Tarabotti finally arrived at the point. “Why did he treat me with such hauteur last night and then with such solicitude today? Is there some obscure point of pack lore in play here?” She sipped her tea to hide her nervousness. Lyall finished his chopped liver, set the empty ice-cream dish on the piano top, and looked at Miss Tarabotti. “Would you say that initially Lord Maccon made his interest clear?” he asked. “Well,” hedged Miss Tarabotti, “we have known each other for a few years now. Before the street incident, I would say his attitude has been one of apathy.” Professor Lyall chuckled. “You did not hear his comments after those encounters. However, I did mean more recently.” Alexia put down her teacup and started using her hands as she talked. It was one of the few Italian mannerisms that had somehow crept into her repertoire, despite the fact that she had barely known her father. “Well, yes,” she said, spreading her fingers expansively, “but then again, not decisively. I realize I am a little old and plain for long-term romantic interest, especially from a gentleman of Lord Maccon's standing, but if he was offering claviger status, oughten I to be informed? And isn't it impossible for…” She glanced at Ivy, who did not know she was a preternatural. She did not even know that preternatural folk existed. “For someone as lacking in creativity as me to be a claviger? I do not know what to think. I cannot believe his overtures represent a courtship. So when he recently ignored me, I assumed the incident in the street had been a colossal mistake.” Professor Lyall sighed again. “Yes, that. How do I put this delicately? My estimable Alpha has been thinking of you instinctively, I am afraid, not logically. He has been perceiving you as he would an Alpha female werewolf.” Miss Hisselpenny frowned. “Is that complimentary?” Seeing the empty ice-cream dish, Miss Tarabotti handed Professor Lyall a cup of tea. Lyall sipped the beverage delicately, raising his eyebrows from behind the lip of the cup. “For an Alpha male? Yes. For the rest of us, I suspect, not quite so much. But there is a reason.” “Go on, please,” urged Miss Tarabotti, intrigued. Lyall continued. “When he would not admit his interest even to himself, his instincts took over.” Miss Tarabotti, who had a brief but scandalous vision of Lord Maccon's instincts urging him to do things such as throw her bodily over one shoulder and drag her off into the night, returned to reality with a start. “So?” Miss Hisselpenny said to her friend, looking at Lyall for support, “It is an issue of control?” “Very perceptive, Miss Hisselpenny.” The professor looked with warm approval at Ivy, who blushed with pleasure. Miss Tarabotti felt as though she was beginning to understand. “At the dinner party, he was waiting for me to make overtures?” She almost squeaked in shock. “But he was flirting! With a… a… Wibbley!” Professor Lyall nodded. “Thereby trying to increase your interest—force you to stake a claim, indicate pursuit, or assert possession. Preferably all three.” Both Miss Tarabotti and Miss Hisselpenny were quite properly shocked into silence at the very idea. Though Alexia was less appalled than perturbed. After all, had she not just discovered, in this very room, the depth of her own interest in equalizing the male-female dynamic? She supposed if she could bite Lord Maccon on the neck and regret that she left no lasting mark, she might be able to claim him publicly. “In pack protocol, we call it the Bitch's Dance,” Professor Lyall explained. “You are, you will forgive my saying so, Miss Tarabotti, simply too much Alpha.” “I am not an Alpha,” protested Miss Tarabotti, standing up and pacing about. Clearly, her father's library had failed her entirely on the niceties and mating habits of werewolves. Lyall looked at her—hands on hips, full-figured, assertive. He smiled. “There are not many female werewolves. Miss Tarabotti. The Bitch's Dance refers to liaisons among the pack: the female's choice.” Miss Hisselpenny maintained an appalled silence. The very idea was utterly alien to her upbringing. Miss Tarabotti mulled it over. She found she liked the idea. She had always secretly admired the vampire queens their superior position in hive structure. She did not know werewolves had something similar. Did Alpha females, she wondered, trump males outside the romantic arena as well? “Why?” she asked. Lyall explained. “It has to be up to the female, with so few of them and so many of us. There is no battling over a female allowed. Werewolves rarely live more than a century or two because of all the infighting. The laws are strict and enforced by the dewan himself. It is entirely the bitch's choice every step of the dance.” “So, Lord Maccon was waiting for me to go to him.” Miss Tarabotti realized for the first time how strange it must be for the older supernatural folk to adjust to the changing social norms of Queen Victoria's daylight world. Lord Maccon always seemed to have such things well in hand. It had not even occurred to Alexia that he had made a mistake in his behavior toward her. “Then what of his conduct today?” Miss Hisselpenny sucked in a gasp. “What did he do?” She shivered in delighted horror. Miss Tarabotti promised to tell her the particulars later. Although this time, she suspected, she would not be able to reveal every detail. Things had progressed a little too far for someone of Ivy's delicate sensibilities. If merely looking at that wingback chair could make Alexia blush, it would certainly be too much for her dear friend. Professor Lyall coughed. Miss Tarabotti believed he was doing so to hide amusement. “That may have been my fault. I spoke to him most severely, reminding him to treat you as a modern British lady, not a werewolf.” “Mmm,” said Miss Tarabotti, still contemplating the wingback chair, “perhaps a little too modern?” Professor Lyall's eyebrows went all the way up, and he leaned a little out of the shadows toward her. “Alexia,” said Miss Hisselpenny most severely, “you must force him to make his intentions clear. Persisting in this kind of behavior could cause quite the scandal.” Miss Tarabotti thought of her preternatural state and her father, who was reputed to have been quite the philanderer before his marriage. You have no idea, she almost said. Miss Hisselpenny continued. “I mean to say, not that one could bear to think such a thing, but it must be said, it really must…” She looked most distressed. “What if he only intends to offer you carte blanche?” Her eyes were big and sympathetic. Ivy was intelligent enough to know, whether she liked to acknowledge it or not, what Alexia's prospects really were. Practically speaking, they could not include marriage to someone of Lord Maccon's standing, no matter how romantic her imagination. Alexia knew Ivy did not intend to be cruel, but she was hurt nonetheless. She nodded glumly. Professor Lyall, whose sensitivities were touched by Miss Tarabotti's suddenly sad eyes, said, “I cannot believe my lord's intentions are anything less than honorable.” Miss Tarabotti smiled, wobbly. “That is kind of you to say, Professor. Still, it seems as though I am faced with a dilemma. Respond as your pack protocol dictates”— she paused seeing Ivy's eyes widen —“risking my reputation with ruination and ostracism. Or deny everything and maintain as I have always done.” Miss Hisselpenny took Miss Tarabotti's hand and squeezed it sympathetically. Alexia squeezed back and then spoke as though trying to convince herself. She was, after all, soulless and practical. “Mine is not precisely a bad life. I have material wealth and good health. Perhaps I am not useful nor beloved by my family, but I have never suffered unduly. And I have my books.” She paused, finding herself perilously close to self-pity. Professor Lyall and Miss Hisselpenny exchanged glances. Something passed between them. Some silent pact of purpose to do… Ivy knew not what. But, whatever the future. Miss Hisselpenny was certainly glad to have Professor Lyall on her side. Floote appeared in the doorway. “A Mr. Haverbink to see you. Miss Tarabotti.” Mr. Haverbink entered the room, shutting the door behind him. Professor Lyall said, “Forgive me not standing, Haverbink. Too many days running.” “Not a worry, sir, not a bit of it.” Mr. Haverbink was an extraordinarily large and thuglike man of working-class extraction. What origins his cultivated speech left in doubt, his physical appearance demonstrated. He was the type of good farming stock that, when the oxen collapsed from exhaustion, picked up the plow, strapped himself to it, and finished tilling the fields by hand. Miss Tarabotti and Miss Hisselpenny had never before seen so many muscles on one individual. His neck was the size of a tree. Both ladies were suitably impressed. Professor Lyall made introductions. “Ladies, Mr. Haverbink. Mr. Haverbink, this is Miss Hisselpenny, and this is Miss Tarabotti, your charge.” “Oh!” said Ivy. “You are from BUR?” Mr. Haverbink nodded affably. “Aye, miss.” “But you are not…?” Miss Tarabotti could not tell how she knew. Perhaps it was because he seemed so relaxed in the bright sunlight or because how grounded and earthy he seemed. He showed none of the dramatic flair one expects with excess soul. “A werewolf? No, miss. Not interested in being a claviger either, so I shan't ever become one. Gone up against a couple in the boxing ring once or twice, so do not worry yourself on that account. Besides, the boss does not seem to think we will have trouble from that quarter, leastways not during the daytime.” Professor Lyall stood slowly. He looked bent and old, his mercurial face thin and drawn. Mr. Haverbink turned to him solicitously. “Begging your pardon, sir, but his lordship gave me strict instructions to see you into the carriage and off to the castle. He has got the situation well in hand back at the office.” Professor Lyall, nearly to the point of utter exhaustion, made his way haltingly to the door. The hugely muscled young man looked like he would prefer to simply pick the Beta up and carry him out to the street, relieving the werewolf of his obvious distress. But, showing that he did indeed have experience working with the supernatural set, he respected his superior's pride and did not even try to assist him with an arm. Polite to the last, Professor Lyall collected his hat and coat, donned both, and bowed his farewell from the parlor doorway. Alexia and Ivy were afraid he might topple right over, but he righted himself and made it out the front door and into the Woolsey Castle carriage with only a few stumbles here and there. Mr. Haverbink saw him safely on his way and then came back into the parlor. “I'll be just out the front by yon lamp-post if you need me, miss,” he said to Miss Tarabotti. “I'm on duty until sundown, and then there'll be three vampires in rotation all night long. His lordship is not taking any chances. Not after what just happened.” Though dying of curiosity, Ivy and Alexia knew better than to hound the young man with questions. If Professor Lyall would not tell them anything about what had taken the earl away so suddenly, this man would be equally unforthcoming.	https://bluenovels.net/soulless-parasol-protectorate-1-page-21/
UAE's private sector growth slows in December, but firms bullish for year ahead Dubai: The UAE’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for December dipped to a two-year low from 55.8 in November to 54 in December signalling slower pace of growth in the non-oil private sector. December’s headline PMI marked the slowest pace of expansion in the non-oil private sector since October 2016, and has weighed on the 2018 average, which declined to 55.5 from 56.1 in 2017. “Although the PMI remains in expansionary territory, the sub-components of the survey suggest that this is continuing to come at a cost to businesses’ margins, albeit to a lesser degree than seen in November,” said Daniel Richards, MENA Economist at Emirates NBD. Both output and new order growth slowed in December, while employment and wage growth were broadly unchanged. Output fell from 60.1 to 58.8 and new orders from 61.0 to 58.3. A slower pace of growth in new export orders (52.3) suggests that most of the rise in new orders was domestically driven. Firms purchased only what was required to meet output requirements, and the overall stock of pre-production inventories declined in December. This was largely the result of efforts to reduce operational costs at year-end. Image Credit: Gulf News Selling prices were reduced for the third successive month. Domestic competition led to sales promotions, according to firms surveyed. However the fall in output prices was mitigated somewhat by a slower pace of growth in purchase costs which at 50.7 expanded at the slowest pace since August. The PMI survey data showed overall input prices rose only marginally in December, with both purchase and staff costs broadly following the overall trend. Employment was broadly unchanged, following a marginal rise in November. Efforts to control costs discouraged firms from hiring additional workers at the end of 2018, despite increasing new business. Firms continued to expand their purchasing activity in response to growth of new orders and higher output requirements. Data suggested that purchased items were only used to support higher output, rather than also to build stock holdings. Inventories of inputs decreased for the first time in four months, with some firms linking this to efforts to manage cash flow more efficiently. Companies generally remained optimistic that business activity will continue to increase over the course of 2019. Optimism was based on expectations of improving economic conditions and success in securing additional sales over the next 12 months. The lower annual average for the PMI suggests that the rate of expansion in the non-oil private sector slowed from 2017. Official data put 2017 non-oil sector growth at 2.5 per cent. Emirates NBD’s research team has revised their estimate for 2018 non-oil GDP growth down to 2.3 per cent from 2.7 per cent previously. However, slower growth in the non-oil sectors was offset by sharply higher oil production in the fourth quarter of 2018, with crude oil output rising to 3.35mn b/d in December. As a result, the real GDP growth for 2018 is estimated 2.4 per cent up from 0.8 per cent in 2017. Sign up for Gulf news Find us on Social This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to improve your experience and provide more personalized service to you. Both on your website and other media. To find out more about the cookies and data we use, please check out our Privacy Policy.
"In recent years, consumer demand for a new range of dairy products, including yoghurts, which have functional and designed sensory properties have increased. In the present research physicochemical, microbiological and sensory attributes of yogurts manufactured from cow milk with aqueous extract of Aloe vera and Lactobacillus casei before and after cold storage for different periods of time (1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 days) were investigated. Titrable acidity (TA) of examined yoghurts during storage period at 4°C increased and their pH decreased significantly (P<0.05). The percentages of Water Holding Capacity (WHC) and Syneresis of yoghurt samples through the 10 days storage period were significantly decreased and increased, respectively (P<0.05). Viability of L. casei was significantly higher in probiotic yoghurt samples than others with Aloe vera extract after the end storage time. Sensory evaluation of examined yoghurts showed that Aloe vera extract had no effect on sensory quality of probiotic yoghurt samples. It was concluded that probiotic yoghurt with 2.5% Aloe vera extract with low syneresis and high WHC had better physicochemical, microbiological and sensory properties in comparison with the other probiotic yoghurt samples."	https://www.lexispublisher.com/abstract/chemical-properties-and-sensory-evaluation-of-probiotic-yoghurt-manufactured-with-aqueous-extract-of-aloe-vera-3451.html
Do You Know Your Own Mind? 8/4/2020 "'Be sure you know your own mind, Jupe,' Mr. Gradgrind cautioned her, 'I say no more. Be sure you know your own mind!'" From Charles Dickens' Hard Times Do you know your own mind? On the surface, it might seem like a silly question, but the reality is that many people truly don't know their own mind. It's not always a simple or easy task. It can be a real struggle to know your own mind, when there is so much coming at you from other sources, be it family, friends, the media, or society in general. However, even though it may be difficult at times, it's vitally important that you know your own mind. This has always been the case, but it's even more important in today's world. In our current "always online" plugged-in world, many of us are dealing with information overload on a daily basis. We may be able to reduce some of this at times, through the deliberate choices that we make. But much of it can't be avoided in the course of our work and lives. This continual onslaught of information becomes dangerous when we fail to recognize how much it's affecting us; how much we're absorbing and internalizing it without realizing it. What You Think is Your Own Mind Can Wind Up Being Something Else Eventually, what you think is your own mind really isn't! It can wind up being something else; a reflection of all the information and messages you've been bombarded with. In subtle ways, our minds are shaped and influenced over time. Even when you think you're taking in objective facts, those "facts" are often biased and slanted, in a deliberate attempt to steer you towards a particular opinion. And even when what you're being presented with is technically accurate, it may still be slanted by virtue of how it's presented or what it omits. At a more personal level, there's no question that the views of the people closest to us — typically family, friends, workmates, and community/social circles — has a huge influence on how we see the world. When these close influences are combined with the aforementioned (carefully-crafted) information onslaught, it's no wonder it becomes difficult to know one's own mind. Indeed, you may at times feel as if you're losing your mind! Practical Steps to Stay Focused and Clear-Minded Fortunately, there are practical steps you can take to stay grounded, focused, and clear-minded. Take note when you're hearing a statement being repeated, perhaps word for word, over and over again. It could be from someone else, or it could be coming from yourself. That unchanging repetition is often a sign that things are running on auto-pilot, rather than truly tuning in and examining one's stance. Don't rush. Give yourself the time you need to think things through thoroughly, in order to get clear on where you stand. Also accept that knowing your own mind, and acting on what you know, isn't always easy or comfortable. In the scene from Hard Times quoted above, the character Sissy Jupe does indeed know her mind, and she makes her decision regarding what she needs to do quickly. But it's by no means an easy decision, as it entails leaving people she loves and heading down a path that proves to be quite challenging. Likewise, in real life, knowing your own mind sometimes means facing harsh realities and making difficult decisions. In the long run however, there is a sense of personal strength, integrity, and dignity that comes from knowing one's self and staying true to one's self that makes the effort worthwhile. Comments are closed. \| \| Recent Posts Find Your Personal Formula for Pleasant, Unexpected Surprises in Your Life What Are You Committed to in the Year 2021? What Will You Take With You Into 2021? Merry Christmas!	http://www.takeholdofwellness.com/blog/do-you-know-your-own-mind
Hi, I’m Kevin McNamara. It’s quite possible I used to be just like you! I was stuck in a rut, had no direction and had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was stuck in my comfort zone. Living in a comfort zone is living an average life, usually hanging with negative people, usually friends and family, and not finding any excitement no matter what you do. When is the last time you did something exciting, inspiring and even a little bit scary? My Get out of Your Comfort ZoneTV group on Facebook is exactly what you need to jump from average to stepping outside your comfort zone and really experiencing life. Have you ever made a selfie vlog and posted on Facebook? Have you ever juice fasted before? Have you ever given up sugar for a month? Have you ever interviewed someone live on camera before? Given a speech to a crowded room? What do I need? – An iphone When we take action on our fears and negative emotions amazing things happen. To start your journey join me and our amazing tribe and be prepared to enter a brave new world.	https://getoutofyourcomfortzonetv.com/about
The Top 3 Factors That Lead to Happiness at Work Have you ever wondered why some life science professionals seem very happy at work, and appear to love their jobs? At the same time, their co-workers in an identical position are miserable. What makes the happier employee different? Even though topics such as culture, engagement, and morale seem to be discussed often in regards to work, many employees are still unhappy. A recent BioSpace poll asked, “Are you happy with your current life sciences job?” 58% of respondents said no, 36% indicated yes, and 6% were undecided. Where do you fall on the spectrum? CNBC and SurveyMonkey have done additional research in their quarterly @Work Survey and Workplace Happiness Index. They polled 7,500+ American professionals to measure how they feel about their jobs. SurveyMonkey and CNBC explored satisfaction across industries and age groups to get comprehensive data and viewpoints. They found that 32% of survey participants indicated that they have seriously considered quitting their job in the last three months. Analyzing those participants’ dissatisfaction, led to quite a few discoveries. Here are the top three factors that lead to happiness at work! Finding a sense of meaning According to the @Work Survey, finding meaning is the biggest contributor to workplace happiness. 35% of workers, spanning all age groups selected finding meaning at work as the most important factor in overall workplace happiness. Do you feel like you are making an impact on team goals at work? How important is what you do for your organization to provide the best products and/or services? One of the respondents to the BioSpace poll addressed their frustration this way, “Too much administrative and training time is applied to all types of scientists in large pharma and biotech companies. There is less time to focus on “true” science and it is what we need to advance…” This comment highlights the fact that the responder feels that they are missing a clear sense of meaning in what they do. You can do some deep reflection or talk with a mentor/coach to help find a sense of meaning in your work. Having opportunities to advance The @Work Survey determined that having opportunities to advance was the most important aspect for employees aged 18-24. 24% of all respondents in the corresponding age group emphasized that point. Many younger professionals are concerned with their career progression and will consider leaving their employer for an organization that shows it invests in employees and promotes from within. This sentiment was echoed by a participant in the BioSpace poll, who indicated they weren’t happy with their current job, “[There’s a] lack of care for employee growth.” If you don’t think your organization has many opportunities to advance, try speaking with your manager about what positions are available and any new skills you can learn. You could also regularly check your company’s website for job postings. In many cases, qualified internal candidates are given preference over external applicants for roles. Being well paid For employees in the 25-34 age range, the @Work Survey found that “being paid well” mattered more than any other demographic. This was also in alignment with BioSpace’s poll, where salary and benefits were a hot topic. When employees think they are being fairly compensated, they are happier, more productive, and are more likely to go above and beyond in their roles. It’s common for people to have a foundational belief that they are worth more money, even when they aren’t familiar with the current job market. If your current salary is causing you discontent, research salary ranges online for your job and education level. You can also look up some online job postings to see if you can find out what salary range similar, vacant positions are paying. Once you’ve done that background research, if you are truly underpaid, think about having a salary negotiation during your next performance review. Your level of happiness in a position usually depends on a variety of things. Research from BioSpace, CNBC, and SurveyMonkey have all emphasized understanding the meaning of your work, having opportunities to grow and advance, and being well paid in your role. In addition, those top factors are influenced by your working environment, your relationship with management, and your interest level in your job. What is one thing that would help to improve your level of happiness at work? Porschia Parker is a Certified Coach, Professional Resume Writer, and Founder of Fly High Coaching. (https://www.fly-highcoaching.com). She empowers ambitious professionals and motivated executives to add $10K on average to their salaries.	https://www.biospace.com/article/the-top-3-factors-that-lead-to-happiness-at-work/?s=120
