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Corporate Ties That Bind
An Examination of Corporate Manipulation and Vested Interest in Public Health
Martin J. Walker
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In the 21st century, corporations have worked their way into government and, as they become increasingly more powerful, arguments about their involvement with public health have become increasingly black and white. With corporations at the center of public health and environmental issues, everything chemical or technological is good, everything natural is bad; scientists who are funded by corporations are right and those who are independent are invariably wrong. There is diminishing common ground between the two opposed sides in these arguments.
Corporate Ties that Bind is a collection of essays written by influential academic scholars, activists, and epidemiologists from around the world that scrutinize the corporate reasoning, false science and trickery involving those, like in-house epidemiologists, who mediate the scientific message of organizations who attack and censure independent voices. This book addresses how the growth of corporatism is destroying liberal democracy and personal choice.
Whether addressing asbestos, radiation, PCBs, or vaccine regulation, the essays here address the dangers of trusting corporations, and uncover the lengths to which corporations put profits before health.
MARTIN J. WALKER is a British activist, investigator, and writer. Since 1990, he has focused on lobby groups and the in?fluence of multinational corporations on medicine, medical research, and public health. Walker contributed to Lennart Hardell's paper "Secret Ties to Industry and Con?flicting Interests in Cancer Research," which appeared in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine and led to Walker, Hardell, and the late Bo Walhjalt producing this book.
"Congratulations to the courageous souls who wrote this book. Those who speak out about the harmful effects of toxic chemicals and radiation often do so at their peril. Corporate Ties That Bind is an important and much needed book that warns of the undue influence corporations have in perverting science, delaying public health policy, and swaying media information. A society that doesn't protect its children doesn't have a future. If you care about your health and the health of your children, this book is a must read."
—Dr. Magda Havas, BSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada
"Are we to blame for living in unhealthy homes and communities? Or are we being manipulated by governments and corporations that say the onus is on health scientists to prove that a new product or technology is harmful, rather than on industry to prove it is safe? The case studies in this book elucidate how corporations control us, our scientists, and our policymakers to maximize profits at the expense of our health and safety."
—Joel M. Moskowitz, PhD, director, Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
"This monumental volume represents decades of dedicated research and expertise into major issues of industrial influence against national and international public health. This exposé will lead to more fairness in public and occupational health and to a new generation of objective public health-oriented advocates."
—James Huff, PhD, formerly head of IARC Monographs Program (France) and Associate Director for Chemical Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US)
"This timely and important book makes the compelling argument for reform of the so-called 'industry safety standards' that permeate our everyday lives. Lucid, authoritative, and essential reading for ourselves and our children."
—Brian Stein and Jonathan Mantle, authors of The Microwave Delusion
"This book takes us another important step forward in the struggle for the health of future generations."
—Professor Yury Grigoriev, deputy chairman of the Scientific Council on Radiobiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Member of International Advisory Committee of WHO EMF and Health Project
"The use of corporate power to 'manufacture scientific doubt' about the harmful effects of their products in the minds of the public and regulators has been documented for tobacco. Corporate Ties That Bind casts its net wider to include a host of other examples that reveal the depths that corporations can go to defend their products, creating distorted science, health and environmental harm, and huge taxpayer costs that fly in the face of the 'polluter pays' principle."
—David Gee, retired senior science adviser, EEA, & visiting fellow, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University, London
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2022 BAFTA Awards Longlist: 'Belfast,' 'West Side Story,' 'House of Gucci' Score Multiple Slots
The longlist of nominees across 24 categories for the 2022 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have been announced, following the first round of voting, with a number of heavy-hitting contenders notching various slots. Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" and Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" each show up 15 times (with both in the running for Best Film), while Ridley Scott's "House of Gucci" appears 13 times, and Cary Fukunaga's "No Time to Die" pulling in a dozen mentions.
Other contenders for Best Film include "Being the Ricardos," "CODA," "Don't Look Up," "Dune," "King Richard," "Licorice Pizza," "The French Dispatch," "The Lost Daughter," "The Power of the Dog," "The Tragedy of Macbeth," and "Tick Tick Boom."
Nominations will be announced February 3, with the BAFTA Awards scheduled for March 13 in central London. Check out the full list of longlist contenders below.
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"Ali & Ava"
"The Colour Room"
"The Electrical Life of Louis Wain"
"Everybody's Talking About Jamie"
"Munich- The Edge of War"
"Operation Mincemeat"
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
"Dying to Divorce"
"Keyboard Fantasies"
FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
"I'm Your Man"
"The Most Beautiful Boy in the World"
"Paris, 13th District"
"Becoming Cousteau"
"JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass"
"Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story"
"The Real Charlie Chaplin"
ANIMATED FILM
"The Mitchells vs the Machines"
"Ron's Gone Wrong"
"The Souvenir Part II"
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
LEADING ACTRESS
Jennifer Hudson, "Respect"
Emilia Jones, "CODA"
Frances McDormand, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Renate Reinsve, "The Worst Person in the World"
Claire Rushbrook, "Ali & Ava"
Joanna Scanlan, "After Love"
Tessa Thompson, "Passing"
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Riz Ahmed, "Encounter"
Adeel Akhtar, "Ali & Ava"
Daniel Craig, "No Time To Die"
Adam Driver, "House of Gucci"
Andrew Garfield, "tick tick…BOOM!"
Stephen Graham, "Boiling Point"
Joaquin Phoenix, "C'mon C'mon"
Caitríona Balfe, "Belfast"
Cate Blanchett, "Don't Look Up"
Jessie Buckley, "The Lost Daughter"
Ana de Armas, "No Time To Die"
Ann Dowd, "Mass"
Judi Dench, "Belfast"
Kathryn Hunter, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Rita Moreno, "West Side Story"
Vinette Robinson, "Boiling Point"
Meryl Streep, "Don't Look Up"
Anya Taylor-Joy, "Last Night in Soho"
David Alvarez, "West Side Story"
Bradley Cooper, "Licorice Pizza"
Benicio del Toro, "The French Dispatch"
Ciarán Hinds, "Belfast"
Mike Faist, "West Side Story"
Andrew Garfield, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Jared Leto, "House of Gucci"
Woody Norman, "C'mon C'mon"
Al Pacino, "House of Gucci"
Jesse Plemons, "The Power of the Dog"
Mark Rylance, "Don't Look Up"
J.K. Simmons, "Being The Ricardos"
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"The Tunnel"
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BLACKPINK debut at #1 with 'Born Pink,' first all-girl group to top chart since 2008
BLACKPINK has earned its first number one on the Billboard 200, as their new release Born Pink debuts on top of the chart with first-week sales of 102,000 units. It's also milestone for the South Korean quartet in another way.
Born Pink is the first Billboard 200 number one album ever by a female K-pop group, and the first number one album by an all-female group, period, since 2008, when Danity Kane's second album Welcome to the Dollhouse, debuted on top of the chart.
It's the second top 10 album overall for BLACKPINK, whose 2020 debut The Album peaked at number two.
Born Pink is also the third album by a K-pop act to debut at number one so far this year, following BTS' Proof and Stray Kids' Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary.
The album's first single, "Pink Venom," peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is currently in the top 40 of Billboard's Pop Airplay Chart.
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One Step at a Time: Youth pastors learn there's no...
One Step at a Time: Youth pastors learn there's no instant success
Phyllis Ten Elshof
