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I know that the game is not from him but it looks like his game a lot. But graphics are lower even knowing his game had 8-Bit. | 2019-04-22T08:52:09Z | https://toucharcade.com/community/threads/maria-way-youtube-simulator-by-devgame.322398/ |
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Every month at 3 PM IST (India Time) on payday, the recreational area at Net Solutions’ Chandigarh campus comes alive. No, people are not lining up with their environmentally friendly bags to collect bundles of cash. Salary disbursement is electronic and always has been. In fact, we are strong proponents of Prime Minister Modi’s vision of a #cashless India. Why then, one wonders, are the people huddling on payday? It’s surely not to discuss climate change and its effect on bird migration.
The real answer is a bummer. People line up to collect their pay slips. #incomprehensible #areyoukiddingme.
Yes, I’m with you. There are many hashtags that can be used to describe this ritual. A company that counts Xerox, Microsoft, Yahoo, HBR and Haymarket among its clients, this does not add up.
The story starts much earlier than this. Most organizations, especially enterprises, have grown organically over the years. Net Solutions, too, has had a similar journey.
2017 is our 17th year of existence. We started at a modest facility (Sameer’s garage really) with a few people and even fewer execution tricks. Today, we have a state-of-the-art delivery center at Information Technology Park. Infosys is one of our neighbors (we have a better view of the Shivalik foothills than they do). It has been a journey full of positive experiences and challenges. We sorted out most of the teething issues as we grew over the years and digitized almost everything. Yes, salary slips weren’t a priority and probably still are not; we will take care of them, eventually. The glass is half full, people.
As a Product Development company that specializes in Digital Customer Experience curation and management, we have two facets. For the lack of creative nomenclature, let us call them: internal and external. The external experiences have always been top drawer. Right from that first call, logging the notes in Sales Force, conversion of the lead into an opportunity, closing the opportunity, Business Analysis, project execution and management, quality control, automated release management and iterative delivery of MVP/MVE, we have it covered. All electronic. All cutting edge. But, that is not what we will discuss today.
We want to talk about the internal experiences. Our workforce. The folks who make us who we are. What sort of an experience do we get?
Biometric attendance, fiddle with tens of internal IT systems, fill time sheets, hop on calls with our partners (clients if it is unclear), interact with various teams (HR, Finance, Facility Admin, Sales, Pre-Sales, PMO, CX, UX, UI, Tech Leads, Product Management, Labs etc.), consume calories, hydrate, exercise, engage in mild gossip by the water cooler (alright, alright, full gossip), power nap in the recovery room, 1-on-1 meetings with managers, career planning meetings, strategy meetings, training sessions, Wisdom Wednesdays, Digital Fridays, playing with the little ones at the onsite nursery, and much more.
Phew. So many experiences. These have to planned, managed, tracked, optimized, and delivered. We would have no moral authority to build Digital Experience Platforms for our partners if we could not build one for our workforce. With this vision, a couple of years ago, we started unifying the experiences at our workplace. All those disparate experiences then started becoming Digital Experiences at Workplace.
The journey has been… unique. Inertia is one tough, son of a gun. People get used to doing things, however inefficient they may be. Identifying change agents and having people rally around them is easier said than done. Digitizing institutional memory is very important, especially for a company like ours where the median tenure of an employee is 10 years. That’s right, people do not seem to want to move out from here. We are like those kids who never outgrow their parental home. Lazy bums.
Jokes aside, we have had the need for that single source of truth that not only replaced those tens of IT systems that we had gotten used to, but also held everything that we considered sacrosanct in one place: our institutional memory, our engagements and interactions with each other, and a seamless way to go about our day-to-day at work.
Problem statements, meet the solution [drum rolls]: Grid.
As misplaced as the name sounds (since there is nothing to do with the literal or figurative [if any] meaning of the word), it encompasses the solution that we have created as an answer to our internal incoherence.
Chest thumping and swagger aside, an intelligent reader might ask, what does it really do, dude?
Yes, we chose to eat this frog. (If you want to learn more about frogs and why you should eat them, take a look: https://goo.gl/JBHgmI). It seemed like a logical thing to do. We had tens of IT systems, we could not replace them all overnight. We went after the pain point. Multiple systems mean multiple accounts, which translates into every individual needing to remember those many passwords.
The smart ones just use 123456 as a password for all their accounts. The not so smart ones create secure passwords that are at least 10 characters in length, and contain numbers and special characters. We then write these passwords on a post-it note and stick it on our workstation monitors. Easy. God knows why people complain about password management.
How are you feeling? I am okay. Next day, how are you feeling? I am happy. Three mornings later, how are you feeling? I am groggy.
Who wants to keep a manual record of how everyone is feeling in the organization at any given point in time? More importantly, is it even recordable?
This needs to be done. Call it employee morale management, Sentiment Analysis or anything else that rocks your boat. The fact is, human resources are the most expensive investment for any organization and they need to be taken care of. Not just by doling out free lunches or planting expensive coffee machines (they certainly help), but by going into the psyche of human behavior and aspirations, and bridging the emotional disconnect.
Our implementation features logging of sentiment during work hours (and offwork hours if one chooses to share that they slept on the couch). Our Analytics engine then operationalizes the mathematical model (hand-crafted by our Data Scientists sitting in the House-of-the-Lords Labs area) over the data sets to identify areas where we need to bolster our defenses and make the workplace more hospitable.
Since our workforce does not believe in attrition, we might as well make sure they are happy during their decade-long pit stops with us. Sadly (or fortunately, whatever your taken on this is), we do not venture into fixing the couch fiascos.
Our engagement program includes rewards and recognition in the form of popular choice (peer to peer) and critics choice (ahem, HR) awards. Folks earn points for contributing to the learning ecosystem in the form of blogs, knowledge sharing sessions, hackathons, critiquing posts, etc. It all links together (now this is the only known instance of validation of the name Grid) into a social network.
In fact, a few weeks ago, our engine detected a few people trading appreciation notes to notch up points on the leaderboard (shame, shame [Game of Thrones, anyone?]). The engagement grew further after an incremental product release where we disclosed how people have fared on the leaderboard over the months. Darn peepers. The more graphs we release, engagement goes up each time. People love to know what others are doing. Zuckerberg beat us to this revelation by 13 years. Alas.
All fun and no work makes Net Solutions an unprofitable enterprise. In the spirit of getting paid for an honest day’s work, we need to manage our assets and the so called institutional memory. We built the DAM module to manage our memory bank and regulate its access through RBAC (role based access control).
In fact, RBAC is in the foundation of Grid. People can be given privileges to perform a variety of functions and these privileges can be upgraded and downgraded on demand, without the person having to…..wait for it…..wait for it…..without having to logout and back in for the updated permissions to kick in.
These assets can be organized around a partner project, an internal initiative or anything in between. No more tossing documents over Skype or email.
We realized that we were tired of sending companywide emails that in essence were “this is to inform you that Nyquist won’t be running in Preakness Stakes this year.” Boring. Drab. Dull. Stoic. Yada yada yada.
We want emotions pouring in, a way for people to engage in a community dialogue and not let announcements be a monologue. We created a module that lets relevant stakeholders (nah, we aren’t publicly traded, yet) announce their bit, ruffle some feathers and kick back with a beer and watch the fun. People, given an opportunity, can be pretty darn vocal about how they feel about things. We try to keep it civil but many a toupee have been lost in skirmishes.
Polls and surveys live in Grid’s arsenal to solicit feedback with a positive intent to course correct, hear back from those we do not speak of and let the system balance monarchy and democracy.
Certain polls have been very successful. In one such instance, people voted in favor of improving food options at our on premise restaurant by including “nicer delicacies,” AND also voted to reduce the meal price. Sky Chef gracefully declined to be our in-house meals service provider.
Where there are humans or machines, there are problems. If you remember any of the team names that were mentioned during early parts of this blog, you would have identified that some teams exist to work behind the scenes to keep the ecosystem running flawlessly. These teams - HR, Finance, IT, Facility Management make sure the rest of us can focus on our work without having to worry.
Things still go wrong though, and when they do, we don’t want to breathe down their neck or keep calling them till the time all coyotes have been shooed away from the premises. We have an electronic ticket logging and management system that folks use to raise their issues. Since Grid is powered by RBAC, we can easily add / change first responders and create escalation queues to ensure timely resolution of all tickets logged. Descriptive Analytics and a variety of reports (Aging, TTL, MTBF etc.) ensure everyone is on their A-game. Bite me Zendesk.
With Grid, one of the focus areas has been to give everyone the information they need to do their jobs while keeping it fun and engaging. With blue collars getting what they need, the white collars also need something. Monarchy and Democracy need to be balanced, remember?
The CXO dashboard gives the economic view on the projects being developed. Which projects are in red vs black? Which projects have the most number of bugs open? Which projects are unlikely to meet the timelines and do we send nine potential mothers to create that baby in one month? There are plenty of other markers, several proprietary, which I cannot discuss here.
The idea being that this dashboard provides an unadulterated, unfiltered view of what’s happening on the floor. Those found guilty are called for an inquest on Fridays.
This, ladies and gents, is our Grid. There are companion mobile apps for iOS and Android distributed through Enterprise deployment. There are several other components of Grid such as Predictive Analytics, Forecasting, Profitability Metrics etc., which I will cover in another post, someday. | 2019-04-18T12:54:53Z | https://www.netsolutions.com/insights/digital-experiences-at-workplace-facts-fiction-and-the-middle-ground/ |
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I thoroughly enjoyed this article. I think there were great pictures painted in my mind through the words even without the great photos that were included.
Looking forward to Baileys next story. | 2019-04-20T02:43:22Z | https://nuviewmagazine.com/2016/10/21/nuview-in-new-york/ |
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PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION: WHEN GETTING PREGNANT GETS YOU FIRED.
Although terminating someone’s employment because they are pregnant has been against the law since 1978 when the Pregnancy Discrimination Act was first passed it does not stop some Minnesota employers from blatantly firing someone simply for being pregnant. Take the case of a woman who told her employer she was pregnant at the beginning of her second trimester. Her employer’s immediate response was “That’s not going to work.” She was fired the following day for no other reason than announcing her pregnancy.
Her employer simply said that since the company was small, it cannot afford to cover her when she would be on leave to have her baby. Then there are the numerous cases where pregnant workers are forced to take unpaid leave immediately upon announcing their pregnancy status. The forced time off is not based on a medical need or even requests for special accommodations such as lifting or other physical restrictions, but on an employer’s erroneous assumptions about the worker’s ability to do her job.
Then when the worker really needs to take time off, they have already exhausted their allotted time and are fired. Some employees are discriminated against over fears about how customers may perceive or react to, for example a pregnant restaurant server. The majority of female employees subjected to pregnancy discrimination are low-wage workers who really need to work as long as possible throughout their pregnancy.
But there appears to be hope on the horizon for pregnant women. The EEOC commissioner recently said that EEOC has chosen three legal issues involving discrimination where it wants to have an impact. One issue includes whether or not employers should be required to accommodate pregnant workers. Many women’s advocacy groups are pushing for changes to the ADA that in 2008, already expanded the definition of disability to include temporary disabilities.
No one should be discriminated against based on a disability, temporary or not and employees in Minnesota and elsewhere do have rights when it comes to the Family and Medical Leave Act as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act. Now the question seems to be whether a woman’s medical needs in relation to her pregnancy should be protected as a temporary disability.
Pregnancy discrimination is illegal and if the EEOC clarifies the language to include pregnancy-related disabilities, perhaps fewer women will be discriminated against in the workplace. | 2019-04-19T12:56:36Z | http://www.halunenlaw.com/pregnancy-discrimination-when-getting-pregnant-gets-you-fired/ |
What began as a dust-up among a small group of Canadian writers has blown up into a confrontation over an issue that’s long troubled the literary community.
It’s about “cultural appropriation” – the practise of a dominant culture stealing the symbols, ideas and values of an oppressed minority. And it’s been going on for centuries, since long before the German amateur archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, desecrated Troy as he blasted his way through Turkish antiquity.
The controversy in Canada is over the use by white writers of Indigenous personalities and settings, thereby – so the argument goes – depriving Indigenous authors of opportunities to tell their own stories.
This is not the first time Indigenous authors have fought to retain control over their heritage. In 1989, Chippewas poet Lenore Keeshig challenged the Writers’ Union of Canada over non-Indigenous writers telling stories in the voice of Indigenous characters. “Stop stealing our stories,” she demanded.
It was a time when author J.P. Kinsella (Shoeless Joe) was writing of disreputable and drunken characters among the Indian tribes of the Hobbema reserve in Alberta. He was loud in defending Dance Me Outside and his right to tell any story, any time, about whomever he wished.
More recently, questions were raised about the authenticity of the Indigenous relationships of Joseph Boyden, author of Three Day Road and other novels set among northern Ontario’s First Nations communities. “Not Indian enough,” it’s been said of Boyden, “to write Indian stories.” (Yes, the term Indian is still being used, sometimes contemptuously, sometimes historically).
The current dust-up arose in the Writers’ Union of Canada (of which I am a member) when an issue of its magazine Write, devoted ironically to Indigenous writing, featured an editorial rejecting the concept of “cultural appropriation.” Write about the things you know nothing about, urged editor Hal Niedzviecki. “Anyone, anywhere, should be encouraged to imagine other peoples, their cultures, other identities.” He thought, satirically, there should be an Appropriation Prize for the best story by a writer of a culture she knows nothing about.
Of course this thoughtless and insensitive commentary soon landed Niedzviecki – and a number of prominent white Canadian writers who voiced support for him –in hot water. He resigned his position, the Writers’ Union issued an apology, and undertook to study a series of demands from its Equity Task Force.
Walrus magazine editor Jon Kay who had tweeted that Niedzviecki was being “mobbed,” resigned. The managing editor of CBC-TV’s The National, Steve Ladurantaye, was reassigned after pledging to contribute to a fund for an Appropriation Prize.
My sentiments are to come down on the side of freedom of expression. In my most recent book, An Act of Injustice, I devote a chapter to an Indigenous character who tells our young protagonist some brutal truths about the mistreatment of his people. In an article to be published in an upcoming issue of Canada’s History magazine, I reveal, through an interview with a Saskatchewan Indigenous chief, how he came up with the term First Nations to describe Canada’s Indian tribes. In my opinion, there’s no cultural appropriation here.
Today’s Indigenous authors – and there are many of them – are properly emboldened by the growing consensus among Canadians that the country must deal fairly, on a people to people basis, with its indigenous population.
It’s understandable that some Indigenous authors who have had trouble getting their work published will feel they’ve been frozen out by white writers who have trespassed on their territory. Honestly, I can’t think of many such examples.
More books are being published today by Indigenous authors that ever before. CBC Books is boasting that during June – Indigenous Book Club Month – it will publish a recommendation a day of a book by an Indigenous author.
This year’s Amazon First Novel Prize of $40,000 has gone to a Metis writer, Katherena Vermette of Winnipeg, for The Break. A deserving winner.
The $5,000 Aboriginal Literary Award will be presented for the third year this month. It’s an award in which I’m proud to say I had a hand in creating, along with the Periodical Marketers of Canada association and the Southern Ontario Library Service.
A Toronto lawyer, Robin Parker, has raised more than $100,000 via online Crowdfunding in support for an Emerging Indigenous Voices award.
There’s no doubt newly empowered Indigenous writers are asserting themselves as creators and as players in the marketplace. A book on an Indigenous topic by a white writer will have to be overwhelmingly compelling before any publisher will take it on. All this suggests the battle about cultural appropriation is over – and it’s clear who’s won. | 2019-04-25T22:12:05Z | https://rayargyle.com/2017/06/ |
In 1916 a report was written by Friedrich Hrozny in which he dealt with the Hittite language. He claimed that Hittite was Indo-European. If his argument was based on decipherment of the cuneiform, if his translations were impeccable, if the speech permits no other linguistic interpretations than those proposed, and if they do not represent a small selection of Indo-European assonances then Hittite must be Indo-European. Not until 1920 did Hrozny’s full treatise, Die Sprache der Hethiter, come out. On the face value of his text-readings, interpretations, and grammatical estimates Hrozny makes a strong case. As far as the author can see, the Indo-European aspects of Hittite have no basis in any known historic colonizations by Indo-Europeans as part of Asia Minor. Maurice Bloomfield believes that Hittite could show signs of Indo-European, though he does not believe the Hittite language to be a part of this etymological group. | 2019-04-23T17:03:30Z | https://www.gorgiaspress.com/the-hittite-language |
The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, today announced that Canada has successfully concluded new or expanded air transport agreements with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Algeria, Qatar, Jordan, Côte-d’Ivoire and Mongolia.
These new and expanded air transport agreements were reached under Canada’s Blue Sky policy, which encourages long-term, sustainable competition and the development of international air services.
Under the Blue Sky Policy, the Government of Canada has concluded new or expanded air transport agreements covering more than 105 countries. | 2019-04-22T18:51:37Z | https://newsroom.aviator.aero/canadians-to-benefit-from-new-and-expanded-air-transport-agreements-2/ |
My blog this week was to be an essay on the similarities between my memoir of my two years teaching English and living in Kazakhstan as an older, married Peace Corps volunteer (At Home on the Kazakh Steppe) and Kathy Pooler’s memoir of living in and escaping from domestic violence, twice (Ever Faithful to His Lead).
Nice young ladies don’t complain.
Neither of us was willing to risk the relationship we had by speaking our truth, out loud.
Good girls play nice. They go along.
The blog, though, wasn’t coming together. Instead, it rambled, it bogged down, or it was confusing. Still, I forged ahead. I had a deadline to meet. Stiff upper lip.
With this last one I stopped, realizing I was in the midst of making that same mistake again.
What I was ignoring — a trauma I’d experienced only a few days before — wasn’t going away. And it was affecting my ability to concentrate or attend to what was in front of me, this blog being only the most obvious.
The real story for today had to be what was going on for me tonight, as I write this blog on December 8.
Wednesday night, December 3, on our way home from a chorus rehearsal of The Messiah, Woody and I had an accident.
We skidded on black ice and totaled our pickup truck. The GMC Sierra rolled over a few times, slid down an embankment, and landed on the driver’s side door.
I had initially been unaware Woody had lost control. Engrossed in my cell phone as we sped up the highway, my first indication something was amiss was the sudden jarring motion as the car skidded. I saw the road swerve before me as in one of those slow motion scenes in earthquake documentaries. I fully expected him to bring the truck back under control.
“Don’t overcorrect,” I told him. Twice. I thought it would help.