The first coins of Ephesus featured bees (melissae in Greek), dating to as early as 600 BCE! This coin was minted sometime in the second century BCE, estimated 202 to 133 BCE. The coin features an artistic depiction of a melissa (“honeybee”) on the obverse with “E” to the left and “PH” to the right for “Ephesus”. The reverse shows a standing stag and a palm tree, both symbols of Artemis, the patron goddess of Ephesus. The example shown has the name of the magistrate POLUAINOS on the reverse, who is known to history only by this coin. The drachm coin of this era is usually found in low grade, but the example pictured here is among the finest known, offered by Gibraltar Coins for $2,450.00. History and Legend The bee is important to the ancient city of Ephesus for a couple of reasons. First, the Bee was associated with Artemis, and since the Temple of Artemis (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) was situated in Ephesus, the bee was of great consequence as a symbol of the city. The priestesses in the Temple were even called melissae (honey bees). But the oldest legends give an additional reason for the prominence of the bee. Philostratus of Lemnos, a writer in the Roman period at about 190 CE, relates: When the Athenians set out to colonize Ionia, the Muses in the form of bees guided the fleet; for they rejoiced in Ionia, because the waters of Meles are sweeter than the waters of Cephisus and Olmeius. Some day, indeed, you will find them dancing there; but now, by decree of the fates, the Muses are spinning the birth of Homer; and Meles through his son (Imagines, 2:8) So the Ephesians and colonists of rival city Smyrna told the story that the Nine Muses, in the form of bees, led them to their homeland centuries before. Wonder of the World: The Temple of Artemis The Temple of Artemis was rebuilt on the ruins of an earlier temple that had been destroyed by an arsonist seeking fame for himself (a man named Herostratus, from which the term herostratic fame derives, a term used to describe someone who seeks fame in destruction). The new, larger Temple of Artemis is the one known as the Wonder of the World. The old temple was destroyed in 323 BCE, the year Alexander the Great was born, and it was rumored that Artemis allowed her temple to burn because she was distracted by the birth of the hero. Knowing this, Alexander himself offered to pay for the rebuilding of the Temple, but the Ephesians built it at their own expense. The new Temple stood for 600 years before being burned and looted by invading Goths in 268 CE. The Apostle Paul and the Early Church at Ephesus When the Apostle Paul took the Gospel to Ephesus in 52 CE, his ministry was extremely well-received and the numbers of new “Christians” grew significantly during his two-year ministry in the city. However, the Book of Acts (Chapter 19) relates that this success caused problems. Demetrius, a seller of silver “Temple of Artemis” souvenirs to worshippers, apparently began to see a decline in sales. Concerned that Paul’s new religion would cause the bottom to fall out of the miniature silver shrine business, Demetrius incited a riot against the Christians, accusing them of undermining the Wonder of the World! Later, Paul would write to the Ephesians from his imprisonment in Rome, and the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians is one of the most beloved books of the New Testament. The Church at Ephesus was close to Paul’s heart, and at his last parting with the elders there, many tears were shed. Paul committed that church to his own disciple, Timothy, who became the Pastor there. * * * ABOUT GIBRALTAR COINS Gibraltar Coins and Precious Metals, Inc. is a dynamic and engaging independent rare coin company focused on helping collectors and investors effectively build their collections and portfolios. Based out of the Tampa Bay area, Gibraltar offers services to evaluate, sell and acquire rare coins, gold, and silver to clients across the country. With over 30 years of experience in the marketplace, Gibraltar works closely with clients to provide seasoned, expert consultation. The experts at Gibraltar Coins specialize in rare United States Coins, gold and silver bullion, and Ancient Greek and Roman coins. We can help you convert a one-dimensional precious metals investment into a diverse, legacy-quality portfolio. Gibraltar has turned their knowledge and passion for precious metals and rare coins into a strategic plan to create long-term stability and wealth among its clients.	https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-melissa-silver-coin-of-ephesus/
Alannah Yip won’t be heading to finals at the Toulouse Olympic Qualifying event but finished 13th overall, meaning she missed securing a spot in Tokyo by only seven spots. Her next chance to secure a spot at the Olympics is at the Pan Am Games in February. The Toulouse event has been filled with ups and downs and the finals are set to take place for men on Nov. 30 and for women on Dec. 1. You can watch here U.S.A. has now filled their Olympic quota thanks to Kyra Condie securing a spot at the Olympics. Other women who will be going include Laura Rogora, Julia Chanourdie, Julia Kaplina and YiLing Song. Mia Krampl and Lucka Rakovec are both from Slovenia and will be competing on Sunday to determine who will be heading to Tokyo. View this post on Instagram Immensely proud of @alannah_yip for her amazing performance in Toulouse today. You are one of the most passionate, strong, driven and dedicated people I know and I feel lucky to call you a teammate and friend. It was a nail bitter until the absolute very end with a huge fight from Alannah on the lead route. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite enough to make the Olympic team today but she has another chance in February at Pan Ams!! #inspired A post shared by BECCA FRANGOS (@becca_frangos) on The post Alannah Yip Nearly Secured Spot at Olympics appeared first on Gripped Magazine.	https://janetbelarmino.com/alannah-yip-nearly-secured-spot-at-olympics/
China makes great strides in building space power Dark side of the moon: photo taken by the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe on Jan. 11, 2019 shows the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2). [Photo: ]Credit: Xinhua/China National Space Administration 1 October 2019 • 4:30pm The Chang’e-4 lunar probe landed on the far side of the moon on 3 January this year, the first time a human spacecraft has made a soft-landing there Chinese lunar probe Chang’e-4 and lunar rover Yutu-2 woke up at 8:10am and 8:42am on 25th August respectively after being switched to dormant mode, entering their ninth lunar day on the far side of the moon. Traveling more than 400,000 kilometers, the Chang’e-4 probe left the Earth and touched down on the far side of the moon at 10.26am, on 3 January this year, and sent back the first close-up photograph of the unexplored side of the moon via the relay satellite Queqiao (Magpie Bridge). It marked the first time for a human spacecraft to have made a soft-landing on the far side of the moon, and the first time in human history to realise relay communication between Earth and the far side of the moon. A new chapter of lunar exploration was opened. Seventy years ago when the People's Republic of China was just founded, the country’s space industry started from the lagged-behind technologies and "poor and blank" industrial base. Thanks to the relentless efforts made by generations of aerospace researchers, the country finally made splendid achievements in this sphere, including the development of atomic and hydrogen bombs, missiles, man-made satellites, manned spaceflight and lunar probe. It has opened up a path of self-reliance and independent innovation, and has created the spirit of country’s space industry. China’s achievements in space industry are constantly renewed by its ongoing explorations. The country launched its first satellite in 1970, and conducted its first manned spaceflight with the Shenzhou V spacecraft in 2003. A Chinese astronaut made their first spacewalk in 2008 and finished the first manned rendezvous and docking mission three years later. In 2017, China carried out its first in-orbit refueling. Besides, the country has made lunar explorations using the Chang’e probe family, and is now planning to launch its first probe to explore Mars. Making great strides in building itself into a space power, China has yielded remarkable results in space science, technology and application. Space is limitless and so is its exploration. This year, China is set to complete a series of space missions including the launches of the Earth observation satellite Gaofen-7, the Beidou navigation satellites and Tianqin-1 gravitational wave-detection satellite. More and more marks will be left by China in the vast cosmos. This article was produced and published by People’s Daily. View the original at en.people.cn
Never grow up. When I grew up, I forgot how to have fun. It’s true. A real boohoo tragedy. I spent years trying to have fun with painting occasionally, or doing the odd craft. But I always stopped or ruined it for myself because in the back of my mind, I was trying to do more. I was always trying to convince myself that I was A) saving money or B) I could sell it to make money. Everything had a price. A worth. And if whatever-I-was-doing never became much of anything, then I was tormented that I had ‘wasted’ my time. So I rarely got close to having any sort of fun, and I struggled to have fun for the sake of having fun. Why was my time so precious? But more importantly, why had my time become a commodity? Why couldn’t I break away from it? In the past few years, I noticed a trend, some magic. On the occasion where I was having fun, I became more energised, happier, and my cup filled up. Time suddenly expanded. I had the energy to do more things. To feel peace. There was a secret here, and I wanted to maximise it. This could be a game changer. Every year, inspired by the Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, I choose a one word theme. But I actually landed on my word for 2022 early. In November. FUN And then I thought, why wait until the new year? I should start now. But I had no idea where to start. So I downloaded the ‘The Power of Fun’ by Dave Crenshaw. Dave talks about living life like a desert – always trying to reach the ‘oasis’ and suffering the desert to get there. It resonated with me. I do this with everything, including my writing. I give myself huge expectations and suffer the whole way until it’s done. And there is no oasis, because usually I have put myself into another desert for something else. But our whole lives can be one long oasis, if we want it to be. Dave gives some great tips on how to go about doing that. So this was going to be my goal. At work, in my writing life, with my family, I was going to have more fun. Type 1 fun. Belly-laughing fun. This would be the age of plenty, the age of expansion, the time for creation. Already, I was excited. Fun was my priority. Permission had been granted. So join me on this journey to have more fun in your writing life. I’ll be sharing fun prompts, recommending books, sharing ideas and the inevitable struggle to give myself permission (or find the time) to have fun. It’s time to have some fun!	https://freyajmorris.com/2022/04/22/making-fun-of-writing-follow-me-on-substack/
The Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Illinois is dedicated to the education of dentists who will demonstrate excellence in comprehensive oral healthcare and the discovery and dissemination of knowledge. Vision of One As it takes a village to raise a child, it takes the entire college to develop a competent and confident clinician. Everyone involved with CDMI, working as ONE team, should have that ONE singular purpose of developing competent and confident clinicians in mind as they approach each day. The following themes guide the CDMI in pursuit of the Vision of ONE. - Remembering ONE purpose of developing competent and confident clinicians - Inspiring the desire for growth and development in everyone - Modeling the concept of ONE team from Admissions to Graduation - Teaching the teachers and leading the leaders - Standardizing the CDMI faculty to uniform instruction - Empowering students to be partners in their education - Empowering staff to be partners in the education of the students - Developing leadership skills that bring out the best in the students - Utilizing patient centered care to foster empathy by precept, example, and service - Leading others to act for the betterment of the larger whole - group, class, school, profession, and community - Empowering students to believe in themselves - Teaching students the importance of lifelong learning - Instilling in students the importance of balance and humility in life - Helping students to develop good habits that will last a lifetime - Developing a culture of opportunity - Developing a culture of optimism - Developing a culture of exceptionalism with humility Learn more about the dental program at the College of Dental Medicine-Illinois. CMDI News & Events Midwestern University Partners with Hope’s Front Door for Wellnes... April 26, 2021 Midwestern University has partnered with the community organization Hope’s Front Door to provide a series of health and welln... Downers Grove, IL Delta Dental of Illinois Creates Diversity Scholarship for Midwes... March 02, 2021 Midwestern University in cooperation with Delta Dental of Illinois is pleased to announce the establishment of a new scholars... Downers Grove, IL Midwestern University Announces Diversity Research Grants Recipie... November 03, 2020 Midwestern University is pleased to announce the recipients of the newly established research grant program “Improving Health... Midwestern University Drive Thru Trick or Treat Stay safe at our free socially distanced Trick or Treat event. Canceled: Downers Grove Campus Open House In conjunction with the CDC guidance regarding community events and the COVID-19 virus, Midwestern University has elected to ... Downers Grove, IL MWU Health Sciences Career Day for High Schools Midwestern University (MWU) invites high schools of the Downers Grove community to join MWU faculty & students for a hands-on...	https://www.midwestern.edu/academics/our-colleges/college-of-dental-medicine%E2%80%93illinois.xml
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THE LEGENDARY WALLS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE: The walls of Constantinople were the most impressive fortifications of any metropolis from antiquity or the medieval period, with its defenses playing a crucial role in the Arab sieges, and indeed any siege of Constantinople. This was not a place you wanted to attack! It is not without justification that these walls are so famous. These walls on more than one occasion were the difference between the fall and survival of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. I cannot think of any construction so crucial in Roman history. Eric McGreer made a good point that “the alluring wealth and prestige of Constantinople necessitated the construction and maintenance of fortifications capable of resisting assault.” Being one of the largest wealthiest cities automatically made Constantinople among the greatest potential sources of plunder. The medieval Romans believed that Constantinople was “guarded by God.” But as James Crow put it, also “possessed the most elaborate and complex urban fortifications in the ancient world, thanks to the legacy of Theodosius I and his successors.” THE DEFENSIVE RECORD OF THE THEODOSIAN WALLS: The Theodosian walls have an amazing track record of success for the defense of Constantinople. The Theodosian walls proper, were never truly breached until 1453 by the Turks, who had the benefit of cannons and a much weaker Byzantine Empire to defend the city against them. Many opponents who may have attempted to besiege Constantinople had its fortifications been less formidable never even tried, and those who did did not see much success. For example, the Avars and Bulgars both dominated the Balkans at various times in Byzantine history. There were periods where outside of the walls of Thessaloniki and Constantinople, there was no truly safe place for the Romans. However, in most cases, these opponents did not even try to seriously besiege the city, and just raided the suburbs. The Avars attempted a siege in 626, with Persian support, however since neither of the two powers had a serious navy the siege was doomed to fail. The Bulgars never had a serious siege of Constantinople which was actually going to have a chance of taking the Roman capital. In 1204 when the city infamously fell after the Fourth Crusade attacked the city, the true weakness had been Blachernae and the Golden Horn sea walls. The Crusaders were wise enough not to focus on the Theodosian sections of the land wall, and the key to success was the powerful Venetian fleet. STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHY: The city of Constantinople was not a city which could just be built anywhere, the unique geography of the Queen of Cities was crucial. Not only did it make Constantinople (and modern Istanbul) a beautiful city, the geography also helped protect the city. Constantine’s “New Rome” was surrounded by water on three sides, meaning that an approaching army could only attack the western and most formidable sections of the walls, the Theodosian walls. The infamous and impassable triple walls. McGreer strongly emphasizes that an enemy had to attack both “by land and sea. The latter posed the lesser threat, since the prevailing winds and currents, not to mention the adverse conditions and winter storms that restricted the sailing season, worked against enemy vessels attacking the city from the Bosporos or the Sea of Marmora or attempting to maintain a blockade long enough to starve out the defenders. It was also no easy task to coordinate land and sea forces operating from the European and Asian sides of the Bosporos. As long as the enemy could be kept out of the Golden Horn, the city was relatively secure on its seaward sides. It was on the western, landward side where no natural obstacle impeded invaders that the city was susceptible to attack.” For this reason the Theodosian walls were constructed, and they did their job better than could have ever been expected. McGreer added that “once enclosed by a circuit of walls, Byzantine Constantinople might best be pictured as an impenetrable island fortress which in a pre-gunpowder age could be taken only through the negligence or connivance of the city’s inhabitants.” This is why the Byzantines used a chain to block the Golden Horn, because the vulnerable point was the sea walls along the Golden Horn. The harbor was sheltered from the currents, and thus attacking ships could set up with ladders or other boarding mechanisms and launch attacks on the walls. This is how the Crusaders took the city in Constantinople, they broke the chain and attacked the weak point of the defensive “island.” THE CONSTANTINIAN WALLS: The original walls of the city built by Constantine do not exist, and are not as well known, but clearly it was felt they were not overly impressive. Not to say they were terrible fortifications, the Constantinian wall did hold out against the Goths who had annihilated the Roman army at the Battle of Adrianople in 378AD, who tried to follow up their victory with a siege of Constantinople unsuccessfully. The wall probably was immediately no longer a priority to upkeep as soon as the new walls were built, but it was attested as standing in the 8th century, and a section was noted to collapse in 860AD. Thus, in some condition, it must have been standing even in the 9th century. Certain gates of the city were standing even in Ottoman times. Isa Kapi Mosque (The Gate of Jesus Mosque) is an approximate marker of where the ruins of the Golden Gate of the Constantinian walls stood during Ottoman times, and thus also during Byzantine times. THE PRODUCT OF A SUPERPOWER: The new defenses were massive, stretching 6 kilometers from the Sea of Marmara to the Golden Horn. One of the things that is very important about the Theodosian walls is that they were built at a time when the Roman Empire was the preeminent power in this area of the world. This was not a project that any state could undertake at will. The Romans, even with the Empire split in two units, had a powerful economy and a huge population paying taxes and engaging in relatively stable and prosperous trade. The amount of laborers that worked on the Theodosian walls must have been staggering. To put it in context, the 9th century Byzantines had to get 6,000 men just to repair the Aqueduct of Valens and get it functioning again after it had laid dormant for a long time. For the medieval Romans, that was quite an achievement, but in Late Antiquity that was probably much more common and also exceeded for many projects. Even the Western Roman Empire could not afford such an undertaking most likely, it was the wealth of the Eastern Mediterranean that financed this grand construction. To give another example, in 447, it took 16,000 men from the Blues and Green (chariot racing factions) just to repair the walls. The Romans that came after Justinian would have struggled to pay for such a monumental set of fortifications, and the Theodosian walls saved the Empire from conquest when the Arabs besieged the capital in 717. Repairing them was a big undertaking for Byzantium, but one they undertook out of necessity. The walls turned out to be the most supreme inheritance from antiquity for the Byzantines. Thus, the choice to invest in these fortifications was the most important building project in Roman history. I cannot think of a more existentially crucial building project in history, in fact. ANTHEMIUS: THE MAN BEHIND THE THEODOSIAN WALLS: The name of the Theodosian walls is for the Emperor Theodosius II who reigned during their construction. Naturally any Emperor would take credit, and I suppose he was the man who paid the bills for the walls. In reality, the one who actually oversaw the construction of the walls was the Praetorian Prefect of the East, a man named Anthemios. Theodosius II was only 12 years old when the original line of the walls was completed. In the words of Turnbull Anthemius “applied himself with vigour to whatever task the Empire demanded of him. The first task was the expulsion of the Huns from the Balkans. The second resulted in the walls of Constantinople…the so-called Theodosian walls were the results of Anthemius’ skilled and dedicated work. His walls were to set in stone the limits that Constantinople was to possess and to defend until modern times. Today, tourists to Istanbul can find Anthemius’ limits marked on the map as the ‘Old City’…the Theodosian walls defined what for the next 1500 years was to be understood as Constantinople.” Definitely if one is thinking of the Theodosian walls, Anthemius deserves his credit and honor for such a magnificent work! THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE THEODOSIAN WALLS: As the New Rome grew, the city needed an expansion. Stephen Turnbull describes how “the growing population could not forever be housed conveniently within the confines of Constantine’s original city plan.” The city was already spilling out into suburbs which were vulnerable outside the city walls, and the Roman world was getting increasingly insecure. First, there was a triumphal arch now known as the Golden Gate, which was clearly built earlier, in 390AD. This raises questions as to whether that was the beginning of the project or just something incorporated into the new walls. Cyril Mango wrote that: “It seems obvious to me that the gate, with its massive pylons, was planned in the context of the new land walls, which for all I know, may have been on the drawing board already in the time of Theodosius (the Great).” There is evidence the walls were being constructed during the successor of the Theodosius I in the East, his son Arcadius. The dates of construction of what Eric McGreer rightly describes as “the most imposing and complex defenses guarding any city in the Roman world” are generally given as 405-413 for the main two walls. The main wall is the tallest wall, the large rear wall of the triple walls. The second wall is the wall in front of that, still a respectable wall. And in front of that, a third small wall which also served to as a retaining wall for the moat. The third wall was not added until 447. Though other cities had double walls, according to James Crow “it is clear that their construction was an entirely novel response to the requirements of the new capital.” The scale of the walls was unlike anything else, and a unique aspect was that the ground in between the two larger walls was higher than the ground around it. The walls were thus extra high. This move shifted the western boundary of the city 2 kilometers west of the walls of Constantine. A 6.5 kilometer was a gargantuan project, and to get it done in eight years must have required a numerous horde of workers. Not to mention that work was also going on around the seaside perimeter of the city, though the sea walls would not be finished until 439. The course of the walls seem to have been dictated by pragmatic urban concerns. The food and water supply, always the lifeblood of a metropolis, were ever the concern for the imperial administration. There were three large cisterns which were outside the walls of Constantine, which were incorporated in the Constantinople 2.0 that the Theodosian walls created. The large space between the walls was not ever entirely filled with urban landscape, and gave the city space for agriculture, animals, storage, cisterns, and other things which added new assets to Constantinople. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF CONSTANTINOPLE: The population of the city itself had to make sacrifices for this new security-guarantee. But, considering Rome was sacked in 410AD, it was a good investment. It is hard not to think that the Eastern Romans, seeing Rome sacked a second time by the Vandals in 455, did not look at their walls and see the immense value of what they had paid for. Turnbull explained the obligations of the citizenry: “From the moment that Anthemius’ designs began to take shape the erection, maintenance and repair of the new fortifications of the city became an undertaking in which all citizens were required to assist in one form or another. On that point, laws were very strict, and neither rank not privilege exempted anyone from their obligation to carry out the work. One-third of the annual land tax of the city went towards the cost of the walls, and any additional expenditure was provided by requisitions laid upon the inhabitants. There does not seem to have been much grumbling about the matter. Indeed, there was a genuine enthusiasm for a project that promised increased security, and the government harnessed such enthusiasm in various ways. One subtle ploy was the way the government appealed to the citizens’ generosity through the circus factions, chariot-racing teams, such as the Blues or the Greens, that they supported. The supporters were great rivals when cheering on their side from the terraces of the Hippodrome, but worked together on the walls when the city was threatened. Records show that in 447, when repairs were being undertaken, the Blues and Greens supplied 16,000 men between them for the building effort.” As security was decreasing for the people of the Roman Empire, who would not want to make some sacrifices for the best protection possible? CRUMBLING INTO A CRISIS IN 447: In 447AD, when the fabled walls were still young and relatively new, a disaster struck. Geology is one thing that the walls still were not strong enough for, and when a powerful earthquake shook the earth of Constantinople huge sections of the Theodosian walls crumbled just 34 years after being completed. 