The first youth service at Georgetown Christian Reformed Church (CRC), Hudsonville, Michigan, was a raving success.
"We put 120 chairs up, and they weren't enough; we needed 140," said Rev. Dan Ackerman, copastor at Georgetown. "We packed the place tight."
The youths weren't disappointed by what followed, either; they whistled and cheered for videos by rock bands Petra and White Cross, a drama entitled "Deception about Diane," a dual slide show of the summer youth retreat, and some get-down talk about caring through a weather balloon named Bill. They were so turned on that Ackerman and others couldn't wait to plan the next service.
The next one bombed.
In its devastating aftermath, youth leaders did what they realized they should have done after the first service: a thorough debriefing. According to Ackerman, they learned some important lessons about youth in worship.
"We learned we had to get them involved in it," Ackerman said. "For sixteen years or more these young people have sat next to Mom and Dad and been told to be quiet in church. So now they're not going to automatically jump into a service—no matter what weVe planned for them. We have to invite them to get engaged in it."
The second lesson the leaders learned was that the large room where the youths met for the worship service was too big and too brightly lit. Enthusiasm shriveled in the glare.
"Teens have a need to be somewhat invisible," Ackerman said. "They're not sure of themselves; they need to feel protected. The room was too bright and overwhelming."
New Turf
Like other youth leaders in the United States and Canada, those at Georgetown are feeling their way through a kind of "frontier approach" to youth in worship. New books and materials are emerging to help point them in the right direction, but there are few existing programs to serve as working models. As Ackerman says, "No one teaches you how to do this. You have to work it out yourself."
Youth workers aren't interested in plugging teens like tokens into worship services designed for their middle-aged parents. On the other hand, they're also not ready to separate young people from the rest of the congregation on a continuing basis to offer them the kind of sight, sound, and spectacle that will turn them on.
And adult leaders know it won't work to just provide worship for young people. Rather, they want to offer the kind of loving support that will help teens become pathfinders to their own kind of worship. As Ackerman says, "If we don't help young people and encourage them to express themselves in worship, it won't become theirs; it'll just be something their parents impressed on them."
Finding the Way
But youths aren't necessarily ready to take the lead in worship design. Call it inexperience; overcommitment to other things like school, sports, relationships, or part-time jobs; disinterest; or just plain fear. But teens aren't ready to make worship happen. As Rev. Karl House, co-pastor of Zion CRC, Oshawa, Ontario, said, "You can't tell teens to plan a worship service. They just won't do it. Or else they'll commit to it, but then it somehow just won't get done.
"You have to lead them through it," he said. "This has to be a team effort between youth and adults."
Working on that type of team takes a special kind of adult—one who relates well to young people, is willing to flex with them, willing to take risks, willing to spend at least twice as much time getting teens to take the lead as doing the job him- or herself. It takes someone willing to assure young people that God honors a person's best efforts, even if he or she messes up.
Sharon Bradimore, player-coach of the high school praise team at Zion, said she is truly amazed at the deep commitment young people have to the Lord and their willingness to show it. At the same time, she realizes how vulnerable teens are and how dependent they are upon the approval of others to do something so bold as to lead worship. "They really need permission from those around them," she said.
Young people at Zion are learning how to lead worship by doing it. And because they're taking the lead—within the affirming context of adults who are willing to work alongside of them to help make it happen, and peers who are also groping their way toward a new understanding of worship—they're starting to move out of the back pews of the church and into their own kind of involvement.
Not all young people who are learning to take the lead in youth worship are ready to expose those efforts within the formidable context of a full worship service. Fear of adult or peer disapproval hold them back.
True, parents and grandparents are generally more accepting of the efforts of "the young people" and are thus willing to stretch the boundaries of traditional worship. Youth directors sometimes depend on that attitude to get their teens in front of the congregation. "We can get by with a lot; people say, 'Oh, it's just the young people,'" said Kel Blom, youth director at Orland Park (IL) CRC.
Some youth leaders are even willing to risk offending a few members to help young people—and others in the congregation—grow. For example, Karen Wilke, youth leader at Westend CRC, Edmonton, Alberta, said young people at her church will try drama, mime, liturgical dance, rock music—"whatever we can get away with" in an evening service. Initially she got some negative feedback (some people even walked out of church in protest), but that didn't stop young people from participating.
In fact, teens who used to shy away from worship leadership are now eager to give it a try. "Initially it was like pulling teeth to get them in front of church," Wilke said. "Now they're volunteering for it. They come up to me and ask, 'When's the next youth service?'"
Other youth leaders are less eager to expose their teens so soon. Ackerman would rather let teens find their own way into worship before bringing what best matches their own experience to the whole church. "We want them to learn to lead and experience worship in a safe context before sharing it with others," he said. So young people at Georgetown currently meet for worship separate from the rest of the congregation about once a month during the evening worship service. Once the young people feel comfortable as leaders in their own service, Ackerman and other leaders plan to introduce the youth worship service to the rest of the congregation.
Young people at Zion also practice worship in private as a kind of prelude to presenting it publicly in the church. Sharon Bradimore, their player-coach, says public worship is a by-product of the kind of worship services the teens are developing for themselves on Wednesday nights—not their goal. But it does provide them with the kind of experience they need to take leadership in the church.
"I see a change coming in them," Bradimore said. "They're no longer on the outside looking in. They're no longer criticizing what's going on. They're at the front now, doing the best they can."
Youth in Worship
Young people aren't the future of the church, youth leaders like Stan Drenth are quick to say; they are the church. That's why young people must be challenged to discover the kind of worship that best matches their relationship to God, then contribute that understanding to the church as a whole.
Of course, people of all ages, interests, and abilities must be encouraged to participate in worship. Within that spectrum, however, youth, if encouraged, can contribute the gifts of enthusiasm, freshness, joy roller-coaster emotion, vulnerability, willingness to experiment, and budding growth.
Their boundless energy and affinity for high decibels sometimes sends someone like Sharon Bradimore home from a youth service with only one goal in mind—a nice quiet chair and a cup of hot tea. Still, when she sees how different praise groups, including her high school team, can energize worship at Zion, she's ready to keep plugging.
"What an array of worship styles," she says. "You don't know what to expect. It's so disconcerting you have to ask yourself, 'What is worship?' Then you remind yourself, 'It's all nations, tribes, tongues, and people of all ages praising God in community'.
"With that, you just relax and start having a good time."
In one sentence: The most important thing about involving youth in worship is that the whole church has to be a community in which the youth are a very important part. ■ A lot of churches are concerned about the loss of their youth. The fact is that a lot of kids will leave home after high school and then it is pretty much up to them whether to go to church. If they come from a church where there is a strong sense of community, they are more likely to seek out a new church when they leave home. They want to be part of something, to belong somewhere again.
—Jeff Schra (Colorado Springs, CO)
Phyllis Ten Elshof is editor of books and Bibles for Christianity Today International, Carol Stream, Illinois.
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Neofit, imię świeckie Nikołaj Wasiljewicz Niewodczikow (ur. 1822 w Petersburgu, zm. 1910 w Izmaile) – rosyjski biskup prawosławny.