Then I watched out my side window as a reflector along the shoulder came racing toward me. I knew we were going over the embankment just beyond it. And I had no idea how steep it was, or how long the fall would last, or what would finally bring the truck to a halt.
I believed I could be meeting my death. But what I remember most was that in that moment I felt peaceful. It was out of my hands. I had given up trying to fix it; I’d let go of the outcome. There was nothing I could do and I knew it. I was certainly in the moment.
But the moment didn’t last long. We rolled over at least twice; I heard glass break; the truck bounced a few times. Then there was silence.
“Are you OK?” I asked Woody. “Yes. Are you?” he replied. I took a quick assessment.
The truck had landed on its left side, on Woody’s driver’s side door. Our seat belts held us securely in our seats, which meant I was suspended a few feet above Woody. Both side windows were blown out and shards of glass plastered my face and neck. Woody also lay on his side, his left arm through the former window and onto the snow beneath him.
Miraculously, neither of us had any injuries. But we were trapped in the cab and it would take nearly an hour for the rescue squad to cut us out and help us walk away.
Neither of us panicked. I called 911 from the cell phone that I still clutched in my hand.
“We’ve been in an accident,” I reported to the dispatcher, “Rt 91 Northbound.” I gave her our names and told her neither of us was injured, just unable to get out. She wanted our mile marker. Woody told me, “north of the Barnet exit.” She still wanted the mile marker.
I had seen the legs of people walking around above us while I was on the phone. I’ve got this covered, I’d wanted to tell them. Really; there’s no need to stay. I asked them for the mile marker and someone knew it, so I passed it on to the dispatcher. Then I noticed my phone was low on battery so we hung up.
I hadn’t even thought of that. But it explained the gusts of cold air that Woody was getting from beneath the car.
“Woody’s shaking. He’s lying in the snow and he’s cold. I want to get him out.” I took off my hat and handed it to him. He’d lost his in the roll.
Someone handed us a parka through my open window and I tried to get it over him, but my orientation was off. I’d think I was pushing it up onto his shoulder but I wasn’t even close; it would slide off. Eventually, we figured it out.
I was glad the people were there. Even if none of them had a phone charger I could use.
With the light from the wrecker upon it, our GMC Sierra lies on its side. It served us well.
The state trooper was the first to arrive, delayed by the icy roads, he said. He bent low and peered into the cab through my husband’s missing window.
“Put your car in park and give me the keys,” he said to Woody after asking us about injuries.
The rescue squad came next; they’d all been at home, warm and comfortable before we slid off the road. The EMS crew was the final set to join; they wanted to know our medical history. Really. While I dangled midair in my seat belt, the only medical condition I could think of concerned my overactive bladder.
After much analysis and discussion, the rescue crew cut the roof off the cab. This involved covering us with blankets so the glass from the front and rear windows that they needed to shatter first would not get in our faces. With the roof laid out on the snow, they guided us as we walked over it and up to the EMS van.
Our vitals were taken. My blood pressure was twenty points higher than normal, Woody’s was forty. The crew said they weren’t concerned by that, but I noticed they took Woody’s again after a few minutes; it had come down 20 points.
We chose not to go to the hospital and signed the necessary papers. Then, we waited in the trooper’s car for the wrecker that had to come.
Our entourage had left and I watched from the front passenger seat as the trooper combed the hillside collecting the bags of stones we had had in the truck for winter ballast against the weight of the snow plow (at home in the barn on this night).
After the trooper drove us home, Woody and I spent considerable time making sure we found all the remaining shards of glass. Really. My right ear was packed with glass but I had only a small puncture wound on my right pinky finger. Woody had his single puncture wound on his left ring finger. We felt immeasurably grateful and slept very well that night.
For the next day and a half I believed that we’d escaped unscathed. I posted to one of my closed FB groups, We Love Memoirs, and got all the necessary support and sympathy I expected and wanted. We sang in the first concert of The Messiah that Friday night and talked with the folks from the two cars who had stopped. It had been traumatic for them as well.
Saturday morning we drove into town to see the truck and collect those odds and ends that we wanted to hang onto.
That afternoon I had a massage, then went food shopping, planning to get home in time to have a light supper and dress for the second of the three concerts that weekend. But as I shopped I got angrier and angrier. When I overheard a conversation between the two store employees and a policeman about a shopper, I complained.
“That’s not a topic to be discussing where it can be overheard by a customer,” I told them in anger. They shrugged, but they stopped talking (though one of the managers rolled her eyes and mumbled under her breath at me).
As I drove home I realized that the effects of the trauma I’d had just a few days before were beginning to show.
“I’m staying home,” I told Woody when I got home. “I can’t go anywhere tonight.” I just wanted to stop moving.
“I’m going,” he responded in an equally defiant tone. I ignored him. Eventually, as the reality sunk in, he admitted he’d also considered staying home. He just didn’t want to.
I took a bubble bath; he watched Netflix. Sunday we felt well enough, even eager, to sing in the final concert, an afternoon event. I was glad we did.
On Monday night, telling my hospice choir friends about it, I began to cry. I had no idea I was still so raw.
When I didn’t think about it, I’d carry on as though nothing was amiss. When I thought about it, I’d break down.
When I didn’t think about it, I’d snap at Woody and hear Woody snap back at me. When I thought about it, I’d cry.
I have a hard time concentrating. My mind is scattered. I can’t settle into a routine. Writing this blog, as you now know, has been difficult.
Cognitively, I know that I am grateful we were not seriously injured. But I don’t FEEL grateful. I feel outrage, fury. I want to hit something. I want to yell, to scream really. But I do neither. Instead, I write. I posted tonight to another closed FB group I’m on and am eager to hear from them. I talk on the phone to friends. I walk in the woods (on snow shoes). I take bubble baths.
The anger comes in spurts. Unexpected spurts. And as quickly as it surfaces, it evaporates.
I’m drinking lots of tea. I’m doing all the things I should be doing. I’m also playing computer solitaire like a junkie.
Woody and I stopped talking about it. What more can we say?
Don’t just do something; sit there.
And that is exactly what I will do.
I will allow myself time to wind my way through the many layers that have formed.
And, later, after we know what the insurance company will allow, I will help Woody find himself a new truck.
Time changes the needs of people.
It had a picture of an hour glass and a long, winding road in the background. I haven’t thought of it in years. With time, I feel myself back in my own skin once again. But I’m different too.
From the policeman at the food store talking out of turn, to my mother last week saying something I thought insensitive, to a woman in my recent writer’s group this week interrupting someone I wanted to hear, my reactions are different than they would have been just a few weeks ago. I’m speaking out, standing up, letting my reality be known.
Whether its because I realize my time on this earth really is limited (and precious) or something else, I don’t even try to know.
What I do know is that I felt peaceful at the moment I thought I was facing my death. And that is a gift.
As is our ability to replace our Sierra with a shiny new toy.
In 2000, my husband and I had a car accident and was lucky to be alive. It changed the both of us. Our whole outlook on life has changed since then. We appreciate each other more but I also use that for my decision making. When I don’t want to do something, I ask myself – If the one I loved died tomorrow, would I have regrets? If the answer is no, I don’t do it. If the answer is yes, I grin and bear it while I do it. Many of the little things that used to irritate me don’t any more because in the grand scheme of things – who really cares? I fight the fights that are important to me even if I feel it is a losing battle because it feels right to me. My sense of what is important has changed. Now we do a lot of traveling and meeting new friends. Life is too short so I need to get busy enjoying it! I’m so glad y’all are okay! Give yourself time for everything to make sense again.
Hi Pat. Yes, time. That is the great healer. Thanks for stopping and adding your thoughts. Btw, I’m going to send your website address to my colleagues in Kazakhstan; you can offer them an interesting new perspective on teaching.
I take walks along the beach and sing to the top of my lungs. A great release allowing fresh thoughts and ideas.
Why do you think you feel angry?
Hi Susan, I thought of you when I read the news recently of the contingent going to Uraguay. I need to learn more of your adopted land. In my mind I lump it in with Paraguay, something akin to American lumping all the Stans together.
As for the why, I can only say that I’m more focused on feeling the anger, on experiencing it, “honoring” it if you will. If I start to analyze it, I find myself going into my head and then I don’t feel it so much anymore. It really doesn’t matter to me so much, but honoring it, getting it out does. And, as I write these words, I have to say I’m not feeling it at the moment. As I wrote below, sometimes one trauma can raise old traumas never fully healed, so that’s a possibility.
Oh, Janet, your post took my breath away. I am so glad you and Woody were not physically injured. Trauma like that is not easy to just set aside to go away on its own. It will be with you for a while. Speaking and writing about it is the best medicine for now. Do not ignore it.
I pray your holidays will be filled with healing and peace.
Yes Joan, that’s another gift I have, that I can write about it and I have people in my life who (seem to) never tire of hearing the tale. Telling our stories of trauma, at all levels, is healing. That and hot baths (though someone on facebook did warn that too hot baths seem to be related to stroke, particularly after a physical trauma, so they are no longer so hot). And I also know that each tragedy or loss reignites those that may still lie unresolved, so I’ve got much to chew on since this happened. Thanks for your support.
Oh Janet, thank God you and Woody survived such a frightening ordeal. It’s amazing how near-death experiences wake us up to what really matters. When I was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease in 1996, my life came to a complete halt but in that halt, I learned a very important lesson–life is short and don’t sweat the small stuff. Enjoy the moments and yes. don’t just do something , sit there.” The rawness of your writing brings me right there with you and makes me even more grateful you are around to pick out that bright red truck! BTW, thank you for your thoughts about the similarities of our stories. At the time, they were ,of course, our life crises. But isn’t it grand to be able to look back and realize they were a detour that led to who we are today. Alive and well and very, very grateful. Sending healing hugs your way.
Hi Kathy I love that image of life coming to a halt, and in that halt seeing things more clearly. I shall accept your hugs and return them in full.
Judging from the previous comments, your readers can relate to the accident you’ve recently experienced. I know I can. Writing/illustrating your feelings will help you continue to process the trauma. I experienced something similar back in college when the car I was a passenger in flipped over on a snowy road – all in slow motion as you describe. No one wore seat-belts, so 6 bodies flew all over the place. I ended up with a bloody knee but did go to the hospital to get checked out.
Then, over ten years ago I was rear-ended by a fast moving vehicle which totaled my sturdy car, an Infiniti. Half of the car looked like an accordion. In the moment of crisis, common sense left me, and I handed a complete stranger my wallet so I could us his cellphone. Dumb – though he did hand it back. Like you, thoughts and actions registered as non sequitur.
After such dramatic events, we have to believe we live in an altered state at least for awhile, probably suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome, which may explain your anger. I like your recipe for healing, don’t just do something; sit there.
I hope it’s in front of a blazing fire with some hot chocolate. Blessings and healing to you and your family this Christmas season.
Hi Marian, Well, I can report that we had our woodstove moved upstairs this summer and it’s now ablaze about two feet from me here on the DR table. I find I prefer to write downstairs lately, not upstairs in my little corner of the world. Alas, the hot chocolate is tea, but there is more honey in it than usual. One more concession to where I am at the moment. Thanks for writing. As always.
Glad you and Woody are okay. That was quite an ordeal and it sounds life-changing. I think that is what transformation does. We are never the same. I am going through something similar as I continue to heal from an illness that has dogged my life for nearly four decades. I hear and understand your anger.
For me, adjusting to a new life that is one of health rather than chronic illness has been incredibly difficult. Letting go of life as I knew it–one fraught with illness–has meant changing, completely, how I live including my routine. Only now, am I stepping into my “new shoes,” as it were. A recent watershed moment revealed that transformation requires letting go of what one was for what one is now.
This post is so beautifully and achingly written, Janet. Thank you.
Thank you, Karen. And welcome. Your words are always a balm to me. I’ve been following your story through your blog posts and, with your comment here, I’m really struck by how easy it is for me to fall into that judgment trap. ( e.g., New found health after years of illess is Good. Traumatic auto accident is Bad.) And once again I’m reminded how limiting these judgments can be. Both situations involve change, a change in a sense of who we are, our identity of you will. And both require time and gentleness. I send you a warm virtual bear hug over the miles. | 2019-04-20T16:40:39Z | https://janetgivens.com/speaking-my-truth-sharing-my-reality/ |
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In the last post I discussed some of the issues surrounding gifting the family vineyard to your family. There are a number of reasons that a person or a couple might consider just giving their property. However, the primary factor in that decision process is: control over the decision. If you make a gift, that means that you are alive and able to consciously make the decision to give your property to another person, family or otherwise.
If you are dead, then you can no longer consciously decide. Your property is distributed the way your estate plan dictates. Now, if you’ve done a good job preparing your estate plan, then that distribution may happen exactly the way you wanted it to. Or maybe not…you just won’t know for sure…because you are dead.
So the trade-off between giving property during your life (gifting) and leaving property to someone in your estate (a bequest) is that of trading off decision making control for tax benefits in the form of a step-up in basis. Let me explain.
Let’s use the previous example, and say that you originally bought your 100 acre Napa vineyard in 1978 for $200,000. You planted some grapes, raised your family, and enjoyed the farm life of growing grapes. Now, forty years later, that vineyard with prime Napa Cab is valued at $250,000 per acre. The property is worth $25 million. If you sell it, you have a capital gain on the value it sells for, less what you paid for it ($25 million – $200,000), and will pay capital gains taxes on that amount, approximately $5 million.
However, if you leave it to your estate, your heirs will receive a “step-up in basis” on the property. That means that for tax purposes they will acquire the property at it’s current value, basically what it’s worth upon your death. After they jump through the hoops to get the property properly titled in their names, they will be able to turn around and sell the property without incurring any capital gains tax.
That is a pretty nice perk of receiving property as an inheritance. Again, the only thing you must do to be able to take advantage of this perk…is, well, give up control…forever. | 2019-04-19T12:41:34Z | http://thevintageplanner.com/strategies-for-passing-the-family-vineyard-leaving-it-to-the-estate-part-2/ |
Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - Darts Point On the north-western side of Longnose Point there is a nice beach that is protected from all but southerly winds. I am not sure of the name of this beach. When I spent a weekend on the liveaboard Ocean Trek, we had lunch on the Sunday off this beach. Before lunch, we went for a dive on the point to the west of the beach. This is Darts Point.
The dive started by climbing aboard Ocean Trek's tender, Priscilla, and being taken around the point to a spot west of the beach. Here we entered the water and did a "drift" dive back to the mother vessel. The reef in closer to the shore is about 10 metres and there is a small wall dropping to about 12 metres. Darts Point itself continues under the water in a series of small ridges, running roughly north/south. Following the reef from where you enter the water to the south sees the reef get deeper to about 20 metres. The reef all along here consists of a sandy bottom with small boulders. The boulders have sponges, sea squirts and small gorgonias growing on them. There are the usual fishlife here, including some small rays, giant cuttlefish and various species of leatherjackets.
Once you hit the 20 metres, turn to the south-east and you will ascend to about 13 metres. It is now time to cross over the ridges. These are only a metre or so high and there are two or three of them. You are now heading to the north or north-east and eventually you will be on the sand again. Follow the sand edge (about 8 metres deep) to the north or north-east until near the boat and then cross the sand to do your safety stop under the boat.
Another very good dive, very easy but still interesting. | 2019-04-26T15:50:18Z | http://michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=126 |
JOLIET – A Plainfield man was arrested after he allegedly hit his girlfriend and her mother and then tried to prevent them from contacting the police, authorities said.
On Thursday morning, Willie J. Akins Jr., 21, of the 1900 block of Cumberland Court in Plainfield got into an argument with his 24-year-old girlfriend, who is pregnant with his child, Joliet Deputy Police Chief Ed Gregory said.
The argument then turned physical, Gregory said.
The girlfriend alleged to police that Akins struck her in the face, slapped her and pushed her off the bed in their home at Cumberland Court, Gregory said. The girlfriend’s mother tried to intervene, but Akins allegedly slapped and pushed her as well, he said.
When the girlfriend tried contacting the police, Akins reportedly pulled the phone cord out of the wall, Gregory said. That is when the mother hit the panic alarm in the house and Joliet police responded, he said.
Officers arrived and arrested Akins on charges of aggravated domestic battery, interfering with the report of domestic violence and domestic battery.
Akins was booked into the Will County jail. He was scheduled to appear in court Friday afternoon. | 2019-04-19T08:41:29Z | http://www.theherald-news.com/2017/12/01/police-plainfield-man-arrested-after-hitting-pushing-girlfriend-and-her-mother/a57pp5j/ |
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San Carlos School, an educational ministry of San Carlos Cathedral providing a quality Catholic education for students in grades TK-8.
We welcome all families seeking a faith-filled learning community for their children.
We nurture the whole child by integrating spiritual and moral development with high academic standards.
We serve the local and global community by fostering a spirit of stewardship, safety, and peace.
San Carlos School is fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA) and the Western Association for Schools and Colleges (WASC). A 6-Year accreditation was awarded to San Carlos School through June 2022. | 2019-04-26T12:47:59Z | https://sancarlosschool.org/ |
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Project: Training of Respite providers and primary caregivers for senior and children with mental impairment.
The specific objective of the project is to train and empower carers, respite providers, special needs educators, primary caregivers, parents and professionals. The training is offered by a team comprising of occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist and nutritionist as well as a team of foreign experts to implement new techniques to improve the lives of our Special Needs Children and seniors .
List of NGO Projects in the Republic of Mauritius requiring Funding. | 2019-04-21T20:04:13Z | http://www.csrmeetup.org/csr-projects/1265 |
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Computers in the library are provided for educational purposes only. Priority is always given to students conducting school-related research or work. Chat rooms and illicit Internet sites are strictly prohibited at all HGTC campus libraries. Computers are carefully monitored at each campus to prevent this type of use. See the library's computer rules and regulations and the college's computer policy and procedure.
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The selection of Library books and materials is based on the library user’s right to read and his/her freedom from censorship by others. Some Library materials are controversial and may offend some persons. Selections for the Library will not be made on the basis of anticipated approval or disapproval, but rather on the merits of the material in relation to the building of the collection, and to serving the interests of the users and supporting the curriculum.
The Library holds censorship to be a purely individual matter and declares that while anyone is free to reject for him/herself books and other materials of which he/she does not approve; he/she cannot exercise the right of censorship to restrict the freedom of others.
Selection cannot be governed by the chance that books may come into the possession of minors. Should a patron challenge Library materials, that individual will be expected to complete a Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials Form. Upon completion of this form, Library leadership will make an evaluation of the request.
