I really do need a weekend to sleep and catch up on my hotel reviews, but I continue to take full advantage of my time in Europe to see other cities and countries at a fraction of the price I would have to pay coming from the United States.
Latvia is the only Baltic country I have not yet visited and if I waited much longer to go, the weather would have been too cold for this Angelino, not to mention the issue of limited daylight as we approach winter solstice and a time change.
Here's a challenge for you: guess the routing I am flying. The only clue I will provide is that it will take me three flights to get to Riga.
One leg takes me outside of Europe.
Ok nice little game Matthew.. need more info.. All Star? Reward? BMI or United Miles used? What is "not Europe" who's rules are you using?
I assume he might be going through IST ? That qualifies as Asia I think.
@Derek: Correct and not correct. I consider Istanbul part of Europe, but is one of my connection cities.
Damian, all Star, reward, UA miles used. Not an intra-Europe award, though I essentially was flying o/w from FRA to RIX with a layover in IST and a layover in one other city.
@Matt: Ha! I had considered that, but may go to TUN this weekend instead.
@Ben: very, very close. You have found the second region.
@Ben: Nope and nope, though the answer will be revealed in this week's UPGRD podcast, which should go up today or tomorrow.
Riga was great, though you will only need one day to explore it. A long layover in RIX is perfect.


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Health Tip: Dangers of Teen E-Cigarette Use
(HealthDay News) -- Nicotine use among teens is soaring, but not because of traditional cigarettes. E-cigarettes are the most common form of smoking among youth in the United States, the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens says.
Although they're commonly marketed as safer alternatives, they still put teens at risk, the agency says. Young people who use nicotine are at risk for long-lasting effects.
Potential effects include:
Learning deficiencies.
Decrease in attention span.
Decrease in impulse control.
Mood disorders.
Increased likelihood to use drugs.

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This post from Marshall Goldsmith about flashes of clarity prompted me to take stock of how I came to coaching and where I am now.
The clarity that Marshall speaks of came for him during some very dramatic events in his life: Breaking his neck surfing, being involved in a near-plane crash and observing the plight of starving children in Africa first hand are certainly experiences that will make one look at life differently. The point I took away is that sometimes there needs to be a trigger to help you take stock.
What I decided to look at in my life are a few events that sparked an interest in leadership and coaching for me. These events revolved around my evolution as an adult and leader.
For me it started with my first real, "adult" job. I was working for a railroad in Chicago for a while when I was tapped for promotion to foreman. While it seemed like a plum job, the reality was quite different. Having had no preparation for the position, I learned really quickly that there was a lot I didn't know about working with people, and it was up to me to figure out what to do through trial and error. Looking back, I doubt I was a terribly effective leader at the time, but it gave me a taste of leadership, and I liked it.
The second clarifying period of my life was when I stumbled into writing software. The act of writing software is solitary, but the real joy for me at the beginning was working with my customer to deliver something that really helped them in their day to day work.
The final event that clarified an interest in helping others through coaching arrived after I had become experienced in Information Technology. Along the way I'd been presented with many roles as a worker bee and a leader, seizing the opportunities as they came up. Coder, systems analyst, team leader, project manager and department manager. They all offered a great deal of technical challenge, which I liked, and the reward of helping to solve a problem. But there was something missing.
As I moved up through the ranks I noticed that I yearned for something more beyond technical skills. I wanted to become more adept at the "language" of leading, and to help other leaders become their best.
That is what brought me to coaching. Combining what I've learned in coach training with continuing education and life experience has helped me to help others grow as humans.
And now that I'm here, it's a pleasure to report that helping others through coaching is all I thought it would be, and more. The "more" is that it's a continuing journey of learning and honing my skills, both as a coach and a leader.
Ms. Konnikova suggests that one way to solve problems is to mimic the techniques of observation that Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes used. Studies show that active attention provides more results than being a passive observer. This mindfulness or presence is difficult in practice in our modern world where we have become slaves to constant bombardment of information from different sources.
The thread that ran through all of the days' IdeaFestival presentations for me was seeing all possibilities.
Alex Stone's talk on Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind shared the idea of being guided by assumptions, and finding patterns where none seemingly exist.
In his afternoon session, comedian Chris Bliss talked about how every act of communication is actually an act of translation, and it is wise to view failure as another point of information that can be used positively.
Juxtaposed with this was marine biologist Rafe Sagarin , suggesting that it's as important that we learn from successes as it is from failures. He pointed out how we can observe and learn from about complex systems from nature, and that biology trumps politics.
The day was closed with presentations about different approaches have been taken to solving what appear to be big challenges.
Sandwiched in the middle of all this was a lunchtime talk by Calvin Johnson, who endured a horrendous experience and wrongful incarceration, about his long road to exoneration, thanks to the Innocence Project, and admission of DNA evidence in his case.
An excellent, and a bit exhausting day.
We're often asked why we moved to Louisville from Maine, and the reasons are many.
The weather here is much more moderate than it is in Maine. Yes, there's still a snow shovel in the garage, but it doesn't see much use here. Oh, and the summers can be wicked uncomfortable, but air conditioning helps through the worst of it.
Culturally, for a reasonably-sized city Louisville represents a richness that has many facets. It starts out with a diverse population that we missed in the years we lived in the northeast. There's more to the equation: From live theater and dynamite restaurants to champion-level college sports and a minor league baseball team, to beautiful parks and walkable neighborhoods. Our fair city ticks most boxes for us.
But the cherry on top of the sundae for us is IdeaFestival. It has become an event that we look forward to every year about this time. You could say it's Louisville's TED or PopTech!, but that would just barely scratch the surface of what we have here. IdeaFestival, which bills itself as "a celebration for the intellectually curious." Bottom line is it presents world class speakers through a local lense to deliver what I can only describe as just mind expanding.
In my role as a coach, I help people recognize the strengths needed to move themselves to their next level of success. Want to know more? Check out the coachgeek.com website. Steve Aidikonis is a Certified Hudson Institute Coach.