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Pochodził z rodziny szlacheckiej. Ukończył seminarium duchowne w Jekaterynosławiu, a następnie Moskiewską Akademię Duchowną (1844). Przez sześć lat był następnie osobistym sekretarzem dyplomaty i teologa Aleksandra Sturdzy; w jego domu w Odessie mógł spotykać się z wieloma cenionymi w swojej epoce literatami, artystami i działaczami cerkiewnymi. W 1850 został zatrudniony w seminarium duchownym w Kiszyniowie jako wykładowca. W 1858, po przyjęciu święceń kapłańskich (jako mężczyzna żonaty), wrócił do Odessy. W ciągu kolejnych dwudziestu pięciu lat pracował w różnych szkołach tego miasta jako katecheta, publikował również swoje wiersze religijne, przez dwa lata wydawał pismo prawosławne Odiesskij woskriesnyj listok. W 1880, gdy był już protoprezbiterem-wdowcem, złożył wieczyste śluby mnisze, przyjmując imię Neofit. W tym samym roku otrzymał godność archimandryty i został wyświęcony na biskupa jelizawietgradzkiego, wikariusza eparchii chersońskiej. Był równocześnie przełożonym monasteru Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Odessie.

W 1883 mianowany biskupem taszkenckim i turkiestańskim. Jako biskup zyskał sławę teologa i ascety. Po trzęsieniu ziemi w 1887 prowadził odbudowę zniszczonych cerkwi swojej eparchii. W 1892 otrzymał godność arcybiskupią i został przeniesiony na katedrę kiszyniowską. Sześć lat później odszedł w stan spoczynku i zamieszkał na stałe w Izmaile. Nie zaprzestał działalności literackiej. Zmarł w 1910.

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Urodzeni w 1822
Zmarli w 1910
Biskupi taszkenccy
Absolwenci Moskiewskiej Akademii Duchownej
Biskupi kiszyniowscy (Patriarchat Moskiewski)
Zakonnicy monasteru Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Odessie
Eparchia chersońska
Ludzie urodzeni w Petersburgu