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Researchers from the University of Southern California have discovered that a drug currently being developed to treat stroke patients could also prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The study, which will be published January 15 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, shows that the genetically engineered protein 3K3A-APC protects the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, reducing the buildup of toxic peptides and preventing memory loss.
“Because of its neuroprotective, vasculoprotective, and anti-inflammatory activities in multiple models of neurological disorders, we investigated whether 3K3A-APC can also protect the brain from the toxic effects of amyloid-beta toxin in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease,” says Berislav V. Zlokovic, Director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.
Toxic amyloid-beta peptides accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, leading to neurodegeneration and reduced blood flow within the brain. Zlokovic and colleagues found that 3K3A-APC significantly reduced the accumulation of amyloid-beta in the brains of mice that usually produce large amounts of the toxic peptide. 3K3A-APC treatment prevented these mice from losing their memory and helped maintain normal cerebral blood flow. The drug also suppressed inflammation within the brain, another common feature of Alzheimer’s disease.
Zlokovic and colleagues found that 3K3A-APC protects the brain by preventing nerve cells from producing an enzyme called BACE1 that is required to produce amyloid-beta. Several different inhibitors of BACE1 have been tested in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, but the new study suggests that using 3K3A-APC to block the production of BACE1 could be an alternative approach, particularly at early stages of the disease when amyloid-beta has yet to accumulate to levels capable of permanently damaging the brain.
“Our present data support the idea that 3K3A-APC holds potential as an effective anti-amyloid-beta therapy for early stage Alzheimer’s disease in humans,” Zlokovic says. | 2019-04-18T20:17:39Z | http://www.tunisiesoir.com/health/study-stroke-drug-may-also-prevent-alzheimers-disease-details-11965-2019/ |
No joke, Phoenix is a pretty funny place. Thanks to comedians hosting shows on the regular, solid comedy clubs, and a thriving improv and sketch scene, there's pretty much no excuse not to laugh — a lot.
And that'll be extra true the weekend of April 8 through 10, when the Bird City Comedy Festival makes its debut. | 2019-04-23T18:26:26Z | http://www.birdcitycomedyfestival.com/news/2016/3/17/emily-heller-and-beth-stelling-to-headline-bird-city-comedy-festival-in-downtown-phoenix |
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IWTYAL 100: Language learners around the world reveal their best tips!
This is episode 100 of the podcast!
In this episode we hear from you – the listeners.
I asked you to tell me the single biggest lesson about language learning you've learnt from listening to 100 episodes of the podcast.
I was struck by the diversity of people around the world who got in touch – everyone learning different languages, in different countries.
It was truly inspiring, and it reminded me how we are all striving to improve our lives by learning languages, and are making the world a better place in the process.
I hope you enjoy this special episode!
Please leave me a comment below with your favourite message of all!
Also, please take a second to share this podcast episode on Facebook, Twitter, or with a friend who's learning a language.
They'll draw motivation from all the others around the world learning languages, and find a new lease of life in their own learning! | 2019-04-22T12:00:55Z | https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/podcast/top-language-tips |
(Pe*tong") n. (Metal.) See Packfong.
(Pet"ra*ry) n. [L. petra stone. Cf. Sp. petraria, and E. Pederero.] An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
(Pe*tre"an) a. [L. petraeus, Gr. petrai^os, fr. pe`tra a rock.] Of or pertaining to rock. G. S. Faber.
(Pe"trel) n. [F. pétrel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. a stone (John i. 42); probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See Petrify.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridæ. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
, any one of several small petrels, especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
(Pe*tres"cence) n. The process of changing into stone; petrification.
(Pe*tres"cent) a. [L. petra rock, stone, Gr. .] Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water. Boyle.
1. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
2. The state or condition of being petrified.
3. That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
4. Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "Petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth.
1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
The . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies.
(Pe*trif"ic) a. [Cf. F. pétrifique.] Petrifying; petrifactive.
Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry. | 2019-04-19T13:02:16Z | http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/257/1207/23612/3.html |
How to make replayer look like actual tables?
Hi can you please give me instructions on how to accomplish this? I looked in the manual but there was nothing there and a search on this site came up empty for me... Thanks!
I'm sorry I should have been more clear. It says I can skin the replayer to look exactly like my tables. I use Mercury theme on stars and it only has Nova and Grinder as options.
Unfortunately, there are no more skins at the moment. Our development department has now a lot of much more important tasks. But as soon as the new themes appear, they will be immediately added to the list.
OK, TY! The wording in the manual made it seem like you could skin them yourself which was why I was asking.
Thanks for replying to all my questions. Much appreciated. | 2019-04-24T04:26:56Z | http://forum.hand2note.com/topic/48/how-to-make-replayer-look-like-actual-tables |
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These synchronous, presettable counters feature an internal carry look-ahead for application in high-speed counting designs. The LS161A and LS163A are 4-bit binary counters. The carry output is decoded by means of a NOR gate, thus preventing spikes during the normal counting mode of operation. Synchronous operation is provided by having all flipflops clocked simultaneously so that the outputs change coincident with each other when so instructed by the countenable inputs and internal gating. This mode of operation eliminates the output counting spikes which are normally associated with asynchronous (ripple clock) counters. A buffered clock input triggers the four flip-flops on the rising (positive-going) edge of the clock input waveform.
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RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Two Fyffe High School students have organized a large Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) rally for all students in the county, as well as anyone else who wants to attend. “Illuminate for Christ,” will be held at the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum on Saturday, April 1 (next week) at 6 pm.
The event will feature several different speakers, as well as dramas and music from local performers.
Crimson Long, who’s the leader of the Fyffe High School FCA program, in which he has been involved for two years, explained what gave him the idea for this event.
“I had a dream back last year, that I believe that God put it in my head from the start. In the dream, I saw a revival breaking out at my school,” explained Long.
At the very end of school last year, Crimson organized a group together for about an hour at a location near the school.
“It sparked a new idea and a new dream to save the people in our county, and start a wildfire in our county, and get all the schools involved. My dream is for Sand Mountain to be a fortress for God, and revival to break out,” he explained.
Phillip Dendy, Seth Stone, Chad Hancock, and the events organizer, Crimson, will be speaking at the event. Fort Payne’s John Mark will be providing musical entertainment. Dramas will also be performed by Antioch Baptist Church and Pleasant View.
“His idea is to unite all the rival schools together for Christ and bring everyone together in unity,” explained Hull.
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"The intention was to confer the privilege of citizenship upon that class of persons whom the fathers knew as white, and to deny it to all who could not be so classified."
T akao Ozawa was born in Japan, moved to the territory of Hawaii, and later lived in California. Altogether he had lived in the United States continuously for twenty years when he applied in 1914 for naturalization, the process of becoming a U.S. citizen. At the time, he had graduated from high school in Berkeley, California, and had been a student at the University of California for three years. He had children, all born in the United States. The family spoke English at home and attended American churches. Nevertheless, the U.S. government opposed his application to become a citizen, on grounds that he was not "white." Eight years after his application was filed, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the government: Ozawa was not eligible to become a citizen.
1894, as Japan was emerging as a strong military and industrial power in Asia, a treaty with the United States had guaranteed free immigration to the United States for Japanese. But six years later, in the midst of strong opposition to Japanese immigrants among European Americans in California, Japan agreed not to issue passports for laborers seeking to enter the United States. (A passport is the formal travel document issued by a country's government that allows a citizen of that country exit and reentry.) For the Japanese government, it was a way to cut off emigration and solve the problem without agreeing to treatment that would be regarded as discriminatory against Japanese. The cutoff of passports did not, however, include passports for laborers seeking to enter Hawaii, Canada, or Mexico, from any one of which it was easy for Japanese to enter the United States.
In 1907, the San Francisco Board of Education decided to segregate its Asian students. All Asian students, including Japanese students, were to be placed in a single "Asian school" that kept the students apart from "white" European American students. Seeing Japanese the objects of discrimination upset the government of Japan just at the moment when the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919; served 1901–9) wanted to maintain smooth diplomatic relations with Japan. Roosevelt, who was eager to increase U.S. influence in east Asia, was counting on Japan to counter the influence of Russia in the region.
To cool the diplomatic tensions with Japan created by the school board in San Francisco, Roosevelt persuaded the school board to drop its segregation plan in exchange for promises that the federal government would try to solve the issue of Japanese immigration. The result was the "Gentleman's Agreement" (an agreement that falls short of a formal treaty) of 1907 under which Japan agreed to cooperate in stemming the flow of Japanese workers to the United States. The Japanese government said it would continue to refuse to issue passports for all Japanese workers planning to go to the United States. In addition, it would not object to the removal of Japanese from the United States who held passports issued for travel elsewhere, such as Canada or Mexico. In return, San Francisco authorities discontinued segregating Japanese students in a special school for Asians. Officially, Japanese still had the right to immigrate, on an equal basis with citizens of other countries.
The San Francisco school board incident demonstrated how U.S. immigration laws and attitudes affected American diplomatic policies unrelated to immigration. The incident also served as a reminder of the long-standing controversy in California over the admission of people from Asia, whether Japanese or Chinese, and the importance of race in determining U.S. policy. As early as 1790, the Congress had passed a law limiting citizenship to immigrants who were "free white persons." At the time it was adopted, the law was intended to deny citizenship to slaves from Africa. Seventy-five years later, after slavery was abolished, the immigration law was amended to include Africans and people of African descent—but nothing was said about Asians.
With many Americans displeased with immigration from Asia (and also from southern and eastern Europe), the U.S. district attorney (prosecutor) had objected when Ozawa applied for citizenship. The government, in its arguments to the Supreme Court, admitted that Ozawa would make a good citizen: He was well educated; his family spoke English at home and attended church; and he had lived in the United States for most of his life. There was nothing in his conduct that might suggest he would make a poor citizen. Nevertheless, the government argued in court that U.S. law had been clear, since 1790: "Any alien being a free white person … may be admitted to become a citizen." The only exception was made in the Naturalization Act of 1870, which also made Africans or people of African descent eligible to become naturalized citizens. Ozawa did not fit any of these categories, in the government's opinion.
Ozawa's lawyers cited inconsistencies in the way that U.S. immigration laws had been written. They argued that when Congress passed a new naturalization law in 1906, it intended to overhaul the immigration law completely. Since the 1906 law had not specifically barred citizenship for Japanese people (as other laws specifically barred Chinese people), Ozawa's lawyers argued that he deserved to become a naturalized citizen. But the Supreme Court said no, ruling that if Congress had intended to remove the racial limitations on naturalized citizenship, it would have done so explicitly and decisively, rather than simply ignoring the issue. The Supreme Court noted that limiting citizenship to free white persons had been the law since 1790 and that the law had only been amended to include people born in Africa or of African descent. No such exception was ever made for Japanese, which both sides on the argument described as being a separate "race."
The Supreme Court also ruled on two other questions raised in the case: first, whether someone from Japan could be considered "white" under the law; and second, whether Ozawa could be barred from becoming a citizen because of race.
On the first question, Ozawa's lawyers had argued that the original immigration laws referred to "free white persons" in order to distinguish them from enslaved Africans, or "black," people. The lawyers tried to persuade the court that "white" meant "not black," and that the phrase was not intended to exclude Asians. The court's opinion rejected the argument, holding that people from Japan were not considered to be "Caucasian," which was what the law meant by "white," and were therefore not eligible to become citizens.
On the second question, the court ruled that Congress did have the power under the Constitution to determine the basis on which immigrants could become citizens, even if the basis was a concept as vague as race.
The Ozawa decision was significant in the history of immigration to the United States because it reconfirmed the importance of race when deciding whether immigrants should be allowed to become citizens—a standard for eligibility that had existed since the very beginnings of the United States as an independent country. The ruling came at a period of history when prejudice against racial and religious minorities was very strong among European American citizens, a fact that was not lost on the justices of the Supreme Court.
The Ozawa case came before the court at a time when the United States had already begun to restrict immigrants, especially those from southern and eastern Europe. For the forty years preceding the case, a higher number of Europeans than ever before had come to the United States, including many from poor areas of southern and eastern Europe. The case was decided in an era when the idea of "race" seemed highly important to many Americans, who were disturbed by the large number of darker-skinned individuals from countries around the Mediterranean. Although the Supreme Court is intended to interpret what Congress might have meant in passing laws, and making sure those laws do not conflict with the U.S. Constitution (the basic law of the land), in reality justices of the court usually have a political background and are often sensitive to the public sentiments of the time.
The concept of race has always been vague, as the court's opinion admits. What race is the child of a black mother and a white father, for example? The court's opinion brushes aside this fundamental issue by saying that such questions fall into a "zone of more or less debatable ground." But since Ozawa had been born in Japan, the issue of his race was not subject to question: He was not white, and therefore not eligible to become a citizen.
The court's opinion carefully examined minute details of previous immigration laws in an effort to understand what Congress intended to do. On the subject of what constitutes a "white" person, the opinion in essence says the court did not have time to study the issue from a scientific basis. The court ruled that anyone who was not a "free white person" (or who was not born in Africa or of African descent) did not fall into the category of people eligible to become citizens, and that included people from Asia. On the question of whether the authors of the 1790 law intended to exclude Asians, the court simply said that it has no power to read the minds of the authors of the original law. Since no subsequent Congress changed the wording, the court had no power to rule otherwise.
The act of June 29, 1906, entitled "An act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," consists of 31 sections and deals primarily with the subject of procedure. There is nothing in the circumstances leading up to or accompanying the passage of the act which suggests that any modification of section 2169, or of its application, was contemplated.
"It is the opinion of your committee that the frauds and crimes which have been committed in regard to naturalization have resulted more from a lack of any uniform system of procedure in such matters than from any radical defect in the fundamental principles of existing law governing in such matters. The two changes which the committee has recommended in the principles controlling in naturalization matters and which are embodied in the bill submittedherewith are as follows: First, the requirement that before an alien can be naturalized he must be able to read, either in his own language or in the English language and to speak or understand the English language; and, second, that the alien must intend to reside permanently in the United States before he shall be entitled to naturalization."
This seems to make it quite clear that no change of the fundamental character here involved was in mind….
"Any alien being a free white person … may be admitted to become a citizen…." 1 Stat. 103, c. 3.
This was subsequently enlarged to include aliens of African nativity and persons of African descent….
In all of the naturalization acts from 1790 to 1906 the privilege of naturalization was confined to white persons (with the addition in 1870 of those of African nativity and descent), although the exact wording of the various statutes was not always the same. If Congress in 1906 desired to alter a rule so well and so long established it may be assumed that its purpose would have been definitely disclosed and its legislation to that end put in unmistakable terms….
It is the duty of this Court to give effect to the intent of Congress. Primarily this intent is ascertained by giving the words their natural significance, but if this leads to an unreasonable result plainly at variance with the policy of the legislation as a whole, we must examine the matter further. We may then look to the reason of the enactment and inquire into its antecedent history and give it effect in accordance with its design and purpose, sacrificing, if necessary, the literal meaning in order that the purpose may not fail…. We are asked [by Ozawa's lawyers] to conclude that Congress, without the consideration or recommendation of any committee, without a suggestion as to the effect, or a word of debate as to the desirability, of so fundamental a change, nevertheless, by failing to alter the identifying words of section 2169 , which section we may assume was continued for some serious purpose, has radically modified a statute always theretofore maintained and considered as of great importance. It is inconceivable that a rule in force from the beginning of the government, a part of our history as well as our law, welded into the structure of our national polity by a century of legislative and administrative acts and judicial decisions, would have been deprived of its force in such dubious and casual fashion. Weare, therefore, constrained to hold that the act of 1906 is limited by the provisions of section 2169 of the Revised Statutes.
Antecedent: Referring to a preceding event, condition, or cause.
Literal: Referring to accepting the exact meaning of the words of a statement or opinion and allowing no further interpretation.
Section 2169: A sentence in the naturalization law that said naturalization "shall apply to aliens, being free white persons and to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent." Ozama's lawyers argued that because this sentence did not explicitly ban Japanese from becoming naturalized citizens, Congress did not intend to bar Japanese from becoming citizens when it passed a naturalization law in 1906.
Second. This brings us to inquire whether, under section 2169, the appellant is eligible to naturalization. The language of the naturalization laws from 1790 to 1870 had been uniformly such as to deny the privilege of naturalization to an alien unless he came within the description "free white person. By section 7 of the act of July 14, 1870 …, the naturalization laws were "extended to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent." Section 2169 of the Revised Statutes, as already pointed out, restricts the privilege to the same classes of persons, viz. "to aliens being free white persons, and to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent." It is true that in the first edition of the Revised Statutes of 1873 the words in brackets, "being free white persons, and to aliens" were omitted, but this was clearly an error of the compilers and was corrected by the subsequent legislation of 1875…. Is appellant, therefore, a "free white person," within the meaning of that phrase as found in the statute?
Appellant: A person bringing a lawsuit from a lower court to a higher court for a new hearing.
On behalf of the appellant it is urged that we should give to this phrase the meaning which it had in the minds of its original framers in 1790 and that it was employed by them for the sole purpose of excluding the black or African race and the Indians then inhabiting this country. It may be true that those two races were alone thought of as being excluded, but to say that they were the only ones within the intent of the statute would be to ignore the affirmative form of the legislation. The provision is not that Negroes and Indians shall be excluded, but it is, in effect, that only free white persons shall be included. The intention was to confer the privilege of citizenship upon that class of persons whom the fathers knew as white, and to deny it to all who could not be so classified. It is not enough to say that the framers did not have in mind the brown or yellow races of Asia. It is necessary to go farther and be able to say that had these particular races been suggested the language of the act would have been so varied as to include them within its privileges….
Affirmative form: The structure of a phrase denoting assent or agreement.
Framers: Those who wrote the Constitution.
If it be assumed that the opinion of the framers was that the only persons who would fall outside the designation "white" were Negroes and Indians, this would go no farther than to demonstrate their lack of sufficient information to enable them to foresee precisely who would be excluded by that term in the subsequent administration of the statute. It is not important in construing their words to consider the extent of their ethnological knowledge or whether they thoughtthat under the statute the only persons who would be denied naturalization would be Negroes and Indians. It is sufficient to ascertain whom they intended to include and having ascertained that it follows, as a necessary corollary , that all others are to be excluded.
Corollary: Deduction that needs no proof.
The question then is: Who are comprehended within the phrase "free white persons"? Undoubtedly the word "free" was originally used in recognition of the fact that slavery then existed and that some white persons occupied that status. The word, however, has long since ceased to have any practical significance and may now be disregarded.