The following article was published several years ago on the AEA website.
After choosing electrology treatments, the permanent method of hair removal, the next step consumers should take is to select a good electrologist. You might think that licensing, certification or association membership would indicate that the selection process stops there, but there are many more indications (and red flags) to look for when selecting an electrologist.Licensing, Certification, Association MembershipThirty-two states and the District of Columbia license electrolysis as a profession. The state boards overseeing the profession vary from boards of cosmetology and barbering, nursing and medical, health and human services, and include boards of professional regulation, consumer affairs and business. In licensed states, the required training ranges from 300 to 1500 hours. Keep in mind that in an unlicensed state no training is required. Schools of electrology usually require a minimum of 120 hours, designed for those in unlicensed states. Several licensed states include chair-side or apprenticeship training which is usually double the hours required when attending a school. With that in mind, look for an electrologist who has a diploma of training. The licensed electrologist will often use the credentials "LE" or "RE" (registered electrologist) after their name.
Certification is provided through testing by a national organization and is maintained by continuing education. The Certified Professional Electrologist (CPE) credential is the premier certification provided to electrologists by the International Board of Electrologist Certification (IBEC) and secured by PROMETRIC™ a global leader in testing and assessment services, including development and administration of licensing and certification exams for businesses and organizations. Membership in state or national associations is a possible indication that the electrologist is actively involved in the profession. Associations offer continuing education and allow members to keep abreast of the most recent topics affecting the profession. Knowing that your electrologist is licensed, certified or associated with other professionals should give you some assurance of security, but there is more!
When seeking an electrologist, personal referrals are a very good start. While many people don't want to admit that they have excess hair, if you quietly ask, they might tell! Physician referrals can be helpful, but then again, many people don't even admit to their physician that they have had electrology treatments. Also, local phone books and internet searches can help you find an electrologist in your area. When viewing print, internet and television ads, make sure that they are providing needle electrolysis. In yellow page and internet advertising you will often see "heading jumping," a type of bait and switch, where practitioners of other hair removal methods advertise as electrologists. If you call, they will make an appointment for you and never tell you that they do not provide electrology treatments.
When you find an electrologist, call for a phone consultation or look to see if they have a website that provides information. During the phone consultation, you can ask about training, licensing, whether or not they provide a free in-office consultation and what other procedures they provide. This would be a good time to ask if the electrologist uses pre-sterilized, disposable electrolysis needles and what other sanitation and sterilization guidelines are followed. Again, make sure they are providing needle electrolysis. An advertisement that states treatments are "painless" should be a red flag. (Electronic tweezers, patch devices, laser and light devices are not electrolysis.) The electrologist will ask you to discontinue any tweezing or waxing when you make an appointment.
At the consultation, look for a clean, well-organized office and expect a friendly welcome by a professional-looking electrologist. You will fill out a health history assessment form that asks for contact information, questions about the areas you want to have treated, what previous methods you have used to hide or remove the hair, and questions about other health considerations. The electrologist needs this information to provide you with information specific to your hair problem, and to determine if you have any contraindications to treatment. Red-flag the electrologist who does not have this assessment form.
When the form is complete, the electrologist will then explain several things about the treatment. The physiology of the hair follicle and the fact that hair grows in unsynchronized cycles is essential information to help consumers know what to expect from their treatments. The experienced electrologist will be able to design a treatment program for your specific needs, but they will not be able to state the exact number of treatments, or how long it will take you, since your physiology is unique to you. Genetic, hormonal and medication variations will contribute to your specific problem. Ask as many questions as you like during the consultation. If you forgot or missed something during that first consultation, the electrologist should be happy to provide any and all information to you at a later date, if you ask. The consultation should also provide information about what to expect after the treatment, as your skin might be pink or even red for a few hours. It is important that you keep your hands off the treated area, and to avoid situations where your skin will get dirty, sweaty, or irritated for the first few days after a treatment. After-treatment products should be discussed, including what to do if you experience a rare side effect such as a pimple or bruising.