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Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India; Vinay Sitapati; Penguin Viking Books
Rajesh Singh
When Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao became the country's Prime Minister, he came with few expectations. His track record as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (then undivided) and many years later as Union Cabinet Minister was mediocre. The party that had selected him to head the national Government owed its allegiance to 10, Janpath and saw him as a stop-gap arrangement. Although he had won many elections, he wasn't the type to set the stage on fire — Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who had worked closely with him, once said Rao had the "charisma of a dead fish". These were not the only problems. The country faced a financial crisis of unprecedented proportion (gold had to be pawned to raise money), and militancy was squeezing the life out of Punjab.
Rao was supposed to collapse soon — if not under his advancing age, then from pressure from multiple sources. Instead, he lasted the full five-year term; turned the economy around; brought normalcy to Punjab; and stamped his authority by virtually cocking a snook at the real centre of power in the Congress. How did he manage this feat? What led to the transformation of a timid party worker more willing to follow than lead, into a decisive head of Government? How did the change of heart from a Left-leaning protectionist to a free market champion, happen? What techniques did he apply to have his way in a party that largely had little regard for him?
Vinay Sitapati's book, Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India, has the answers. It's a fascinating account, backed by meticulous research and access to Rao's private papers that had until then not come into the public domain, and material from both critics and admirers of the former Prime Minister. Sitapati tells the story of a modern-day Chanakya — nay, both Chanakya and Chandragupta rolled into one; Parth as well as Parthasarathy. Half lion and half man, is what Narasimha means. By the time Rao's tenure ended, he had established how much of a man he was and armed with the killer instinct of a lion.
When an underdog succeeds so spectacularly, there is the temptation to go overboard with praise. Sitapati could have written a hagiography; especially given the full support he had received from Rao's family members, to whom he is indebted. But the author resisted the trap — and to the credit of Rao's family, it did not insist on a panegyric version. He has been sharply critical of his subject when he felt the occasion demanded. For instance, while providing a detailed account of the events that led to the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, Sitapati comments, "There is no question that Rao made the wrong decision on Babri Masjid. He should have imposed President's Rule between 1 November and 24 November 1992… it was a risk he should have taken." And yet, the author adds that "history has judged Narasimha Rao harshly" and that to accuse him of plotting the destruction was inappropriate. This is because Sitapati believes that Rao's fault lay in trusting the words of prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and assorted Hindu seers, that the mosque would be safe. ("He was blinded by personal chemistry.") The then Prime Minister has also been repeatedly faulted for failing to get the mosque rebuilt on the same spot. While the author calls Rao's refusal to heed the demand an "error of judgment", he also informs that senior Congress leaders too had advised him against the idea. Sharad Pawar, for instance, had "sent a private memo on 12 December, cautioning against building the mosque on the same place. 'If the masjid is rebuilt at the same site… (the) issue is likely to be exploited again and again for spearheading mass movements. In such a situation the minority community will have to continuously face insecurity and tension'".
There were other reasons, Sitapati tells in the book, why Rao did not impose President's Rule in Uttar Pradesh to pre-empt the demolition. None of his Cabinet colleagues was willing to take the risk. Even so-called secular parties such as the Janata Dal and the Left refused to take a position (both were in principle vehemently opposed to the invocation of Article 356 of the Constitution to dismiss elected regimes). Although Left leader Jyoti Basu did say that Article 356 could be imposed if no other way was found to save the mosque, in Sitapati's words, "Basu did not provide a categorical declaration that, as there was no other way to protect the mosque; Article 356 was justified in the present circumstance."
All said and done, one cannot help feeling after reading the book, that this was a rare 'failure' — an exception. It certainly didn't deserve the humiliation Rao got in the remaining period of his term, and after. The irrepressible Mani Shankar Aiyar, one of Rao's trenchant critics, is quoted in the book as saying about Rao's indecisiveness in saving the mosque, "Death is not a precondition for rigour mortis." It was still a mild remark when compared to how the Congress leadership treated arguably one of the country's finest Prime Ministers after his death — and even before he was cremated. His body was refused entry into the Congress headquarters and senior party leaders made it known to his family and friends that it was desirable he was cremated outside Delhi.
Indeed, it is with this dual tragedy — death and the subsequent slight — that Sitapati begins his narrative. In a way, therefore, he resurrects Rao from the ashes. But still, it's a morbid beginning to a story of astounding achievements, and an apt reminder that a man who had spent his entire political career in the Congress party and who changed India's destiny, has been purged from the pages of Congress history. Only the brave in the party can today have open words of praise for Rao; they are few, although many had basked in his glory not too long ago. Sitapati writes that when the body arrived at the Congress headquarters building in Delhi, the gates did not open. A Congress leader, who remains unnamed, is quoted thus: "We were expecting the gate to be opened… but no order came. Only one person could give that order. She did not give it." The cortege remained outside for "thirty awkward minutes" before it moved on to the airport on its way to Hyderabad. The book quotes then senior Congress leader K Natwar Singh as saying, "Manmohan (Singh) was not happy with the treatment of the body (in Delhi)."
Rao's uneasy relationship with Sonia Gandhi has been the subject of tomes of discussion. The equation was different to begin with; after all, Sonia Gandhi had cleared Rao's choice as Prime Minister. But it is possible that the warmth may not have existed and that both of them had developed a chill towards each other earlier on. The author cites an instance when, soon after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in the midst of campaigning for the Lok Sabha election, senior leader and Rao-baiter Arjun Singh suggested that Sonia Gandhi be named as party president to garner sympathy votes. Rao retorted in anger that it was not essential for the Congress to be treated like a train where the compartments have to always be attached to an engine belonging to the Nehru-Gandhi family. Weren't there other options, he demanded to know. The episode must surely have been conveyed to Sonia Gandhi, and it is possible that it shaped her subsequent attitude towards him.
It is not a secret why, despite everything, she still endorsed Rao for the party chief's post (as a precursor to prime ministership if the Congress won the election) after Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. The book reiterates the truth that Sonia Gandhi was not enamoured of the leading contenders — ND Tiwari, Sharad Pawar and Arjun Singh. Tiwari had disobeyed Rajiv Gandhi's instructions and contested the election; Pawar had split the party before; and Singh was too deeply enmeshed in factional politics. Veteran Congress leader Shankar Dayal Sharma surprised everyone when he declined an offer brought by Sonia Gandhi's emissaries to him for an eventual prime ministership, saying he was too old. Rao was the next choice suggested by Indira Gandhi's Principal Secretary, PN Haksar. By now well into his mid-seventies, Haksar told the occupant of 10, Janpath, that Rao was (as Sitapati quotes him) "an intellectual who lacked enemies". What was left unsaid was that Rao also lacked friends who could help him upset the first family's hold over the party. From all accounts, Rao was more or less anticipating the offer. The author refers to a meeting between Rao and the Congress's first family's close friend Satish Sharma at the latter's farmhouse, where Sharma presented the offer vetted by Sonia Gandhi. "He (Rao) wasted no time in accepting", Sitapati quotes Sharma as remarking. As blunt and offensive as Mani Shankar Aiyar, now BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said in an interview to the author in 2015 that "Sonia knew that Rao would die soon, and she could take over."
Whatever the game plan may have been, Rao ended up with having a firm grip on the party and the Government to the extent he could in the circumstances. The author provides an anecdote: When someone suggested to Prime Minister Rao that he should give up the party president's post in favour of Sonia Gandhi as that would improve his relations with her, he retorted whether the person wished to see the country's Prime Minister take files to the party president for clearance. Still, the author details at length the steps Rao took to keep Sonia Gandhi in good humour, even at one time suggesting that a direct telephone line could be installed between the two. That never happened, and the communication gap kept growing over time during Rao's prime ministership.
This troubled relationship is only one aspect of Rao's tenure, and it impacted the party more than it did the nation. His genius lay elsewhere — in dramatically reforming the economy by stealth, through guile. Whether it was opening up trade or devaluing the rupee or freeing up closed markets to global winds, Rao realised that he would face rough weather if he presented the radical changes as a break from the past. The author Sitapati notes the shrewdness with which Rao sold the reform measures to the party as a 'continuation' of the policies of Congress icons Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. Few people in the party understood economics anyway (Rao himself did not but learned along the way). The truth is: Everything that he changed in the economy was in contrast to the protectionist policies earlier Congress Prime Ministers had adopted. Rao had given earlier indications of this change, when he extinguished the prospects of senior Congress leaders who were eyeing the Finance Minister's post. His first choice was noted economist IG Patel, but when the latter declined, Rao opted for Manmohan Singh. To later become Prime Minister himself, Singh is quoted in the book as remarking that he said would accept the position provided he received Rao's complete backing, and the Prime Minister responding, "only half-jokingly", that if the policies succeeded, the two can take credit; if there was failure, Singh would have to go.
Rao deployed similar Chanakya-like tactics and strategies in dealing with the minority status of his Government, winning over support at times through questionable means. There is enough in the book to give an insight into his mind — a mind that was deeply influenced by Indian philosophical thought and yet alert to the practicalities of governance (where Chanakya's saam, daam, dand, bhed come into play).
Rao was a man of simple tastes but with a complex mind. His biographer has done an admirable job of prying open the thought-process of the original 'accidental Prime Minister', and the good and bad which came from that accident. In the end, though, the good is so overwhelming that the bad must take a back seat. To quote Sitapati, "His legacy lives on…his half-burnt body continues to glow."
(The writer is a senior political commentator and public affairs analyst)
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Q: Ruby(Chef) - Convert hash into array I have a chef cookbook with a hash.
foo = {
  'herp' => 42,
  'derp' => 84
}