We have been furnished with elaborate briefs in which the meaning of the words "white person" is discussed with ability and at length, both from the standpoint of judicial decision and from that of the science of ethnology. It does not seem to us necessary, however, to follow counsel in their extensive researches in these fields. It is sufficient to note the fact that these decisions are, in substance, to the effect that the words import a racial and not an individual test, and with this conclusion, fortified as it is by reason and authority, we entirely agree. Manifestly the test afforded by the mere color of the skin of each individual is impracticable , as that differs greatly among persons of the same race, even among Anglo-Saxons , ranging by imperceptible gradations from the fair blond to the swarthy brunette, the latter being darker than many of the lighter hued persons of the brown or yellow races. Hence to adopt the color test alone would result in a confused overlapping of races and a gradual merging of one into the other, without any practical line of separation…. Moreover, that conclusion has become so well established by judicial and executive concurrence and legislative acquiescence that we should not at this late day feel at liberty to disturb it, in the absence of reasons far more cogent than any that have been suggested…. The determination that the words "white person" are synonymous with the words "a person of the Caucasian race" simplifies the problem, although it does not entirely dispose of it. Controversies have arisen and will no doubt arise again in respect of the proper classification of individuals in border line cases. The effect of the conclusion that the words "white person" means a Caucasian is not to establish a sharp line of demarcation between those who are entitled and those who are not entitled to naturalization, but rather a zone of more or less debatable ground outside of which, upon the one hand, are those clearly eligible, and outside of which, upon the other hand, are those clearly ineligiblefor citizenship. Individual cases falling within this zone must be determined as they arise from time to time by what this court has called, in another connection …, "the gradual process of judicial inclusion and exclusion."
Impracticable: Incapable of being accomplished.
Anglo-Saxons: Descendants of the Germanic peoples who conquered England in the fifth century c.e., in this case referring to white non-Jews.
Imperceptible gradations: Gradual stages barely capable of being seen.
Judicial and executive concurrence: Agreement between courts of justice and the executive branch of government.
Legislative acquiescence: Acceptance by those who make laws.
Caucasian: Of or relating to the white race.
The briefs filed on behalf of appellant refer in complimentary terms to the culture and enlightenment of the Japanese people, and with this estimate we have no reason to disagree; but these are matters which cannot enter into our consideration of the questions here at issue. We have no function in the matter other than to ascertain the will of Congress and declare it. Of course there is not implied—either in the legislation or in our interpretation of it—any suggestion of individual unworthiness or racial inferiority. These considerations are in no manner involved….
Briefs: Legal documents outlining the facts and points in a case.
Two years after the Ozawa case, the Supreme Court ruled in another case (United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind) involving a man described as "a high-caste Hindu, of full Indian blood, born at Amritsar, Punjab, India" who had applied for citizenship, arguing that he was "Caucasian." In the Ozawa case, the Court ruled that the word "white" did not really refer to skin color (since many people have lighter or darker skins), but rather to the "Caucasian" race. But in the Thind case, the Court took the opposite approach: Thind might be Caucasian, in a scientific sense, but in a popular sense, his skin was too dark to qualify as "white," and therefore he was not eligible to become a citizen, the court ruled. "It may be true," wrote U.S. Supreme Court justice George Sutherland (1862–1942), "that the blond Scandinavian and the brown Hindu have a common ancestor in the dim reaches of antiquity, but the average man knows perfectly well that there are unmistakable and profound differences between them today; and it is not impossible, if that common ancestor could be materialized in the flesh, we should discover that he was himself sufficiently differentiated from both of his descendants to preclude his racial classification with either." In other words, the "average man" knows a "white" person when he sees one, even if lawyers and scientists cannot agree on what the term means. It was a startling admission that the concept of race and skin color, applied to immigration law, had no real meaning beyond what the "average man" might think at any given moment.
In 1924, Congress took another approach to limiting immigration. The Immigration Act of 1924 set permanent limits on the number of immigrants from each country. From 1924 through 1927, the number of immigrants from any one country was set at 2 percent of the number of foreign-born people of that nationality already in the United States in 1890. After July 1, 1927, the limits on each nationality were determined by a more complicated formula calculated by determining what percentage of the total population was represented by each national group, then multiplying that percentage by 150,000. Thus, if nationality "A" represented 1 percent of the U.S. population in 1890, the number of immigrants of nationality "A" admitted each year would equal 1 percent of 150,000, or 1,500 people. The practical effect of the 1924 law was to limit severely the number of immigrants after 1924, especially immigrants from non-European countries. The law also included a provision that barred anyone from immigrating who was not eligible to become a citizen. This provision was specifically aimed at Japanese immigrants and was at least partly based on the Ozawa decision of the Supreme Court.
The Ozawa case was just one of several examples of how racial consciousness played a large role in American politics during the 1920s. The year before the decision was handed down by the Supreme Court, Congress had passed the Emergency Quota Act of 1921, which limited immigration from any single country to a number equal to 3 percent of the number of immigrants of that country who were living in the United States in 1910.
The Ku Klux Klan was a secret organization that first appeared after the American Civil War (1861–65) as a means of terrorizing newly freed African American slaves and discouraging them from exercising their right to vote. Members of the original Klan wore long, white robes with a tall, peaked hood. They often burned crosses near African American neighborhoods at night as a means of frightening black people. In 1915, a new organization had been formed, using the same name as the Klan and the same costumes. The second version, however, was more open in its membership. Rather than being limited to the southern states, like the first Klan, the reborn Klan found many members in states of the Midwest, particularly Indiana. Although the second Klan still burned crosses, it also took on the form of a social club. Many elected politicians, including future president Harry S. Truman (1884–1972; served 1945–53), admitted to belonging to the Klan for a time. Whereas the first Klan had aimed its attacks at newly freed slaves, the second Klan attracted people opposed not only to racial minorities but also to Catholics, Jews, and immigrants from southern Europe (many of whom were also Catholic). Inside organizations like the Ku Klux Klan, racial prejudice and religious prejudice went hand in hand.
George Sutherland, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion in Ozawa v. United States, was himself an immigrant. Sutherland was born in Buckinghamshire, England, and brought to the United States as a baby. His family settled in what was then Utah Territory, which be came a state in 1896. Sutherland, a Republican, was Utah's sole U.S. representative from 1901 to 1903 and a U.S. senator from 1905 to 1917. He was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Warren Harding (1860–1924; served 1921–24) on September 5, 1922, and confirmed by the Senate on the same day. He had been a Supreme Court justice for just a month when the Ozawa case was argued, October 3–4, 1922. The case was decided one month later, on November 13, 1922.
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What about you might cause an employer to question your sincerity at an interview?
Do You Have the Skills for the Job?
This should be one of the first questions you need to ask yourself before applying to the job. Each job has different needs and different skills needed for that job. What the employer wants is a person who does not need training, or very little training, so the employee can simply start without any time lapse.
What Other Things, Beyond Skills, Would an Employer Look For in an Employee?
Will you do the job you are assigned?
Will you be dependable and reliable?
Will you meet the employer's expectations?
These are three things which the employer must be able to answer positively for you to get the job.
Why Does the Employer Care If I Am Staying for Any Length of Time?
Employers spend time, money and energy training new hires. While in some fields constant turnover is to be expected, having to replace someone after only a few months to an employer is a waste of resources. What an employer wants is someone who is willing to invest some time into the position.
What Positive Characteristics Do You Bring to the Workplace?
When Is an Employer Likely to Think You Are Conning Them at the Interview?
If you do not seem to show a willingness to be at the interview or can't answer questions directly then this will raise red flags at any interview. If the employer sees a different person at the interview than what is in the resume, this will also raise red flags. Not being able to give complete and meaningful responses is the biggest sign that there are discrepancies.
Employee Performance: What is Your Boss Looking For? | 2019-04-22T00:56:27Z | http://www.cvtips.com/interview/think-like-the-employer.html |
What is ClientExec? Can this billing & support software enable you to maintain a profitable hosting business?
ClientExec is a very popular billing and support solution, that's used by a number of hosting companies along with their resellers. It's feature-rich and easy to customize, therefore it will help you create and maintain your own reseller company in no time. ClientExec will allow you to accept web payments through a variety of payment processors or to offer domain name registrations and SSL certificates via different providers, to set prices for website hosting packages and add-ons, to see in-depth stats about your customers and the services they have bought, as well as monthly reports about how your company is doing. In addition, ClientExec features an integrated ticket system, which means that you are able to provide support to all of your clients. If you operate an actual company, you're able to give different degrees of access to the management team, the help and support staff, your sales crew, etc., with pre-defined features they will be able to access and to modify.
When you purchase one of our Linux dedicated servers hosting packages, we will give you ClientExec as a part of the bundle which comes cost free with all of our servers, so that you won't have to search for a billing app for your reseller business or pay for such. We'll provide the software with a full license, so you will not be restricted in terms of time or functionality in any way and you'll be able to use it provided that you use the server itself. We will set up ClientExec for you and save you effort, time and money, so that you can set up everything and begin offering website hosting packages and domains to customers in no time. The application can be used with the eNom domain reseller account, that's part of our complimentary bundle as well, or with any other domain account via another registrar company. In this way, you will be able to offer your customers all the services that they need in order to start their world-wide web presence and you can charge and support them without any difficulty via a user-friendly interface. | 2019-04-24T18:03:45Z | https://benokshosting.co.uk/terminology/clientexec-billing-and-support-software/ |
❤The support wheels are individually adjustable.
❤Ensure your child is safe when learning to ride.
❤Supplied with fitting kit for easy installment to cycle.
❤ This bike stabilisers is suitable for all bikes from 12 to 20 inches,provide the necessary security and stability which it needs in the first road tests on the bike.
2 x Stable jockey wheel for bicycles from 12 “- 20″ mounting material(included Components)Universal fitting all 12″ – 20” Wheels.
Stable metal supports for more security.
The support wheels are individually strong and adjustable.
This practical training wheels, for bicycles from 12 “- 20”, provide the necessary security and stability which it needs in the first road tests on the bike. Gives your child the best start to gaining their balance and confidence on two wheels. | 2019-04-22T02:12:24Z | https://www.bestbikez.com/kids-bicycles/childrens-bicycle-training-wheels-12-14-16-18-20-inchuniversal-kids-bike-stabiliser/ |
A new Brexit referendum with an option to remain in the EU is "likely", the Labour first minister of Wales has said.
Carwyn Jones told Wales' National Assembly that people had "the right to express a view as to whether they wish to leave in circumstances that not one Brexiteer suggested would happen".
It follows comments from shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer at Labour's conference in Liverpool today that nobody was ruling out a second referendum with an option to Remain on the ballot paper.
In response to a question at first minister's questions from Plaid Cymru Assembly Member Steffan Lewis whether there should "also be a question there asking the people whether or not they wish to remain in the European Union", Jones said: "I think that's likely."
He told the Senedd, the Assembly's debating chamber: "I think that there are two possibilities here, are there not? If there's no deal, then it would be 'no deal' or Remain.
"If there is a deal, it becomes a bit more complicated, in the sense that it's: 'Do you accept the deal? But, if you don't, what do you want: "no deal" or Remain?' There are ways in which the Electoral Commission, I'm sure, can finesse that referendum.
"No-one said it. Everyone said, 'There will be a deal.' That's changed."
The first minister, who is standing down later this year, said that he did not like the idea of a second referendum on exactly the same issue.
But, he said, "where the circumstances have changed fundamentally, where the promises that were made two years ago have come to nothing, then, at that point, and if there's an inconclusive result in a general election... who knows what parties might put forward in a general election?
"There has to come a point where, if there is an impasse, the people have to decide, and they have to be allowed to decide on the basis of what they know now and not on what they were told two years ago, which hasn't happened."
It followed a question from Neil Hamilton, the disgraced former Tory minister who now sits as a Ukip AM in the Assembly, who said that Theresa May had "badly bungled the negotiations with Brussels".
He added that "Jeremy Corbyn, with whom I marched through many lobbies voting against EU legislation over the years, seems to be sitting on the fence".
Jones said there was "increasing mood music in this chamber and outside that if there is no deal and, therefore, a disaster, it'll be the fault of the Remainers and not the fault of those who gave a pie-in-the-sky analysis two years ago of what the referendum would mean.
He said: "We were told it'd be the easiest negotiation ever. It hasn't been. We were told that the EU would fold in the face of the UK's demands. It hasn't done.
"We were told that German car manufacturers would ride to the rescue - or drive to the rescue - and would force the German Government to accept a deal in favour of the UK. They haven't done it.
"The reality is that the UK is more divided than the EU has been at all in the course of this process."
Hamilton was, Jones said, "a member of a party who, for eight years, argued strongly for a second referendum [on the establishment of the Welsh Assembly] after 1997, because they didn't like the result, and went into the 2005 general election on a manifesto of having a second referendum on the existence of the Assembly".
He added: "So, there's a certain level of double standards there that has to be recognised."
The first minister said that if Parliament rejected any Brexit deal, or no deal, put before it he did, not see any alternative other than a general election, and "in that general election, Brexit would be the only topic, I suspect, of discussion". | 2019-04-18T12:31:23Z | https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/peoples-vote-with-remain-option-likely-welsh-first-minister-carwyn-jones-1-5710629 |
I've been testing out the new Ultra Motor FastForward Edge Folding Electric bicycle for the past week. This thing is fun- fun for the whole family. In fact, our test mule has been cause for argument and disappointment at our house for this last week with my 12 year old son, me and my wife quietly fighting for the right to ride it.
This is a very versatile bike. For a little over a grand you get a kind of 3 in one product. You get a folding bike. You get an electric bike AND you get a bike-bike. I mean, it's hard to get any of these in the kind of quality of this all in one package for this price and this one has it all.
It's comfortable to ride as bike. Feels like a tall BMX ride, or a scooter with a seat. Stiff, quick handling. Turn on the button, twist the throttle and the electricity takes over. It will let you cruise comfortably on the flats and on slight inclines. Switch to e-assist mode and you just pedal and the motor works on back-up, giving you much better climbing ability.
Hard to beat for the money. It's not fast. If you want fast, you'll need to get a Metro, or a bike with a bigger motor.
The Edge seems to be a great flatlander rider and commuter. Fold it up on the bus or train. Bionical bike gets the job done. Unfold it, start your roll down to the cafe and to work. Tuck it under your desk the rest of the day.
Simple. The FastForward Edge, from Ultra Motor. | 2019-04-20T03:08:22Z | https://www.ebikesetc.com/blogs/news/4095722-test-ride-ultra-motor-fastforward-edge-bike |
You will find more than 900 of the best primary care researchers in the world, policy makers, patients and clinicians from more than 35 countries. All eager to collaborate, mentor, and share and learn a wealth of new results, data sources, frameworks and methods. You will find patients taking active roles and clinicians eager to learn and participate in generating new knowledge... You will find colleagues who share your belief that new knowledge about primary care is the way forward for the health of the public, our patients and our health systems.
The North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) will celebrate the 45th NAPCRG Annual Meeting November 17-21 in Montreal, Quebec. More than 900 primary care researchers from around the world will attend the event where they will share findings, network with colleagues, and make the most of opportunities with over 800 educational sessions. School research will be included as oral presentations, in workshops and forums, as posters and in plenary sessions.
Professor Amanda Howe, a prominent member of the RCGP and SAPC, and President of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), will be presenting a plenary A World of Opportunity - But How to Choose? on Sunday at 10.30am. View the abstracts here.
ACTIB Trial (Assessing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel): A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial. Hazel Everitt,Gilly O’Reilly, Alice Sibelli, Stephanie Hughes, Sula Windgassen, Paul Little, Sabine Landau, Felicity Bishop, Paul McCrone, Nicholas Coleman, Robert Logan, Trudie Chalder, Rona Moss-Morris.
ATAFUTI: Alternative Treatments of Adult Female Urinary Tract Infection: A Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Factorial Randomised Trial of Uva Ursi and Open Pragmatic Trial of Ibuprofen. Michael Moore, Jeanne Trill, Andrew Flower, Angeliki Galanopoulou, Catherine Simpson, Fran Webley, Alastair Hay, Esther van de Werf, George Lewith, Paul Little, Merlin Willcox.
Developing a Measure of Appropriate Polypharmacy in Primary Care: Systematic Review and RAND Appropriateness Study. Jenni Burt, Natasha Elmore, Stephen Campbell, Sarah Rodgers, Anthony Avery, Rupert Payne.
Can Research Inform Service Development and Policy? A Systematic Scoping Review of After Hours Primary Medical Care. Kate O’Donnell, Hamish Foster, Sara Macdonald.
Developing a Core Outcome Set for Trials for Multimorbidity (COSmm) Through a Delphi Consensus Process. Susan Smith, Emma Wallace, Chris Salisbury, Maxime Sasseville, Elizabeth Bayliss, Martin Fortin.
Implementing the PINCER Intervention in the East Midlands of the UK to Reduce Prescribing Errors. Sarah Rodgers, Anthony Avery, Aloysius Siriwardena, Despina Laparidou, Antony Chuter.
Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC): Healthcare Use by the Very Old as They Age and Implications for Primary Care: Findings From the Newcastle 85+ Study. Louise Robinson.
Bath Additives for the Treatment of Childhood Eczema: Results of a Multi-Centre Parallel Group Randomised Trial. Miriam Santer, Kate Rumsby, Beth Stuart, Matthew Ridd, Nick Francis, Maria Chorozoglou, Martina Prude, Lyn Liddiard, Claire Nollett, Julie Hooper, Emma Thomas-Jones, Amanda Roberts, Kim Thomas, Hywel Williams, Paul Little.
The Potential of Alternatives to Face to Face consultation in General Practice, and the Impact on Different Patient Groups. Helen Atherton, Heather Brant, Sue Ziebland, Annemieke Bikker, John Campbell, Andy Gibson, Brian McKinstry, Tania Porqueddu, Chris Salisbury.
Improving Medication Safety for Patients in Primary Care. Sarah Rodgers, Sally Giles, Penny Lewis, Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi, Antony Chuter.
Association Between Practitioner Empathy and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care. Hajira Dambha-Miller, Adina Feldman, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Simon Griffin.
OPtimising Treatment for MIld Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly (OPTiMISE): A Qualitative Study to Explore Deprescribing of Antihypertensive Medication in the Elderly. Jenni Burt, PhD, Fiona Scheibl, Natasha Elmore, Carol Sinnott, Rupert Payne, John Benson, Jonathan Mant, James Sheppard, Richard McManus.
OPtimising Treatment for MIld Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly (OPTiMISE): A Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial. Jenni Burt, James Sheppard, PhD, Mark Lown, Jonathan Mant, Paul Little, Richard McManus.