Most consultations will also include a short treatment, where the electrologist removes a few hairs so that you can see what it feels like and how your skin will react. The insertion of the electrolysis needle into the follicle should not hurt, but the treatment energy does sting. Upon removal of the hair, you should not feel that the hair was plucked or tweezed – it should slide out of the follicle with ease. The exception to this extraction sensation is the slight traction that can be felt when some catagen and telogen hairs are removed – as they are held in the follicle by a dried root sheath. Red-flag the electrologist who provides an insertion that is painful or whose hair extraction feels like tweezing. Before any treatment begins, you should see the electrologist wash his or her hands and don gloves. Immediately after a treatment, the electrologist should dispose of the needle in a red sharps container, place the tweezers in a soaking container, dispose of any cotton used during treatment, remove gloves and decontaminate hands by using an alcohol gel or soap and water. Red-flag the electrologist who fails to follow these protocols.
If the treatment energy sensation is too uncomfortable for you, ask them to stop. Make sure that the insertion is not causing pain, as it's the treatment energy that will sting. There are topical anesthetics available that some electrologists will apply to small areas such as the upper lip or they will sell to you to apply prior to treatment. Some licensed states forbid electrologists' application of topical anesthetics, however, you can obtain products OTC or by prescription. It is essential that you follow all directions for these products. After the first treatment, most people will say, "Is that all it is?" when asked about the sensation of the treatment. The treatment energy causes the sensation during electrolysis – not the insertion of the electrolysis needle. Some electrologists will provide ice or other cooling methods for you to take with you. The electrologist should provide written instructions for at-home care, but any concern that you have at home should be immediately addressed by calling the electrologist.
Many people dismiss electrolysis as an option believing that the cost is prohibitive, but it is very affordable. The consumer seeking hair removal on large areas with dense hair growth will spend more than the woman with a few hairs on her chin. However, all treatments will occur with decreasing length and frequency as they progress. The average consumer spends around $25.00 to $40.00 per treatment (depending upon the geographical area) and is completed within 12 to 24 months. Some electrologists offer reduced pricing with the purchase of blocks of time. You should not purchase a block of time until you have had a few treatments from this electrologist and are sure of your practitioner. Choosing the practitioner who offers the least expensive treatments does not mean the total cost of treatments will be less than choosing the practitioner who offers the most expensive treatment; just as choosing the practitioner who offers the most expensive treatment does not mean that you have chosen the highest quality available. The electrologist with the best skills will give you the most cost-effective treatment.
Professional electrologists will have written office policies about the hours they keep, the methods for scheduling appointments, and the requirements for cancellation. Respect their time by giving 24 hours notice to cancel an appointment. Most electrology practices are owned by women who make a living by selling their time. If you do not give them appropriate notice to cancel, they cannot sell that time to another client, so you should expect to pay for the time you reserved. Exceptions to this would be a medical emergency or the manifestation of a contagious condition such as a cold, flu, or cold sore. The electrologist will also want you to communicate any concerns you have after a treatment.
The 21st Century has brought us to an age of information that exceeds anything known before. Consumers should be aware that there are practitioners from all walks of life who lack the skills needed for their chosen profession. The electrology profession began in the late 1800's, and the 20th Century provided us with technology and information about the body's physiology that amaze us still. Education and technology won't override skills, but they indicate an investment in the profession. There is nothing wrong with consulting with several electrologists in your area before choosing one. The savvy consumer will be knowledgeable about the procedure, will communicate openly with the electrologist, will follow treatment recommendations, and will get results.