I have a LWRP resource (bar) that can only take arrays
iis_root 'some string' do
  bar []
end

How can I convert 'foo' into an array so it can be used in the resource 'bar'
Looking for something like this:
[ "herp=42","derp=84"]

A: bar = foo.map{ |e| e.join("=")}
=> ["herp=42", "derp=84"]

A: You can iterate through the hash and turn it into an array like so.
ary = Array.New
foo.each do |key, value|
  ary << key + "=" + value
end

This will create the array you are looking for.

A: You can do it using map:
foo.map { |key, value| key + "=" + value.to_s}
=> ["herp=42", "derp=84"]

A: OscillatingMonkey answer correct, but with few changes:
For topic starter, this code doing exactly what you need.
bar = Array.new([])
foo.each do |key, value|
  bar << key + "=" + value.to_s
end
=> ["herp=42", "derp=84"]

A: I would just use map with string interpolation:
foo.map { |k, v| "#{k}=#{v}" }
#=> ["herp=42", "derp=84"]

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Q: 642% CPU used along with GPU during training. Is it normal? I have a PC configuration of
CPU: Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.60 Ghz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX1060
When I train using tensorflow-gpu, both my CPU and GPU are used. Is this  normal behavior?
The usage stats as below from
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nvidia-smi

A: Generally it is normal because Tensorflow uses CPU for certain operations like data preproccessing. For more you can check this. If you want to have a better insight about what utilizes your CPU, try the Profiler tools suite.


Revere High School 30th Reunion, Class of 1985, 2015 group photo. I'm the one top back left with his arm extended!
However, over the years, I seemed to only focus on the former, and had all but forgotten the latter.
It probably had to do with a less than pleasant personal life. My parents were split up, my family struggled to make ends meet, my social life was all over the place, my young romantic life was non-existent (not for lack of trying though), and I had no idea who and what I was or to become.
In fact, as it turns out, I had many, many friends in high school who reminded me of just how much they liked me, and still liked me 30 years later.
Quite a long time to lose touch with so many good people.
I basically avoided all the reunions until the last one like they were the plague. That couldn't have been further from the truth.
Believe it or not Facebook did.
Say what you will about this social media network being a huge waste of time and a banal wasteland of inane babble, Facebook allowed me to reconnect with my old classmates reminding me of just how great they really were.
This is (from left to right) me, Christine Ruberto Berentsen, Joe Livolsi, and Tom Harty catching up at the RHS 30th Reunion.
A few people in particular, like Christine Ruberto (Berensten, her married name), really got me off my duff to come back to the fold and see everyone once again.
And I'm sure glad she did!
It was held at the Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus Mass. on Sunday October 4, 2015. Though the weather outside was rainy, the atmosphere inside was sunny and bright!
I took my wife, Sue, with me to this event because she is one of the best parts of my adult life and I wanted my old friends to meet her.
Not only did I have a great time seeing everyone, who also were having a great time as well; my wife too had a lot of fun meeting the very same people who were a part of my formative years.
One of these people, Charlene Lombardi (now Charlene Turgeon), was one of my best friends in high school. She and I had a tumultuous relationship, i.e. we were always fighting about something!
Charlene (Lombardi) Turgeon (lower left) and me (lower right) in all our 1980s glory!
The interesting thing is, that over the years, I seemed to have forgotten all about the fights and only remember the good times we had as close friends.
However, in true Charlene fashion, she reminded me of the fights—from a looking back upon them fondly perspective! Hahaha!
If you look closely at the inscription I wrote in Charlene's yearbook (in the picture here that she sent me), it's true: we did fight a lot by my own admission back in 1985. Hahaha!
But we really cared deeply for each other as friends, and spent a lot of time looking out for each other—like brother and sister.
Charlene was there for me when I needed a friend who really understood some of the things that I was going through at the time—and she did. She helped me through some serious stuff in my teenage life, and helped me find the strength to mature and let go of childish fears, for which I will always be grateful to her.
Seeing her again was like seeing a long-lost sister after 30 years! It was so great to pick up where we left off and get totally caught up.
Both Charlene and Sue got along really well. In fact, my wife thought it was hilarious and charming when Charlene said to her, "So you're the woman who married the trouble-maker." Hahaha!
Anyway, it was great to see her again, and now not only are we reconnected through Facebook but also are Fitbit friends pushing each other to stay fit.
That's the positive power of social media!
Charlene and I today—back at it! Just like old times! Hahaha!
The event only lasted a scant 4 hours, but long after my classmates and I kept the reunion going on Facebook for weeks to come: posting pictures, videos, many thanks to the reunion organizing committee, musings about the evening of all kinds, and this poem below that I wrote called, The Winds of Time.
Read on and you will get a sense of what the evening was like for us all.
And to my fellow RHS Class of 1985 classmates, I will see all of you at the 35th reunion in 2020!
No one notices until many years does pass.
But comes the time to reunite the class.
Tears and cheers allay all fears in our hearts.
"Who was where and when," the old stories start.
And for one sweet moment: we went back.
Missed paths, lives on a different track.
Old dear friends with families and such.
That the winds of time passed all too much.
The days of our youth and immortality.
The parties, the loves lost, the lives so free.
Never to grow up…and yet we did.
With grace and wisdom no longer a kid.
Shared images of our little ones and more.
All that time apart we warmly restored!
We vow that this is not the end.
That we 'will' see each other again.
No one wants to go when the bell does chime.
As we all float upon…the winds of time.
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Q: CSS ONLY Hover over button animate, hover out animate hi im trying to create navigation drawer button and want to animate it when hovering over it and than animate when hovering out wondering if its possible to do it only in css. here is how far i have gone and also i ran into problem when animation is finished scale of line changes back to regular instead of what animation has.
<button id="navbut" style="position: fixed;right: 0;">