447 was not an ideal time geopolitically, not just geologically, for the city of Constantinople. Attila the Hun was in the Balkans, this was a dire threat. However, the people of Constantinople came to the rescue. The above mentioned 16,000 men from the circus factions were provided, among surely others including soldiers and other able-bodied men, who all came together to save their city. Turnbull describes the heroic efforts: “Fortunately, in a splendid confirmation of the energy and commitment to their defence that the citizens of Constantinople had shown before, the government and people rose to the challenge and restored the fallen walls in less than three months. These new walls helped save Constantinople from Attila, although some sources tell of an epidemic among his followers.” Eric McGreer says that there are inscriptions which are “boasting that the reconstruction had taken just sixty days, ‘an achievement even Pallas Athene could scarcely have matched.'” There is no Anthemius here, we do not know much about the identity of whoever was in charge of the emergency restoration project. It was possibly a man named either Constantine or Cyrus. This is when the Theodosian walls took on their final form. Turnbull wrote that “our anonymous hero went much further than mere restoration, and took the opportunity to make the city into a much stronger fortress even than Anthemius had dared to contemplate. An extra wall was built outside Anthemius’ wall, with a broad and deep moat in front of it. When the work was complete, the city lay behind three lines of defence and 192 towers flanked the walls. It was these walls that were to prove impregnable for the next 1,000 years and still survive to this day.” Attila the Hun could not attack Constantinople with these walls, even without an epidemic. Without a fleet he could not blockade the city and his horse-archer army could not be used properly to full effect. If he had tried, I cannot see any way he succeeded in taking the city after the repairs and upgraded were in effect. After 447, fortress Constantinople was complete with the triple walls, and the sea walls which had been completed in 439. The walls would go on to help the Romans survive crises much more dire than just Attila being in the area in future centuries, essentially making Constantinople the only refuge the Romans had at times. THE BLACHERNAE PROBLEM: The Theodosian walls are pretty uniformly constructed, but if you follow the walls from the Marmara to the Golden Horn, at some point towards the North you will find a radical change in the construction of the walls. These are the walls of Blachernae. Turnbull notes that “even the most cursory visitors cannot help but notice that towards the northern extremity of the walls there is a change in design. Just before they head downhill towards the Golden Horn, the Theodosian walls come to an abrupt end and are replaced by a wall of more complex and different construction. This is something of a puzzle. Surely the Theodosian walls originally extended all the way to the Golden Horn, so why were they replaced?” It is indeed rather odd to me personally, that there was a perfect line of defenses, and yet the Byzantines, even during tough times, decided to weaken those defenses to prioritize other concerns. In 627 during the rule of Emperor Herakleios, the Blachernae area was still just a suburb outside the Theodosian walls. In this suburb was the Church of the Theotokos, and it was believed to have divine protection. The Church had a holy spring inside of it. Also, in 626, the icon known as the Blachernitissa, was paraded along the walls of Constantinople and believed to possess a great deal of holy power. The Romans decided that the Church should be inside the city, and that it would help the city be safer with divine protection. Herakleios added another wall to expand the city there. I assume that material was taken from the Theodosian walls for this purpose, as the Empire was in the last stage of a long costly and existential total war against the Persians in 627. In 813 Emperor V upgraded the walls to protect against the Bulgars. And during the Komnenian era, the walls were extensively modified as Blachernae had become the imperial residence. There is a still a wall known as the wall of Manuel Komnenos, which was a second wall covering part of the Blachernae area which offered extra protection to the imperial residence, the Blachernae Palace. According to Alexander van Millengen the wall built by Manuel “was not only stronger than earlier defenses of the palace, but had also the advantage of removing the point of attack against this part of the city to a greater distance from the Imperial residence. At the same time, the older fortifications were allowed to remain as a second line of defence.” THE MATERIAL AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE WALL: The materials used to construct the wall were square blocks of stone, bricks, and limestone mortar. In some areas blocks of reused marble are incorporated into the construction of the walls as well. The materials were sources from quarries around the Marmara sea, which had an ample selection of stone materials to use for the Theodosian walls. The stone bricks in the wall were quarried nearby in a quarry just a few miles from the Golden Gate built by Theodosius. We are not sure exactly where the bricks were made, but it was likely in local kilns. The mortar mixture was created by mixing brick dust and tiny fragments of stone together with lime. This created an extremely strong mortar. The walls are constructed in the stereotypically Byzantine way, where they are alternating bands of bricks and stone together in an aesthetically pleasing and pragmatic fashion. The stone and bricks were on the outside, and inside was mortar-bound rubble which was in between the faces of the wall. The main inner wall of the Theodosian walls has 6 bands of brick, each 5 bricks tall. They are typically about one foot wide and 2 inches tall. Some of them are stamped, some are not. SOURCES: David Nicolle, John Haldon, Stephen Turnbull. The Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium (2007). The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople, Edited by Sarah Bassett (2022). In particular, chapter 7 “The Defence of Constantinople” by Eric McGreer THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF A GREAT CITY: EARTH, WALLS AND WATER IN LATE ANTIQUE CONSTANTINOPLE by James Crow.	https://shadowsofconstantinople.com/the-theodosian-walls/
In the USA, the prestigious SXSW Gaming Awards ceremony was held, which traditionally mark the best achievements in the gaming industry over the past year. "God of War" released for the PlayStation 4 consoles was recognized as the best game. Her nominees included Red Dead Redemption 2, Celeste, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Spider-Man. God of War also took the lead in Best Visuals. In the Best Mobile Game category, the award went to Donut County. The open-world survival simulator "Fortnite" has the best multiplayer experience. The best sound effects came from the shooter "Red Dead Redemption 2". Best Gameplay Award received the game "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate". The best soundtrack came from the game "Tetris Effect". "Beat Saber" became the best VR game. Recall that the SXSW Gaming Awards are awarded as part of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, which is held annually in Austin, Texas. The winners are determined by open voting from a list of nominees selected by experts. The Topic of Article: God of War won the main SXSW Gaming Awards.	https://worldoftopics.com/4175-god-of-war-won-the-main-sxsw-gaming-awards.html
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Sometimes, partners push the responsibility of developing business onto associates in order to cover up for shortcomings of the partners. Before I started my own practice, I worked at a firm that was going through tough financial times. Many of the partners and associates in my office had worked on a number of related matters for years, and the work dried up almost immediately due to settlements. Since the partners had dedicated themselves to that one line of work for an extended period, their in-house contacts had grown stale, and the partners had difficulty finding work to keep people busy at the firm. As a result of that huge work shortage, attorneys who were once busy had little to do and were under constant threat of being axed. While that firm struggled financially, the partners held a meeting with all of the associates about business development. Several of the partners said that each attorney had the potential to develop business, and the firm could no longer rely solely on the work generated by a few senior partners. As a result, management of the firm said that they would hold each associate responsible for developing business, and the firm had a number of follow-up meetings so that every associate could be trained and guided about business development. It was fine for the partners to provide business development support to associates, but it was unfair for the partners to hold associates responsible for developing business. Many associates could not help but think that partners were deflecting blame for the financial state of the firm onto associates, who were victims to the partners’ inability to generate business. The partners should have turned their attention inward and devoted their resources and energies to improving their own business development acumen. Not only was it unfair to burden associates, but partners are more capable at developing business than associates due to their experience and contacts in the legal industry. To think that a bunch of associates in their 20s and early 30s would be able to have enough in-house contacts and other connections to originate a significant amount of business at that firm was somewhat ridiculous. At other points in my career, I worked at firms that decided to hold associates responsible for business development for other, mostly selfish, reasons. As mentioned in a few prior articles, I worked at a few shops that did not provide origination bonuses to associates who brought clients into the firm. Although it might make sense for Biglaw firms to forgo origination bonuses (since they pay associates enough as it is!) most other firms should have such bonuses out of fairness and to incentivize associates to develop professionally. Firms where I worked that did not have origination bonuses justified that decision by expecting associates to originate business as part of their normal job responsibilities. Those firms said that originating business may factor into discretionary bonuses at the end of the year, but since signing clients is a normal responsibility of associates, there would be no extra bonus. Such an understanding is extremely flawed, and developing business should not be an ordinary job responsibility of associates. Partners are given more leeway with billing and more resources so that they can develop business. Expecting associates to bill an insane amount of hours and to fulfill other firm obligations — while simultaneously hustling for more business — is very unfair. As a result, associates who sign new clients should be rewarded with origination bonuses. In the end, associates at many firms are under enormous pressure, since they are forced to bill an ever-increasing number of hours and meet other employer expectations. Partners are best situated to develop business, and associates should simply be tasked with doing the work that partners originate. If firms want to pay associates a bonus for originating business or consider rainmakers for partnership, that’s fine. However, signing clients should not be a normal job responsibility of associates at most firms.	https://www.lawyerclubpro.com/2019/12/associates-should-not-be-responsible.html
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In this episode of Technically Speaking with Michael Nuñez, we analyze how Techtober hype feeds into holiday gadget shopping and increasing e-waste culture, unregulated election meddling via social media platforms, and Amazon’s media stunt to find a home for its new HQ2. Shows Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe.
New Quad City Arts Exhibit Focuses on “Extraordinary Women” A new exhibit at Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery through Dec. 11, is called “Extraordinary Women,” large-scale paintings by Jaclyn Garlock. Garlock’s paintings depict life-sized women engaging in non-salaried work — from cooking to laundry to volunteering — and enjoying themselves as they do it. The titles of her paintings are borrowed from song lyrics, which is appropriate since she lives in Clear Lake, Iowa, home of the Surf Ballroom, where some say, “the music died.” That line (from Don McLean’s immortal “American Pie”) memorializes the 22-year-old rock pioneer Buddy Holly, who last played the Surf with Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson on Feb. 2, 1959, just before dying in a plane crash. Garlock’s “bold, narrative” compositions are acrylic on canvas, according to Quad City Arts. She’s been an artist all her life, but didn’t realize it until she was in her 30s, her bio says. She tried teaching and then wanting to do something more creative, opened a silk-screening business. After learning the process of silk-screening, she began to experiment with the process and learned that she could layer images to create more detail. She began staging scenes using various props, which she photographed and then printed on rag paper and sold at fine art fairs around the Midwest, her bio says. Although she had a BFA in painting, she hadn’t painted since college until the year 2000, when she decided it was time. “After messing around with different subjects, I decided to do a self-portrait. I dressed up, put on too much make up, made my hair Tammy Wynette big and set my camera,” Garlock said in a Quad City Arts release. “I loved the result and was on the way to strictly figurative work. All my friends posed for me — they loved dressing up as something they were not. “We’d set up different little scenarios and act them out like making a short movie. Then adding in various costume changes, I could stage and photograph the scenes to mimic the ideas I had in mind,” she said. “With Photoshop, photos could be cut and pasted, adding in another figure or different props, to create the best composition. I started building my compositions around women for the simple reason, they are fun to dress up, but added men to the picture a little at a time, until now where they are more than just window dressing.” Happy with the direction her paintings were taking, Garlock let go of creating and selling screen prints at art fairs. She concentrated on building a body of work to exhibit regionally at art centers and museums, her bio says. She found that people related to her images and made up stories about the people in the paintings. The online gallery of her work can be seen at https://www.quadcityarts.com/rock-island-gallery.html. Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the six-county region through the arts. Support for art exhibitions is provided by the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Quad City Arts Gallery is at 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.	https://www.quadcities.com/articles/new-quad-city-arts-exhibit-focuses-on-extraordinary-women/
Basic Overview of Life Cycles in Organizations © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of This Article Include What Are Organizational Life Cycles? Why Are They Important to Understand? Example of a Simple Organizational Life Cycle Model Product Life Cycles Additional Perspectives on Life Cycles What Are Organizational Life Cycles? Simply put, organizations are social systems. They're groups of people organized around a common purpose. Their activities include similar recurring practices, for example, strategic planning, business planning, product and service development, marketing, financial management and evaluations. Each activity usually includes formally or informally clarifying goals, taking steps toward those goals, deciding if the goals are being met or not, and adjusting activities to be even more effective and efficient in reaching the goals. The social systems can be focused primarily on the entire organization, teams, each product or service, or within a certain activity. Individuals themselves are systems, needing a clear purpose and activities to continually work toward that purpose. Social systems go through common life-cycles ranging from, for example, from start-up to growth to maturity. For example, as people mature, they begin to understand more about the world and themselves. Over time, they develop a certain kind of wisdom that sees them through many of the challenges in life and work. They learn to plan and to use a certain amount of discipline to carry through on those plans. They learn to manage themselves. Meanwhile, they go through infancy, child-hood and early-teenage phases that are characterized by lots of rapid growth. People in these phases often do whatever it takes just to stay alive, for example, eating, seeking shelter and sleeping. Early on, many people tend to make impulsive, highly reactive decisions based on whatever is going on around them at the moment. Why Are They Important to Understand? Start-up organizations, team and internal practices are like this, too. Often, founders of the organization or program and its various members have to do whatever is necessary just to stay in business. Leaders make highly reactive, seat-of-the-pants decisions. They fear taking the time to slow down and do planning. Experienced leaders have learned to recognize the particular life cycle that a system is going through. These leaders understand the types of problems faced during each life cycle. That understanding gives them a sense of perspective and helps them to decide how to respond to decisions and problems in the workplace and their lives and the workplace. That understanding also suggests the priories that they need to soon address in order to evolve to the next stage. Systems that do not evolve often stagnate or decline between stages. Symptoms can be unclear priorities, unclear roles, increasing frustrations and conflict, and people leaving the organization. If the understanding of the life cycle is not known, then these problems are often not resolved. When discerning the particular stage that a system is currently in, it does not depend on the age of the system. Rather, it depends on the nature of its current activities. For example, if the activities are mostly unplanned, high reactive and decisions are made primarily by certain personalities rather than by plans and policies, then that organization is operating more like an early stage organization. Example of a Simple Organizational Life Cycle Model Life cycles of social systems are so important to understand that there has been an increasing number of suggested frameworks and models for life cycles. Here is one simple model to further enhance your understanding of life cycles. In this example, the focus is on an organization-wide social system. Some systems planners consider there to be an additional stage of decline that is after the maturity stage. That stage recognizes that not all systems are meant to exist forever. It also helps systems planners to avoid desperately staying in the maturity stage, lest the system "fails". Start-Up Features - Has compelling, exciting vision and purpose - People are motivated by exciting, charismatic leaders - Board is usually a hands-on (working) Board - People are recruited because they’re excited and want to chip in - People chip in wherever they feel they’re needed - Decisions are often reactive and spontaneous. Plans, if developed at all, are often not implemented - Resources (money, facilities, etc.) are continually sought, sometimes in crisis situations - Occasional confusion, frustration and conflicts can exist about who’s doing what, how and when - People begin to talk about the need for more planning and procedures - If there’s strong resistance to change, then crises increase, for example, cash shortages, conflicts and people leaving Priorities in Growth Stage - Focus is on strengthening internal systems to support growth, while expanding services and markets - Leaders focus on managing change as much as on generating new ideas - Board evolves to more of a policy-Board with continued focus on plans, policies and full participation - Different departments and teams are appropriately coordinated for efficiencies - Planning is regular and systematic, and focused on goals, roles and deadlines - Progress is regularly monitored for status, learning and continuous improvement - Regular and routine activities are proceduralized for reliability and efficiencies - Internal systems are developed to systematically obtain resources, based on plans - Performance management practices are focused on personnel and the organization Priorities in Maturity Stage - Focus in on sustaining momentum and renewal, especially to avoid entrenching in bureaucracy - Focus is also on creativity and innovation – sometimes to start new ventures, that start new life cycles themselves - Management priorities are especially on succession planning and risk management - More learning is shared with other people and organizations - Leaders seek to successfully duplicate their business model elsewhere - People attend to even longer-range planning, for example, 3-5 years out - Priority continues to be on managing change and transformation - Some organizations consider terminating the organization if its vision is achieved Product Life Cycles The recurring activities to plan, develop, implement, evaluate and then adjust the plans for each product and service is a essentially a systematic recurring set of activities. It is a system and has a life cycle like many other systems. The phases in the system might be described by the above simple diagram of phases. Experienced product managers understand the stages of development of a typical product or service, and know what the typical traits of each stage are. Thus, they know what priorities to address to evolve the product or service to maturity. They understand that problems that can occur if the next stage is not reached. Consider the following articles. Product Life Cycle Stages Product Life Cycle diagrams Product life cycle (Wikipedia) Best Practice Report: Product Lifecycle Management What is the Product Life Cycle? Definition and Examples Ultimate Product Life Cycle Management Guide Product Life Cycle Examples Exploit the Product Life Cycle Additional Perspectives on Life Cycles Organizational Life Cycles (Wikipedia) The Five Phases Organizational Life Cycle Five Life Stages of Nonprofit Organizations Life Cycles of an Organization Organizational Life Cycles (it helps to see different diagrams) Barbarians to Bureaucrats Life Cycle Approach to Strategic Planning (in-depth and dated, but relevant) Also consider Systems Thinking, Systems Tools and Chaos Theory Entrepreneurship -- Product and Service Development This Article is in a Series About Understanding Organizational Structures and Design This article is the fourth in the series which includes: 1. What is an Organization? 2. What Makes Each Organization Unique 3. How They're the Same: They're Systems 4. Basic Overview of Life Cycles in Organizations 5. Basic Overview of Organizational Culture 6. Legal Forms and Traditional Structures of Organizations 7. Driving Forces and a New Organizational Paradigm 8. Emerging Nature and New Organizational Structures and Design 9. Basic Guidelines for Organizational Design 10. Wrap Up: Grasping the Big Picture in Organizations (video) Learn More in the Library's Blogs Related to Organizations In addition to the information on this current page, see the following blogs which have posts related to organizations. Scan down the blog's page to see various posts. Also see the section “Recent Blog Posts” in the sidebar of the blog or click on “next” near the bottom of a post in the blog. Library's Consulting and Organizational Development Blog Library's Leadership Blog Library's Nonprofit Capacity Building Blog For the Category of Organizational Development: To round out your knowledge of this Library topic, you may want to review some related topics, available from the link below. Each of the related topics includes free, online resources. Also, scan the Recommended Books listed below. They have been selected for their relevance and highly practical nature.	https://managementhelp.org/organizations/life-cycles.htm
In today's open networks, authentication is a fundamental building block for a secure network environment. By using strong cryptography, the Kerberos authentication protocol allows both client and server to provide identity to each other over an insecure network connection. Communications between... By Pam Todaro December 14, 2003 Download All papers are copyrighted . No re-posting of papers is permitted Related Content Blog Cybersecurity Insights, Cyber Defense April 22, 2022 Російсько-український конфлікт. Кіберресурсний центр Отримайте доступ до ресурсів, які допоможуть вашій організації орієнтуватися в кіберризиках, пов’язаних з російсько-українським конфліктом. Michelle Petersen read more Blog Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity Insights April 1, 2022 Ukraine-Russia Conflict – Cyber Resource Center Access resources to help your organization navigate the cyber risk surrounding the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Michelle Petersen read more Blog Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Cybersecurity and IT Essentials, Industrial Control Systems Security, Purple Team, Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, Cyber Defense, Cloud Security, Security Management, Legal, and Audit December 8, 2021 Good News: SANS Virtual Summits Will Remain FREE for the Community in 2022 They’re virtual. They’re global. They’re free. Emily Blades read more Share:	https://www.sans.org/white-papers/1288/
Moeck, Jonas P. Lacarelle, Arnaud Paschereit, Christian Oliver \|Type:\|\|Article\| \|Language Code:\|\|en\| \|Abstract:\|\|A methodology allowing for a modular setup of complex acoustic systems is developed. The transfer behaviour of the individual subsystems is formulated in time domain. Subsystem descriptions can be obtained by analytical considerations, numerical methods, or experimental data. Once the complex subsystems have been characterized experimentally, changes in system geometry can be implemented easily by exchanging or adding subsystems. To validate the modelling approach, experiments are conducted in an acoustic test rig with a combustor-type geometry. Results are compared to predictions from the model, demonstrating accuracy in frequency and time domain. Application to thermoacoustic instabilities arising in lean-premixed combustion is given. The influence of a modified fuel distribution on an unstable operating point of a lean-premixed combustor is studied and validated with experimental data. Additionally, a study on the parameters governing the flame transfer function is performed to generate a stability map of a model combustor. An advantage of the state-space approach is that stability of a thermoacoustic system can be determined by simply solving a matrix eigenvalue problem. This is in strong contrast to the traditional approach, where the complete model is formulated in frequency domain with infinite-dimensional transfer functions. The time domain approach is based on the methodology presented by Schuermans et al. . In contrast to their work, however, subsystems are not obtained from modal expansions but are characterized by using system identification techniques. Additionally, accuracy of the time domain model is verified by experiments.\| \|URI:\|\|https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de//handle/11303/8835\| http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-7964 \|Issue Date:\|\|2007\| \|Date Available:\|\|8-Jan-2019\| \|DDC Class:\|\|620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten\| \|Subject(s):\|\|stability analysis\| state-space system thermoacoustics time domain simulation \|License:\|\|http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/\| \|Journal Title:\|\|Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy\| \|Publisher:\|\|SAGE Publications\| \|Publisher Place:\|\|Washington, DC\| \|Volume:\|\|221\| \|Issue:\|\|5\| \|Publisher DOI:\|\|10.1243/09576509JPE384\| \|Page Start:\|\|657\| \|Page End:\|\|668\| \|EISSN:\|\|2041-2967\| \|ISSN:\|\|0957-6509\| \|Notes:\|\|Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.\| This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. \|Appears in Collections:\|\|Inst. Strömungsmechanik und Technische Akustik (ISTA) » Publications\| Files in This Item: \|File\|\|Description\|\|Size\|\|Format\| \|Bothien_et_al_2007.pdf\|\|541.53 kB\|\|Adobe PDF\| View/Open Items in DepositOnce are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.	https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/8835