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Checking in with I-74 Mississippi River Bridge
Bettendorf, Iowa to Moline, Illinois
Kristina Kuehling / July 03, 2019
From ice to rising river levels in 2018 and 2019, working in the Mississippi has been challenging. Construction workers hop onto crew boats each day to get to the work sites, and contractors rely on barges to deliver project equipment and materials such as cranes and concrete. With extraordinary effort and patience, crews have been working through all types of weather to make the new bridge a reality.
With the Mississippi River at a major flood stage for 45 days and counting, as well as water levels hitting a record 22.7 ft in May 2019, the high water and swift current have created additional challenges and safety concerns. Certain tasks in the river have been placed on hold for the safety of workers while the contractor focuses on tasks above water level such as decking the westbound bridge and bolting arch segments.
On land, contractors are quickly making progress toward the completion of the new westbound approaches, as well as new ramps and lanes on both sides of the river. The Moline riverfront embankment is nearly completed, and concrete will soon be poured to form the new viaduct. Three new westbound lanes in Moline and Bettendorf are anticipated to be completed by the end of 2019, and demolition of the existing westbound structures in both Moline and Bettendorf is underway.
Crews bolting in a new arch segment.
Traffic has been routed off sections of the interstate onto local roads while construction of the new westbound I-74 takes place. These detours will allow demolition for existing land structures and the expansion of westbound I-74 to three lanes. Detour routes were developed with a key goal in mind—keep the westbound bridge open to local traffic at all times. For this to be successful and also reduce traffic congestion, thru-traffic was rerouted to other interstate systems located just outside of the Quad Cities in March 2019. Local traffic must use local roads to access the bridge in Moline and take the first exit in Bettendorf after crossing the river bridge.
The Iowa and Illinois DOTs anticipate that the new Iowa-bound bridge will open to traffic in the first half of 2020. This schedule, however, is dependent on multiple factors, including weather. Flooding and fast river current continue to complicate construction. Once the arch is completed, the departments will have a more accurate depiction of the project schedule. A task force has been assembled to identify ways to minimize further delays by expediting certain tasks, such as pre-assembling the westbound arch floor system on land, combining deck pours, and completing non-traffic related items after opening the new bridge to traffic.
The goal is to open the new Iowa-bound bridge to traffic as soon as it is safe to do so.
In effort to keep on schedule despite challenging in-river conditions, contractors have focused on building the segmental steel bridge arches.
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Q: Parse using XMLDictionary I am using 'XMLDictionary' to parse xml. In one case I am getting the following dictionary(after converting NSData response to NSDictionary using 'dictionaryWithXMLData')
{
"__name" = "soap:Envelope";
"_xmlns:soap" = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
"_xmlns:xsd" = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
"_xmlns:xsi" = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
"soap:Body" =     {
    GetPublicationsListResponse =         {
        GetPublicationsListResult = 0;
        "_xmlns" = "http://questbase.org/";
        publicationsList = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>\n<publications>\n  <publication>\n    <pin>4533-1490-8280</pin>\n    <title>Unsecure Assessment</title>\n    <isSecure>0</isSecure>\n  </publication>\n  <publication>\n    <pin>5123-4751-0595</pin>\n    <title>Secure Assessment</title>\n    <isSecure>1</isSecure>\n  </publication>\n</publications>";
        studentID = "4795e7fc-5c98-4ec4-a155-5f719f14ef3e";
    };
};