</button>

#line1 {
  position         : relative;
  height           : 1px;
  width            : 3em;
  background       : rgb(255, 255, 255);
  margin-top       : 0.625rem;
  transform-origin : 100% 50% 0px;
  transform        : translate(0px);
  }
#line2 {
  position         : relative;
  height           : 1px;
  width            : 3em;
  background       : rgb(255, 255, 255);
  margin-top       : 0.725rem;
  transform-origin : 100% 50% 0px;
  transform        : translate(0px);
  }
#line3 {
  position         : relative;
  height           : 1px;
  width            : 3em;
  background       : rgb(255, 255, 255);
  margin-top       : 0.825rem;
  transform-origin : 100% 50% 0px;
  transform        : translate(0px);
  }
#navbut {
  background : none;
  width      : 3rem;
  top        : 0.rem;
  cursor     : pointer;
  border     : none;
  }
#navbut:hover>#line1 {
  animation: sha 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.165, 0.84, 0.44, 1);
  }
#navbut:hover>#line2 {
  animation: sh 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.165, 0.84, 0.44, 1);
  }
@keyframes sh {
  100% {transform: scale(0.75, 1); }
  }
@keyframes sha {
  100% {transform: scale(0.45, 1); }
  }

i want that when mouse is over item after animation finishes to stay on that scale instead of reverting back, and if possible to animate hover out

A: It's possible without animations. Just use transform.
Example:
button{
    transform: scale(1);
    transition: transform ease 1s;
}

button:hover{
    transform: scale(0.89);
}


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Great Falls helps Missing in America Project
Canteen participates in service of honor for unclaimed veterans
The Salvation Army in Great Falls Montana marked June 5, National Donut Day, by serving and honoring the memory of six local veterans whose cremated remains lay unclaimed in a nearby funeral home for years.
Several hundred people—over 400 Patriot Guard Riders, honor guards, veterans and first responders—collectively recognized the six soldiers, whose service spanned from World War II to Vietnam, in a service and interment with full military honors at the Montana Veteran's Cemetery in Helena, Mt.
The Great Falls Corps served food, drinks and snacks to attendees of the ceremony in Great Falls and accompanied the procession 90 miles to Helena and once again served bottled water and snacks.
"Words are difficult to describe the emotions involved here: pride, honor, humility, love, and brotherhood are all inadequate yet all are involved," said Jesse E. Oldham, Jr., Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) coordinator for The Salvation Army in Great Falls and a retired U.S. Air Force Cold War and Desert Storm veteran. "To see members of the 819th Red Horse Squadron, Air Force combat engineers—my most favorite former unit—lining the road rendering a salute as the procession passed…let's just say it was very emotional."
During the procession people stood alongside the highways, streets and on the overpasses, paying their respects as the soldiers passed.
"It was heartwarming and healing to know that these veterans will not be left behind or disrespected ever again," said Nancy Hamptons, advisory board member and EDS volunteer, who lost a boyfriend during the Vietnam War. "Their service was not in vain nor will any future service members sacrifice be in vain."
The Missing in America Project, which locates unclaimed veteran remains and ensures the military honor that is due to them, organized the service and requested the assistance of The Salvation Army.
Oldham said, "We are the spiritual descendants of those original Donut Lassies and in honoring our veterans, we were also honoring and trying to live up to the standard those early Salvationists set before us."
CORRECTION: The above quote from Nancy Hamptons was incorrectly attributed in a previous version of this story.
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Q: How do I gain system permission so that I can compile emacs' etags? How do I gain permission to run compile in emacs?
I am in the middle of creating TAGS file in a specific directory (/usr/share/emacs/24.3/lisp) - following through intro to programming in Emacs Lisp by Robert Chassell.
I have run the compile command,

M-x compile RET etags *.el RET

In return I am told that permission has been denied. This is my personal computer, running ubuntu 14.04 LTS with sudo privilege (my personal computer).
I have found some information permission denied when running sh scripts which may be applicable and is worth trying (perhaps try chmod +x *.el instead of chmod + x filename.sh in the example?) but is a little scared as these are not exact solutions and I am fairly new to programming let alone linux (I have already corrupted some files and had to install ubuntu 14.04 all over again a few days ago
The below is the actual message shown in the bufer:
-*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "/usr/share/emacs/24.3/lisp/" -*-
Compilation started at Sat Jun  4 05:36:16

etags *.el
TAGS: Permission denied

Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Sat Jun  4 05:36:16

A: First off, you can get half of tags functionality (for Emacs lisp, anyway) for free with find-function.  I bind it to C-h C-f.  There's also find-variable, but I find describe-variable (C-h v) to be much more useful.

You're probably running Emacs as a regular user rather than an administrator.  This is absolutely the correct thing to do, but will not allow you to write to system directories like anything under /usr.  You can either run Emacs as root (sudo emacs), or use a package called tramp that allows you to work as a different user (it also allows you to edit files on remote machines).
Open the directory as root with C-x C-f /sudo:localhost:/usr/share/emacs/24.3/lisp/.  When you have the directory open, run compile.
Also, I doubt that command will do what you want.  Most Emacs installations gzip the lisp source, and while etags seems to be smart enough to handle this, the glob pattern *.el will not match.  Furthermore, there are subdirectories.  It's best to use the find command: find -name "*.el" -o -name "*.el.gz" -exec etags '{}' +.