Satisfaction and Adherence to Pharmacological Treatment in Controlled and Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients at UMF. José Hernandez Martinez.
Mapping the Thinkable: Ways of Characterizing and Researching General Practice Placements. Sophie Park.
Facilitators and Barriers to Teaching Undergraduate Medical Students in Primary Care in the UK: The GP’s Perspective. John Barber, Hannah Randles, Kim Jensen, Paula Mcdonald, Robert McKinley, Hannah Marshall, Sophie Park, Hugh Alberti. | 2019-04-19T07:38:08Z | https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/recharge-your-research-batteries-at-the-45th-napcrg |
Victor (Eric Braeden) takes a page from Fred Sanford in faking a sick spell to try to get out of trouble this week on The Young and the Restless. Too bad his loved ones — not to mention the police — aren't buying what the mogul is selling.
Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) is the first Newman to call b.s. following Victor's "dizzy spell". However, it's doctor son-in-law Stitch (Sean Carrigan) who confirms the patriarch is perfectly healthy. Will Victor once again weasel out of paying for his crimes against the Abbotts? Watch the video below then sound off in the comments! | 2019-04-21T10:53:03Z | https://daytimeconfidential.com/2016/03/02/the-newmans-arent-here-for-victors-mess-on-yr |
a daily driver, or quiver killer. Its roots are purely freestyle driven, but my riding has evolved. The design is inspired with the intention to perform well in all conditions. I wanted to have the ability to fully commit to carving as hard as possible, yet allow forgiveness in the entry and exit of each turn, regardless of how subtle or dynamic. I spend a lot of time in the backcountry searching for powder but in reality, I still cant pass up a good wall hit at the resort or resist the urge to blast a method out of a good transition I come across. I love it because I can have fun on it on any mountain in any condition. -Bryan Iguchi The Bryan Iguchi Pro is available in both Rocker System and Camber System technologies. The Camber System design offers a poppy ride with crisp, fully engaged performance. | 2019-04-22T18:01:52Z | https://pacificboarder.com/catalog/product/snowboard/snowboards/arbor-bryan-iguchi-pro-camber-snowboard-2019/ |
The Felicia Buell Study Abroad Scholarship will award one (1) student $5,000 to participate in an AFS Study Abroad year program.
This is a need-based scholarship.
No previous language experience required.
One (1) student will be awarded $5,000 towards a year AFS program.
Must be enrolled at Marietta High School in Ohio.
Must be on schedule to graduate no earlier than Spring 2021.
Must give a presentation at Marietta High School about their AFS experience immediately following their year abroad.
Must choose an AFS Fall 2019 Year Program (Program departing in between July - September).
Start or continue to work on your AFS application.
Download and fill out The Felicia Buell Scholarship Application.
Email the application to [email protected].
Awards will be announced in mid-April.
If you’re interested in other possible scholarship opportunities in your area, please reach out to [email protected]. | 2019-04-19T09:17:10Z | https://www.afsusa.org/study-abroad/scholarships/the-felicia-buell-study-abroad-with-afs-scholarship/?state=ohio |
Continuing Education's office at the Kansas City Art Institute is located on the 2nd-floor of the historic Jannes Library. Temporary 15 minute and reserved Continuing Education parking is available behind the library, at the top of the hill for students wishing to enroll in office.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
*Please see your registration receipt for first course procedures and additional details on classroom location. | 2019-04-26T13:57:29Z | http://info.kcai.edu/continuing-education/main-campus |
OrbsCorbs: "New and expanded medical definitions create more patients — and a lucrative market for drug firms"
"New and expanded medical definitions create more patients — and a lucrative market for drug firms"
"From binge-eating disorder to overactive bladder, new definitions or lowered thresholds mean millions more people — overnight — fit the criteria of having treatable disorders"
"Know someone who shouts and pounds on the steering wheel when cut off in traffic?
"Can you polish off a box of cookies while watching your favorite TV show?
"Could be a sign of 'binge-eating disorder,; said to afflict 7 million Americans.
"Another 14 million men are said to have clinically low testosterone, 9 million women are said to suffer from low sexual desire, and tens of millions more are said to have bladders that are too active or blood sugar that is a little too high. That blood sugar level used to be considered normal. Now it makes you a candidate for treatment with expensive medication.
"None of these conditions was considered part of mainstream medicine just 20 years ago. But thanks to new definitions or lowered thresholds, millions more people — overnight — fit the criteria of having treatable disorders.
"Many independent doctors and researchers are skeptical, saying the new conditions are the product of medical groups that get pharmaceutical industry funding, researchers looking to advance their careers and drug companies aiming to broaden the market for expensive new products.
"On top of that, the drugs sold to treat these newly defined — and not life-threatening — conditions often carry serious health risks, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today investigation has found.
"An examination of eight common new conditions found the changes all went in the same direction — toward expanding the number of people who could be treated with expensive drugs."
"Intermittent explosive disorder: Mental condition or bad behavior?" That's me! | 2019-04-26T00:36:47Z | https://www.orbscorbs.com/2016/05/new-and-expanded-medical-definitions.html |
An updated version of the classic Memory / Concentration game.
Interested in the Full Version?: This download is the free trial version of Mix & Match, if you enjoy the program and would like to get the full unlimited version, please return to 5 Star and click the green Get Full Version button beside the program's description. | 2019-04-23T19:59:49Z | http://search.5star-shareware.com/Windows/Games/Puzzle/mixmatch-download.html |
The new head of the Boston FBI Field Office sat down with NBC10 Boston to talk about his new role.
He's the FBI's new man in charge in Boston: Joseph Bonavolonta, special agent in charge of the Boston field office, sat down with NBC10 Boston Monday to talk about the current threats the bureau is tackling.
"What keeps me up at night would simply be, 'What is it we don't know or what we aren't aware of,'" said Bonavolonta.
He said the biggest threats are violent crime, gang violence, terrorism and cyber attacks.
"We have nation states that are also backing or sponsoring criminal actor to engage in a wide variety of cyber-crimes," said Bonavolonta.
The FBI veteran took over the field office in Chelsea in January. He now oversees several high profile cases, including "Operation Varsity Blues."
In March, federal investigators announced the arrest of 50 parents, coaches and high profile celebrities in what's been called the biggest college admissions scandal in history.
"We believe all of them parents, coaches and facilitators lied, cheated and covered up their crimes at the expense of hardworking students and taxpayers everywhere," said Bonavolonta at the March 12 press conference.
It's a case that remains active.
"As you know, that is an ongoing and active investigation, so I'm not going to comment any further than what we've already stated based on the press conference subsequent to the arrests in that case," said Bonavolonta. Asked if was still an ongoing and evolving case, he said, "Yes."
Bonavolonta took over the post from Hank Shaw, but he's no stranger to this field office. He served as assistant special agent in charge from 2013 to 2017. His father was also in the bureau for 24 years and worked on organized crime investigations in New York.
"You could say the FBI is in my DNA. It's in my blood," said Bonavolonta.
The threats are always changing. Right now, the Boston field office is heavily involved in security preparations for the upcoming Boston Marathon.
"We are incredibly focused on determining if there is any type of intelligence that could lend itself toward a credible threat," he said. "As we sit here right now, we have not determined any."
Six years after the attack at the finish line, terrorism, both foreign and homegrown, remains a top threat.
"I think now, when you look at what one of our primary focuses is within counter-terrorism program, it's home-grown violent extremists," said Bonavolonta.
He added that the bureau continues to work around the clock on marathon security. | 2019-04-24T15:06:27Z | https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Joseph-Bonavolonta-New-Head-of-Boston-Field-Office-FBI-In-My-Blood-507982411.html |
The trio aims to overcome their differences, banding together in the process in the face of tragedy. The film serves as the fifth installment of ‘Shaft,’ serving as a direct sequel to Shaft (2000), which also starred Samuel L. Jackson. The film also features Richard Roundtree’s return to the franchise, reprising his role as the original John Shaft.
The first trailer can be seen in the clip below, and it’s certainly one worth checking out. Take a look at the video and give us your thoughts in the comments. Look for the Shaft reboot to hit theaters June 14 and stay tuned for more movies coming very soon. | 2019-04-25T08:18:08Z | https://stupiddope.com/2019/02/08/a-first-look-check-out-the-trailer-for-samuel-l-jacksons-shaft-reboot/ |
This morning I saw this and thought it was so cool I just had to share.
A photographer named Michael Sternoff shot a punch of pictures at the Seahawks vs Raiders game with a new camera that uses light field technology. Basically it makes the pictures look 3D because you can focus on different parts of the picture. | 2019-04-20T23:00:52Z | https://975kissfm.com/seahawks-football-like-you-have-never-seen-before-photos/ |
The PDUMNH16HVAT 3.7kW Single-Phase 230V ATS/Monitored PDU provides remote power monitoring and enables redundant power for network devices with non-redundant power supply configurations. Ideal for data centers and server rooms, it mounts in 1U of space in EIA-standard 19-inch racks and has an IEC309 16A Blue outlet for connecting a single device or a 0U 230V vertical PDU with IEC309 16A Blue plug.
Dual 10-foot input cords with IEC309 16A Blue plugs connect to separate primary and secondary single-phase power sources, including out-of-phase sources. The PDU constantly evaluates the power quality of both input sources. Dynamic solid-state (TRIAC) automatic transfer switching allows the PDU to switch to the secondary source within 1-5 milliseconds if the primary source fails or becomes unstable to ensure connected equipment remains powered.
Built-in LX Platform network management interface card. The Java-free LX Platform HTML5-based network interface enables full remote access for PDU status monitoring and email notifications via secure web browser, SNMP, telnet or SSH. It supports 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing for optimum communication with an Ethernet network. Optional EnviroSense2 modules (sold separately) provide a variety of environmental monitoring capabilities. Protocols supported include HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, telnet, SSH, FTP, DHCP and NTP. Digital display with LEDs indicates power availability, voltage, input status for both power sources, output load and power factor, as well as temperature and humidity conditions with optional ENVIROSENSE2 module (sold separately). | 2019-04-24T00:48:35Z | https://www.frontierpc.com/power-equipment/pdus/pdu/tripp-lite/tripp-lite-pdumnh16hvat-1-outlet-pdu-1032844841.html |
Yeah Yeah Noh live in session.
A favourite of John Peel back in the day it's only Yeah Yeah Noh live in session.
Reverend and the Makers, Salako and Shoes for Industry.
Reverend and the Makers at the Electric Proms in 2007, plus Salako and Shoes for Industry.
Holly and David - The Lovely Eggs in for another wonderful session.
Sylvester / Patrick Cowley Do You Wanna Funk?
Savage Progress, Wire and Joseph Coward.
Savage Progress in concert in 1984, plus sessions from Wire and Joseph Coward.
Sessions from Euros Childs, Oumou Sangare, Jim Noir, Labradford, Chuck Prophet.
Cowboy Flying Saucer Heavily Sedated NOW !
Port Sulphur in session playing tunes off their new album Paranoic Critical.
Bridget St John and Kevin Ayers in concert.
Sessions from Everything But The Girl, Skinny Girl Diet, Sportique and The Wood Children.
Mark and Stuart chat to American rock band Belly.
Mark presents solo and is joined by Colin Newman, frontman of post-punk pioneers Wire. | 2019-04-19T15:23:18Z | http://britify.com/?search&1=Wire |
This 2-Burner Cooktop Griddle is safe for use on gas and electric cooktops and ranges, even those with a smooth glass surface. Fits over two burners/elements to expand cooking surface. Commercial-grade, cast aluminum surface conducts heat quickly and evenly.
2-Burner Cooktop Griddle is rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Donnier from Best griddle made I bought this 12 years ago and is steal working excellently and looks good. I have cooked hash-browns, bacon, grilled cheese sandwiches, pan-cakes 4 to 5 at a time. My family is getting bigger now with grand kids and I can't make the pan-cakes fast enough and that's why I am getting another Griddle. | 2019-04-18T16:43:15Z | https://outlet.whirlpool.com/filters-&-accessories-1/cooking-accessories-3/-%5B4396096RB%5D-301238/4396096RB/ |
This design takes inspiration from a city station such as Newcastle or York. Bay platforms and a range of sidings to the top right mean that plenty of locomotives can be accommodated, each taking turns to run regional express services from this busy railway hub. The bay to the lower end of the station could be used for Motorail or parcels services, breaking up the staple diet of passenger trains. | 2019-04-19T20:46:04Z | http://www.freetrackplans.com/650-Newcastle.php |
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MESUT OZIL, Roy Hodgson and Gareth Bale all feature in today's paper review.
THE SUN: Gary Lineker was painted in vegetables yesterday as Roy Hodgson warned him - You're sprout of order. Also: Mesut Ozil is in line for a shock start for Arsenal at Sunderland on Saturday.
DAILY MAIL: Gareth Bale turned up for his first day at the office and was warmly welcomed by the man he has replaced as the world's most expensive footballer. Also: Gary Lineker is willing to sit on FA chairman Greg Dyke's crisis commission into the state of English football after smoothing over relations with England manager Roy Hodgson.
DAILY MIRROR: Gary Lineker last night backtracked over his England criticism and insisted Roy Hodgson was doing "a good job". Also: Gareth Bale got to grips with the superstar he calls The Boss when he turned up for his first day with Real Madrid yesterday.
DAILY EXPRESS: Roy Hodgson's fractious relationship with Gary Lineker threatens to become further strained after he accused the former England striker of having a selective memory. Also: It was almost manbags at 20 paces yesterday as new signing Gareth Bale was greeted at Real Madrid by the man he replaced as the world's most expensive player.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Roy Hodgson has returned from Kiev with a point and a grievance. Also: Manchester United defender Phil Jones is demanding a written apology from Stuart Pearce after being left furious following claims that he lacked the commitment to play in the European Under-21 Championship this summer.
THE TIMES: Bradley Wiggins offered to walk out on Team Sky in the middle of his Tour de France victory last year. Also: Even now, Roy Hodgson seems surprised that his delight at a solid, if uninspiring England performance away from home might not be shared universally.
THE GUARDIAN: Roy Hodgson has admitted he deliberately set out his England team to play long-ball football in the World Cup qualifier against Ukraine that has led to prolonged criticism of the team's methods under his management. Also: On a tiny sofa in a private members' club in London's Soho, Clarke Carlisle draws up his long limbs and buries his face in his hands.
THE INDEPENDENT: Roy Hodgson has hit back at Gary Lineker's criticism of the England team's "awful" 0-0 draw with Ukraine, claiming that the England sides the former striker played in were not always a "total success" either. Also: What should not be forgotten about Roy Hodgson is that he is the coach called in from the cold. | 2019-04-20T05:17:13Z | https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/338176/PAPER-REVIEW-Arsenal-s-Ozil-shock-United-star-demands-apology-Hodgson-hits-out |
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Hiring employees to fill open positions is a delicate and extremely time consuming process. This is especially true in those businesses where there is not a dedicated HR department. The number of job openings increased to 6.2 million in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Employing a staffing agency to fill open positions is becoming essential for many companies to keep pace with the market and grow their businesses. A partnership with a staffing firm can be one of the most valuable affiliations your organization can have, but choosing the right one requires some research. According to the American Staffing Association (ASA), there are nearly 750 staffing firms in Pennsylvania, and more emerging every year. The staffing industry is not regulated by any governing body, and recruiters are not required to retain any type of licensing. The standards of quality and performance vary widely. Before you begin to discuss fees, contracts or guarantees, you need to size up the agency you’re considering and confirm they are the best pairing for your organization. Here are a few questions to ask to “interview” your new prospective staffing partner.
What is your primary source of candidates?
If you are reaching out to a staffing agency after having tried to fill a position on your own through job boards or job search engines, you may find that some agencies are sending you candidates you’ve already found through those resources. Most staffing firms do utilize job boards or professional networking sites on a regular basis. The most renowned and successful firms, however, have their own database of off-market candidates that they use as their primary source for placements. They have an established relationship with those candidates and a good understanding of the hard and soft skills they bring to the table. Because of those well-nurtured relationships, reputable staffing firms also receive referrals from their trusted candidates. These referrals are also not often found on standard job boards, and may need to be recruited from one position into your organization. Having the right recruiter that has those connections will help you gain access to a large group of candidates who are selectively looking for a job, but not posting their resumes.
What is your understanding of our company and industry?
Some agencies will source for positions in a variety of different industries and titles. Not having a focus or areas of specialty means that an agency is less likely to have an understanding your specific needs and how to fill them properly. A grievance that many employers have with staffing agencies is never hearing back from the agency after they provide them with a job order. The lack of follow up could be due to a heavy volume of business. More likely, it means that they are unable find candidates to fill the position, so they’ve gone silent. A recruiter that is unfamiliar with your industry will often submit the wrong kind of candidates, resulting in wasted time and a longer hiring process. Familiarity with your industry also means that the recruiters filling your jobs have an understanding of the appropriate salary range for those positions. Boolean searches on job search engines today result in a mixture of various designations for similar job titles. A seasoned recruiter can read between the lines to identify the best fit for a job. An agency that has your long-term interests in mind will go to great lengths to understand your company and culture, as well as the industry-specific needs of your company. This understanding will ensure that the agency explains the position and environment accurately to candidates, resulting in better fitting placements.
Talk about your candidate screening process.
One of the most common grievances that our clients report is that they have used staffing agencies in the past that send them candidates who are not a good fit. By fit, we are referring not only the skills and knowledge to do the job, but also the personality and ability to interact with others in your organization. A good candidate screening process begins with an initial phone screen, followed by an in-person meeting. If a staffing firm has clients and candidates all over the country, it is more likely that they will submit candidates without ever having met them in person, which can lead to candidates that are a poor fit for your organization. A thorough background check, while not always required by clients, is a very reliable way for employers to verify claims made by jobseekers. According to Statistic Brain, more than 50% of all resumes contain falsified information. A fabrication made by a candidate during the hiring process is grounds to question the candidate’s honesty and integrity. A comprehensive background check including criminal history, salary history, education and past positions should be offered by the agency with which you choose to partner.
Does your firm support confidential searches?
Staffing agencies often receive job orders from companies that, for various reasons, may require a confidential search. The organization may be attempting to build a pipeline to replace someone who will be let go in the future. Companies go through mergers and acquisitions often that demand a confidential search. When a client’s name can’t be disclosed, the agency will need to employ the skills of experienced recruiters that have the skills to attract a candidate to a position without the benefit of the client’s name and reputation to assist them. Even if a recruiter knows a candidate would be perfect for a particular position, that recruiter must be adept at providing valid reasons why a career move would benefit the candidate. In some situations, there is a great deal at stake if a confidential search is disclosed by an inexperienced recruiter. Besides jeopardizing the reputation of your organization, it could result in legal ramifications as well. Confidential searches can certainly be challenging to present to a candidate, but the right staffing firm can package your organization and the position so that top talent will understand, appreciate and value the opportunity.