A very young child has an emotional attachment towards his caregivers i.e. the parents or the guardians. When he starts to school, he also seeks to obtain the same feeling of attachment from his teachers. As the teacher feels a sense of his own children in his students so he also develops an attitude of attachment towards his students during the course of teaching program. This relationship of attachment of emotions between the teachers and their students affects the cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics of students at the early stage of their development. This attachment helps the young students to obtain a secure learning experience. The adequate experiences of this attachment can lead to the achievement of skills in the students resulting in the development of cognitive characteristics of students. The present study deals with the influence of the emotional attachment among the students and their teachers on the schools readiness, development of learning habits and their social adjustment. Keywords: Emotional attachment, learning experiences, school readiness, Social adjustment, learning habits Edition: Volume 3 Issue 10, October 2014 Pages: 889 - 893 How to Cite this Article?	https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=SEP14424
Silver Linings: Creating Special Moments Leads to Good Days and Great Community Editor’s Note: It’s been a long eight months. Remote work fatigue is REAL, winter is coming, and we’re all starting to feel a little stir crazy. As much as we’re all very eager and anxious to get back to the office, to get back to ‘normal,’ the light is not nearly at the tunnel. So while we wait for that light, we’ve decided to launch a series of content that looks at the glass half-full. A series of articles by Prosekians that aim to provide our readers with moments of hope, happiness and optimism. And, as we approach the holiday season, we want to spread some cheer through sharing these personal experiences and stories. Our very own Senior Vice President Emily Tracy kicks off the series with a story about finding the silver linings within fleeting moments. Enjoy! It’s been 245 days since we all started working remotely. It’s feeling like a new normal, right? In the beginning, there were many unknows around the virus, but I think we all felt confident and comfortable in our ability to work from home. The novelty wore off quickly. Confidence and comfort turned into a feeling of dread and anxiety. We were all impacted by the idea that we would be working from home indefinitely. But as I reflect on the last eight months, I need to focus on the silver linings to get me through the days and weeks that remain ahead. Yes, the days can be long and draining. Yes, the days can be filled with anxiety and despair. But I’ve also found so many moments to laugh and smile. To surround myself with friends and family and to have found a work community that lifts me up. The Spring of 2020 was one of the most difficult times of my life. I felt abandoned by the world. Schools closed. Home with two toddlers while balancing work felt like a never-ending battle I was destined to lose. We couldn’t lean on extended family for childcare for fear that we’d pass along the virus. We relocated our family out of Brooklyn, our beloved home for the last six years, and I felt so isolated and alone. I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. I absorbed so many of my own emotions and my families’ emotions, I ended up breaking down on one of our First 15s* when sharing how my schedule had changed. My routine had collapsed. As much as my day-to-day had changed all the way around, there were constants. There were regular client calls and internal huddles. And emails. Never-ending emails. But our team meetings had changed. They turned from not just listing out account updates, but also having emotional check-ins and humor breaks. And that’s not all. Nearly every single day from March through June, Mark Kollar, a Partner at Prosek, called me. Just to say hi. Just to make me laugh. The days were feeling less dark and lonely. He helped me see the sunshine again. We could talk about agenda items, solve client problems and joke around about how my kids were driving me nuts. It was a safe place. Without the challenges of 2020, I’m not sure Mark and I would have grown as close as we have. There are so many advantages to working together in-person. The collaboration. The humanity. The jokes. But working from home has also presented so many wonderful moments, too. Moments of grace and kindness and sarcasm. Moments where we can let our guards down and share our raw emotions. With life literally happening in the backgrounds of our Zoom calls, we can be more open and honest with each other. Something that an office can strip away. Prosek has created a true community. So that even in times that are hard, even in times of a global pandemic, financial downturn and social justice crisis, we can come together to find hope and friendship. We can call to check in and just to say hi and make someone’s day. We can send a note of encouragement and inspire them that they’re on the right track. We can make someone laugh when they feel down. We can make them feel ok for not feeling ok. These small moments create great days. They can create great experiences and they can create silver linings of hope in so much uncertainty. *First 15s were established in the first couple of months of quarantine to gather small, intimate groups to stay connected and engaged and talk about how Covid-19 was impacting their work, family and home life.	https://www.prosek.com/unboxed-thoughts/silver-linings-creating-special-moments-leads-to-good-days-and-great-community/
Material Description. This specification covers the basic requirements for barrel or rack electrodeposited zinc alloy over a ferrous substrate. Various alloy platings with supplemental treatments are covered by this specification. This specification covers functional requirements only. Cosmetic requirements, such as brightness, shades, tint, etc., are not defined. Material approved to this specification may not meet special cosmetic/appearance requirements and must be agreed upon by the purchaser and applicator. Table 1 lists the zinc alloy finishes covered by this specification. For parts calling out this specification without a specific alloy (or to ZnNi without a Type A or Type B) but contracted and completing the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) after January 1, 2014, the finish shall default to Type B. Parts completing PPAP or contracted with GM before 2014 may have ZnNi Type A or Type B. Due to extremely low availability of applicators, do not specify ZnCo or ZnFeCo on new designs. For existing designs, consult with the responsible Design and Materials Engineers to locate sources or to re-specify the finish. ZnFe finish applicators are also not widely available. Consult the responsible Materials Engineer before specifying ZnFe. Typical Applications. Zinc alloy plating is especially suitable for small to medium ferrous parts, such as castings, stampings, clips, fasteners, and other ferrous parts, where levels of corrosion protection exceeding pure zinc are required. Electroplating may not be suitable for all materials and applications. Each application must be reviewed with the responsible Materials Engineer before usage. Use of this coating on threaded surfaces and/or bearing surfaces of joints could affect the torque-tension relationship. It is recommended that a torque-tension study of the fastener joint be performed before releasing this finish on any new application. Coefficient of friction (CoF) values in this specification are determined at ambient temperatures. New applications for this finish should be tested to confirm performance under applicationspecific operating conditions. These finishes are suitable for temperatures from -50 °C to 120 °C and to 150 °C for ZnNi. For applications outside this temperature range, consult Materials Engineering. Zinc and zinc corrosion products may cause localized embrittlement when in contact with stressed Polyamide 6 or 66. Caution must be taken when specifying these finishes on parts in contact with Polyamide 6 or 66. High-strength or high-hardness steel parts are susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement. While certain precautions and post-plate de-embrittlement baking are generally effective in protecting the parts from hydrogen embrittlement, they are time sensitive and require extra care during processing. Electroplating of steel parts with hardness above 46 HRc is not recommended. See 3.9 for precautions against hydrogen embrittlement.	https://standards.globalspec.com/std/1666756/gmw4700
Aaron Brooks is the co-founder and CEO of Vamp, a successful digital startup which helps brands better connect with quality social influencers. Aaron launched Vamp in 2015 out of a desire to strengthen the relationship between brands and influencers. and has since dominated the influencer marketing space in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. More recently, Vamp launched into the UK market in August 2017.	https://www.marketingtechnews.net/news/?user=33034
Volunteering provides an opportunity to learn new skills, make connections and contribute to our community. The Town of South Bruce Peninsula's strong and enthusiastic community of volunteers is one of the many pillars of our vibrant, active and welcoming Town. The Council of the Town of South Bruce Peninsula recognizes the importance of volunteers and volunteer organizations that support the goals and objectives of the Town through social and recreational opportunities, cultural and environmental initiatives, youth and senior programming and other activities beneficial to the Town. As a result an annual volunteer recognition program has been established which formally recognizes individuals who make unselfish contributions within our Town. Policy CO.14.1 Volunteer Recognition outlines the process for recognition. Nomination form and organization update form. 2019 Volunteer Recognition Event Please visit our Community Organizations page to find an organization and get involved or see the community calendar for what's happening in South Bruce Peninsula.	https://www.southbrucepeninsula.com/en/your-community/volunteering.aspx
Human resources is evolving – becoming a key partner in the success and growth for organizations of all sizes. Forward thinking senior HR executives are building HR programs fueled by advances in technology to manage change in an organization in innovative new ways. Argyle’s CHRO Leadership Forum provides the relationships, resources, and solutions to help HR leaders digitally transform their organization and become the workplace of the future. With an agenda crafted by our CHRO Advisory Board, topics will include innovative takes on workforce planning, employee engagement and talent management technology, intelligent automation, agile recruitment and development techniques, and the new strategic role of HR in business transformation. Keynote Presentation: "Future Work Starts with People" When employees are supported, empowered, and provided the tools and resources to properly manage, lead, and innovate, the opportunities are endless. Join Angela Geffre as she dives into successful strategies for employee empowerment and what it looks like to lead with people. Panel Discussion: "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" How does your organization define diversity? What steps have been taken to achieve DEI? Are there particular functions you notice a lack of diversity, within your organization and within the wider professional landscape? How can this be ameliorated? What steps do you recommend for organizations that want to promote equity? Do you have an active strategy for promoting DEI? Explain. How has “MeToo” impacted quotidian HR processes in your organization? Fireside Chat: "HR Technology and the Multi-Generational Workforce" Join us for an interactive discussion as we hear from a senior HR leader on 2019 on best practices for developing and strengthening cross-functional partnerships, and then get involved as the audience participates in roundtable discussions and presents their own experiences and solutions. Biggest impact HR has on other functions in your organization? Are there particular functions with whom you most often collaborate? How are other functions adopting HR roles in their day to day operations? What is the HR biggest challenge you foresee in the coming year? Often HR reports into another function. Is this the case for your organization and if so, to whom do you report? To attract strong technical talent, many companies are transforming their culture to become open, transparent environments that encourage collaboration and innovation. Jeanette Bashford, Global Head of HR for Engineering at Bloomberg, will speak about the steps she took with Engineering management to build this culture. She will also discuss common pitfalls to avoid and strategies you can implement to lead your organization through necessary change. Keynote Presentation: "Exploring the Workplace of the Future: Implications of Technology on Human Resources" The presentation explores the workplace of the future within the context of technology. Traditional Human Resources (HR) functions are rapidly evolving as a result of technological changes. Artificial Intelligence is being used in staffing and recruitment. Internet of Things is becoming a commonplace for monitoring employee wellness and engagement. Blockchain technology is already presenting new opportunities for fraud prevention and cybersecurity in HR. And, immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are being used to enhance organizational efforts in talent development. In the era of automation and digitalization, this keynote will engage participants in the envisioning of the workplace of the future and discuss implications of technology on HR practices. The participants will experience a sample of VR-based simulated training module aimed at developing workplace skills.	https://www.argyleforum.com/events/2019-human-resources-leadership-forum-creating-the-workplace-of-the-future--chicago/
Santiago Almeida was born in Skidmore, Texas, a small, rural town southeast of San Antonio. His family members did farmwork and played music in their free time. By age 15, Santiago was playing bajo sexto, a thick-necked twelve-string guitar with bass strings, in the family group, La Orquesta Almeida, for dances in Brownsville, Harlingen and the San Benito area of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. About 1934, Almeida teamed up with accordionist Narciso Martínez to play parties and dances. The following year they were invited to the Blue Bonnet Hotel in San Antonio to record for the Bluebird label. This 78-rpm disk of a polka, "La Chicharronera," and a schottische, "El Troconal," is regarded as the first recording of conjunto music. Conjunto literally means "ensemble" and is used for both the music and the groups that play it. Over the next three years, Almeida and Martínez made sixty more records for Bluebird. During a mammoth session in 1938, they recorded twenty songs in one day. In a relatively short time, Almeida and Martínez became the most imitated and sought-after conjunto musicians in South Texas. They continued to perform together into the 1940s, recording on the Ideal and Disco de Oro labels and backing up popular singers in other sessions. For the most part though, they performed at Mexican dances in the Rio Grande Valley and along the Texas-Mexico border. Together, Almeida and Martínez defined a new musical style, bringing together the diatonic button accordion and bajo sexto. Almeida played the accompaniment for the innovative accordion leads of Martínez, but was also an innovator himself. He played in all keys without a capo, using a technique similar to what is known today as cross-picking. He used a three-note "bass arpeggio," alternating each bass note with a single higher drone note, all at a relatively high speed. This technique is especially effective in accompanying waltzes and huapangos, but can also be applied to the performance of other musical styles. After World War II, Almeida's opportunities for musical work dwindled in South Texas as his family increased. In 1950, he took his family north, following the migrant farmworker routes and eventually settling in Washington state, where they picked apples and found other jobs to make a living in their home in Sunnyside, in the Yakima Valley, a center of Mexican migration in that state. Because there were no active conjuntos in the Valley at that time, Almeida became a teacher and mentor to younger musicians interested in his distinctive style. All the while, he continued to play his bajo sexto for family and community gatherings, often at church dances, where he accompanied other musicians and singers. In 1987, after nearly four decades of isolation from his South Texas homeland, Almeida was inducted into the San Antonio Conjunto Hall of Fame. In 1993, he received the Governor's Heritage Award in Seattle, Washington, for his contributions to the cultural heritage of the state. Bibliography Hernández, Ramón. "Tonantzin." Chicano Arts Magazine (May 1987) 4, 2. Peña, Manuel. The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working Class Music. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985. DiscographyAr Various artists. Mexican American Border Music. Arhoolie 7001.	http://www.mastersoftraditionalarts.org/artists/6?selected_facets=state_exact:Washington
Yarlside Teaching School Alliance is an Appropriate Body for the registration and formal Statutory Induction process, which provides validation and support of Newly Qualified Primary Teachers. The appointment of an Appropriate Body is a statutory requirement for the induction period of NQTs. It is the responsibility of the Appropriate Body to ensure that there is sufficient evidence to support the final decision as to whether an NQT has met the Teachers’ Standards on the recommendation of the Headteacher/Principal. The service that we offer is available to all local authority maintained schools and academies. The main responsibility of the Appropriate Body is to quality assure the NQT induction process. The Appropriate Body must monitor and support, assess and guide to ensure procedures are fair and appropriate. Yarlside Teaching School Alliance are registering both Primary and Secondary NQT’s. If you have registered NQTs with YTSA please find attached electronic versions of the documents that you will need for 2017/18.	https://yarlsideteachingschool.co.uk/nqt/
The Prime Minister of India (Hindi: भारत के प्रधानमंत्री, Bhārat kē Pradhānmantrī), as addressed in the Constitution of India, is thechief of government, chief adviser to the President of India, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha. The Prime Minister leads the executive branch of the Government of India. The incumbent Prime Minister of India isNarendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Prime Minister is the senior member of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The Prime Minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the Government; is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet. The resignation or death of the prime minister dissolves the cabinet. The Union cabinet headed by the Prime Minister is appointed by the president to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive. Union cabinet is collectively responsible to the House of the People as per Article 75(3). The Prime Minister shall always enjoy the confidence of Lok Sabha and shall resign if he/she is unable to prove majority when instructed by the President. Contents 1Origins and history 2Constitutional framework and position of prime minister 3Role and power of the prime minister 4Appointment 1Eligibility 2Oath 5Remuneration Origins and history India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding, actual head of the government and chief of the executive branch. In such systems, the head of state or the head of state’s official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position. The Prime Minister shall become a member of parliament within six months of beginning his/her tenure, if he/she is not a member already. He/She is expected to work with other central ministers to ensure the passage of bills by the Parliament. Constitutional framework and position of prime minister The Constitution envisages a scheme of affairs in which the President of India is the head of the executive in terms of Article 53 with office of the prime minister as heading the Council of Ministers to assist and advise the president in the discharge of the executive power. To quote, Article 53, 74 and 75 provide as under; The executive powers of the Union shall be vested in the president and shall be exercised either directly or through subordinate officers, in accordance with the Constitution. — Article 53(1), Constitution of India There shall be a Council of Ministers with the prime minister at the head to aid and advise the president who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice. — Article 74(1), Constitution of India The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. — Article 75(1), Constitution of India Like most parliamentary democracies, a President’s duties are mostly ceremonial as long as the constitution and the rule of law is obeyed by the Union Cabinet and the Legislature. The Prime Minister of India is the head of government and has the responsibility for executive power. Role and power of the prime minister The prime minister leads the functioning and exercise of authority of the Government of India. He is invited by the President of India in the Parliament of India as leader of the majority party to form a government at the federal level (known as Central or Union Government in India) and exercise its powers. In practice the prime minister nominates the members of their Council of Ministers to the president. They also work upon to decide a core group of Ministers (known as the Cabinet)[2] as in-charge of the important functions and ministries of theGovernment of India. The prime minister is responsible for aiding and advising the president in distribution of work of the Government to various ministries and offices and in terms of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. The co-ordinating work is generally allocated to the Cabinet Secretariat While generally the work of the Government is divided into various Ministries, the prime minister may retain certain portfolios if they are not allocated to any member of the cabinet. The prime minister, in consultation with the Cabinet, schedules and attends the sessions of the Houses of Parliament and is required to answer the question from the Members of Parliament to them as the in-charge of the portfolios in the capacity as Prime Minister of India. Some specific ministries/department are not allocated to anyone in the cabinet but the prime minister himself. The prime minister is usually always in-charge/head of: Appointments Committee of the Cabinet; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Ministry of Planning; Department of Atomic Energy; and Department of Space. The prime minister represents the country in various delegations, high level meetings and international organisations that require the attendance of the highest government office and also addresses to the nation on various issues of national or other importance. Appointment Eligibility According to Article 84 of the Constitution of India, which sets the principal qualifications for member of Parliament, and Article 75 of the Constitution of India, which sets the qualifications for the minister in the Union Council of Minister, and the argument that the position of prime minister has been described as ‘first among equals’,[10] A prime minister must: be a citizen of India. be a member of theLok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. If the person chosen as the prime minister is neither a member of the Lok Sabha nor the Rajya Sabha at the time of selection, he or she must become a member of either of the houses within six months. be above 25 years of age if he or she is a member of Lok Sabha or above 30 years of age if he or she is a member of the Rajya Sabha. not hold any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State or under any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments. If however a candidate is elected as the prime minister he/she must vacate their post from any private or government company/ sector and may take up the post only on completion of his /her term Oath The Prime Minister is required to make and subscribe in the presence of President of India before entering office, the oath of office and secrecy, as per the Third Schedule of the Constitution of India. Oath of office: I, <name>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as prime minister for the Union and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. — Constitution of India, Third Schedule, Part I Oath of secrecy: I, <name>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as prime minister for the Union except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such Minister. — Constitution of India, Third Schedule, Part II Remuneration By Article 75 of the constitution of India, remuneration of the prime minister as well as other ministers are to be decided by the Parliament and is renewed from time to time. The original remuneration for prime minister and other ministers were specified in the Part B of the second schedule of the constitution, which was later removed by an amendment. In 2010, the prime minister’s office reported that he did not receive a formal salary, but was only entitled to monthly allowances. That same year The Economist reported that, on a purchasing-power parity basis, the prime minister received an equivalent of $4106 per year. As a percentage of the country’s per-capita GDP (Gross Domestic Product), this is the lowest of all countries The Economist surveyed. Prime Minister monthly pay and allowances Salary in Oct 2009 Salary in Oct 2010 Salary in Jul 2012 ₹100000 (US$1,500) ₹135000 (US$2,000) ₹160000 (US$2,400) Sources. Prime Minister’s Office (India) Prime Minister’s Office Secretariat Building, South Block Agency overview Jurisdiction Republic of India Headquarters South Block, Secretariat Building Raisina Hill, New Delhi Agency executive · Nripendra Misra, Principal Secretary Website pmindia.nic.in The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) consists of the immediate staff of