The real solution is to not put the TAGS file in that directory.  Simply put it somewhere else where you have write permission.
cd; find /usr/share/emacs/24.3/lisp -name "*.el" -o -name "*.el.gz" -exec etags '{}' +`


A GUI for the Cloud-Services who use webdav as protokol. wdfs has to be installed for the program to be working. Tested with the Telekom Cloud, 1&1 and GMX. Like to hear about it working with other cloud services.
After having problems using dolphin for accessing my telekom cloud space I revived CloudConnector and it works. Made a few changes like storing the login credentials encrypted by using SimpleCrypt. Added a list of provider profiles with URL's and hints to the required information. If dolphin works fine for you - stick to it. If you got the same problems got, this may help you.
can't see the advantage of this app over using dolphin.
All cloud services are accessible through it.
I've tried to use dolphin with webdav but on my OpenSuSE 12.2 Laptop dolphin chrashed. But if I establish the connection first on the console I can browse the shared folder with dolphin. It's just a kind of workaround for me to access it.


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While so called "friends" head for the hills when we whip out our screenplay, our dog patiently sits through every impromptu reading. And our pooch is not the only good listener of the canine persuasion. Neon Tommy has an adorable report on educational program Beach Animals Reading with Kids, or B.A.R.K.


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Subject: Media Studies
What changed in us society during the 1920's due to the economic boom?
3) What changed in us society during the 1920's due to the economic boom? The US economy grew rapidly from 1921 to 1929. It became the world's largest industrial producer; by 1929 it was producing 46% of the world's industrial goods. Its steel industry was booming, with the manufacture of 42 billion tonnes being produced each year. Furthermore during this time the gross national product of the USA increased from $74 billion in 1922 to $104 billion in 1929. This major rise in income within the country was to do with a large economic boom which happened in 1920's America which affected both business and society. Due to the increase of national money within the 1920's the amount of roads in the US were increased, with the mileage doubling companies had access to a much wider market mail order companies especially benefited from the increase in roads as they could reach costumers who were located far away from their main base, both within the large cities of America and the rural areas. To raise awareness to their products around the country many companies invested in advertisement during the 20's. The advertising campaigns were bold, brightly couloured and made use of catch phrases to gain the attention of the general public of America. With the rise of women working in business and earning wages the advertising companies aimed quite a bit of their marketing towards this new consumer group, with adverts using images of woman enjoying their new freedom and the changes in fashion within the time period. ...read more.
It meant that goods were readily available for purchase and the price could be paid back over a number of weeks. Strangely enough even though the average working week fell from 47 to 44 hours due to the mechanisation of the workplace: American people were richer and more well off than before the 1920's because of a wage increase of an average of 10%., Items such as radios and labour saving devices such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators were now to be commonly found throughout the homes of the American people During this decade of the 1920's there was a boom in the music industry as radio stations began broadcasting it. Jazz music grew greatly in popularity and led to a growth of music halls, clubs and musicals in the northern cities. With the new jazz craze, expectations of what women could wear changed as hemlines rose, however some people questioned what effect this change was having on America's morals. The women's clothes were being massed produced in factories and were being sold in chain stores such as sears and roebuck which had become the norm in large cities and sold to over a third of the market. There was also the invention of rayon; a cheap alternative to silk that soon became widely sold across the United States. As well as a variety of clothes made from new materials which were made into clothes of many different styles for women to enjoy wearing. ...read more.
The radio also created a new national habit of listening to the live sporting events that were being broadcasted. The economic boom led to many changes within the society of America. The increase in wealth and the introduction of mass production and labour saving devices, the latter of which led to a decrease in the working hours of the week meant that people had more leisure time to spend socialising in the new jazz clubs, partaking in the new fast dances such as the 'Charleston' or by going to watch sport such as baseball or American football. The young took great pleasure in this new social freedom they had received and the increase in the nation's wealth by going to the pictures and by travelling to other cities on the country's increased road systems, they also enjoyed the freedom from their parents that the decade brought. The 1920s were one of the most prosperous periods in American history due to the increase in economy and the nation's wealth. As a result the country's wealth reflected in every aspect of life but it mainly stood for the idea that American's should just to enjoy life and the new freedom they had received. The prosperity of the people influenced society, culture and industry all due to the boom of the economy during 1920's America. ...read more.
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We hope this email finds you well. We are writing as the Secretary and Treasurer of the AALS Torts & Compensation Systems section to pass along two important notices.
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As most of you know, our section publishes a newsletter each fall listing: (1) symposia related to tort law; (2) recent law review articles on tort law; (3) selected articles from Commonwealth countries on tort law; and (4) books relating to tort law. If you know of any works that should be included, please forward relevant citations and other information to mjdavis@uky.edu. The deadline for inclusion in this fall's newsletter is Friday, August 16, 2019.
2. 2020 William L. Prosser Award
This is the first call for nominations for the 2020 William L. Prosser Award. The award recognizes "outstanding contributions of law teachers in scholarship, teaching and service" in torts and compensation systems. Recent recipients include Ken Simons, Marshall Shapo, Steve Sugarman, Aaron Twerski, Mike Green, James Henderson, Jane Stapleton, Guido Calabresi, Robert Rabin, Richard Posner, Oscar Gray, and Dan Dobbs. Past recipients include scholars such as Leon Green, Wex Malone, and John Wade.
Any law professor is eligible to nominate another law professor for the award. Nominators can renew past nominations by resubmitting materials. Living tort scholars and those who have passed away within the last five years are eligible for the award. Selection of the recipient will be made by members of the Executive Committee of the Torts & Compensation Systems section, based on the recommendation of a special selection committee. The award will be presented at the annual AALS meeting in Washington, D.C. in January 2020.
Nominations must be accompanied by a brief supporting statement and should be submitted no later than Friday, July 19, 2019. Please email submissions to tlytton@gsu.edu.
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Йоахи́м Шта́ндфест (; ) — австрийский футболист, защитник и полузащитник; тренер. Участник чемпионата Европы 2008 в составе сборной Австрии.