While most businesses do not think to ask the question, one of the most important measures of a recruiting agency’s success is their time to fill a position. The average time to fill a position in today’s market has been quoted as high as 68 days. An experienced firm knows the importance of measuring their efficacy in the market and has procedures and systems in place to benchmark their results. Besides being a qualifying factor for an agency, this figure can have very practical application when you have a position that you need to fill in a specified amount of time. You should also ask the agency how many placements they have made in their tenure. Any seasoned recruiter or veteran agency uses some type of Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and can generate reports on their stats. The metrics provided by the firm should be in alignment with the needs of your company.
Why should we work with you and not someone else?
While choosing the right firm is important, pairing with the right recruiter within that firm is even more vital. Veteran recruiters build their own brand in the industry and will have forged longstanding relationships with candidates based on trust, mentorship and honest recruiting. If a recruiter has not been in the industry long, they are not as likely to have forged those relationships. You are essentially interviewing this individual to represent your company. You should ask a potential recruiter how long they have worked in the industry, and ask them to describe a difficult placement experience. By employing a more behavioral interviewing style with a prospective recruiter, you will gain insight into how they interact with candidates and how they will represent your company. A recruiter’s effectiveness at communicating with their candidate base is a huge determining factor in their ability to build relationships. Very well-respected firms may employ recruiters who are not as seasoned; and very reputable recruiters may work for firms that have bad reputations in the market. The recruiter as an individual is the key to connecting your organization with top talent, so make sure you have a good understanding of their abilities and experience.
Conducting research about a potential agency is a necessary and crucial part of beginning your staffing industry partnership. Take advantage of the wealth of resources that are available online, and ask for referrals from trusted colleagues. Be sure that your partner agency is a member of The American Staffing Association (ASA). As a condition of membership, agencies are required to adhere to business practices, ethics codes and legal procedures that are in the best interests of the staffing services industry, its clients, and its employees. | 2019-04-22T12:30:25Z | https://bradleystaffinggroup.com/important-questions-ask-staffing-agency/ |
THE World Sikh Organization of Canada on Tuesday announced the launch of the Sikh Mentorship Program (SMP).
The mentor-mentee matching initiative will begin in February 2019, with applications now open for mentees and mentors.
Many mentors are already registered with the SMP and hail from diverse industry backgrounds, ranging from large financial institution executives to local health care providers.
Full program details can be found at worldsikh.org/smp. | 2019-04-25T22:34:39Z | https://www.voiceonline.com/world-sikh-organization-launches-sikh-mentorship-program/ |
I’m very pleased to announce that we have expanded the AlienVault certification program. Our newest certification—AlienVault USM Appliance Technician—is now the first level of certification in our program. The AlienVault Certified Security Engineer (ACSE), introduced in 2015, remains the capstone certification in our lineup.
Today, I thought I’d discuss why we introduced this new certification, how it works (which is a little different than many tech certifications), and why this matters for those who already hold our ACSE certification.
Security and IT professionals have varying reasons for choosing to pursue an industry certification. Gaining recognition among peers, building credentials when seeking employment, and advancing in one’s career are all mentioned frequently. However, there’s another reason to pursue a certification, one that’s often overlooked. There’s plenty of evidence showing that testing helps you to learn, and the deeper you learn USM Appliance, the more you’ll get use of its powerful capabilities!
When you take our comprehensive, five-day AlienVault USM Appliance for Security Engineers course, you’ll learn the core skills to design, implement, and operate AlienVault USM Appliance in your environment. This will prepare you for the AlienVault USM Appliance Technician certification, which was designed to focus entirely on testing the skills and knowledge that we teach in the class. By preparing for the exam, and passing it, you can have confidence that you have a strong foundation to start using USM Appliance and growing your understanding of the security visibility that it offers.
Our newest certification works a bit differently than the current ACSE, and differently than many other tech certifications.
It’s entirely based on the skills and knowledge that we teach in our five-day AlienVault USM Appliance for Security Engineers course. All of the questions on the AlienVault USM Appliance Technician exam are derived from knowledge and skills acquired during the class. Therefore, it serves as the ideal way to validate learning immediately after completing our comprehensive training class. In contrast, the ACSE certification tests knowledge and skills that typically require months of hands-on product experience to acquire.
The AlienVault USM Appliance Technician certification is only available to those who complete the AlienVault USM Appliance for Security Engineers course. For a certification based entirely on the class, we believe it’s most appropriate to require two things—completing the class and passing the exam--in order to earn the certification.
The AlienVault USM Appliance Technician certification that you earn never expires or requires recertification.
Some other aspects of the AlienVault USM Appliance Technician will seem more familiar.
The exam is delivered in a proctored environment. For this exam, all testing is via online proctoring, which provide a secure environment as you take the exam from your own computer.
If you pass, you’ll receive a personalized certificate and an AlienVault USM Appliance Technician logo that you can use on your resume, CV, or business card.
The capstone certification in our lineup, ACSE, is valid for three years from the date earned. Until now, the only way to recertify an ACSE was to pass the ACSE exam again. Now, we’re expanding the options. Any ACSE holder can now recertify their ACSE by passing the ACSE Recertification exam instead. The ACSE Recertification exam is identical, in content, to the AlienVault USM Appliance Technician exam. If you hold an ACSE certification, you have already validated a high level of skill with USM Appliance. By passing the ACSE Recertification exam, you’re demonstrating that your skills remain current with the latest features covered in our training curriculum.
Since the ACSE Recertification exam is entirely based on the AlienVault USM Appliance for Security Engineers course, the course materials—which contain the instructor’s slides and extensive student notes—serve as a great study aid for the exam. Therefore, when an ACSE holder purchases a voucher for the ACSE Recertification exam, we provide a current copy of those materials at no additional cost.
Ultimately, we want you to be successful in realizing the business value from USM Appliance that led you to purchase the product. If you’re better able to use the product and its many features, you’re much more likely to achieve that success. I hope that introducing the new AlienVault USM Appliance Technician is a step toward that end.
Once you gain significant experience with USM Appliance or complete our more advance training, I hope you’ll consider earning ACSE to achieve the highest level of skills validation that we offer.
As our company has grown, we’re pleased to provide this more robust certification path to help you build confidence—and certifications—as you progress in your skills with security and USM Appliance. Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions.
Get started with your AlienVault certification today! | 2019-04-19T02:47:04Z | https://www.alienvault.com/blogs/security-essentials/introducing-our-newest-certificationthe-alienvault-usm-appliance-technician-1 |
The increasing global stroke burden strongly suggests that currently implemented primary stroke prevention strategies are not sufficiently effective, and new primary prevention strategies with larger effect sizes are needed. Here, we review the latest stroke epidemiology literature, with an emphasis on the recently published Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study estimates; highlight the problems with current primary stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention strategies; and outline new developments in primary stroke and CVD prevention. We also suggest key priorities for the future, including comprehensive prevention strategies that target people at all levels of CVD risk; implementation of an integrated approach to promote healthy behaviors and reduce health disparities; capitalizing on information technology to advance prevention approaches and techniques; and incorporation of culturally appropriate education about healthy lifestyles into standard education curricula early in life. Given the already immense and fast-increasing burden of stroke and other major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which threatens worldwide sustainability, governments of all countries should develop and implement an emergency action plan addressing the primary prevention of NCDs, possibly including taxation strategies to tackle unhealthy behaviors that increase the risk of stroke and other NCDs. | 2019-04-24T13:36:31Z | http://www.healthdata.org/research-article/prevention-stroke-strategic-global-imperative |
Not in Alpine forest HOA. You enter the property from Arosa St. This stunning 20 acre, all useable lot is perched over looking the Brite Valley area. A few large oaks on the property and many more surrounding the area. A dirt road travels the entire perimeter of the property. The previous owner started a rock retaining wall as an attractive entrance to the property. This is ideal for a custom home and growing. Award winning vineyards close by. Large lots and homes in the area. | 2019-04-21T08:34:56Z | https://www.lindabanales.com/-/listing/300967565/Arosa-St-Tehachapi-CA-93561?content_index=5002178 |
With regards to Chair Rail Molding in Seward, IL, do you have all the answers you require? To get outstanding service, affordable prices, and well informed suggestions, Chair Molding Experts is the Chair Rail Molding pro to contact. We're going to take a look at alternatives whenever you give us a call at 844-329-5973. Our knowledgeable support team is going to identify your unique requirements, give you advice on the advantages and disadvantages of each different option, and recommend solutions that are budget friendly and sensible for you. Call us and we're going to discuss exactly how you will get the very best quality of work for the best rate.
In terms of reaching the goal you’re planning to accomplish, knowledge and experience plays a significant role, but it’s also important to have the appropriate technology. As a result, we use top-notch technology and equipment to offer the finest value. If you’d like to work with a Seward, IL Chair Rail Molding business that’s willing to make a major investment to provide the best results, make sure to give our company's experts a call at 844-329-5973 immediately!
How frequently have you bought something from a business and completed the payment merely to feel as if you’ve all of a sudden been placed on the back burner? We’d imagine you’ve all been there, and it’s incredibly infuriating realizing that they have your hard-earned money, but you’ve yet to receive your product. Fortunately, our Seward, Illinois Chair Rail Molding organization uses an incredible system that permits us to stay on top of our prompt service.
Before deciding to buy from a Seward, IL Chair Rail Molding business, it’s vital to ensure they offer a good selection and have plenty of experience, but it’s also very essential for them to be insured and licensed. Uninsured personnel who get injured or damage your property can leave you with a big financial headache. Luckily, if you decide on our Chair Rail Molding business, this won’t be a dilemma as our experts are licensed and insured.
At Chair Molding Experts, we think that you’re not just paying us for the product, but also for our experience and knowledge, which is why we only employ highly-trained experts. It’s truly incredible how many people opt to open a Seward, IL Chair Rail Molding organization, yet they can’t even tell you about the differences between a variety of products. If you wish to do business with specialists who actually know their product, be sure to call us at 844-329-5973 today!
We’ve all suffered through terrible customer service, which is what makes our pros so strong at offering outstanding customer support. Regardless of whether it’s being treated as if they have something more important to do than help you or being forced to wait forever for assistance, it will never take place at our Seward, IL Chair Rail Molding business. As a result, our consumers tend to send us a lot of referrals. | 2019-04-24T04:22:13Z | http://www.chairmoldingexperts.com/il/chair-rail-molding-in-seward-61077/ |
The Bandelier is one smart ranch plan! With voluminous 10' ceilings and massive windows that let the light flow, this open concept has it all w/ living/kitchen/dining area, numerous cabinets to the ceiling, split bedroom configuration & a study. From the garage, there's a drop zone w/ bench, cubbies & hooks for coats & 2 closets. The huge fireplace adds charm/warmth. Storage space galore! You'll love the luxurious master bath! Giant 9' ceiling basement. A stunning community and a stunning home! | 2019-04-24T15:03:55Z | https://www.thegroupinc.com/property/251508133/7055-lightning-court-timnath-co-80547 |
One of my guilty pleasures in photography is to capture images of masterworks from some of my favorite painters. But with a twist. Rather than reproduce the entirety of the painting with my camera, I will find a discrete composition within the painting and then capture it. I also enhance the colors, tweak shadows, add contrast where necessary, and generally give it a richer look. Over hundreds of years, these paintings fade and crack. I love “restoring” them in post processing.
This painting, “Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris,” was completed in 1808 by Jacques-Louis David, who was the official painter of Napoleon. He was a brilliant painter. This painting, which is located at the Louvre, measures about 32 feet wide by 20 feet tall. It’s a true masterpiece and a sight to behold. Still, within this painting there were several compositions, including the vertical composition you see here. All eyes were on Napoleon and Josephine and I chose to zero in on the two of them.
I invite you to check out the entire painting. Do a Google search or visit it in person at the Louvre in Paris. You’ll be able to see what I was thinking with my composition and you’ll see whether I stayed true to the color palette in this oil painting. One of the most difficult parts of capturing this image was the glare from the light in the Louvre. To minimize the glare, I stood on a bench and lifted my iPhone above my head when I captured it.
Captured with my iPhone 6+ and a 60mm Moment lens.
Note: for private use only. Image not for sale. | 2019-04-25T23:55:09Z | http://markhandyphotography.com/portfolio/coronation-of-napoleon/ |
My baby brother has been gone for 11 years now, but I think of him every single day. He is one of the first things I remember when I wake in the morning. I remember that he is no longer physically with us since that dreaded day in 2002 when I got the call that he was on life support. I will never forget that moment because it changed me to the core. My babies were only 4 years old and 9 months old and having to care daily for them is what kept me going. I really can’t describe the raw pain and anguish that I experienced that first year after losing my brother….who was also a best friend to me. Although we were 12 years apart in age, we were very close and he flew to Phoenix all the way from Maryland several times a year to see me. He especially enjoyed being a young uncle and my kids really dug him.
Our precious last visit with Uncle Shane.
In addition to my supportive family and to my daily duties of caring for a preschooler and a baby, the other thing that kept me and my heartbroken Mother going was the fact that Shane had been a card-carrying organ donor, which is an usually mature decision for a then 22-year-old to have made. And he had just simply checked the yes box to being an organ donor when he excitedly obtained his driver’s license. So when he was taken from us in the accident, and my Mom was told that he could not be saved, she honored his wishes and donated his organs. Receiving letters from the organ recipients has been one of the best gifts…and healing aid…that we have been given. Of course, the best gift of all was the gift of our sweet Shane. We will never understand why such a beautiful, bright, energetic, promising young man (who fiercely loved his family) was taken from us, but we will always be thankful for the 22 years we got with our Sunshiney Shane (he was always smiling, so that is my nickname for him).
So when I came upon this story about another family who lost thier precious child and sister, I had to share this to honor our Shane, his organ donations, his memory and to remind everyone that organ donation is the best gift you can leave behind. This story shows the parents actually meeting and hearing the heartbeat of the Arizona mother who received their daughter’s heart. And this family started the Taylor’s Gift Foundation, too. Please watch this beautiful story and spread the word about the power of organ donation. Oh and definitely symbolic, just the other day my Mom was telling me on the phone that the trees that Shane planted for her have bloomed beautifully this Spring.
Brought tears to my eyes. It’s amazing how a situation can bring so much pain yet so much good at the same time. I wonder how common it is for a woman to have heart issues after pregnancies. I had a friend who had to get a pacemaker in her 30s because she developed a heart condition after her second pregnancy. | 2019-04-23T08:28:16Z | https://managedmoms.com/2013/04/in-honor-of-my-brother-i-share-this-story/ |
Arran is a Chartered Legal Executive in the Property Dispute Resolution team. He advises clients in a broad range of sectors with a particular focus on the Public and Banking sectors. Arran advises in relation to varying landlord and tenant issues and real property disputes with a particular interest in the area of trespassing, contentious possession proceedings and agricultural matters.
Advising a number executor clients within the banking sector in relation to various boundary disputes.
Successfully obtaining vacant possession of public sector owned land from trespassers.
Advising landlords on their duties and obligations under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 when selling blocks of flats.
Defending a prescriptive right of way application on behalf of a private client.
Successfully negotiating a settlement in respect of the withdrawal of a notice to treat pursuant to the Land Compensation Act 1961.
Advising clients in respect of abandoned horses on public sector land.
Dealing with many possession of residential property claims.
Advising agricultural land owners in respect of obtaining vacant possession of agricultural holdings granted pursuant to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
Dealing with leasehold extension and right to acquire matters on behalf of both private sector and banking sector clients.
What do you like to do outside work?
I am a fan of both American football and baseball. In my spare time, I’m either watching games or reading books on the history of the sports. In the summer months (and when weather permits), I play for a local softball team and that competes in Cardiff’s softball league.
I am a keen traveller, with particular focus on visiting America, Japan and the Outer Hebrides in Scotland.
Having spent time working part time in a local cinema during my years in University, I have developed a particular interest in film.
I also regularly volunteer at fund-raising events in support of local children’s charities. | 2019-04-25T23:52:44Z | https://www.hughjames.com/person/arran-cooper/ |
Know Kermit High Class of 1943 graduates that are NOT on this List? Help us Update the 1943 Class List by adding missing names.
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The students that went to school at the Kermit high school called Kermit High School and graduated in '43 are on this page. Register to add your name to the class of 1943 graduates list. | 2019-04-19T14:17:13Z | http://kermithighschool.org/kermit-wv/class-of-1943.html |
This twin pack contains two reusable Impossible Film Pack filters. These filters work with any 600 ASA Impossible PX film as well as Polaroid™ 600 film.
Originalt overhalt SX-70 polaroid kamera, manuell fokus og 1 års garanti.
Originalt overhalt SX-70 polaroid kamera, manuell fokus og sonar autofokus, 1 års garanti.
Enkelt kamera for sx70-film, uten blits. | 2019-04-21T09:06:29Z | https://shop.fotoimport.no/analoge-fotoprodukter/analoge-kameraer/polaroid/impossible-nd-filter-til-sx-70-kamera-2pk |
Print | This is Zoe, Renault's latest beauty. That isn't just because of her looks. Zoe looks nice, but it's her clean spirit that really makes her stand out from the crowd. Zoe is fully electric and therefore emission free. And Zoe is idealistic as she wants to make electric driving available for everyone. | 2019-04-23T22:12:49Z | https://www.autozine.co.uk/renault/zoe/review/pdf |
What's New: Ren Skincare, Glamglow and Marc Jacobs | Top Beauty Blog in the Philippines covering Makeup Reviews, Swatches, Skincare and More!
A revolutionary jelly-to-milk cleansing balm that instantly melts away face makeup and deeply cleanses, leaving skin purified and hydrated, a limited-edition shade of Le Marc Lip Crème Lipstick, as seen on the Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 runway and a luxurious serum full of bio-actives that leaves the skin feeling smoothed, lifted, and naturally primed, creating the perfect canvas for make-up application – all available now!
This limited-edition shade was created backstage at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 fashion show. Lead makeup artist Diane Kendal custom blended a new shade to be worn on the models by mixing two Le Marc Lipsticks in the shades Blacquer and Blow. Now available as a single lipstick in the shade Trax, this creamy black-burgundy Le Marc Lip Crème delivers 10-hour wear in just one sensual swipe. The unprecedented color payoff comes from concentrated color-boosting pigments that are triple-milled and enriched with hydrating ingredients. The formula imparts ultimate long-lasting color and moisture. Your lips will feel instantly plumped and nourished from powerful peptides, antioxidant-rich seaberry, and natural humectants, including meranti and cocoa butter. Its subtle vanilla taste and scent mimic a decadent dessert. Just snap the case shut and hear a satisfying click, which Marc Jacobs describes as "the sound of luxury."