the Prime Minister of India, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the Prime Minister. The PMO is headed by the Principal Secretary, currently Nripendra Misra. The PMO was originally called the Prime Minister’s Secretariat until 1977, when it was renamed during the Morarji Desai administration. It is part of the Government of India located in the South Block of the Secretariat Building. Contents 1Function 2The Office 3Organisation 1Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) 4Important officers in the PMO Function The PMO provides secretarial assistance to the Prime Minister. It is headed by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. The PMO includes the anti-corruption unit and the public wing dealing with grievances. The office houses the Prime Minister and few selected officers of Indian Civil Service who work with him to manage and coordinate government and his office. The Prime Minister through his office coordinates with all ministers in the central union cabinet, minister of independent charges and governors and ministers of state government. The PMO is located at the South Block of the Secretariat Building. The subject-matter of files required to be submitted to the Prime Minister depends on whether he is holding direct charge of the Ministry or whether there is a Cabinet Minister or Minister of State (Independent Charge) in charge of the Ministry. In the case of the latter, most matters are dealt with by the Cabinet Minister / Minister of State-in-charge. Only important policy issues, which the Minister concerned feels should be submitted to the Prime Minister for orders or information, are received in the PMO. In cases where the Prime Minister is the Minister-in-charge, all matters requiring Ministerial approval not delegated to the Minister of State / Deputy Minister, if any, are submitted for orders. The Prime Minister has traditionally been the Minister-in-charge of the Departments of Space, Atomic Energy, and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Some of the important matters that require the Prime Minister’s personal attention include the following: Important defence-related issues; Decorations, both civilian and defence, where Presidential approval is required; All important policy issues; Proposals for appointment of Indian Heads of Missions abroad and requests for grant of agreement for foreign Heads of Missions posted to India; All important decisions relating to the Cabinet Secretariat; Appointments to State Administrative Tribunals and the Central Administrative Tribunal, UPSC, Election Commission, Appointment of members of statutory/constitutional Committees, Commissions attached to various Ministries; All policy matters relating to the administration of the Civil Services and administrative reforms; Special Packages announced by the Prime Minister for States are monitored in the PMO and periodical reports submitted to Prime Minister; and All judicial appointments for which Presidential approval is required. Parliament Questions Parliament Questions relating to the Ministries and Departments of which Prime Minister is the Minister-in-charge are answered by a Minister of State nominated for the purpose or by Prime Minister himself. PM’s Funds The Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and the National Defence Fund (NDF) are operated directly from the PMO. The Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund was established in January 1948 as Trust, by then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan, due to partition of India. In the year, 2013-2014, the Fund received donations worth Rs. 377.04 crore. The Office The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) located in South Block, overlooking the grandeur of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Though in the 1990s I.K. Gujral and some of his predecessors, usedPrime Minister’s Residence (PMR) spread over a 10-acre complex as office. It is sandwiched between the cabinet secretariat on one side and the ministries of external affairs and defence on the other. The 20-room PMO is equipped to provide both infrastructural and manpower support to the nation’s chief executive. Hi-tech accessories and sophisticated communication devices were installed to monitor domestic and international developments. In 2012, the PMO had a staff of 404 officials, with annual budget Rs 29.3 crore (2012–13), 70% or Rs 20 cr. was spent on salaries. Organisation The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) directly comes under PMO. Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Regulatory Boards Atomic Energy Regulatory Board(AERB), Mumbai, Maharashtra Atomic Energy Commission(AEC) Mumbai, Maharashtra Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology(BRIT), Mumbai, Maharashtra Public Sector Electronics Corporation of India(ECIL), Hyderabad Indian Rare Earths Limited(IREL), Mumbai Nuclear Power Corporation of India(NPCIL), Mumbai, Maharashtra Uranium Corporation of India,Singhbhum Research & Development Sector Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC), Mumbai; the following research institutions are affiliated to BARC: From October 2011, the post of Secretary under Prime Ministers office has been eliminated as per policy. Office of the Prime Minister of India Name Designation Rank Ajit Kumar Doval National Security Adviser Minister of State Rank Nripendra Misra Principal Secretary Rajeev Topno Private Secretary Sanjiv Singla Private Secretary Anurag jain[ Joint Secretary Deputy Prime Minister of Indiaभारतकेउपप्रधानमन्त्री Emblem of India IncumbentVacant Appointer President on the advice of the Prime Minister Inaugural holder Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Formation 15 August 1947 The Deputy Prime Minister of India is a member of the Union Cabinet in the Government of India. Not technically a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy prime minister usually also holds a key cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the prime minister is treated as the “first among equals” in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government or in times of national emergency, when a proper chain of command is necessary. The first Deputy Prime Minister of India was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was also home minister in Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet. The office has since been only intermittently occupied. The seventh and last deputy prime minister was L. K. Advani, who took on the role in addition to his home ministership from 2002 to 2004 in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government. The current government does not have a Deputy Prime Minister. Many times there arose a proposal to make this post permanent, but nothing happened. The same goes to the post of Deputy Chief Minister in state level,
TXT records are a type of Domain Name System (DNS) record that contains text information for sources outside of your domain. You add these records to your domain settings. You can use TXT records for various purposes. TXT records are normally used for email spam prevention and domain ownership verification. SPF gives other mail servers a way to verify that mail claiming to be from your domain is from one of your IP addresses. They do this by checking a special TXT record you put in your DNS records. It is an interesting way to prevent mail spoofing. DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is an email security standard designed to make sure messages aren’t altered in transit between the sending and recipient servers. It uses public-key cryptography to sign email with a private key as it leaves a sending server. Recipient servers then use a public key published to a domain’s DNS to verify the source of the message, and that the body of the message hasn’t changed during transit. Once the signature is verified with the public key by the recipient server, the message passes DKIM and is considered authentic. example: v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all MX records are mail exchange records and are used for sending email to your email address. The MX records tell which mail server will receive the incoming emails for that specific domain and where those emails should go. example: lanarkmentalhealth-com.mail.protection.outlook.com. A records are the most basic type of DNS record and are used to point a domain or subdomain to an IP address.	https://support.truespeed.ca/support/solutions/articles/19000121242-adding-editing-dns-records
TASH is an international association of people with disabilities, their family members, and professionals advocating for inclusion of all people in all aspects of society. The aim of this project was to identify and overcome barriers that stand in the way of people with communication differences and difficulties self-directing their lives and becoming full participants in their communities and the disabilities rights movement. Project teams, including people with autism who have communicated using Facilitated Communication (FC) and TASH staff, accomplished this goal by: 1) broadening the voice of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) users by building better connections with self-advocacy, advocacy and the disability community regarding communication rights; 2) building a comprehensive website which will provide resources on FC, including research articles, training information, and information on legislative action; 3) increasing the number of organizations that understand the importance of communication and accept as a valid, evidence-based practice the full range of AAC methods; 4) bringing AAC users and advocates to Washington, DC to participate in an organized public policy day; and 5) making Hill visits to educate elected officials about the issues regarding the need for research about and access to funding and services for AAC.	https://www.nlmfoundation.org/grant/fostering-support-of-a-full-range-of-communication-methods-and-empowering-users-of-facilitated-communication-and-other-augmentative-and-alternative-communication-methods/
I’m thrilled to have joined the experts panel at &Simple, who are focussed on helping FOs and their service providers professionalise and be future-ready through insights, services and data. In my first insight published on their platform, I articulate three principles of good family governance: 1. The stewardship (rather than ownership) mindset: family wealth does not belong to any individual, rather to the family – both present and future. The people who happen to be responsible for it at any time act as stewards, taking their turn to look after it for the benefit of the whole family. 2. Because they have this steward role, open communication and transparency is essential. Lack of communication leads to negative assumptions and an erosion of trust. Being open and accountable to family members builds trust and fosters a sense of accountability to the entire family. 3. More broadly, this is about the responsible use of power. Families have an inherent power dynamic based on generations and control. Those in power have a responsibility to use that power carefully and judicially. Consider This: What are the attitudes of the incumbent generations to the family wealth? What are the differences in those attitudes between generations (particularly 1st and 2nd)? How openly does your family communicate about matters relating to the family wealth? Further reading: https://andsimple.co/insights/principles-of-good-family-governance/, https://gulfbusiness.com/why-good-governance-makes-sense-for-family-businesses/, https://www.campdenfb.com/article/differentiators-help-family-businesses-thrive, https://mibiz.com/sections/economic-development/roundtable-communication-transparency-among-keys-to-managing-successful-family-businesses, https://qz.com/work/1711650/what-succession-gets-right-about-power-and-family/[reprinted with permission] Actionable Generational Wealth Succession: For more in-depth, thought-provoking discussion points and further commentary on family and business conflict resolution, access my Familosophy newsletter archives by signing into our newsletter https://DavidWerdiger.com. We will send you the archive links from there.	https://davidwerdiger.com/2022/12/principia-familia-2/
Michael Kenna is a photographer whose work I greatly admire. His personal work has been widely published and although his subject matter varies dramatically from industrial landscapes to natural landscapes he has a certain style that resonates throughout. Recently, Kenna was interviewed by Lenswork Magazine about his new work from the Huangshan Mountains in China, some of which Lenswork published in Edition 92 of both its print and CD based Extended versions. A common feature in Kenna’s work is negative space, whether it be a white blanket of snow, a veil of fog surrounding a lone tree or the deep, black shadows of night time interrupted only by a sliver of light escaping from the open doorway of an ancient building. To Kenna, negative space is where “one can loose oneself to ones imagination”. While the main subject in Kenna’s work is usually clearly evident the negative space surrounding the subject can mean different things to different people. Studying Kenna’s use of negative space has influenced my own work. I try to use negative space to isolate the subject, simplify the composition, remove distracting elements and to create mystery. After considering Kenna’s thoughts from the Lenswork interview I have to agree that in addition to these more tangible benefits, negative space can work on many other levels, some of which are not so tangible, obvious or so easy to explain. Negative space not only focuses attention on the subject but also allows the viewer to ponder for a while, wondering what is hidden in the shadows, what is beyond the dense fog, what dangers lie beneath the surface of dead calm water. This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at 7:14 am and is filed under Creative Ideas. You can follow any comments to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.	http://aransomephoto.com/2011/02/22/negative-space/
Other than briefly watching friends play Final Fantasy X, this is my first time playing it from the beginning. It was originally released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. The game has text and voice to drive the plot forward, which I found exciting at certain times and distracting during other moments. During the first 30 minutes of the game, the player is not allowed to skip any film nor save, but at times, is allowed to pause the game while the “background” music continued. In films, the music is always synchronized with on-screen action. But during the cinematic interludes of Final Fantasy X, pausing the game did not pause the music, which not only confused me but gave its game music a fluid identity between the diegetic and nondiegetic world. Another aspect that had a flexible identity was deciding the character’s name; there is a scene in which the character must talk to a group of AI. They ask the character for his name, and a menu pops up to give him a name. The game imitates many features in film, from the camera angles to the montages used for transitions. They were so integrated with one another, that sometimes it was confusing to know when the player should move the character! The game introduction included more of the player “watching” than “playing.” That difference is the same distinction that exists between engagement and immersion in video games. Immersion (or spatial presence, as it has been termed by Jamie Madigan) needs the player to believe in the world and its context. On the other hand, engagement is similar to the feeling of “flow” (a psychology term for undivided attention and involvement during an activity). While playing Final Fantasy X, the game created a feeling of immersion but I found myself bored – almost frustrated at times – with how unengaging it was. The narrative drove so much of the immersion that I began to feel bored. Frustration built as I yearned for more game play and not so much watching the cinematic storyline. The characters didn’t help, because they drilled in the plot by saying phrases like “listen to my story” and “this is your story, it all begins here.” The session ended when the game provided me a “Traveller’s Save Sphere,” which stores the character’s HP and MP and allows the player to save game play. The sphere wants to be a diegetic machinic part of the game, although I did not feel so comfortable with the game’s decision to integrate the nondiegetic with the diegetic. I’m excited to continue, although I hope this time, I hope I can expect more “play” time. References: Galloway, A. “Gamic Action, Four Moments,” from Gaming, pp. 1-38. Madigan, J. “The Psychology of Immersion in Video Games” The Psychology of Video Games. Web. 2010.	https://courses.digitaldavidson.net/fms321/category/film-studies/
By: Mark Gaeto – Managing Partner Why do business owners sell their business – their life’s work – and should they? In our conversations with business owners we spend a lot of time trying to understand their motivations to sell, and what they expect as a result of selling their company. There are many reasons for an exit and the chief ones we see are: - Some owners want to retire - Some want to hand the business over to their management teams or family members - Others want to sell their current business and start something new - Buyers – financial buyers and strategic buyers – start calling - A partner wants to sell their interest - Investors come to an end of their holding period and want to have a liquidity event - The firm is facing troubled times or growth opportunities and they need help and/or capital in order to get to the next level or phase of the company’s development - New trends such as technology, e.g., the Internet, has significantly impacted marketing and sales, and the management is unwilling to make the necessary changes to be competitive - The owner recognizes that they’ve taken the firm as far as they can and need to exit so the firm can best transition to the next phase of maturity. Once we understand an owner’s motivation and expectations we begin to evaluate the urgency of the matter. Should an owner sell now or wait?—and sometimes the right answer is to wait. If waiting is the right thing to do, the next question is, how long? Why would a banker tell an owner not to sell, at least not in the short run? Often the case is that the owner is exceptionally busy with running their business, and while they are addressing the myriad tactical and strategic issues that come across their desks and smartphones, they often forget or are unaware of an array of company issues that need to be addressed and of the items that buyers will quickly request and analyze. I break down these things and buyer requests into 3 buckets: financial, legal/regulatory, and operational. One of the first areas one needs to review is the financial and accounting areas. We want to understand how well organized and how granular are a firm’s financial accounts, what the accounting methods are, and whether there are enough accounting controls. Many private/closely held firms do not keep their accounting records in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The most common deviation from GAAP is using the cash basis of accounting. It is not uncommon for private business owners to manage their accounting more on a cash/tax accounting basis rather than an accrual/financial accounting basis. The difference between cash and accrual accounting is often very straightforward, with most differences related to timing on revenue recognition and expense payments. While the cash method gives you a clear view of cash on hand and what events have already taken place, it doesn’t provide good or actionable insights on how the company is or will perform in the future. Since most of the strategic and financial acquirers will maintain the accounting records on an accrual basis of accounting post transaction, we often recommend having an external firm do a cash-to-accrual conversion of the financial statements. In addition to changing the basis of accounting we also recommend a close analysis of payroll and state sales-and-use taxes. On the revenue side it is important to analyze revenue by customer so we can determine stability and diversification of the revenue base. Next, we look into the legal and regulatory areas. Many times a company’s legal status, the ownership of its intellectual property and a host of other material contracts need to be reviewed. We usually suggest that an attorney do a legal-contract review of the firm. We do this for several reasons. A primary one is around the ownership of intellectual property. We want to ensure that there is a direct, documented and full claim of IP ownership. Next we review operating agreements and buy/sell agreements and any other agreements that could be in place between owners, investors, lenders, and key employees. We also want to know if the basics are covered around legal status and authorization to do business. For example, has the firm filed properly in the states or countries where they conduct business. We review customer contracts to determine revenue recognition and stickiness. We want to see employee contracts and agreements around non-competes, compensation plans, confidentiality. We want to make certain that the employer’s exclusive right in employee-created IP (including inventions and improvements to existing products) is protected. There are a host of human-resources rules and regulations that also need investigation. Lastly, we want to see vendor contracts or any other material contracts such as leases, outsourcing agreements, etc. As more firms use third-party services and software, we need to ensure the company is in compliance and determine if there are any risks. As former business operators ourselves, we perform an operational assessment to see if the firm can execute at a higher level. What is its growth strategy and potential? How does the firm compete? How are its products and solutions unique and different? Why do customers care, and care enough to buy, and why buy from them over competitors? What is the company vision and related messaging to the market and employees? No doubt it is a business owner’s vision that drives a company’s operation and growth efforts. Plans, budgets, assignments and action are what enable this vision. Hopefully we find that these internal efforts are integrated under one overall program or corporate strategy that the business owner and/or CEO oversees in order to achieve their vision. Many times a formal business plan or core strategic vison document isn’t fully in place and we’ll work with management to produce one. By doing so, the owner can create a lot of confidence with buyers and this can translate to higher valuations and better terms. Should an owner sell or not and when? Our view is that only after attending to the above can one answer that question. Our belief is that an owner should be doing the above as an ordinary course of business. When an owner has done the right preparation and can show (and articulate) that the firm has the required core operating components and a team that consistently delivers revenue and margin growth, she or he will achieve higher exit outcomes. Mark Gaeto is a Managing Director with Falcon Capital Partners, a leading mergers and acquisitions firm, where he directs their commercial technology practice.	https://www.falconllc.com/selling-your-business-why-you-shouldor-shouldnt/
Facing increased global competition, the manufacturing industry needs to reduce system downtime and component breakdowns to ensure resource efficiency and profitability. Aiming to provide the industry with new solutions and help boost productivity, the European research project IMPROVE has developed new virtual tools combining simulation with forecasting algorithms. The key achievements in the fields of simulation & optimization, condition monitoring, and alarm management can be implemented in new lines or as an upgrade to already existing production plants. IMPROVE’s solutions: - Provide the first simulation-optimization round trip solution ready for application - Supply manufacturers with innovative self-learning models for alarm management and condition monitoring - Provide a decision support system (DSS) visualising results and assisting the operator in taking the right choices in the manufacturing process - Benefits of our simulation & optimization tool: - Calculation of future investment - Reduce energy consumption and increase sustainability and efficiency - Benefits of our condition monitoring solution: - Provide a visual feedback to machine operators and maintenance teams regarding the health status of critical components to plan a replacement only when really necessary - Benefits of our alarm management solution: - Solution detects the “root cause” of an alarm flood and helps the operator solving it with a data-driven similarity learning, offline case-base construction, and case-based-reasoning (CBR) - Develop knowledge acquisition methods to translate implicit knowledge into explicit models of the machines represented by so-called cause and effect graphs and include it into data mining for efficient feature selection Target groups for our solution are packaging and automatic machine manufacturer as well as automation providers. Our tools are especially made for:	http://improve-vfof.eu/stakeholders