}
Here, object for key publicationList is in xml and I am stuck trying to convert it into NSDictionary. Plz help.
Original xml request made was in the form:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <SecurityHeader xmlns="http://questbase.org/">
      <Password>string</Password>
    </SecurityHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <GetPublicationsList xmlns="http://questbase.org/">
      <accountName>string</accountName>
      <userName>string</userName>
      <password>string</password>
      <ipAddress>string</ipAddress>
      <userAgent>string</userAgent>
    </GetPublicationsList>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

and the response is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetPublicationsListResponse xmlns="http://questbase.org/">
      <GetPublicationsListResult>int</GetPublicationsListResult>
      <studentID>guid</studentID>
      <publicationsList>string</publicationsList>
    </GetPublicationsListResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

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Q: Force IEnumerable to evaluate without calling .ToArray() or .ToList() If I query EF using something like this...
IEnumerable<FooBar> fooBars = db.FooBars.Where(o => o.SomeValue == something);

IIRC, This creates a lazy-evaluated, iterable state machine in the background, that does not yet contain any results; rather, it contains an expression of "how" to obtain the results when required.
If I want to force the collection to contain results I have to call .ToArray() or .ToList()
Is there a way to force an IEnumerable<T> collection to contain results without calling .ToArray() or .ToList(); ?
Rationale
I don't know if the CLR is capable of doing this, but essentially I want to forcibly create an evaluated collection that implements the IEnumerable<T> interface, but is implemented under the hood by the CLR, thus NOT a List<T> or Array<T>
Presumably this is not possible, since I'm not aware of any CLR capability to create in-memory, evaluated collections that implement IEnumerable<T>
Proposal
Say for example, I could write something like this:
var x = IEnumerable<FooBar> fooBars = db.FooBars
        .Where(o => o.SomeValue == something)
        .Evaluate(); // Does NOT return a "concrete" impl such as List<T> or Array<T>

Console.WriteLine(x.GetType().Name);
// eg. <EvaluatedEnumerable>e__123

A: You can use a foreach loop:
foreach (var item in fooBars) { }

Note that this evaluates all items in fooBars, but throws away the result immediately. Next time you run the same foreach loop or .ToArray(), .ToList(), the enumerable will be evaluated once again.

A:
Is there a way to force an IEnumerable<T> collection to contain results without calling .ToArray() or .ToList(); ?

Yes, but it is perhaps not what you want:
IEnumerable<T> source = …;
IEnumerable<T> cached = new List<T>(source);

The thing is, IEnumerable<T> is not a concrete type. It is an interface (contract) representing an item sequence. There can be any concrete type "hiding behind" this interface; some might only represent a query, others actually hold the queried items in memory.
If you want to force-evaluate your sequence so that the result is actually stored in physical memory, you need to make sure that the concrete type behind IEnumerable<T> is a in-memory collection that holds the results of the evaluation. The above code example does just that.

A: A concrete use case I've run into revolves around needing to ensure that an IEnumerable that wraps a DB Query has begun returning results (indicating that the query did not time out) before returning control to the calling method. But the results are too large to evaluate fully, hence the IEnumerable to support streaming.
internal class EagerEvaluator<T>
{
    private readonly T _first;
    private readonly IEnumerator<T> _enumerator;
    private readonly bool _hasFirst;

    public EagerEvaluator(IEnumerable<T> enumerable)
    {
        _enumerator = enumerable.GetEnumerator();
        if (_enumerator.MoveNext())
        {
            _hasFirst = true;
            _first = _enumerator.Current;
        }
    }

    public IEnumerable<T> ToEnumerable()
    {
        if (_hasFirst)
        {
            yield return _first;

            while (_enumerator.MoveNext())
            {
                yield return _enumerator.Current;
            }
        }
    }
}

The usage is pretty straight forward:
IEnumerable<FooBar> fooBars = new EagerEvaluator(fooBars).ToEnumerable()

A: Another options is:
<linq expression>.All( x => true);

A: I use Aggregate<T>() to evaluate an IEnumerable<T> with side effects:
private static IEnumerable<T> Evaluate<T>(IEnumerable<T> source)
    => source.Aggregate(Enumerable.Empty<T>(), (evaluated, s) => evaluated.Append(s));

See it in action: https://dotnetfiddle.net/iya2l0


Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu today laid the foundation stone for Phadampa Phodrang here at Lhou village in presence of MoS Home AffairsKiren Rijiju, RWD Parliamentary Secretary Jambey Tashi, Tawang MLA Tsering Tashi and Dr Rikya Lhavoe Rinpoche.
The Phodrang or the temple in Monpa dialect is dedicated to 10th century Buddhist Monk from South India -Phadampa Sangye- who had travelled to Tibet through Lhou village.
Chief Minister in his speech said the temple will be constructed to mark the visit of Buddhist Saint Phadampa to Mon area and preserve his teachings. The temple will also house the statue of Saint Phadampa, a six feet gold coated copper statue prepared by Dr Rikya Rinpoche.
MoS Home and Dr Rikya Rinpoche also spoke on the occasion. A book authored by Dr Rinpoche 'Advice on repaying the kindness of parents' was released by Rijiju.
Later the Chief Minister and the dignitaries visited the rock where the Buddhist Saint has his knee imprinted on a rock.
Earlier the Chief Minister inaugurated the steel bridge over Jangda stream and also laid the foundation stone of infrastructure development at Lhou.