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Клубная
Воспитанник футбольных школ клубов «Радмер», «Айзенерц» и «Роттенманн». Профессиональную карьеру начал в 1998 году в клубе ГАК, за который выступал до 2006 года, сыграв за это время 195 матчей, забив 12 мячей, выиграв вместе с клубом один раз чемпионат Австрии, трижды Кубок Австрии, дважды Суперкубок Австрии и поучаствовав в квалификационном раунде Лиги чемпионов УЕФА. С 2007 по 2010 год играл за венскую «Аустрию», в составе которой в том же году стал обладателем Кубка Австрии и участвовал в групповом турнире Кубка УЕФА. Летом 2010 года стал игроком «Штурма». Два года спустя перешёл в покинувший Бундеслигу «Капфенберг».

В сборной
В составе главной национальной сборной Австрии дебютировал 11 октября 2003 года в матче против сборной Чехии. Участник чемпионата Европы 2008 года.

Достижения
 Чемпион Австрии (2): 2003/04, 2010/11
 Обладатель Кубка Австрии (5): 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2006/07, 2008/09
 Обладатель Суперкубка Австрии (2): 2000, 2002

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль игрока на сайте 08euro.ru
 Профиль игрока на сайте Австрийского футбольного союза

Футболисты Австрии
Игроки сборной Австрии по футболу
Игроки ФК ГАК
Игроки ФК «Аустрия» Вена
Игроки ФК «Штурм»
Игроки ФК «Капфенберг»
Игроки ФК «Вольфсберг»
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Do you find that your employees are constantly clock watching, waiting for five p.m. to roll around so they can bolt out the door? Although it may seem counterintuitive, some companies have found that allowing for flexible work schedules has increased worker productivity instead of decreasing it. Workers find that they feel trusted by their employers when they aren't being constantly policed, allowing them to get their work done as they see fit so long as the job is done on time.
This also allows workers to find a greater work/life balance, leading to a happier, healthier workforce.
Creativity should be promoted within the workplace. Many organizations have fostered creativity by creating open-concept workspaces that allow for teamwork and a certain amount of freedom. This allows employees to collaborate and work effectively, creating a sense of community within the office. This in turn promotes employee innovation and creativity in their approach to work, often allowing employees to quickly identify successful solutions in dealing with workplace issues.
Though it may be often said, it is probably true that we typically spend more time with our coworkers than we spend with our families. For this reason, finding ways to make work fun can dramatically improve morale in the workplace. Things such as company events or friendly competitions can improve both loyalty and performance.
A lousy manager is a common reason for leaving a job.
An excellent boss, however, can have the opposite effect. Employees look for supervisors and managers who are clear communicators and don't micromanage. This allows employees to feel supported and free to ask questions without fear of retribution, helping to improve the overall communication within the office.
Creating a strong and respectful team dynamic ensures that your employees will look out for one another and work together to succeed. Organizations that place a high level of importance on creating a unified team will often seek new employees who are a proper fit for their company's corporate culture instead of simply hiring the most qualified person, only to find that they don't match with the organization's ideals. In turn, employees feel compelled to work together to achieve the greatest results.
Companies that recognize outstanding performers often enjoy a greater level of loyalty from their employees. Recognition can come in many forms, including promotions, performance bonuses and other incentives or rewards; however, recognition does not always need to be formal or tied to compensation.
In fact, a simple pat on the back or a thank you for a job well done can do wonders to encourage employees to keep giving it their all.
Greater accountability and employee loyalty are some of the main perks that come from a less-structured, more-supportive work environment. In fact, employees who feel like they play an important role in the success of the organization generally strive to do the best job they can, often performing at a higher level than those who are closely monitored or policed in the workplace.
Making customer service job one ultimately leads to a company that can grow and flourish. Each department should clearly understand who its customer is. Some departments serve clients or customers within the company, while others serve external clients outside the organization. If a company focuses on providing the very best service possible, however, the company's customers will probably be happy, coming back for repeat business and sharing their positive experience with friends, family and business associates.
It's a simple fact that a smile can be contagious. Happy employees talk positively about their employers. This in turn can shed a positive light on your organization, leading to increased awareness about your company and translating to improved sales.
Every company that moves toward creating a unique corporate culture goes through growing pains, and not all strategies will work equally well for all companies. It really depends on finding the right mix of freedom and creativity that will work for your industry and for your employees. There is, however, no denying that happy employees are typically much more eager to come into work and give an honest day's work - which will hopefully translate to greater sales volume and employee retention. Bear in mind that each and every time an employee leaves your company, there is lost productivity, as a replacement worker must be recruited and trained. It is often a lot easier and more beneficial for an organization to keep its experienced and outstanding staff happy and productive.


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69 F. 3d 542 - Zaitz v. Lucia
69 F3d 542 Zaitz v. Lucia
69 F.3d 542
Ronald E. ZAITZ, Appellant,
Pat LUCIA, Maintenance Engineer, Hibbing Community College;
John Bonazza; Ben Bonazza, Retired; Brian Giddings,
Forester, St. Louis County Land Department; St. Louis
County Land Department, Duluth, Minnesota; Duane Nelson,
Deputy Sheriff, St. Louis County Sheriff's Department,
Hibbing, Minnesota; Dirk Davis, Deputy Sheriff, St. Louis
County Sheriff's Department, Hibbing, Minnesota; St. Louis
County Seat, Duluth, Minnesota, Appellees.
No. 95-1491MN.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 25, 1995.
Nov. 3, 1995.
NOTICE: Eighth Circuit Rule 28A(k) governs citation of unpublished opinions and provides that no party may cite an opinion not intended for publication unless the cases are related by identity between the parties or the causes of action.
Before FAGG, LOKEN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Ronald E. Zaitz appeals the district court's grant of dismissal or summary judgment to all defendants in his civil rights action.
After Zaitz pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of marijuana, see Minn.Stat. Sec. 152.025 subd. (2)(1) (1992), Zaitz filed this civil rights action contending private landowners conspired with various county officials to deprive Zaitz of his constitutional rights. The district court properly dismissed Zaitz's claims against the private landowners because Zaitz's allegations of conspiracy are conclusory and do not show the private landowners acted under color of state law. The district court also properly granted summary judgment on Zaitz's claims against the county officials because Zaitz's conviction has not been set aside. Finally, we do not address the arguments Zaitz raises for the first time on appeal. Having considered the record and the parties' briefs, we conclude that an extended opinion would have no precedential value and affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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