Eric Benson, M.D, Ph.D. 950 W. Walnut St. R2 402 Indianapolis, IN 46202 Phone: (317) 274-7528 Research Program Membership Associate member: Assistant Professor Department of Medicine IU School of Medicine Dr. Benson's research interests include: Specific Aims: Exosomes have been reported as biomarkers of disease and drug response [1-7]. They are transport vesicles that are secreted from cells and deliver microRNAs, mRNA, and proteins to other cells; they can transport molecules to other local tissues, or to distant tissues through blood circulation. Both the exosomes and the target cells contain some surface molecules (e.g. lectin proteins) that appear to impact the rate (kinetics) and site of exosome uptake [8-10]. These delivery instructions are changed by the effects of disease or drug treatment and result in altered exosome uptake [1-7]. Thus, understanding these changes may elucidate new biomarkers that are associated with both diseases and drug responses. Collectively, these data indicate that critical unknowns are 1) what factors alter exosome kinetics and 2) how do those factors alter the delivery instructions. In this project, I will focus on understanding how alterations to the secreting cells alter the kinetics of the secreted exosomes. Due to the complexity of exosome transportation and the inherent difficulties of discerning the endogenous exosome transport system in humans, in vivo animal models have been used to directly study the transport paths of exosomes over time in blood. Exosome kinetics and transport, from here on, will be defined as the change in exosome concentration over time in animal blood. With the proper measurements of exosome concentration over time, all of the kinetic parameters including half-life, clearance, and volume of distribution can be determined using the same principles applied to the study of pharmacokinetics. The limitation of the published in vivo animal studies is that, in order to directly measure the exosomes, protein tags were inserted into the exosome membrane surface. It is uncertain how these fusion proteins in the exosome membrane may have directly altered the transport instructions. These insertions work well to develop exosomes for drug delivery, but do not work for the study of normal exosome biology and their use as biomarkers. To address this neglected aspect of exosome biology, I will study the kinetics of exosomes with unmodified-membrane surfaces by using exosomes with tagged cargo. My long-term goal is to improve the rational use of exosomal biomarkers to predict disease and treatment response. Understanding the exosome kinetics would help to optimize exosomal-biomarker validation study designs and may lead to studies that elucidate the mechanisms underlying biomarker associations. My broad objective for this proposal is to both detail cell type specific kinetics for secreted exosomes and detail the effects on the secreted exosome kinetics after drug treatments of cancer and normal cell types. My central hypothesis is that secreted exosomes from different cell types have different exosome kinetics and that the drug treatment of diseased and normal cells changes the kinetics of the secreted exosomes. To test this hypothesis I propose the following specific aims: Aim 1: To determine the in vivo exosome kinetics of exosomes secreted by different cell types. My working hypothesis is that exosomes originating from liver, kidney, and lung have different in vivo kinetic parameters (e.g. clearance, volume of distribution). To test this hypothesis, we will dose rats intravenously with exosomes isolated from cultured cells that have been loaded with tracer microRNAs (tagged cargo) and measure the disappearance of the tag’s concentration in the plasma over time. The exosome kinetic parameters will be calculated using the canonical methodology used to calculate the same parameters in pharmacokinetics. Aim 2: To determine the in vivo kinetic parameters of exosomes derived from drug treated cells. I have shown that circulating microRNAs change after carboplatin treatment in cancer patients and my preliminary data shows that exemestane induces changes in circulating microRNAs that may be in part due to changes in the circulating exosomes . My working hypothesis is that estradiol and carboplatin induce changes in the in vivo kinetic parameters of exosomes. I will compare the in vivo kinetics of exosomes obtained from drug vs vehicle treated cells, using cell types relevant to drug efficacy and to toxicity for each drug. With the conclusion of these aims, I will have developed models that derive the kinetic parameters of exosomes in blood. By identifying conditions, such as cell type differences and drug treatments, that result in altered exosome kinetics, I will be able to pursue future R01 studies focused on the identification of the biochemical signals that regulate exosome transport and may be translated into clinically relevant biomarkers. In addition, these studies would also complement ongoing efforts by others both to use circulating miRNAs as biomarkers and to use exosomes for drug delivery. These aims will require training from my mentors and additional course work. I will fulfill my unmet educational needs in advanced bioinformatics and exosome-metrics with my co-mentors, Drs. Liu and Bies, and circulating microRNAs/exosome biology with my co-mentors, Drs. Nakshatri and Xu. New laboratory and analytic techniques will be developed in conjunction with my primary mentor, Dr. Skaar. From this K08 award, I expect to get the training, publications, data, and collaborations necessary to develop my academic career and obtain R01 funding.	https://cancer.iu.edu/research-trials/member-bio.shtml?name=Eric-Benson&id=2101
LAKE FOREST (CBSLA) — A 3-year-old boy was attacked by a mountain lion Monday afternoon, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The attack happened in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in Lake Forest at about 4:15 p.m. According to the OCFA, a family of six was walking down a hiking trail when a mountain lion attacked the child, grabbing him by the neck. “The mountain lion came out of somewhere, attacked the 3-year-old, grabbed him by the neck and started dragging him,” a spokesperson for OCFA said. That’s when the father of the child threw a backpack to distract the animal. The mountain lion then dropped the child, picked up the backpack and went up into a tree. “She had her son in her arms,” Landon Wright, a witness, said. “The son was kind of crying and a little scared.” The child was airlifted to CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital. He was discharged after being treated for minor injuries. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department evacuated and closed the park following the attack. OC deputies, with the approval of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, killed the mountain lion due to a threat to public safety, the department said. Its body was being taken up to Sacramento to be tested. - As tragic as this is the lion should not have been put down, what do people think will happen when they encroach upon a wild animals territory??? Little kids scurrying about mimic prey, the lion was only doing what is natural to them. JMHO - Sorry to burst your bubble, but people do come first. If a wild animal demonstrates no fear of people and aggressive behavior, it’s going to be put down. The park is widely frequented by families. It’s not as if they went hiking into wilderness territory. - Milou TinTin ~~I don’t think you know very much about this place. The entire Canyon area has wildlife and mountain lions are forced out from their previous habitats due to a variety of factors…all of which are human sponsored.:-( - - - Whiting Ranch is a Wilderness Park with multiple warning signs of natural wildlife in the area. This could have been so much worse for that little 3yo! His Dad was quick on his feet to be sure. Yet it sounds like the small child may have been running ahead or straggling behind the rest. People are NOT a mountain lion’s usual or favorite prey. This one lost its’ life. I foresee a bad moon rising for this dwindling majestic big cat species. - It’s a big misconception that mountain lions numbers are dwindling. They are thriving. It’s sad when a lion has to be put down like this, but it must be done to protect people. People’s lives always come first. - - I am a wildlife photographer and have hiked the oc canyons for years. The problem with this attack situation is people are idiots thinking they should be protected in a wildlife area. So many times I’ve seen families letting their children run ahead of them or lag behind the hiking group. I am always in disbelief and many times I have warned them. But the humans don’t have a clue. Nor do they bother educating themselves or read signs. Yes, the people to blame are the parents, not the animal. They should make a requirement of every human there to show a certificate of wildlife training before entering an area where wildlife live. It’s not a zoo! I once saw a toddler trying to keep up with his family not too far from a grizzly in Yellowstone! I am very sad for the loss of one of our beautiful lions, needlessly, - What a shame! Perhaps the parents should have been put down for being idiots. People suck!!!! - - Wait, we killed a wild animal because people are walking into their territory?!?! Thats tragic. Tranquilize the animal and relocate him further up Santiago mtn. The cat was doing exactly what he’d normally do, go after small prey. Parents need to be very careful walking little ones out into the wilderness. We have been destroying their habitat and now we have to destroy them? What a shame. - Yes, the mountain lion was put down – and rightfully saw. A human life, especially a child’s, is infinitely more precious than a wild animal’s. - - Shame on department of wild life. Do not bring children to areas where mountain lions could be. - There have been several mountain lion attacks at Whiting Ranch in the past including at least one death. I’ve seen lions many times while mountain biking there. There are signs warning of this at each entrance. It’s going to happen again unless people take precautions and are very careful. - I seem to remember the last “attack” nearby in Orange County. Wasn’t a mountain biker off his bike bending down looking small and vulnerable and then attacked another biker? Unfortunately, both look like moving prey. It’s a natural instinct. That’s why they say don’t run and look big with hands up. Sad for this mountain lion as we encroach on THEIR habitat. - Small prey? A friends horse was attacked in the hills of San Juan Cap. In 1967. - It’s not THEIR territory anymore than it’s mine, yours or the little boy who was attacked. The cat obviously didn’t have a natural fear of humans and because of this it has to be put down. - Hello Kittylunch! It’s just a cat, doing what cats do. They kill and eat. Their “range” includes every bit of land where they are not hunted and harassed. They eat domestic pets and animals, cattle, large herbivores, small carnivores, omnivores. And yes, occasionally those critters who walk upright on two legs. Within their range, other primates become very excited when a large cat shows up, and with danmed good reason. Cats, big or small, eat anything they can kill. And they are very efficient killing machines. If you’ve ever been stalked by a big kitty and you can read this, you were probably not aware at the time. I have found their footprints covering mine in a 10 minute time span. The discovery put a whole new light on “wild places.” Even in towns, they are silent shadows. - It makes me sad that a mountain lion who was roaming in its very limited natural habitat was put down. When we look at the state of our planet, most humans are the ones destroying and disrespecting nature and it’s wild life. There were clear warning signs of potential risk that mountain lions and many other wild animals live there prior to entering this canyon. We should have relocated the mountain lion so it had bigger space further away from humans hiking instead of killing it. Perhaps we can consider putting down more of the rapist, murderers, human traffickers, child molesters, abusers, racist etc and minimize the risk of other human lives from one another. We are so quick to kill an innocent animal that was just being what it’s meant to be yet a person is innocent until proven guilty even though there are evidence to support the crime. Don’t get me wrong it’s scary to have your little one in danger but we must look at this entire situation as a whole and make better decisions for Mother Nature and her wild life children. May the mountain lion rest in peace and roam free now.	https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/01/20/young-child-attacked-by-mountain-lion-in-whiting-ranch-park-in-lake-forest/
What are feedback loops? Feedback loops have been unknowingly dictating parts of my life – for years in fact! I only discovered the term and began to unearth my own feedback loops this year, and thought it would make for a good post for the site. Feedback loops happen when something we do, the action, creates the effect, and this effect feeds back into the original action in some way. The effect can either have a positive effect on the action – by making it more efficient, easier to achieve, a better starting point – or it can have a negative impact on the action by doing the opposite. When did I notice them? Earlier this year I went on a holiday with my partner and her family. I had recently bought my first film camera, the Pentax K1000, to start taking photos for my zine. Having been years removed from consistently taking photos I didn’t know what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised as I seemed to be finding so many great subjects to take photos of. The film process and my K1000 motivated me to get out there and shoot, and that motivation led me to look for more things to photograph – instilling this positive feedback loop. Those shots were always there – I just hadn’t been looking for them. Finding the shots becomes easier over time spent looking for them. In a classic study that’s been cited more than 6000 times, Dr Seligman and other leading researchers described a simple technique: to write down three things that went well each day, every day, along with an explanation for why each good thing happened. It’s been shown that when human beings take time to look for and cogitate on the good things that happen to them every day, after one month our brains start scanning the world for positives rather than negatives. Hugh Van Cuylenburg – The Resilience Project In the week prior to the trip I had read The Resilience Project by Hugh Van Cuylenburg. The book explores themes of resilience and gratitude, is one that I relentlessly sticky tabbed to come back to important parts, and have lent to countless people already. This passage really stuck out to me – the idea that you can mold your brain to look for positives just through time and repetition. This was the kicker for me to start journalling, to start looking for three things I’m grateful for in each day, and to start this journey of seeing the world through a more positive lens. Negative vs Positive Feedback Loops While feedback loops can occur positively, they can also occur negatively. I first noticed this a few years ago with my own anxiety and living with ulcerative colitis. I was anxious because of my disease – my disease got worse because it’s impacted by stress and anxiety – I got more anxious. Rinse, repeat, spiral out of control. I wrote about facing that back in 2019, you can read it here. The more you think of yourself as worthless, stupid, or ugly, the more you condition yourself to interpret life that way. You get trapped in a thought loop. The same is true for how you think about others. Once you fall into the habit of seeing people as angry, unjust, or selfish, you see those kind of people everywhere. James Clear – Atomic Habits Another great book that everyone has probably heard about by now, Atomic Habits by James Clear, explores the idea of feedback loops. In the book James shows this example of a negative feedback loop that we can fall prey to, and how we can frame our lives to minimise and avoid them. I’ve struggled with my own self image my whole life, and I am not good at being kind to myself. This passage from the book really pinned me down as a human, and captured how I’ve been feeling about myself and others. Why am I so negative about myself, negative about future outcomes, negative about interactions with strangers before they’ve happened? It’s because I’m looking for them – that negative mindset I’ve developed over time has led me to see myself and others in a negative light. It’s been a mammoth effort to try and turn this around – I have to consciously think about seeing the good in people, to find the positives in my own mistakes, to celebrate the success of others. This goes into some other stuff about the idea of an “abundance mindset”, which is something I will post about in the near future, but in short when I think the best of others I generally get better outcomes. When I think better of myself – I feel better and get better outcomes. This flips that negative feedback loop into a positive, to serve rather than hinder us. How can we create positive feedback loops, and reduce negative ones? I don’t have all the answers, but I know what has worked for me. The biggest hurdle for changing the way these feedback loops impact us is to be aware of them. The awareness that a feedback loop is there allows me to think about it. Journalling reinforces the change I’m trying to make – writing about what I’m grateful for has made me more grateful and think more positively about life. Writing about how great I’ve felt since working on my sleep routine has reinforced the intended behaviour and makes creating the routine far easier. Thinking, writing, reading – this is what helps me improve and allows me to grow as a person. Journalling and consciously thinking about gratitude are the two things that have created the biggest impact for me this year, maybe they can help you too.	https://sunnyguts.com/feedback-loops/
The All India Football Federation (AIFF), along with the International Professional Scouting Organisation (IPSO), is going to organise an Online Scouting Workshop from Monday to Friday. New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The All India Football Federation (AIFF), along with the International Professional Scouting Organisation (IPSO), is going to organise an Online Scouting Workshop from Monday to Friday. Those participating in the Online Scouting Workshop are mandated to complete an Online Scouting Course on or before Monday. The attendees will be participating in a webinar every day from Tuesday onwards that gets underway at 7 pm IST. A total of 43 attendees have signed up for the workshop thus far. The webinar is being delivered as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the AIFF and IPSO to deliver a number of courses and webinars with regards to scouting in India. IPSO Director Colin Chambers, who is the instructor for the workshop, believes that the attendees can get down to the real fundamentals of scouting during the workshop since they would already have completed a course. "The upcoming workshops are a great insight into scouting and analysis before you actually undertake the in-depth courses. We will start at what we believe is the beginning of real scouting now that you've got the foundations and fundamentals from the interactive online course," the AIFF website quoted Chambers as saying. The AIFF and IPSO have previously arranged a number of courses and webinars in India as well, and speaking from past experiences, Chambers feels that the level of knowledge is good in India. "The level of knowledge has been quite good in general and there have been some very interesting intelligent questions when we've done the live courses, so I know the coaches are detailed in what they are doing and want to learn. We look forward to a long collaboration with the AIFF," he stated. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
This article was written by Jennifer Mueller, JD. Jennifer Mueller is an in-house legal expert at wikiHow. Jennifer reviews, fact-checks, and evaluates wikiHow's legal content to ensure thoroughness and accuracy. She received her JD from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2006. There are 7 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been viewed 3,200 times. If you own or operate a small business, receiving notice from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that your immigration forms are being audited can be a stressful experience – but it doesn't need to be. Although violations can result in stiff fines, those penalties result from a knowing failure to maintain required documentation for all employees. The best way to defend yourself during an immigration audit is to be proactive and have established policies in place to follow federal law. Evidence of such policies combined with strict record keeping can defeat the charge that you intentionally ignored legal requirements. X Research source Steps Part 1 Part 1 of 3:Training Administrators - 1Establish policies for the creation and retention of I-9s. Having standard policies for handling I-9s and following those policies consistently lessens the risk of losing required documents. - Your business must keep an I-9 on file for every employee hired after November 6, 1986. If you terminate an employee, you must keep his or her I-9 on file for three years from the date of hire or a year after termination, whichever is longer. X Research source - Each new hire must complete the top section of his or her I-9 on the date of hire. Section 2 should be completed and the appropriate documents verified within three days of the employee's date of hire. X Research source - It is not specifically required to photocopy documents provided to verify an employee's work authorization. X Research source However, if you decide to photocopy those documents this should be done for every employee consistently. X Research source - Keep two separate files, one for current employees and one for terminated employees. This makes the process of purging old I-9s more efficient. X Research source - Your I-9 files should be kept separately from your other personnel files so you don't have to spend time sorting them out when you perform annual self-audits, or if you get an inspection notice from ICE. X Research source X Research source - 2Provide a written handbook. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) publishes an I-9 handbook which explains the forms and how to comply with federal law. X Research source - You can download the I-9 employer handbook at http://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central. - In addition to the handbook provided by USCIS, you should have written documentation of your company's specific policies and procedures, including the names and contact information for administrators in charge of immigration compliance. Check the information in your handbook and update it regularly. - 3Designate specific administrators to complete I-9s. Only allowing certain administrators to complete I-9s who have been fully trained can help you control the process and avoid errors. - Make sure your administrators have reviewed the USCIS handbook and Form I-9 itself. They should be able to recognize common errors employees make in filling out the forms so your I-9s are correct the first time, rather than waiting for an audit to identify inaccuracies or incomplete forms. - If you have a small staff, you can designate a single manager to be in charge of I-9s, even if you have several managers who have the power to hire new employees. - The administrator in charge of I-9s should create reminders when you hire employees with temporary work authorizations, so their forms can be updated when those authorizations change or expire. X Research source - 4Hold training sessions yearly. Regularly scheduled training and refresher courses for administrators provide an important defense in the event discrepancies are discovered during an audit. Advertisement - Ideally, you should schedule training sessions after you complete your annual self-audit, so you can inform appropriate administrators about any errors that were found. - Ensure administrators in charge of I-9s also understand the anti-discrimination provisions of federal law. Any policies should be consistent, and you shouldn't require additional or different documentation from an employee simply because he or she has a foreign-sounding name. X Research source Part 2 Part 2 of 3:Conducting Self-Audits - 1Consider contracting with an outside audit company. A third-party service with experience auditing I-9s may find errors someone on your own staff would miss. X Research source - Using a third-party auditor can go a long way toward establishing that you made a good faith effort to comply with federal immigration law. X Research source - Some companies provide attorneys for audit defense as well as performing auditing services. Search online or talk to other small business owners to find a service that best suits your business's needs and budget. - ICE includes annual self-audits as part of its best practices. In the event an ICE inspection uncovers errors, evidence of regular self-audits provides a defense that you are serious about immigration compliance. - If you don't use an outside audit company, you should have an employee not normally involved in the hiring or I-9 process audit your I-9s. - 2Compile a list of all employees. You must have an I-9 for all current employees as well as those who have been terminated in the past three years. X Research source - You may want to create a spreadsheet with your employee roster so you can keep track of each I-9 as you conduct your audit. Make a row for each employee that needs an I-9, and then create columns for a complete and accurate I-9, an I-9 that requires correction, or a missing I-9. This enables you to review your entire staff at a glance. - 3Gather I-9s for all employees. Pull all the forms you have and compare them to your list of employees to ensure you don't have any missing I-9s. - You also must keep up-to-date I-9s for inactive employees – anyone who has been laid off but is eligible for reinstatement, or those currently on a leave of absence. - For terminated employees, check to see whether you must retain them. If the employee was hired more than three years ago, or was terminated over a year ago, you can destroy that employee's I-9. - Make a note of all I-9s you purge from your records with the employee's name and the date the I-9 was purged. Then shred the I-9. - 4Evaluate each I-9. Carefully check each section of every form using the guidelines laid out in the I-9 handbook published by USCIS. X Research source - The employee must complete Section 1 of his or her I-9, providing name, address, maiden name, and date of birth. The employee then must provide his or her Social Security number and sign or date the form. X Research source - If a form isn't filled out correctly, you should talk to the employee immediately about correcting the error or deficiency. - Review the information on the form about the documents supplied by the employee. If those documents have expired or need to be updated, ask the employee to provide current documentation. - Make sure the documents checked have been listed on the form properly and that photocopies of the documents checked are included with the employee's I-9. X Research source - Make a note on your roster or spreadsheet that re-verification of the employee's documents is required. When you receive and review current documents, update your spreadsheet with the date the documents were re-verified. - Although making photocopies of documents is not required, if photocopies are made they must be readable and must be retained along with the I-9 form to which they relate. X Research source - 5Correct any errors. Rather than simply having the employee fill out a new form, you must follow the specific processes established by USCIS to correct an erroneous I-9. - Some forms may need to be updated – for example, if an employee has married and changed his or her last name. - In most cases, you can simply correct the information on the original form. Strike out the inaccurate information and add your correction. Then initial the correction and write the date of the correction. - Make a note on your roster of the correction and the date it was made. - If the error cannot be easily corrected, such as by simply striking through the incorrect information and writing the correct information above it, you should have the employee complete a new I-9. Attach the old, incorrect I-9 to the new, correct one. Do not destroy or throw away the old I-9, and don't back-date the new one. X Research source - 6Work with employees to complete missing I-9s. If a current employee hasn't completed an I-9, require him or her to fill out the top of a form and submit the appropriate documentation. X Research source Advertisement - If an employee doesn't have an I-9 and you