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Q: how can I use wget to download large files? I'm using Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon running from an 8GB pendrive. I want to get the ISO for 'Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" KDE '. I tried using wget in the terminal. Here is exactly what I typed:
wget http://mirror.ufs.ac.za/linuxmint/stable/14/linuxmint-14-kde-dvd-64bit.iso

after it downloaded until 30% (after like 2 hours), I was dissappointed to see that it stopped downloading. I used wget because I do not want to leave my chromium-browser on. please help me so I can download it.
Thanks in advance.

A: You can continue failed downloads using wget. (Provided where you're downloading from supports it)
Quote:
Say we're downloading a big file:
$ wget bigfile

And bang - our connection goes dead (you can simulate this by quitting with Ctrl-C if you like). Once we're back up and running and making sure you're in the same directory you were during the original download:
$ wget -c bigfile

Provided where you're downloading from supports it, you should get going from exactly where you left off.

A: Normally, wget has no file size limit.
If wget is failing, it is probably because you are running out of space on the pendrive. Do you have a free GB for the iso?
How did wget stop? Was there an error message? Did you perhaps allow the computer to go into suspend? If so, use wget -c as suggested by @dtmland.
Finally, wget does have an option to limit file size but it is not set by default. One possibility is that your sysadmin has set a limit by making wget an alias to something like wget --max-filesize N. To check if wget is an alias run alias wget.