Inspired by the celestial glow of the stars, GALACTICLEANSE is a luxurious cleansing experience. A splash of water activates the transforming properties of this starry midnight jelly balm to wash away daily makeup buildup and impurities, leaving you with silky smooth, hydrated, supple skin.
REN has created a clean, silicone-free primer that allows the skin to breathe freely. With added skin immunity-boosting technology from prebiotics and probiotics, Perfect Canvas boosts the skin’s defense barrier, instantly hydrating the skin, restoring moisture balance, and smoothing its surface to ‘perfect the canvas’ for a beautiful, healthy-looking complexion—with or without makeup.
All three of these sound fantastic especially the cleanser!
Hi! Thank's for your visit and comment! | 2019-04-19T06:16:50Z | http://www.beautyediter.com/2017/09/glamglow-galacticcleanse-hydrating-jelly-balm-cleanser-ren-perfect-canvas-skin-finishing-serum-marc-jacobs-fashion-le-marc-lip-creme-in-trax.html |
Lancers military display on a field or parade ground. People watch Lancers parade - mass crowd of spectators. Also quite a bit of several men sitting on horses at side; wearing same hats; watching the Lancers. | 2019-04-26T05:48:53Z | https://britishpathe.com/video/lancers-army-service-corps/query/parade |
With the question of how to effectively oppose the rise of fascism in the United States now in vogue, I thought it apropos to revisit this essay from 2002, The Power of Moral Sanction.
Slaying democracy: an annointment for bigotry. Watch the video.
The Far Right invests in organizing for power, while the left invests in pious posturing for profit. If the progressive philanthropic sector were to invest in research and organizing like the conservatives do, our country would be a wholly different place. But then that would require a willingness to confront the anti-democratic movement in America, something we rarely see from progressives.
Applying research for power is not lobbying or diplomacy, it is finding out what the enemies of democracy are up to, and organizing to undermine them. Knowledge is not power, it is a tool to use in acquiring it.
Young people need to be recruited, socialized, and nurtured into participating effectively in the pro-democracy movement. Understandably turned off by the fraud of party politics, where does that leave them to go in order to learn political literacy? Who will be their mentors?
Conservatives over the last thirty years have built an infrastructure for this purpose from the local to the national, providing strategic instruction, employment, and leadership training. Where's the progressive counterpart to that?
Young conservatives go into media, government, and think tanks with paychecks and a future. Young progressives go into the street or just give up. | 2019-04-19T16:26:08Z | http://firstsolidthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/10/ |
The online application portal closes on 31-August-2016.
The Karnataka Private Post Graduate Colleges Association has announced the dates for Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) which is going to be conducted in the month of September. The examination is being conducted thrice a year. The association conducts this entrance test to fill up seats in approved University affiliated B-Schools in Karnataka. The admission test is conducted to fill up seats in 169 colleges. this examination is conducted at national level.
The examination was conducted in the months of May and June. The examination received a huge response. It was conducted across 20 centers in the country. The candidates who did not attend the examination in the months of May and June can appear in September.
The online registration portal opened on 25-July-2016.
The candidates can download the admit cards on 9-September-2016.
The examination will be conducted on 11-September-2016.
The results will be declared on 20-September-2016.
Each section carries 40 marks and the question paper carries 120 questions. A thorough practice in all the above-mentioned topics is essential to qualify in the examination. | 2019-04-20T00:45:11Z | https://www.collegedekho.com/news/kmat-september-2016-dates-announced-9327/ |
news The Federal Department of Human Services today announced a deal with IT services giant Accenture that will see the company help replace the ageing Child Support payments system, using the SAP technology which Accenture developed extensive skills with during the Commonwealth Bank’s core banking placement project.
The current Child Support platform, known as ‘Cuba’, was first deployed in 2002, according to tender documents released last year — more than a decade ago, or an age in technology terms. It contains all of the Child Support Agency’s electronic customer records and supports transactions for assessments, payments and data exchange with external agencies.
And the scale of the system is not small. It directly supports over 1.2 million Australian children through providing some $3.2 billion per year in payments. It also helps the department administer child support services and collects child support so that separated payments can ensure “the financial and emotional wellbeing of their families”.
It also notes that its aims in future include the ability to support self-sufficiency through online and mobile platforms — implying it has limited capability in that area right now — and that it wants to reduce the number and impact of “system-generated errors” in its current Cuba platform. It also appears that the current system is not able to easily handle “complex cases” or “emergency response situations”.
In May 2013, Human Services Minister Jan McLucas announced that the then-Gillard Government would, as the Senator said at the time, “deliver improvements to information technology systems to ensure millions of Australians receive government payments efficiently and effectively,” upgrading the Child Support system.
In a statement released today, the Department said the new system would be delivered using SAP technology and with the support of both Accenture and SAP. The contract represents part of a $102.2 million investment over five years announced by McLucas to replace the Department’s outdated child support payment system.
New Minister for Human Services, Marise Payne said the contract would see DHS staff working closely with Accenture and SAP teams. “Accenture and SAP will assist in building the replacement system while ensuring that the department is left with a skilled, in-house workforce able to maintain the system into the future, at reduced cost to the taxpayer,” Payne said.
Managing director of Accenture’s health and public sector business in Australia Catherine Garner said the company was very pleased to have been selected to deliver the new payment system.
“This is an extremely important initiative that will improve the Department’s ability to effectively and efficiently deliver services to families,” Garner said. The new Child Support system is expected to be implemented in 2015 with further upgrades to be completed by June 2018.
Accenture has solid experience in recent times both with SAP as well as with the Federal Government. It was responsible for substantial packages work on the Commonwealth Bank’s mammoth core banking upgrade program, which also used SAP technology, as well as the Australian Taxation Office’s Change Program, which used Oracle software. | 2019-04-21T15:31:57Z | https://delimiter.com.au/2014/02/24/accenture-parlays-cba-skills-child-support-win/ |
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Today I give the floor to Steve Wake, the man behind #EVA21, the conference so cool it is known only by its hashtag*. In his own unique style he explains what makes this magical conference work every year, why you should deAgile yourself and how to tame the overwhelm with a single piece of paper.
EVA was first started as an event to raise awareness and profile for what we now know as Earned Value Management. Nobody was going to market it for me so I had to learn by doing. One day, 10 presentations. All about Earned Value.
Now we have two days and over 20 presentations, of which one might be about Earned Value. It is all about Building a Better Project Manager. The Thinking Person’s PM. Total PM. A way of life. Not a job.
It was always a little different. It was the event I wanted to attend. Few come close. Even now. It has always remained ahead of the curve. I like new ideas. I like new presenters. I like practitioners. We never repeat presentations. Return presenters talk about something else. I like ideas from elsewhere. I like metaphor. I like stories.
I am the only curator I know who does this. I am not just a plain event organiser or marketing executive. I know or get to know the speakers. I work with them on presentations. I do not buy them from the catalogue. And I don’t take kindly to corporate ‘control-freakery’.
I am a producer, a curator. EVA is my diary, my State of the Nation. Who I have met and seen or stalked or pitched at with a view to presenting.
I now get few refusals. People want to come listen, talk and speak. The conferences are small, up to 100 attendees. If you stick around for 2 days you get to know everybody and the speakers stick around too. It feels like Glyndebourne and Davos. You go away with new ideas rather than a reconfirmation of what you already knew. The amount of time and money wasted on pointless tub-thumping makes me cringe.
I’ve just come back from a lovely 10 day ‘break’ in sunny Seville. If you haven’t been, you must.
I came back unrested. I had been checking my smartphone every 15 minutes or so. Responding where I could.
But not where I should.
I should have ignored it. Turned it off. I still came back to 350 emails which I spent day 1 of my return responding to.
Observation #1: The sky will not fall in when you go away.
Rule 1: Do not check email when away.
Rule 2: Get a separate cheap non-smart mobile for when you are on holiday.
Rule 3: Make sure those that should know do know you are away and when you will resurface.
Observation #2: People, myself included get sucked in to the responsive vortex. You send an email. You expect an answer by return. You get tetchy and self-righteous if this doesn’t happen. You pay no account whatsoever to what has happened at the other end.
Observation #3: Fast (Agile) response to email is often poorly thought through, ill-advised and sometimes unnecessary. The speed rather than the quality has become paramount. Trouble is the consequent unsatisfactory action or meeting makes this glaringly apparent.
Rule 4: Slow Down! DeAgile yourself. Activity is not Action.
I took a Japanese Trade delegation round London and then to dinner. Simpsons. They loved it. And they were talking and drinking and talking and drinking.
But as the dinner progressed the conversation died down until it ground to a halt. I thought they were jet-lagged or cross about something.
It was explained to me that there is nothing better than for a companionable silence to prevail. It signalled consensus, trust, contentment. Happiness even.
I thought that was brilliant and beat, “Ooh isn’t it quiet? Somebody say something,” out of sight.
I am addicted to music. I hear it in glorious 3D in my head. A photographic memory. I have the world’s largest CD collection. When I go out it’s generally to something with music.
I do not like background music. I do not have it on in the car. It is too distracting.
What I like is silence.
Silence to reflect, to converse with myself, to plan things out, to ruminate.
I find and need the time and space. It makes my decisions better and myself happier. I don’t feel irritable or hassled or put upon. It’s my own tempo, my own control.
I wake up sometimes and think OMG I have so much to do. It can be daunting. So I compartmentalise like this.
Jot down all the topics of things I have to do.
Join them with lines and boxes and arrows. Lots of them link together.
The paper becomes a scope, a target. Once it’s in boxes and links and lines it become manageable and achievable. In my head. In me. I have visualised and externalised.
You may have to fight to create that. But you can, and you can do this in silence.
I also try to bookend this short meditation technique. I was taught this by a Vietnamese colleague 35 years ago in Paris.
Think of a single thing. Picture an object, concept, phrase or piece of music. Exclude everything else for 5-10 minutes. It clears, focuses and steadies.
Then do something. Like fill out a page of A4.
Do this every now and again. Me? Every 2 or 3 weeks or just before I go away. So I know how all the plates were spinning. Then I review it when I come back.
After thinking about these, I think I am a real mixed up extrovert introvert who has found that listening to people is far more enriching than blowing your own misguided trumpet. Particularly if you are a real leader and want to make change that sticks.
Getting other people to really buy in to what you want them to do so it becomes theirs and makes it good for everybody is my aim in leading a good life. But that’s for another time.
About Steve: Steve Wake has worked in the print, automotive, aerospace, defence, insurance and IT industries as a project manager and consultant. He is an internationally acknowledged expert on Earned Value Project Management and has written and presented many times. He is currently chairman of the Board of the Association for Project Management in the UK, pursuing a campaign of Listening, Learning and Leading as a way of being as well as doing Diversity properly.
Steve has also had to become an accomplished event organiser and chair with his own EVA conference in its 21st year as well as continued close involvement in the high profile PMI UK Synergy events, both productions with a reputation for the unusual and innovative. His long passion for all kinds of music is almost matched by his continued appreciation of silence.
* I’m kidding about the hashtag. The conference has been around longer than hashtags.
Thank you for this article! Shutting off and truly relaxing on vacation is something I have a problem with. I always feel I need to be productive.
I know the feeling well. I’m heading off on a short break soon and I’m going to try really hard only to work on the days that I am there to work. The rest of the time, it’s holiday! | 2019-04-20T12:14:19Z | https://www.girlsguidetopm.com/steve-wake-reflections-on-eva-silence-and-to-do-lists/ |
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As you can see in the quality/durability guidelines here ... quilting layers that aren't more than "about an inch or so" thick won't have a meaningful effect on the durability or useful life of a mattress. The BestMattressEver uses all high quality high quality and durable materials and as you can also see in my comments in post #2 in the topic we are posting in (and unlike some of the other simplified choice mattresses) there are no lower quality materials or weak links in the mattress that would compromise the durability or useful life of the mattress even relative to higher weight ranges than yours.
Last edit: 01 Nov 2015 19:07 by Phoenix.
Appreciate the comprehensive summary of the disruptor mattresses! I'm leaning towards T&N as it seems is the most firm of all of these options. Certainly doesn't hurt that it's priced more competitively (esp. with the Amex + underground discount). Given the free trial periods, I'm wondering if anyone has actually ordered from several vendors and, assuming you have the bedroom space, tested them all over the same ~100 day period?
I'm leaning towards T&N as it seems is the most firm of all of these options.
Based on general feedback it's probably among the firmer options out of the single firmness mattresses and may be firmer than some of the "medium" firmness options for mattresses that have multiple firmness options but it probably isn't as firm as some of the "firm" options that are available.
Different people can also have very different perceptions of firmness and softness compared to others as well and a mattress that feels firm for one person can feel like "medium" for someone else or even "soft" for someone else (or vice versa) depending on their body type, sleeping style, physiology, their frame of reference based on what they are used to, and their individual sensitivity and perceptions. There are also different types of firmness and softness that different people may be sensitive to that can affect how they "rate" a mattress as well (see post #15 here ) so different people can have very different opinions on how two mattresses compare in terms of firmness and some people may rate one mattress as being firmer than another and someone else may rate them the other way around. This is all relative and very subjective and is as much an art as a science.
Last edit: 09 Nov 2015 00:16 by Phoenix.
Phoenix, I am so grateful to have found your website and the wealth of knowledge it contains. Thank you so much for bringing this much-needed information together in such a cohesive and useful way! I am looking at both the Love Bed from Nest Bedding and the Sedona Sleep base mattress and topper from Sedona Sleep. I would be interested in your thoughts regarding how to compare these two mattress systems, as well as how the discount code works.
There is more information about the 3 most important parts of "value" of a mattress purchase in post #13 here which can help you make more meaningful quality/value comparisons between mattresses in terms of suitability (how well you will sleep), durability (how long you will sleep well), and the overall value of a mattress compared to your other finalists based on suitability, durability, and all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you (including the price of course and the options you have available after a purchase if your choice doesn't turn out as well as you hoped for).
The most important part of the "value" of a mattress purchase is how well you will sleep on it and whether a mattress is a good "match" for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your Personal preferences. While your own careful testing or personal experience is the only way to know for certain whether any mattress or combination of layers and components is a good "match" for you in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your Personal preferences) ... when you can't test a mattress in person then the most reliable source of guidance is always a more detailed phone conversation with a knowledgeable and experienced retailer or manufacturer that has your best interests at heart and who can help "talk you through" the specifics of their mattresses and the properties and "feel" of the materials they are using (fast or slow response, resilience, firmness etc) and the options they have available that may be the best "match" for you based on the information you provide them, any local testing you have done or mattresses you have slept on and liked or other mattresses you are considering that they are familiar with, and the "averages" of other customers that are similar to you. They will know more about "matching" their specific mattress designs and firmness levels to different body types, sleeping positions, and preferences (or to other mattresses that they are familiar with) than anyone else.
Outside of PPP ... the most important part of the value of a mattress purchase is durability which is all about how long you will sleep well on a mattress. This is the part of your research that you can't "feel" and assessing the durability and useful life of a mattress depends on knowing the type and quality of all the materials inside it regardless of the name of the manufacturer on the label so I would always make sure that you are able to find out the information listed here so you can compare the materials and components in a mattress to the quality/durability guidelines here so you can confirm that there are no lower quality materials or obvious weak links in a mattress that would compromise the durability and useful life of a mattress before making any purchase.
Both of these manufacturers are completely transparent about their materials and both of them use high quality materials and there are no lower quality materials or weak links in either design that would compromise the durability or useful life of either mattress.
Having said that ... they are both very different designs. The topper that goes with Sedona Sleep is a solid layer of blended Talalay latex which would be a little bit more resilient than the convoluted continuous pour synthetic Dunlop in the Love bed and is also a more costly material (Talalay latex is more costly than synthetic Dunlop and solid layers are also more costly than solid layers). There is more about convoluted layers in post #2 here . There is also more about the different types and blends of latex in post #6 here .
Both of them offer multiple firmness options.
The Love Bed has a cover that is quilted with polyfoam and the Sedona Sleep topper uses an unquilted stretch knit cover so you would be sleeping more directly on the latex itself. Which type of cover you prefer would be a preference issue and there is more about the pros and cons of quilted covers vs a thinner stretch knit cover in post #12 here .
The Love Bed has a 100 night free return/exchange policy and trial period. Sedona Sleep also has a 100 night trial period but there will be a small shipping cost involved to either exchange the topper for a different firmness or return the mattress for a refund.
A mattress/topper combination also has the advantage of being able to replace just the topper after the trial period without having to replace the entire mattress if your needs or preferences change down the road or if the topper softens or breaks down before the rest of the mattress (the top layers of a mattress are generally the weakest link of any sleeping system whether they are inside the mattress cover or outside it).
You are certainly looking at two great quality/value choices and once you have narrowed down your options to a list of finalists that are all choices between "good and good" (which you have) and none of them have any lower quality materials or "weak links" in their design relative to your weight range (which they don't) and if there are no clear winners between them (which is usually a good indication that you have done some good research) then you are in the fortunate position that any of them would likely be a suitable choice and post #2 here can help you make a final choice based on your local testing or mattresses you have slept well on, your more detailed conversations about each of them, your confidence about PPP and the suitability of each one, their prices, your preferences for different types of materials or types and blends of latex, the options you have after a purchase to fine tune the mattress or exchange or return the mattress or individual layers, any additional extras that are part of each purchase, and on "informed best judgement" based on all the other objective, subjective, and intangible parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
Last edit: 18 Dec 2015 12:25 by Phoenix.
We ended up returning our BME as the Latex feel wasn't for us. Working with them was a pleasure and they even gave a topper to try, but we spent nights in our guest room as we just didn't like the feel of the BME. We went mattress shopping again today and really liked memory foam (temper-cloud elite mattress was our favorite after 30 minutes of laying) .
However, as a 240 lb male these simplified choices are all listed as cautionary or recommended against. I have read many of your posts and the cross references but it is almost burying me in information. We are willing to spend up to a temperpedic but after becoming so knowledgeable from your site (thanks again!), I recognize this is not worth it.
In terms of my specific interests, I could even consider going firm and putting a topper on the mattress so it supports my weight and is extra plush for myself and my bride-to-be (120lb). I narrowed it down to the Novosbed and Nest Alexander Medium. Is this smart or should I go a different route? If so do you recommend a coil core with memory foam on top for heavier individuals?