create one to cover the deficiency, take care not to back-date it. Rather, you should use the date the employee's supporting documents are reviewed. - Note the creation of the new I-9 on your employee roster as a corrective action, and include the date the new I-9 was completed. - If there is a missing I-9 for an employee who has been terminated, make a note regarding the absence and keep that note with your I-9s for the same length of time as you would need to keep that employee's I-9. X Research source Part 3 Part 3 of 3:Handling ICE Inspections - 1Receive your Notice of Inspection (NOI). The ICE inspection process begins when you are served with an NOI that compels you to submit your I-9 forms for auditing. - Your notice will indicate how the inspection will take place. In some instances, you may have an ICE officer appear at your place of business to conduct the inspection. In others, you simply have to mail your forms to the appropriate ICE field office. X Trustworthy Source US Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. government agency in charge of the naturalization and immigration systems Go to source - You may receive a subpoena or warrant demanding your forms rather than a notice. While you have three days to submit the documents required by an NOI, you must produce documents demanded in a subpoena or warrant immediately. X Trustworthy Source US Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. government agency in charge of the naturalization and immigration systems Go to source - 2Consider consulting an attorney. If you're concerned that the I-9s you submit will not pass scrutiny, you should contact an experienced attorney as soon as possible to discuss your options. - Look for an attorney who has experience working with ICE and USCIS, and who understands I-9 legal requirements and procedures. X Research source - 3Gather your I-9s. You only have three business days from the date you're served with a NOI to submit your I-9s to the auditor. X Research source - ICE may request additional supporting documentation, such as a copy of your payroll, list of your current employees, or business documents such as your operating licensees or Articles of Incorporation. X Research source - After ICE receives your documents, an auditor will analyze them for completeness and accuracy. X Research source - If you conduct annual self-audits, you may want to consider submitting the results of these audits to ICE along with your I-9s. This includes any notes you made about missing or corrected I-9s, and spreadsheets you created during your self-audit. These reports demonstrate you've made a good faith effort to comply with the law. X Research source - If you store your I-9s electronically, you must provide the officer with access to your forms along with any software or hardware necessary to view them. X Trustworthy Source US Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. government agency in charge of the naturalization and immigration systems Go to source - 4Receive your notification of inspection results. Once the audit is completed, you'll receive a notice from ICE explaining what the auditor found and what actions will follow. X Research source - If the auditor finds no problems with your forms, you will receive a compliance letter stating that you are in compliance with federal immigration law. X Research source - The auditor may find discrepancies that raise suspicions a particular employee may not be authorized to work. In this cases, you and the employee have the opportunity to present additional documentation proving the employee is authorized to work. X Research source - If the auditor finds significant verification violations, you may receive a Notice of Intent to Fine. This notice is reserved for paperwork discrepancies in which the auditor has additional evidence or reason to believe the errors were knowing and intentional. X Research source - Keep in mind that fines may be assessed for inaccurate or incomplete paperwork that doesn't comply with federal immigration law, even if all of your employees are authorized to work in the U.S. - 5Make any required corrections. If the auditor finds any technical or procedural failures, you typically will have ten days to correct those forms. X Research source - If the forms aren't corrected within ten days, the errors will be considered substantive violations and you will be sent a Notice of Intent to Fine. X Research source - For example, you may have an employee who is a U.S. citizen and is authorized to work in the U.S., but the driver's license he provided for identification is now expired. This I-9 should be updated after verifying that the individual has renewed his license by including the new expiration date. - 6Request a hearing. If ICE sends you a Notice of Intent to Fine (NIF), you have the option of either negotiating a settlement or requesting a hearing. X Research source - You have 30 days from receipt of your NIF to request a hearing. Read your NIF to learn the procedural requirements and deadlines for filing your response. X Research source X Research source - Even though you request a hearing, you can continue negotiating a settlement. X Research source - Keep in mind that fines typically are assessed only for knowing violations. You can defend yourself during an immigration audit by proving that you made an effort in good faith to comply with federal law, even if some mistakes slipped through the cracks. - 7Argue your case. At your hearing, you will have the opportunity to defend yourself against the auditor's claims.	https://www.wikihow.life/Defend-Yourself-During-an-Immigration-Audit
EPJ Web Conf. Volume 140, 2017Powders and Grains 2017 – 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media \|Article Number\|\|03039\| \|Number of page(s)\|\|4\| \|Section\|\|Granular flow\| \|DOI\|\|https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714003039\| \|Published online\|\|30 June 2017\| https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714003039 Dynamics of granular segregation in quasi two-dimensional system Department of Chemical Engineering, Gharda Institute of Technology Lavel, Khed, Ratnagiri 415 708 India * e-mail: [email protected] Published online: 30 June 2017 Segregation during flow of granular materials is important from an industrial point of view. Considerable work has been done on granular segregation in heap flows by continuous pouring. We studied the flow and segregation of granular mixtures during heap formation in a quasi two-dimensional rectangular bin by intermittent pouring. The heap formed by repeatedly pouring a fixed mass of the mixture. Each feeding results in the formation of a layer of the mixture on the surface of the heap. The system is a simplified model for the feeding of raw materials to a blast furnace, which is widely used for the manufacture of iron and steel. Experiments were carried out to study the dynamics of granular materials during heap formation. The number density, area fraction and average velocity of small and big particles are plotted across the flowing depth with time. Results shows that larger particles are always on top flowing over small particles. During flow small particles easily percolate through the gaps between the large particles. A thin layer of small particles is also observed at the free surface. Here the system never reached a steady state as we are pouring the mixture intermittently and system is closed. The velocity increases initially and then decreases towards the end. The number density (i.e. area fraction) profile changes for small and big particles during flow. Image analysis is done to detect the position of each particle on the side wall. Each experiment is repeated six times to get average data. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform. Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days. Initial download of the metrics may take a while.	https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2017/09/epjconf162270/epjconf162270.html
The 5 Main Components of Secondary Containment at Oil and Fuel Fields There are dozens of components that go into a complete secondary containment system. However, there are some basics that form the backdrop of the containment plan. These considerations apply to all secondary containment designs, including the extensive liner and drain systems needed for oil and fuel fields. Understanding the five main components of design, for oil and fuel secondary containment, will get the project started off on the right foot. 1. Rainwater Control Excess rainwater and runoff are a problem in every kind of secondary containment system. When containment is designed only to hold a specific amount of spilled oil or fuel, any extra water gathering in the basin or drain will cause the entire system to overflow. This leads to the release of fuel or oil that you were trying to keep contained in the first place. Building a bigger secondary containment system, that is sized to hold extra rainwater and fluid, is the primary method for preventing these problems. Drains, covers, and pumps to remove water before it can mix with the oil and fuel, will also work. Finally, advanced equipment for separating mixed oil and water may be necessary for secondary containment systems where there’s a high risk of rainwater contamination. 2. Quick Removal The EPA regulations regarding hazardous waste containment specify that any leaked or spilled oil and fuel must be cleaned up as soon as possible. There’s no specific time frame specified, but having fluids standing in the containment area during an inspection is a problem. Letting spills stand for more than a few hours poses a few different risks, including: - Chemicals seeping out through an unknown crack or porous area - Corrosion caused by the breakdown or long-term exposure of chemicals - Evaporation that creates hazardous fumes around the containment area - Reduced volume for future leaks, increasing the risk of a discharge into the surrounding environment. 3. Seep Resistance The EPA regulations don’t specify what materials or design you must use for secondary containment on the oil field. Instead, they say you must use liquid-tight materials that are free from cracks and other openings that could create leaks. This means you need a seep resistant material that is highly impermeable to liquids. Many lining materials start out that way after manufacturing only to develop tiny cracks and holes after exposure to reactive oil and gas products. Stick with liners that can handle heat, wear and tear, UV exposure, and petroleum products, in order to secure the difficult environment of an open oil field. 4. Capacity Unlike with materials and design specifications, the EPA does get fairly specific when it comes to capacity. The containment system must be able to hold 100% of the largest container being protected or 10% of the entire combined storage volume. When working on an open oilfield, each section in need of containment can contain millions of gallons of combined stored volume. Make sure to check calculations multiple times before assuming you’re properly sizing a containment system. Oversizing should only be used to compensate for rainwater and other runoff since it significantly increases the costs of everything from lining to installation. 5. Sloped for Drainage A leaking tank or container that’s releasing oil and fuel must not become surrounded by the leaked liquid. This can accelerate corrosion and other issues, increasing the risk of a larger leak occurring in the future. For smaller tanks and refueling areas, a sloped floor or grate is usually enough. Secondary containment basins for large storage tanks and entire oil field areas will likely need active sump pump protection. These pumps switch on when a leak is detected to ensure the oil or fuel never gets a chance to build up around the container. Of course, these five considerations are just the basic structure of any good containment system. Only an experienced engineer can help nail down the specifics of a secondary containment design for a facility as large as an oil field or fuel processing plant. Turn to us here at BTL Liners for support with the lining process from start to finish. Our reliable liners will give you peace of mind that your secondary containment system will work as designed when the unexpected happens.	https://www.btlliners.com/the-5-main-components-of-secondary-containment-at-oil-and-fuel-fields
Do I really have to park that far away? Matthew Johnson Staff Writer No matter how early you get to school for classes after 8 a.m., there seems to be no parking at all. You spend 10 minutes or more playing musical parking spaces or waiting for someone to leave in hopes you can park your car and get to class on time. Sometimes, you sit in the lot and none of those cars move for hours. Originally, Upstate was a commuter school with about 70 percent of it being parking lots. You would think that a growing university would make more parking available than planting growing, small trees around campus. Although there are numerous parking spaces for students and faculty, there is still not enough room for all. Sure, a student can park way down the lot and walk to class. However, parking still remains an issue. Students will drive by and see many faculty parking spaces open, assuming that the faculty has it easier. In all honesty, they do, considering their spaces are not only right next to the buildings, but compared to the ratio of students versus faculty there is a good number of them. On average, one professor teaches three classes a day. Some are consecutively, and others are not. Teachers are also required to hold office hours. That makes one less parking space for the entire day. Commuter students may also have three classes or more per day. It would make sense that a student stay on campus their entire day and not leave their parking spot. That causes fewer parking spaces per day as well. A breakdown of some of the most vital student parking spots is listed below. According to the campus-parking map here are the numbers of spaces shown Lot 1, which is primarily a student parking lot located on the backside of the library encompasses 132 student parking spots. Lot 4, which is the library parking lot that is intermixed with faculty and students, contains 83 student and 46 faculty spaces. That means there are only two students spots per faculty in that lot. Lot 5, which is further down the library, contains 78 student spots and 48 faculty spots. Lot 6, which will be the last of the faculty/student parking lot mixes, contains 90 student parking spots as well as 53 faculty spots. In this area the faculty spots are about 10 meters from the door. Based on these numbers there is way more student parking than faculty, but based on those numbers it shows only two students per faculty member. A classroom usually encompasses at least 12 students per class. The ratio between faculty and students does not correlate well with the number of parking spaces. What are we as a student body and faculty to do in order to fix this situation? The amount of money collected from parking tickets and fines has to go somewhere. Hopefully this cry of hope will soon lead the university to revamp its parking problems and come up with a simple and effective solution for both Upstate faculty, staff and students.	https://upstatecarolinian.org/2014/02/19/do-i-really-have-to-park-that-far-away/
IUPUI Students Help With Cultural Artifact Effort Students at IUPUI are helping authorities identify and return a number of artifacts to their rightful homes. Last week, officials from the FBI’s Art Crime Team held a ceremony at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in downtown Indianapolis to return more than 360 Chinese artifacts to members of China’s natural cultural heritage administration. The artifacts are among tens of thousands found at the Indiana home of Donald Miller in 2013, many of which were said to have been illegally obtained. FBI investigators contacted IUPUI anthropology and museum studies associate professor Holly Cusack-McVeigh who, along with more than two dozen current and former students, began working to clean and identify the items. In addition to the Chinese artifacts, the team arranged for 70 items to be repatriated to the Peruvian government. IUPUI says the students are continuing to examine thousands of additional artifacts which will eventually be returned to other countries and Native American tribes in the U.S. "This has been a one-of-a-kind opportunity for my students to take what they’re learning in the classroom and apply it to the real world, but also to apply it to something that is very relevant, very current and incredibly meaningful," Cusack-McVeigh said. "This is as much a human rights issue as anything, and that is what my students are learning both in the classroom and here, as they work countless hours to help get all of these objects back where they belong." The repatriation ceremony drew members of the Chinese media to document the handoff. Students and faculty from the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI were on hand as well, including second-year museum studies graduate student Liz Ale. "It was such immediate gratification to see the look on the delegates’ faces as they opened those objects that we’ve been delicately preparing for years," Ale said. Miller’s collection drew national attention, primarily for the more than 2,000 human bones that were found which were estimated to represent about 500 people, mostly Native Americans.	https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/iupui-students-help-with-cultural-artifact-effort
The Scrum Masters job is to deliver maximum value to the customer. The primary responsibilities are to serve the team and product owner in turning requirements into working software, track progress, metric and reporting, relationship building, and help the team achieve their commitments. They may work with several concurrent teams that could cross multiple business units. As the Scum Master they should embody the five Scrum values (courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness) and enable the transparency, inspect and adapt principles. They will need to be the driving force for ensuring scrum is understood and executed and work in collaboration with the Development Team Leader, Technical Product Manager, and Business Product Owner. The SM will be responsible for coaching the scrum team to self-organize and create high-value products and remove impediments to the Teams’ progress. The Scrum Master will facilitate all scrum events and support the team in following the Scrum framework. In addition, the Scrum Master will also handle some project management duties, including communication of status, budget oversight, approvals for expenditure, and risk/issue monitoring. They may also aid with authoring user stories, acceptance criteria and testing. This role will also be expected to take on additional responsibilities beyond the scope of their immediate job, to be agreed upon on an individual basis. Essential Job Requirements - Leadership- Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example, personify Scrum and Agile, “true leader who serves the Scrum Team and the larger organization”. - Planning – Ensure the team is exercising the appropriate level of planning to meet product goals and timelines, while focusing on delivery of value; organize and lead status and working sessions, prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; aid the team in correcting deviations from plans or pivots when needed. - Team Support – Promote empowerment of the team and assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, remove roadblocks to work; and mentor/coach team members. Ensure that each team member is fully engaged and making a meaningful contribution. Guide and coach on how to use Agile/Scrum practices & values. Guide and coach on how to get the most out of self-organization. Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution and all scrum ceremonies. Collaborate with the team in scheduling work, including defect remediation and refactoring, guarding against the accumulation of technical debt. - Product Support – Partner with the Technical Product Manager and Product Owner in managing expectations for outcomes, stakeholder communications, and working with the scrum team. Collaborate closely in the following areas: backlog grooming, enhancing team communication, improving team morale, ensuring cross-dependencies are known, clarifying the product vision and facilitating events. - Continuous Improvement –champion continuous improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile/Scrum frameworks. Ensure changes and strategies that are generated by scrum retrospectives are implemented. Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization - Degree - information technology or business or related field. - Must have First level Scrum Master certification (CSM ) (PSM), PMI-ACP - Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a Scrum team. - Excellent skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency - Exceptional people skills. Comfortable working with a diverse group of people and serve as arbitrator when conflicts arise. - Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc) - The ability to distinguish between what "is Scrum" what is "not Scrum" - Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space: XP, Kanban, Nexus, LeSS, SAFe, Crystal, FDD, etc - Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, - Exceptional communication and mentoring skills - Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: - Agile tools such as Jira, Rally, or equivalent - Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools - Understanding of financial controls needed in project management and consulting work - Experience with Budget tracking - In depth understanding of how to scope and estimate work. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Understanding of Agile and product metrics - Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc) - Second or Third level Scrum Master certification (PSM II, PSM III, CSP, CTC) - PMI-PMP, and CSPO or equivalent preferred - Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc) - Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self study, etc.	https://www.matrixres.com/job/scrum-master-44
Background : Emotional intelligence as an ability to manage feelings and emotions plays an important role in individual’s life and his or her success. Defense mechanisms occurring unconsciously can influence the emotions and their management and therefore are likely to change the level of individual’s emotional intelligence. The aim of this article was to examine the relation between defense mechanisms and aspects of emotional intelligence. Materials & Methods : 300 students of Shahed University (147 boys and 153 girls) were included in this study. All students asked to complete Emotional Intelligence scale and Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40). Descriptive analysis, independent samples t test, correlation and multiple regression were used to analysis the data. Results : Findings revealed that the correlations between mature defense styles and aspects of emotional intelligence and between neurotic defense styles and aspects of emotional intelligence were significant. Significant gender differences were found in emotional Perception, emotional Regulation and total score of emotional intelligence. Results of regression analysis showed that mature defense styles could significantly predict emotional intelligence and its components in girls while mature and neurotic defense styles did that in boys. Conclusion: In general, individuals who used mature defense styles had higher level of emotional intelligence.	http://daneshvarmed.shahed.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=247&slc_lang=en
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory, astronomers have spotted X-ray-emitting clumps being ejected with high velocities from the gamma-ray binary PSR B1259–63/LS 2883. The findings were presented in a paper published March 2 on arXiv.org, in which the authors also discuss possible explanations of this phenomenon. Located around 8,800 light-years away in the constellation Crux, PSR B1259–63/LS 2883 is a binary with an orbital period of approximately 3.4 years, composed of a rotation-powered pulsar named PSR B1259-63 and a fast-rotating blue star of spectral type O9.5Ve, designated LS 2883. The pulsar is known for its emission of very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays, which varies on a timescale of several days. Now, a team of astronomers led by George G. Pavlov of Pennsylvania State University reports the detection of X-ray emission having its source in ejecta from PSR B1259–63/LS 2883. The emission was spotted by Chandra's Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) during observations of this system between 2010 and 2017. Images from the space telescope clearly show X-ray-emitting clumps moving from the binary. "In this work, we describe the main properties of the X-ray emitting ejecta detected in a series of high-resolution Chandra observations during two binary cycles," the astronomers wrote in the paper. During observations conducted between 2010 and 2014, the scientists have identified a southward extension in the X-ray image of PSR B1259–63/LS 2883 when the binary was close to its apastron. Another clump, apparently moving in the same direction, was spotted during the next binary cycle between 2014 and 2017. According to the paper, the clumps were moving from the binary with apparent velocities at a level of around 10 percent the speed of light, possibly with a significant acceleration. The research found that the clump detected in the 2010-2014 cycle faded with increasing separation from the binary, while the second clump brightened almost two times in one of the observations. Trying to find the most plausible explanation for the nature of the clump X-ray emission, Pavlov's team noted that it could be produced by relativistic electrons, likely supplied by the pulsar. They added that in that case, the possible emission mechanisms are synchrotron radiation in the clump's magnetic field and inverse Compton scattering of ultraviolet photons from the luminous high-mass companion off the relativistic electrons. According to the researchers, the collected data favors the synchrotron mechanism scenario. Furthermore, studying the motion and evolution of the clumps, the astronomers found the lack of any deceleration of these features. This indicates an extremely low density of the ambient medium. "Such a medium could be created by the pulsar wind, which sweeps out the matter of the stellar wind bubble in a cone confined by the shock that separates the colliding stellar and pulsar winds," the paper reads. Therefore, the authors of the study concluded that the clumps ejected from PSR B1259–63/LS 2883 are likely composed of a mixture of stellar matter with the shocked pulsar wind, noting that they are formed by the complex interaction of the stellar and pulsar winds.	https://phys.org/news/2019-03-astronomers-x-ray-emitting-clumps-ejected.html