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Archive | 9:55 am
Cosmetic Surgery: The Council's Strategy for Changing Itself, Dr. Robert Zuber
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. Mother Teresa
When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. Andy Warhol
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Maya Angelou
This past week under the leadership of Kuwait as both president of the Security Council for June and Chair of the Council's Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, the Council held a discussion focused on its Working Methods.
Though I can't convince my interns of its entertainment value, this discussion is among my favorites, eliciting innovative joint statements (which should be more the norm) and a bevy of states coming to remind the Council that they are obliged represent the interests of the full membership, not merely the interests of the "club" and certainly not merely the national interests of a few permanent members.
Moreover, they come to remind the Council of the limitations of their resolutions to maintain international peace and security, the degree to which such resolutions are often more about what the Council's culture can "tolerate" than about what the people urgently need. As we have noted in other contexts, resolutions from this Council (and other parts of the UN system) put members "on the record" but less often "on the clock."
The briefers for this debate were fine – two affiliated organizations present as much for their funding and program relationships with Council members as their working insight – but they did share effectively on the role that elected members can play in pushing Council reforms, on the value (and cost) of Council "missions" to conflict-affected areas, and on the need for greater fairness and transparency regarding the listing (and de-listing) of persons and entities under the Council's various sanctions regimes.
And yet there was also a sense, echoed by Brazil and other states, that there is potential for danger here – allowing the important but sometimes cosmetic concerns associated with working methods to obscure the desire among much of the membership for deeper reform of a Council which does not and has not for some time represented current geo-political realities. Some of this push for reform is related to the unrepresentative permanent Council membership, some to the power imbalances within the Council itself, imbalances that sometimes result in resolutions not properly responsive to member concerns or with implementation undermined by the very powers that promoted the resolutions in the first instance.
With this in mind, one shift that we have long advocated is related to Mexico's intervention this past Thursday, that we give greater consideration to the creation of new "platforms" to allow a wider range of stakeholder views on ways to assess and address current peace and security threats. In our experience, such conversations happen now throughout UN headquarters consistent with the "human security" framework pushed forward by Japan and others which we also advocate. However, these conversations are often disconnected and involve input mostly from the "usual suspects," especially on the NGO side of the aisle. Given the multitude of recognized security threats as well as the broad swath of states and stakeholders impacted by security decisions taken (or dismissed) around the Council oval, we must ensure that relevant and available vantage points and expertise are integrated into all phases of security policy to the greatest degree possible.
Our own assumptions going into this debate were based in part on prior connection with working methods issues at the UN: First, it does indeed matter how we do our business in the world as much as what that business is. It matters how we get from A to B, in part because our values are embedded as much in our practical actions as our stated objectives. "We are what we practice," should be enshrined over every UN conference room, not to disparage norms and values (we would be the last ones to do so) but to reinforce the need to better align the values we espouse and the values which our practical priorities – indeed our working methods – suggest. Needless to say, there is room for improvement here.
Another assumption is that people and institutions tend to make the changes they are comfortable with more than the changes that are needed. In both personal and institutional life there is often a form of "bargaining" that takes place – we'll "give in" on a few points of contention in order to avoid having to make changes at larger levels. "Cosmetic" changes are not always to the detriment of more fundamental ones, but this "bargaining" does most often push fundamental reckonings to the "back burner," indeed often off the cooking stove entirely. It is a danger to which we must remain attentive.
The third assumption is that, while the Security Council is right to want to maintain significant control over its methods of work, both in the open chamber and in consultations –in order to retain as France noted during the debate, the "flexibility" to respond to threats to international peace and security by the best means possible — those many stakeholders with a compelling interest in Council decisions are also right to demand a certain level of honorable predictability in Council behavior. Non-Council members and other Council watchers have noted the many instances where "provisional rules of procedure" and other concessions to flexibility have been exploited by Council members (mostly permanent members) to make claims that are consistent mostly with national interests and only barely with global ones.
And this leads to our 4th assumption – that Council members speak too often in "national capacity" and not often enough as members of a deliberative and legislating body that they have a duty to help manage. We do understand at least some the limitations impacting elected members, especially members from small states that have a "right" to Council membership but little demonstrated diplomatic robustness to hold the permanent members and larger states to task for dropping the ball (or failing to properly share it) on peace and security. Indeed, the five members elected on Friday by the General Assembly – Tunisia, Vietnam, Niger, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Estonia – are as likely to have their interests dismissed by the larger powers as they are to hold these powers to account. If these new members can prioritize open lines of communication with the General Assembly and other core UN bodies, including insisting on an annual report from the Council to the GA which, as India and Cuba advocated on Thursday, contains analysis well beyond a "laundry list" of "statistical markers" of activity, then they will have created the "ripples" from which real change can happen. .
And to reiterate, these states can also help effect a transition to a security system in which the Council plays a pivotal but not exclusive role, a system which understands the security implications of a wide range of policy matters – from food and water scarcity and pandemics to corruption and ocean degradation – taken up by diverse UN entities which, as Argentina smartly noted, the Council can engage more effectively "without absorbing their work." It is these matters which create openings for the rest of the membership, openings that the General Assembly and Peacebuilding Commission have already seized in part, openings that allow the general membership, in turn, to engage the Council more effectively "without absorbing its work."
It is both tempting and foolish to dismiss the Council itself as a relic of a bygone era. At the same time, it would be imprudent to dismiss the Council's structural flaws, from excessive threats of the veto and endless prepared statements in "national capacity" that stake no new policy terrain to the willingness of certain permanent members to publicly flaunt the international law they are pledged to uphold.
As Liechtenstein (a major proponent of the ACT Code of Conduct) urged on Thursday, it is important for member states to do more than come to the Council chamber and vent frustrations over the slow pace of Council reform and the even-slower pace of peace in places such as Syria, DR Congo and Palestine. States must be willing to take more "ownership" of peace and security concerns, including more responsibility for the failures in this realm that continue to damage global respect for multilateralism. Where security is concerned, member states must collectively renounce the tendency to beg the Security Council for their "allowance," and do more to earn their own income.
Change is easy for virtually no one, but in UN contexts we can and must do more to prepare this system for changes that are more than cosmetic, more than creating facile markers of efficiency, more than setting up a larger window to view a "meal" in the Council chamber that we are duly prohibited from eating. The changes we need now are cultural as much as procedural, specifically the willingness of the Council to work and play better with others, and especially (as recently noted by Iran and other states) to adhere more rigorously to the laws and principles to which it holds (or at least seeks to hold) other UN members accountable.
It is true, as noted above by Andy Warhol, that many of us will die before embarking on the path of change that others have long advocated for us. But we can't allow more people to die waiting for the Security Council to embrace the changes – cosmetic and deeper – that will help restore global confidence in its decisions. If there was a takeaway from this week's working methods discussion for me, if was the sense that the Council is slowly preparing itself – and being prepared – to make these life-and credibility-saving changes, in part based on the realization that the security threats we face at present simply cannot be managed by the Council acting alone.