The third post in this topic is being "reserved" for a different purpose.
There are a number of the "simplified choice" mattresses that are already described in post #2 in this topic as being suitable for any weight range in terms of the quality and durability of the materials.
If you tend to prefer more traditional memory foam mattresses and if you are looking at online options then outside of the simplified choice list the mattress shopping tutorial also includes several other links to lists of many of the better online options I'm aware of (in the optional online step) that include many different types and categories of mattresses in a wide range of budgets, firmness levels, and with different return/exchange policies that may also be worth considering including a list of the better online memory foam options I'm aware of.
While the process of how to choose a mattress would involve the same steps that are listed in the mattress shopping tutorial ... most people in higher weight ranges will generally need or prefer firmer mattresses (firmer materials will feel softer because you will sink into them more) and materials and components that are higher quality and more durable than those that are in lower weight ranges (the materials and components in a mattress will soften and break down faster for those in higher weight ranges than they will for someone that is in a lower weight range that doesn't compress the mattress as much). I would be particularly cautious about mattresses that use more than "about an inch or so" of memory foam that is less than about 5 lb density or polyfoam that is less than about 2 lb density ... particularly in the upper layers of the mattress.
You can also see my comments about choosing a mattress first with the intention of adding a topper later in post #2 here .
In most cases I would avoid this approach because of the uncertainty involved with two purchase choices instead of only one and choosing a topper that would be suitable in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your Personal preferences) for a specific person on a specific mattress can sometimes be almost as difficult as choosing a mattress that doesn't need a topper in the first place. I would generally focus on choosing a mattress that is likely to be a suitable match without a topper (unless you can test the combination in person or you are purchasing both online as a "set" that is designed to work together and they both have a good return/exchange policy) and then use the option to add a topper as a "backup" strategy in case your initial choice doesn't turn out as well as you hoped for rather than a "primary" strategy.
It can also be more costly than just buying a mattress which includes the same materials as the topper as a layer inside the mattress itself and you would be avoiding the risk of having additional materials in your base mattress that you may not need or that may be lower quality foam (that can soften or break down more quickly) or that may be softer than what would be ideal for a transition layer under a softer topper. I would also make sure that you can find out all the specifics of the materials inside the base mattress so you can make sure it meets the quality/durability guidelines here and that there are no lower quality materials or weak links in any of the materials or components in your sleeping system that could compromise the durability and useful life of the mattress.
Having said that ... if you do choose a suitable mattress/topper combination which turns out to be a good "match" for you in terms of PPP (and there are no lower quality materials or "weak links" in the mattress/topper combination) then it would have the advantage of being able to replace just the topper without replacing the entire mattress if it softens or breaks down before the upper foam layers in the mattress (which is likely because a sleeping system will tend to soften or break down from the top layers down) or if your needs or preferences change over time and a topper can also help extend the useful life of a mattress underneath it as well.
1. Careful testing (hopefully using the testing guidelines in the tutorial) to make sure that a mattress is a good match for you in terms of "comfort", firmness, and PPP ... and/or that you are comfortable with the options you have available to return, exchange, or "fine tune" the mattress and any costs involved if you can't test a mattress in person or aren't confident that your mattress is a suitable choice.
2. Checking to make sure that there are no lower quality materials or weak links in a mattress you are considering relative to your weight range that could compromise the durability and useful life of the mattress.
Last edit: 17 Mar 2016 19:26 by Phoenix.
I'm knew to this forum and interested in purchasing a new mattress in the next couple of months. My wife and I have been sleeping on a King size tripedic memory foam mattress from select-a-bed.com for about eight years now. I find that the support and pressure relief has been insufficient for some time time now (I'm about 185lbs) though my wife still finds it okay. We both find that it sleeps hot. I think I'm done with memory foam.
I've spent a lot of time trying to research on the internet about mattress buying and quality components. I must admit that the bed-in-a-box category is appealing, perhaps due to the very vigorous and clever on line marketing campaigns that make their product appear more 'authentic' than traditional mattress manufacturers/retailers. One bed-in-a-box company that I'm surprised not to see mentioned in this thread that seems to be everywhere in the online world now is the new Purple mattress with their new hyper-elastic polymer comfort layer (collapsing gel). I must admit that I am intrigued by their message and the 'raw egg test', though I realize the real test would by my wife and I seeing if a mattress meets our PPP's. I wonder if their polyfoam support layers layers are a 'weak link' in the bed construction underneath this wonder gel layer (side note: the product and company used to be called WonderGel and you can buy seat cushions under this brand at Bed Bath & Beyond, I have one and it works really well).
The tripedic mattress you own is a good quality/value mattress but if you are no longer sleeping well on it and it has lost its "comfort" and/or support then after 8 years it's very likely that it's time for a new mattress.
Two of the most important links in the tutorial that I would especially make sure you've read are post #2 here which has more about the different ways to choose a suitable mattress (either locally or online) that is the best "match" for you in terms of "comfort", firmness, and PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your own Personal preferences) that can help you assess and minimize the risks of making a choice that doesn't turn out as well as you hoped for and post #13 here which has more about the most important parts of the "value" of a mattress purchase which can help you make more meaningful quality/value comparisons between mattresses in terms of suitability (how well you will sleep), durability (how long you will sleep well), and the overall value of a mattress compared to your other finalists based on all the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
I've spent a lot of time trying to research on the internet about mattress buying and quality components. I must admit that the bed-in-a-box category is appealing, perhaps due to the very vigorous and clever on line marketing campaigns that make their product appear more 'authentic' than traditional mattress manufacturers/retailers.
I would keep in mind that "marketing campaigns" are just that and don't necessarily relate to the suitability, quality, or durability of a mattress. You've probably read this already as well but you can read more about what I call "simplified choice" mattresses in the first post in this topic.
I would also keep in mind that there are many other good quality/value online mattress choices that are shipped directly to consumers that don't fit the "simplified choice" category (in many cases because they have more than one mattress available on their site).
Outside of the simplified choice list ... if you are looking at online options then the mattress shopping tutorial also includes several other links to lists of many of the better online options I'm aware of (in the optional online step) that include many different types and categories of mattresses in a wide range of budgets, firmness levels, and with a range of different return/exchange policies that may also be worth considering.
There may also be some good options available to you locally and if you let me know your city or zip code I'd be happy to let you know about the better options or possibilities I'm aware of in your area.
One bed-in-a-box company that I'm surprised not to see mentioned in this thread that seems to be everywhere in the online world now is the new Purple mattress with their new hyper-elastic polymer comfort layer (collapsing gel). I must admit that I am intrigued by their message and the 'raw egg test', though I realize the real test would by my wife and I seeing if a mattress meets our PPP's. I wonder if their polyfoam support layers layers are a 'weak link' in the bed construction underneath this wonder gel layer (side note: the product and company used to be called WonderGel and you can buy seat cushions under this brand at Bed Bath & Beyond, I have one and it works really well).
Outside of the 23 mattresses that are already listed in the simplified choice list ... there are currently 23 more that I'm aware of that have been launched more recently that I haven't added to the list yet (and more are being launched on a regular basis). Some of them have been mentioned on the forum (and some haven't yet) but I will likely add some or most of them to the list over the coming weeks although some of them will be included in the "avoid until complete specs are known" section of the list.
Because the list has so many options available I wouldn't consider it to be as much of a "simplified choice" list any longer because there really isn't much difference between choosing between 46 mattresses that are offered by 46 different companies or 46 mattresses (or less) that are offered by a single company and when you are purchasing online it's not possible to make "real time" comparisons between many different mattresses to see if you like one better than another which you can in a local store. Because most of them have good trial periods and refund policies though, you can at least try them with little risk to find out if they are "good enough" in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP even though you can't know if another one would have been a better choice unless you try it as well.
Purple certainly has a very aggressive advertising campaign (their ads show up everywhere once you have been to their site especially) and until they are listed in the simplified choice list you can see some comments about the Purple mattress and the buckling column gel they use in post #2 here and the posts it links to.
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Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Spud12, Jul 30, 2000.
because I was expecting a decent quality instrument. It still does this (about one week later). Can someone please help me? Is there a way to fix it? Should I call the store where I bought it.
Thanks a lot for any advice or help.
I had my standard jazz for about 3 months now and had the same problem. I changed the strings (GHS boomers) and no more buzz. The tone even improved.
You can and will get buzz from time to time.Changes in weather has a whole lot to do with it.Changing to strings with different tension can cause buzz as well.From time to time you will have to make neck and/or bridge adjustments.Its the nature of wood instruments.From the most expensive custom jobs to the bargain basement jobs.Its just the nature of the beast.Good luck!
Thanks guys...the people on alt.bass arent helping at all.
Just raising the saddles should help but it would be best to check the neck first as thats probably whats causing the problem to start with.You should find all the info you need at the Fender instrument site for setups/adjustments,etc.If your worried about trying it yourself your dealer can do it for you.Good luck!
I have the same prob. with my MIM Fender. It was REALLY bad the day I got it, so I took it back and told them the prob and they said they just forgot to do the basic setup on it. They adjusted the neck and the bridge and it worked fine, although I have to be careful where I play on the E or still buzzes a little bit. I would just ask them to make sure that they set it up when they got it.
My first Fender's E string used to buzz like an SOB and wouldn't stop until I realized that it was my technique that was causing it. I notice this alot in beginning and even intermediate students (I teach) and developing a lighter touch on the E string is fundamental to playing the instrument correctly.
Went through the same thing when I got my first 5 string...thought the B string was a mess until I fixed my approach to it, now it's just fine.
The same thing has happend my bass....I gave t to my dad...he playes bass...and he fixed it...give it to someone who has played bass a long time...I think he or she can fix it.. | 2019-04-25T09:10:51Z | https://www.talkbass.com/threads/mexican-fender-jazz-and-fret-buzz.1258/ |
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It becomes easy for them to understand what I teach.
And also about what they like about me.
So that we together pair up as student and teacher very well. | 2019-04-24T22:44:59Z | https://www.teacheron.com/geography-tutors?p=3 |
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Bought the Tiger Avon from a ebayer bike trader who said he had used it on a few track days!!
The car had been stood for a while all injectors were blocked so had them cleaned the cam timing was out all compression were bang on and great oil pressure and the exhaust was blocked.
Had fresh fuel, fitted fuel filter and had a new exhaust fitted and it went back to the rolling road which produced circa 178bhp which was great.
The Car is road registered and i have the green slip which states Tiger cat E1.
It will need lights, horn and road legal tyres to put back on road all electric harness is in place so should be straightforward.
Forgot to mention car has dual tanks fitted,usual alloy tank in rear,and small alloy one up front,this was used when doing hillclimbs,also has msa log book.
Second seat and harness included Sprinted and hill climbed the last 3 years.
Buyer to collect will need trailer as no mot etc. | 2019-04-26T12:01:36Z | https://www.kitcar-trader.co.uk/tiger-kit-cars-for-sale/tiger-avon-sprinted-hill-climb-or-sprint-2-liter-z-tech-engine |
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Best views in Sitka! Top craft beers of the NW/Alaska plus a fantastic wine list and full liquor bar featuring classic craft cocktails. Locally caught seafood and daily homemade specials, PLUS pool tables, shuffleboard, darts, live music, and all your favorite sports on the TVs! Open Mon – Sat, 11am to LATE; Sunday, 8am to LATE! See us on Facebook for specials.
At Beak Restaurant, we are committed to promoting meaningful community engagement and providing a taste of the Southeast Alaskan lifestyle. We specialize in high-quality local seafood with excellent service. We celebrate and cultivate the local economy by creating sustainable year-round jobs in Sitka and by serving Alaskan-sourced food. Beak Restaurant is pioneering the unconventional ‘Gratuity Free’ model of compensation, which means that all menu prices will include service, and there will be no tipping. This model ensures a consistent living wage for our full-time employees, though it also benefits the guest. Even though prices will initially appear higher to the guest, they will more accurately represent the final price of the meal, resulting in more honest prices. Our restaurant is deeply committed to providing a meaningful experience to our guests. We want to make a personal connection with everyone who walks through our doors. Our meals are meant to nourish and delight, and our atmosphere will contribute to a sense of home.
Rustic Mediterranean fare specializing in Alaskan seafood – fresh – and hand-crafted specialty foods and baked bread. Reservations recommended. Imported and domestic wine and beer served. Visa MasterCard, Discover, cash and local checks accepted. Handicap accessible. Mon-Sat 4:30pm-9:30pm, closed Sunday. Wine bar Mon-Sat 5p-10p, closed Sunday. Also, look for our chowder cart (summer only) at the Sitka Sound Science Center (834 Lincoln Street).
Bar serving thin crust pizza, salads and wings.
The Raven Dining Room is fine dining featuring locally caught seafood and a traditional menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Enjoy an excellent view of Sitka Sound. Full-service dining and cocktails. The Westmark Lounge and deck area are also available for our popular appetizers, soups and sandwiches.
Locally caught Alaska seafood – clams, crab, shrimp and salmon – along with traditional man-sized steaks and sandwiches with the chef’s special touches to satisfy the most hearty and selective appetites. | 2019-04-22T02:37:51Z | https://visitsitka.org/things-to-do/taste/restaurants |
Where is Liu Xia, 'free' widow of Chinese Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo?
Close friends, and even the artist and poet's lawyer, have not been able to get in touch with her since her husband's funeral.
Where is the widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo?
The Chinese authorities say Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, is a free woman.
But when we tried to visit her apartment in Beijing, we were immediately surrounded by security guards, who pushed and shoved our team, yelling at us to "Get out!"
One of the men grabbed my hand so hard he broke the skin, leaving the bleeding imprint of his thumbnail behind.
They jostled our cameraman, covering his lens with their hands, and ordering him to stop filming and leave.
Liu Xia has been held under what amounts to house arrest in this compound since her husband was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.
Despite never being accused of committing any crime herself, she has lived the last seven years in almost complete isolation, broken only by monthly prison visits, supervised grocery trips, and very occasional brief contact with friends.
Her sentence does not appear to have ended with the death of her husband.
When I asked the guards whether Liu Xia was at home, and where she was, they claimed ignorance, asking "Which Liu Xia?" and whether we had made an appointment to see her.
Then they resumed shouting at us to "get out quickly" as one of the men threatened to confiscate our camera.
As we left, we noticed a police car pulling up behind us and following closely until we were out of the area.
Liu Xia was last seen in images released by Chinese officials after the death of her husband earlier this month.
The photographs show Mrs Liu being comforted by her brother at the funeral and then looking down at the water as her husband's ashes were scattered at sea.
But after the pictures were taken, she disappeared.
Close friends, and the couple's lawyer, say they are still unable contact her, and believe she remain under the authorities' control.
There is a rumour she has been taken to southwest China by police, but wherever she is, she has made no contact with the outside world.
Sky News showed the images to Dr Yang Jianli - a long-time friend of the couple, who has spent time in a Chinese prison himself, and now lives in exile in the United States.
"This is really heartbreaking," he said quietly as he looked through the photos.
He pointed out the close family members by the side of the casket in one image, but could not identify the other supposed mourners looking on.
"I don't think any of them is a close friend of the family," Dr Yang said, "I think they are government officials, to be there to make sure everything is under control."
He is now desperately worried about Liu Xia, and called for the international community to press China for her immediate release.
"This is very urgent. She has been very ill herself, both physically and mentally. She suffered very serious depression and a heart attack a few years ago."
"I was so worried and still worry that she would not be able to survive."
Dr Yang stressed that Liu Xia was a poet and an artist, who had never sought conflict with the Communist Party.
"She is not a fighter, she is a lover," he explained. "She loved her husband fully and was devoted to her husband fully.
"She has a very delicate, fragile personality, she is a poet and she would not challenge the authorities, she is not that kind of person."
Human Rights Watch has called for her release and Amnesty International has started a 'Free Liu Xia' petition, which states: "especially now that her husband has passed, it's time the Chinese authorities stop cruelly punishing Liu Xia".
We put the case to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.
"If Liu Xia is a free woman," I asked, "Why can't she speak to her friends or leave China?"
"I do not know the information you mentioned, the ministry's spokesman Lu Kang replied, "and this is not a diplomatic question. Next question."
My question was later redacted from the official transcript. | 2019-04-26T13:44:08Z | https://news.sky.com/story/where-is-free-widow-of-chinese-nobel-winner-10960045 |
This report shows the usage statistics of .dz (Algeria) vs. .coach (Coach) as top level domain on the web. See technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys. Our reports are updated daily. | 2019-04-22T19:12:33Z | https://w3techs.com/technologies/comparison/tld-coach-,tld-dz- |
This is a pre-order for a video of the Eric Henderson Concert that took place on March 24th, 2018 from Bridge Hall in Laguna Beach, CA.
Once you have made a purchase, we will email you a link to the file once the editing of the video is complete. Thank you for your support. | 2019-04-21T04:31:32Z | https://www.erichendersonguitar.com/store/eric-henderson-laguna-beach-performance-video |
Acoustic emission is a phenomenon of sound and ultrasound wave radiation in materials that undergo deformation or fracture processes.
Matrix cracking, delamination growth, fiber breakage are examples of macroscopic sources of AE in composite structures.
Acoustic Pulse Reflectometry s a breakthrough, non-invasive solution for today’s hard-to-inspect tubes up to 4″ inner diameter. It enables ultra-fast, accurate inspection of boilers, fin fans and other heat exchangers, regardless of tube shape or material.
Remote Diagnostic Service of 3-phase AC fixed and variable speed motors and generators by measuring the current and voltage signals from electrical supply to the motor to identify existing and developing faults on electric motors and their driven equipment, specifically: Mechanical Faults, Electrical Faults, Process Faults.
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Check-Up for Motor Driven Equipment. Routine check-up and early diagnosis of equipment prevents catastrophic damages and helps to reduce energy consumption and operating costs. | 2019-04-25T06:20:14Z | https://www.trokuttest.com/inspection-services/ |
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2K Sports presents a behind-the-scenes look at the making of NBA 2K16 and the special motion capture that make the series one of the most realistic sports gaming experiences out there.
The video features the reigning regular season MVP Stephen Curry wearing a mocap suit and performing various dribble moves and jump shots. The animators use this technology to add the physical likeness of a player and to create the seamless motion that you see in the game. Here is a sneak peek of the making of NBA 2K16.
NBA 2K16 will be released on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC on September 29, 2015. Stay tuned for updates as more information becomes available. | 2019-04-18T16:41:47Z | https://www.nba2k.org/2015/06/nba-2k16-motion-capture-video-steph-curry.html |
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