Special Issue: Next Generation DNA Sequencing Special Issue: Next Generation DNA Sequencing - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online. PRC LLC, 25 Amber Lane, Lafayette, CA 94549, USA Note: In lieu of an abstract, this is an excerpt from the first page. Excerpt Next Generation Sequencing NGS refers to technologies that do not rely on traditional dideoxy-nucleotide Sanger sequencing where labeled DNA fragments are physically resolved by electrophoresis. These new technologies rely on different strategies, but essentially all of them make use of real-time data collection of a base level incorporation event across a massive number of reactions on the order of millions versus 96 for capillary electrophoresis for instance. The major commercial NGS platforms available to researchers are the 454 Genome Sequencer Roche, Illumina formerly Solexa Genome analyzer, the SOLiD system Applied Biosystems-Life Technologies and the Heliscope Helicos Corporation. The techniques and different strategies utilized by these platforms are reviewed in a number of the papers in this special issue. These technologies are enabling new applications that take advantage of the massive data produced by this next generation of sequencing instruments.	http://libros.duhnnae.com/2017/jun5/149738014181-Special-Issue-Next-Generation-DNA-Sequencing.php
Educate members through expert speakers, field trips, and workshops on gardening. Support local and regional efforts in preservation, conservation, and beautification. Fund scholarships for students and projects in horticultural related fields. Strengthen the Hansville community through social and charitable activities. Scholarships of $1,000 each awarded to 4 students studying in the fields of environmental science, biological sciences for habitat restoration and water quality. Grants to the native plant garden, Greenway trails, and the community cemetery. Philanthropy through partner organizations to support foster children, families in need. We support the Kingston Food Bank with fresh produce and cash. To increase, diversify, and stabilize the club budget to widen various educational services through school outreach, support of community gardens, maintenance and beautification of Hansville Cemetery, grants and scholarships in horticultural/environmental fields.	https://kitsapgreatgive.org/npo/flotsam-and-jetsam-garden-club-of-hansville
Horde Spiritual Matters Speak with the spirits at the Ancestral Grounds. Description The spirits of the dead have long been drawn to Oshu'gun. As long as I can remember, the woods have been filled with ancestral spirits making a ghostly pilgrimage to the heart of the mountain. However, I fear that what is transpiring here is not the normal spirit walk I have seen before. Make your way to the Ancestral Grounds and commune with the spirits there for guidance on this matter.	https://www.wowdb.com/quests/35231-spiritual-matters
Contemporary social movements combating women’s inequality have been explicitly visible in an unprecedented way over the last decade, particularly within the #MeToo movement, which began in 2017. Such global political activism led the world to witness women (and men’s) grass-roots campaigns in the form of organised protests in public spaces calling out their leaders for their idleness and advocating policy reforms regarding gender equality. This has revitalised the transnational “global sisterhood” necessary for social change and effective political transformation. However, how can we explore women’s capacities for political engagement and resistance in contexts where social transformations simply cannot take place through democratic engagement? Where there is no space for rigorous critique and dissent, no legal platform for collective political activism, nor social movement organisations to unite them, in places such as the Middle East? As the ten-year anniversary of the Arab Spring passes, and the ostensibly unsolvable conflicts resume, we continue to question what its true legacy will be. We have witnessed decades of oppression under dictatorships in the Middle East and North Africa, which ban the basic human right to protest against the government and ruling parties. Yet the world has witnessed hundreds of thousands of men and women marching the streets – side by side – demanding political change. Those regimes answered such demands with death, detention, and for some, forcible displacement. Thus, the journey towards democratisation remains low with modest political and economic reforms. Coverage of the Arab Spring events has focused on these atrocities, as well as the economic and political impact on the region and the Western world. This has meant that we know very little about the unrelenting micro-forms of political activism and acts of resilience that women in particular have engaged in during the Arab Spring, such as their everyday fight for gender equality in their societies, and the remarkable bravery they embody while doing so. The Arab Spring began in 2011 across the Middle East. Fast forward to February 2021 and we witnessed the prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison after 1,001 days in custody. Loujain was a leading campaigner for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, including the movement for women to dive in Saudi Arabia, before the law changed in late 2017. She was detained and sentenced to five years and eight months in prison for pushing a foreign agenda and using the internet to harm public order. Unfortunately, this is not new. The first act of feminist political activism and solidarity from Saudi women took place during the Gulf War on November 6th 1990, when 47 women took to the streets for a secretly organised and unprecedented driving protest in the country’s capital Riyadh. The women were arrested, their passports where confiscated and they and their husbands were banned from foreign travel for one year. Whilst stability was restored, the women’s efforts were not forgotten. Inspired by the Arab Spring in neighbouring countries, an informal network of activists set up an online campaign called Women2Drive, and organised a protest for June 17th 2011. On that day, they drove in defiance of the law across major cities of Saudi Arabia – this time in a ‘scattered protest’. They were also arrested and detained. However, despite worldwide praise for the driving ban being lifted on June 24th 2018, some women activists remain in prison and on trial for their activism.	https://sleau.com/blogs/news/women-entrepreneurs-in-saudi-arabia-unveiling-the-feminist-political-activists
#7 VoiceLunch NL - Inclusive Design - June 10th. Do we design for a brand or for the users and with users do we mean all the people of certain groups? Inclusive design is a wide term. Experts gave their thoughts on how they made their designs more inclusive and what inclusive design means for them. Before the discussion of the 7th VoiceLunch NL started. Expert: Anja de Castro. Low literacy is more common in the Netherlands then you might think. It is still a taboo to talk about it openly. Just think about the following: 4,5 million people have a disability in The Netherlands, of which 2,5 mln people are functionally illiterate.They have trouble with reading, writing and/or mathematics. If you look at this from a national perspective it means almost 1 in 7inhabitants of the Netherlands have a low literacy. Shockingly, they have trouble with understanding the news outlet about the current Corona outbreak. Due to the fact of the different names (Corona, Covid-19, Virus, etc.) in combination with fake news about it. Voice especially might help these people along. They can use the terms they know and get the right response. This makes them more independent and gain confidence. To make things even more complicated, this group quite often also has problems using new technologies.You as a conversation designer or involved with the design process can help them a lot. Make sure to: - Manage your users expectations. - Make things as simple as possible. - Use simple words and sentences. - No long sentences. - No compound sentences. - No double denials. - Don’t ask ambiguous questions - Use a maximum of 3 options. Expert: Timon van Hasselt ([email protected]) A disability is not always something of an individual, it can also be the context in which the user is present in that is (temporary) disabling. For instance, take a look at the next video for a voice experience while driving (in Dutch, with subs): https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uYbkBGQ1-0Q?rel=0&controls=1&showinfo=1&cc_load_policy=1 We can actually learn from the experiences of people with disabilities for the use of technology in permanent or temporary disabling situations. So the learnings are far more rich than only for a niche group. VIPS (visually impaired persons) are the experts in their own experience on this terrain. They have been dealing with voice interactions for quite some time now. What can we learn from their experiences and can we apply these insights for the use of voice (assistants, technology) to improve the usability for the majority? We believe we can, by involving VIPS at the start of the innovation/ design process (instead of afterwards). Microsoft has great insights on inclusive design; especially the persona spectrum is interesting to remember! https://www.microsoft.com/design/inclusive/ Reading tip: Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design, by Kat Holmes ( senior UX designer at Google, former UX designer at Microsoft, and responsible for their inclusive design approach) Expert: Maaike Coppens. As seen in the example of Timon we are all physically or mentally challenge at certain moments, when driving a car - or when we’re feeling exhausted for an extended period of time - for example. We do have to take feelings and behaviour into account for everyone. Somethings might sound like a lot of fun for one person, yet to someone else it might sound like an insult. The first thing when designing an user experience is to know your use case. When you design for voice only you will exclude people, such as people who have trouble with talking. Do use other channels when designing an user experience, so everyone is included. Make sure that everyone can get access to the same information on their preferred platform. When you do design for voice you should take the amount of options into account and adjust your text. The way you write on your website or app is not necessarily the way you want to sound on voice. Secondly, people make use of persona’s when designing for voice. Creating an avatar with this persona does exclude people - based on the name, gender, ethnicity. Users might not at all relate to an avatar persona, or even feel insulted by it. Thirdly, as briefly mentioned before, chatbots and voice assistants sometimes exclude people as well by adopting human names. For example, people that are called Alex, or Alexa now have a hard time. https://www.wsj.com/articles/alexa-stop-making-life-miserable-for-anyone-with-a-similar-name-1485448519 Other than just having a bot named after you - there is also the question of the relatability to that name. Names often evoke a certain ethnicity, origin, gender … Try not to exclude people by choosing a single-platform approach, working with avatar persona’s or giving them specific names. Expert: Krijn Janse. Users use your product on various moments of the day in different contexts. Take listening to the news. Usually people watch the news around 7 or 8 in the morning and 6 or 7 in the evening. Now with Voice it slowly but surely starts to spread throughout the day. For inclusive design to happen it was important to know what the user needs throughout the day. To know what they wanted to hear, for how long, in which way and how they asked their voice assistant for it. In the beginning we looked at error prompts. How we can guide the user through the conversation and make sure they could find what they wanted. One thing would be by clustering a group for when a user asked for radio or podcast. So they got prompts back for the specific content category they asked for. If we didn’t know what they were asking they got a different prompt. Next to, keeping up with all the ways the users asked for content. If they were searching for a new category such as radio stations for specific regions we could add that for them. In order to keep up with the language and searching methods the user uses. Finally, voice is not the only channel the user uses the product on. In case the user couldn’t find what they were looking for or they kept asking for more options we send them to pages within the mobile app. Make sure your focus is not only on voice specific, try to connect the other platforms you have to strengthen them together. Expert: Marion Mulder. Inclusive design can start with things that might feel natural to us. Just think about when you greet a room full of people. You might say, ‘Hi guys’, this alone certainly does not include women or non-binary. Make sure you look back at what you wrote for your voice assistant or any other product. Does it exclude people? Just imagine that you live in a world where you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in a car accident then someone else. This is the case today for women. Due to the fact that a lot is built by and for men. Next to the fact that many researches are biased on male data or perception. A book that explains exactly why there is an urgent need for diversity in design is: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Women-Exposing-World-Designed/dp/1784706280/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=invisible+women&qid=1591971802&sr=8-3 To increase diversity Marion is a proud ambassador of Women in Voice NL. In order to not only bring a more diverse group together, but also teach what you can do to make designs more inclusive. Are you looking for a chapter of Women in Voice in your region, look here: https://womeninvoice.org/chapters/ To extend how biased a voice assistant is. When voice assistants were launched they worked 70% better for male users. Almost all of the User Interfaces have a female voice. Is this really the way we should want things to be? The discussion. Another way to look at inclusive design is by involving technology in the building proces of houses. Renee mentions that during the process of adding technology in houses to help people with disabilities. Voice is an extra layer, it is not the center point. A voice doesn’t always work the way you want it to, due to accents or disabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1FDXlSnppM A great technology adapts itself to you, says Marion. There’s a difference between equality and equity. Take a look at the image below. We can make sure Voice or other technologies work for everyone. However, the solution might be to remove the obstacle, the fence. To include more diverse people in the design process of the technology, to create products based on unbiased data. Data that is not based on the (white) male perspective. Source: https://nam.edu/the-case-for-health-literacy-moving-from-equality-to-liberation/ To design for voice only is to exclude some users. Like Maaike Groenewegen mentions, we have senses to strengthen one another. And if we do look at voice first. What are the best acoustic voices we can use in different situations, excluding gender biases? A voice has the ability to bring emotions up and when doing so which one do you as a designer want to bring up? Which emotions do you as a brand want to activate or avoid? A book that gives some insights into this is the following: www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198743187.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198743187 Many designers start with personas perhaps one should think about anti-persona’s as Maaike Coppens explained in the following interview. The anti-persona part starts at 12.30. However do watch the whole video, it is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqjB0uEHWhQ&t=938s When entering voice many designers should ask themself, who do you put at the center of your design. As Klaas described it there’s a tension between inclusivity on one side and at the other side playing into the preferences of a specific persona. Remember when you enter the field what might sound innocent to one is harmful for another. Simply the sentence ‘Sorry, I did not hear that’ is not perceived well by people with a hearing disability. Let go of your perceptions, you want to engage with the user, you want to design something that is functional for them. More inclusive design theory. A highly recommended podcast are the ones of Space Race and Open Voice with Sophie Kleber. She is an expert in intuitive interfaces and she shares clear ideas on how our relation with technology is changing. In these podcasts she discusses whether we should design the voice assistants close to human beings. Space Race: https://share.transistor.fm/s/034ae1e8 Open Voice Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6x1FTpXg7ZxvVjVVO1UmPw?si=-sqpRHcUSaWGgi8HqxorGw As mentioned before there are quite a few people named Alexa. Even Siri Mehus could not avoid having the same name as a voice assistant. Even her daughter has the same issue, who started a petition against using human names for bots. Watch how you can design for voice: https://vimeo.com/409586412?utm_campaign=Open%20Voice%20week&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter Speech Recognition by Ai can be trained to understand people with speaking disabilities, Google Euphonia is a great example: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18535674/google-project-euphonia-live-relay-speech-recognition-disabilities-impairments-io-2019 Diversity and inclusion is part of the mission of Mozilla, https://blog.mozilla.org/careers/mozilla-diversity-inclusion-2019-results/. They try to extend this though in the products they make, such as the project Common Voice. This will most definitely be one of the discussion points during the Mozilla Festival next year in March, in Amsterdam: https://www.mozillafestival.org/nl/. Many do assume that voice and elederly are a perfect match, yet do they want it: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/22/alexas-robotic-voice-leaving-dementia-patients-deeply-distressed/ Being blind and designing for tech can give interesting perspectives that can be used by others (press setting, automatic translation for English subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvQX_-J99so Tim in ‘t Veld company: http://blindmobility.nl/ Another great campaign by WomenInc about gender bias with a chatbot nevertheless (in Dutch), https://vraagclara.nl/ A Dutch platform for inclusivity is https://www.oneworld.nl/. Where you can find everything from articles, podcasts to jobs all with an inclusive mindset. Want to know more about the facts and figures of low literacy in the Netherlands (in Dutch): https://www.lezenenschrijven.nl/uploads/editor/2018_SLS_Literatuurstudie_FeitenCijfers_interactief_DEF.pdf Book tips: Note: when reading books based on data. Do ask yourself if this data is not biased on gender or race. Marion: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. Maaike Groenewegen: The Oxford Handbook of Voice Perception. Bart Bellefroid: Wired for speech.	https://discussvoice.com/t/7-voicelunch-nl-inclusive-design-june-10th/160
A close examination of an important work of one of the great ancient philosophers. Alternatively, the seminar may also focus on an important area or theme of ancient philosophy including, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and political theory. Prerequisite: At least nine credits in AP/PHIL courses, including AP/PHIL 2015 3.00. Prof. J. Allen Office Location: S445 Ross Phone Number: (416) 736-2100 Ext 77541 Office Hours: Mondays 4:00pm – 5:30pm Wednesdays by appointment between 1:00pm-2:00pm Fridays, by appointment between 10:00am – 11:00am Additional days and times are by appointment only. In this course we will take a close look at some main doctrines in ancient moral and political philosophy. Related metaphysical and epistemological issues will also be addressed. Classical philosophy, expressed primarily in the Greek language spanned 1100 years, from approximately 550 B.C. to approximately A.D. 550. While Plato's and Aristotle's doctrines dominated during and subsequent to the 4th century B.C., the Neoplatonists and Peripetitics were challenged by the competing doctrines of the Hellenistic Philosophers (the Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics, and others) who struck out in new directions. Since ethical aims were both the starting point and end goal of the ancient philosophical enterprise, there are good historical reasons to focus our study on the substance and inter-relation of moral and political issues during this period. Furthermore, the late 20th and early 21st centuries have seen a resurgence of interest in virtue ethics amongst theorists who are increasingly dissatisfied with the seemingly insurmountable problems generated by deontological and consequentialist accounts of moral judgments and principles. Thus, our historical study of ancient ethics and related topics will be undertaken with an eye to the critical evaluation of the relevance or irrelevance of its principle tenets in regards to contemporary attempts to construct viable moral theories. - Plato, Republic, Trans. G.M.A. Grube, Hackett Publishing, 1992 ISBN:978-0-91514-403-7 - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. Trans. David Ross. O.U.P. 1980. ISBN:978-0-19-921361-0 - Aristotle, The Politics, Trans. Ernest Barker, Oxford University Press. ISBN:0192833936 - Epictetus, The Handbook (The Encheiridion), Trans. Nicholas P. White, Hackett Publishing, 1983. 973-0-915145069-0 - The Epicurus Reader & Selected Writings and Testimonials. Trans. & Ed. Brad Inwood, Hackett Classics, 1994 ISBN: 978-0-87220-241-2 - Later Greek and Roman Moral and Political philosophy. Reading Selections package (Stoicism, Epicureanism, The Academics, Plotinus) Course package. Recommended Texts: - William D. Stephans, Stoic Ethics: Epictetus and Happiness as Freedom, Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0826496089 - Stephen E. Rosenbaum, “Epicurean Moral Theory”, History of Philosophy Quarterly, University of Illinois Press, Vol. 13 No. 14 (Oct. 1996) 389-410 Each student is expected to read the assigned material for each class meeting. Specific reading assignments will be announced as we proceed. Abstract length critical summary(1 page) (1) 10% Short Critical Summaries of Readings (2) (18% each) 36% ( 6 succinct pages maximum ) In-class tests (2) (18% each) 36% Class Participation 18% DEADLINES: Critical summaries of scheduled readings are due at the beginning of class, on the date due, as outlined below. Anyone who misses a critical summary deadline will have to complete a make-up assignment. (See below) ASSIGNMENT #1 (Everyone) Monday, Oct. 7th ASSIGNMENT #2 (A-L) Monday, Oct. 28th ASSIGNMENT #2 (M-Z) Monday, Nov. 4th ASSIGNMENT #3 (A-L) Monday, Nov. 18th ASSIGNMENT #3 (M-Z) Monday, Nov. 25th (ASSIGNMENT DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED This is a seminar course which meets for 3 hours on Mondays from 11:30 -2:30 in HNE 206. We will typically take a 20 minute break at the half way point. TBA - Academic Honesty - Student Rights and Responsibilities - Religious Observance - Grading Scheme and Feedback - 20% Rule No examinations or tests collectively worth more than 20% of the final grade in a course will be given during the final 14 calendar days of classes in a term. The exceptions to the rule are classes which regularly meet Friday evenings or on Saturday and/or Sunday at any time, and courses offered in the compressed summer terms.	https://course-outlines.laps.yorku.ca/outlines/2019f-apphil4030a-03/
Tucson mayor and council approve bonds sale to fund public safety pensions TUCSON (KVOA) - At Tuesday’s Regular Meeting, the Tucson Mayor and Council approved the sale of Certificates of Participation to fund the City’s growing obligation to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, it announced in a news release Friday. The PSPRS system funds the fire and police personnel pension program, the City said. The PSPRS obligation currently stands at $1.5 billion and is projected to grow to a peak annual cost of $240 million to the City’s General Fund, according to the City. The strategy, approved by Mayor and Council, addresses the long-term PSPRS obligation by borrowing funding at unusually low interest rates and investing those funds. The investment earnings will be used to fund the pension obligation, the release said. This has the potential, over the 25-year plan, to save the City more than $800 million, reducing future burdens to the General Fund, preserving essential services, saving taxpayer dollars, and helping to stabilize the City’s financial future, according to the City. Mayor and Council also created the City of Tucson Public Safety Pension Trust to manage, invest, and safeguard the bond proceeds, the release said. In addition to the composition of the trustees, the Trust will have an independent investment advisor and trust administrator. The trustees will adopt an investment policy and guide the investment of the funds. Additionally, the Trust will be audited as part of the City’s annual audit, according to the City. “This is a historic, once-in-a-generation decision that puts Tucson at the forefront of our state and our nation, when it comes to securing our public safety pension system,” said Mayor Regina Romero. “This move has the potential to save Tucsonans more than $800 million taxpayer dollars over the next few decades and ensure the retirement security of our first responders. My thanks to the City Manager and his financial team for their diligent work and commitment to positioning Tucson on such strong financial footing.” “The approval of the pension obligation bonds shows great vision by the Mayor and Council,” said City Manager Michael Ortega. “This plan will positively affect future generations and ensure Tucson continues to thrive.” The City said staff and financial advisors are working to issue the bonds in the next few weeks to take advantage of the market’s historically low interest rates, approximately 2.95%. Total issuances of the taxable bonds will not exceed $670 million. The COPs are collateralized debt, secured by City assets. When combined with the current investments at PSPRS, the City anticipates achieving at least a 75% funded level; one of the highest funded levels in Arizona. An improved level of funding also has positive credit implications for the City, potentially resulting in further taxpayer dollars savings.	https://kvoa.com/news/2021/01/08/tucson-mayor-and-council-approve-bonds-sale-to-fund-public-safety-pensions/
FINAL EXAM TIMETABLE FOR Y2-Y5 ENGINEERING PROGS. OF SEM 1 2018-2019 ACAD YR. These Examinations are scheduled to be done between 11th March 2019 and 22nd March 2019. The 4th and final online room application for 2nd semester 2018/2019 starts today Friday 1st March 2019 at 9.00 am and ends on Monday 4th March 2019 at 4.00 pm. The Successful room applicants will be notified by latest Tuesday 5th March 2019 by end of the day and should sign into their allocated rooms with the housekeepers by Tuesday 12th March 2019 at 5.00pm.	http://actil.ku.ac.ke/ku/itemlist/category/110-university-notices?start=36

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