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Avocados are in season and I've been seeing them everywhere I go so I always have a few of them at home. Other than enjoying them for breakfast, I'm turning them into popsicles. I added coffee in the ingredients and drizzle it with dark chocolates right before serving. The result… avocado popsicle for breakfast!
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Combine all the ingredients in a blender and pop in popsicles mold.
Drizzle with melted chocolate when ready to serve.
Linda, I LOVE these popsicles!!!! Brilliant and inventive!! LOVE!
These look amazing and I love the color – yum!
Oh gosh, I am loving popsicle week already!! Amazing!
Oh my gosh those look yummy!! I love avocado but I'm a little unsure of eating it like that lol! I might have to give it a go though!
You should try it 🙂 Thanks for the visit, Katie.
I love this recipe so much! Not only are the pix beautiful, but I think it sounds delicious! Love it!
These look absolutely amazing! I will be trying this recipe for sure!! Thank you for sharing!
These are seriously the most creative and gorgeous popsicles ever!
Yay for popsicle week and these popsicles! I love the chocolate and avocado! They look fantastic!
This is the COOLEST dessert recipe every. Pun intended! Seriously, I love anything with avo!
Oh wow – you're a genius! These look amazing!


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OPINION: LeBron James Has What It Takes To Play In The NBL
thefirstreserve May 7, 2018 0
Larry Feathers
Basketball Blogger
I was flicking through channels the other day when I came across something called the NBA. I did a bit of research and discovered that NBA stands for National Basketball Association, which is apparently America's version of the NBL. It was weird to watch at first (I've always assumed basketball is an exclusively Australian thing) but after a while I realised that some of the American players actually aren't too bad. I was pleasantly surprised by this one guy who dropped 38 points and hit a game-winning buzzer beater — his name is LeBron James, and by their standard, he's pretty damn good.
I never thought I'd say this about a non-Australian player, but here goes — I seriously believe this LeBron guy has what it takes to play on the biggest stage of all, the NBL.
It sounds crazy, I know. But hear me out.
LeBron stands at just over two metres — roughly the same height as Cairns Taipans player Lucas Walker, to give you an idea. His dunking ability is on par with the average NBL power forward, and he's no pushover in the paint. He kind of reminds me of a young Mitch Creek. On a purely physical level, he matches up with the big boys Down Under.
As for LeBron's skills … well, he's no hack. He's averaging 34.8 points per game so far in the NBA playoffs, and has registered seven double-doubles out of a possible ten. Should we take these stats with a grain of salt? Absolutely. But the point is, they provide an indicator of his ability relative to other NBA players. They also prove that he's consistent, and consistency is vital for anyone hoping to hold their spot on a highly competitive NBL roster.
You might be thinking this LeBron guy sounds like a big fish in a small pond. Don't get me wrong, I accept that there's a big difference between playing in the NBA, where the stakes are low, and playing in the NBL, where even bench players earn enough to make a living. All I'm saying is that hypothetically, if there was an NBA player who could potentially make their presence felt in Australia, it'd be him.
Could he turn a game on its head like, say, Chris Goulding? Of course not. Could he crack a club's starting five? I doubt it.
But could he, with the right guidance and a bit of luck, develop into a serviceable sixth man? Honestly, I don't see why not.
At the end of the day, this is all just speculation. Most clubs probably wouldn't be willing to take a chance on LeBron. How can anyone know for sure that he'll be able to handle the pressure of playing in front of thousands, with his performance broadcast all over the country exclusively on pay TV? It would be an enormous step up for someone who's only ever played in the NBA. Many coaches would prefer to play it safe by signing a born-and-bred Australian who's cut his teeth on junior interstate tournaments, even if it means using up a bigger slice of the salary cap.
So will he ever get the call-up to the NBL? I guess only time will tell. But regardless of what the NBL thinks of LeBron, he enjoys plenty of support from the tight-knit basketball community in America. His US fans keep likening him to someone called Michael Jordan, who is apparently held in high esteem over there. I imagine he's the equivalent of our own Andrew Gaze — the greatest, at least by their standard.
And who knows … maybe one day we'll be comparing LeBron to Andrew. In the world of basketball, anything's possible.
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