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The Cornish Mineral Industry - Past Performance and Future Prospect
By J.H. Trounson Edited by Roger Burt and Peter Waite
This book commemorates the work of Jack Trounson, who was one of the leading twentieth-century authorities on Cornish mining and the greatest exponent of its future potential. He had an unparalleled ability to marshal a wealth of detail on the past working of mines and use it to point to places where minerals might still be worked at a profit.
The History Of Honiton Lace Industry
By H.J. Yallop
Honiton lace is one of the world's great laces and this book for the first time tells the full story of the industry that produces it, from its beginnings in the sixteenth century to its demise in the twentieth. Over 100 photographs illustrate the history of design in Honiton lace as well as the technical aspects of manufacture.
Mining in a Medieval Landscape - The Royal Silver Mines of the Tamar Valley
By Steve Rippon, Peter Claughton and Christopher Smart
This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley.
The New History Of The Italian South - The Mezzogiorno Revisited
Edited by Robert Lumley and Jonathan Morris
This collection brings together the work of a new generation of revisionist historians who argue that the true history of Southern Italy has been reduced to that of a 'Southern problem' viewed through a Northern prism.
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Asylum Records és una discogràfica nord-americana pertanyent a Warner Music Group.

Història
Asylum va ser fundada el 1971 per David Geffen, operant com un segell de rock. Un any després, va ser adquirida per Warner Communications, formant part juntament amb Elektra Records del que seria "Elektra/Asylum Records."

David Geffen va romandre al càrrec de la companyia, fins a 1975, retirant-se per problemes de salut. Elekta/Asylum Records va passar a dir-se Elektra Entertainment el 1989, mentre que Asylum Records es va convertir en una sucursal inferior.

El 1992, Asylum va ser reformada dins d'una discogràfica de country amb seu a Nashville, però operant àdhuc amb Elektra. Després d'estar inactiva diversos anys, Asylum va renéixer el 2004.

La nova companyia se centra en el hip hop, i és dirigida per Warner Music Group.

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Public Art for Weedin Place
12 p.m., Monday, March 23, 2015 (Pacific Standard Time).
The Weedin Place Steering Committee of the Roosevelt Business Group (within the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association) seeks an artist or artist team to create public artwork that will serve as a gateway to Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood. The artwork will be integrated into a new urban pocket park at Weedin Place between 65th Avenue NE and NE 8th Street. The call is open to artists and designers working in the United States, with a preference given to Pacific Northwest artists. The total budget for artwork is estimated at $100,000. The application deadline is 12 p.m., Monday, March 23, 2015 (Pacific Standard Time).
The Roosevelt Neighborhood Association has been working on a plan to close Weedin place NE to car traffic (currently it is a right-of way located between 65th Avenue NE and NE 8th Street) and develop it as a small public park. This initiative is part of an ongoing effort to promote and reinforce the identity of the Roosevelt neighborhood. The key component of this new, pedestrian-friendly development will be a creation of an iconic gateway artwork.
THE ARTWORK WILL SERVE SEVERAL MAIN FUNCTIONS:
Strengthen the identity of the Roosevelt Neighborhood
The intended goal for this project is to create an iconic and memorable artwork that will serve to strengthen the neighborhood identity. The site offers an opportunity for the artwork to be visible from I-5 (located on an elevated overpass just west of the site). Key-words: bold, clear, easily identifiable design and/or idea.
Enliven the pedestrian realm and contribute to the aesthetic experience of the streetscape
The artwork will be accessible to pedestrians. The concept design should be user-friendly and take into account the entire Weedin Place site. The artwork will be integrated into an overall design plan that may include vegetation, decking, seating and gathering spaces. Key-words: user and pedestrian-friendly, approachable, interactive and well-integrated into the site.
Address the historical heritage of the neighborhood
The artwork should reflect the values of Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, the president noted for his progressive policies, support of the conservation movement and development of the national parks system. Keywords: progressive ideas, unorthodox, forward-thinking, green, big trees, nature and preservation of natural habitats.
The call is open to artists and designers working in the United States, with a preference given to Pacific Northwest artists.
One artist or artist team will create an original artwork for the newly developed public space. Following approval of an art concept, the selected artist will continue on with design development and implementation of the artwork. Artwork must be durable and low-maintenance. The artist will collaborate with the project team (Weeding Place Steering Committee, landscape architect, SDOT) to develop a concept for an overall site design.
One artist or artist team will be selected to receive a design contract. The entire (overall) budget for the pocket park development is estimated at around $500,000. It is anticipated that the total artwork budget, including all fees, taxes, fabrication, delivery, installation, travel and other project-related costs will total $100,000. If the design proposal is accepted, the artist will receive a subsequent contract to develop the design and fabricate and install the artwork. Depending on specific needs, the project team may provide some support for construction, electrical connections and engineering, and landscape integration.
Concept Idea (300 words limit)
Describe broadly your concept for this specific location. The concept should be clear, but not required to be a fully developed proposal. Address the ways your proposed idea will serve site-specific functions described above. Describe the methods and materials you plan to use in the installation.
Letter of Interest (300 words limit)
Please provide a statement describing your interest in and unique qualifications for this specific commission. Address selection criteria and, if available, include references to your previous artworks in public places.
Please attach a PDF file
Submit 12 images (optional: 10 images and 1 video). Work samples may represent your previous work and/or illustrate your current proposal. Please specify which is which on the application.
The artist will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
Strength and relevance of conceptual idea.
Creativity of approach.
Quality of concept, design and craftsmanship of past artworks.
Ability to collaborate in design teams, with design professionals, and with community stakeholders.
Ability to complete projects on time and within budget.
The selection will take place in two parts. During the first round of the selection process a panel of arts professionals, client representatives and community members will review the proposed concept ideas, applicants' samples, qualifications and other materials. The panelists will identify 3 finalists who will be invited to further develop their proposals and present them to selection committee six weeks later. Finalists will also be asked to publicly introduce their proposals at the Roosevelt neighborhood community meeting. All three finalist will receive $1500.00 to develop their proposals. The panel will select one artist or artist team to be awarded the commission.
We reserve the right not to select any of the applicants.
PROCESS TIMELINE
February 9th, 2015 – application open
March 23rd, 2015 – deadline for proposals
April 6th, 2015 – 3 finalists announced
May 18th – 26th, 2015 Finalist interview with selection panel (exact date tbd)
May 26 – Finalist presentation at Roosevelt Community meeting
Applicants will be notified of the panel's decision by e-mail in late May.
If you have questions please email project manager Klara Glosova: weedinplace@rooseveltseattle.org
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Much to the surprise of fans everywhere, Trouble just delivered a new EP titled 16, a collection of six, never-before-heard songs which include a few of his respected peers, including T.I., Skippa Da Flippa, Peewee Longway and Boosie Badazz.
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A brilliant example of "The Long Tail" on t'web
If you've been a long time reader of this 'ere blog then you'll recall previous posts where people (certainly John Whitehurst from very early days) have been telling us about the Long Tail of the internet. Generally they've also gone the step further to make it Recruitment related - which is nice, because this is after all a blog ostensibly about things recruitment in the digital arena (the clue's in the URL).
Anyway - I'm not going to do that, but I did want to share this article from the BBC I was pointed to. I've cropped it a bit, but you can read it all (and view a video interview with Martin Mcnulty) on the BBC site
Searching the internet's long tail and finding parrot cages
What do you do if you're a successful search marketing agency, running global paid ad campaigns for high-profile clients such as the Hilton hotel group, and you want to expand your expertise?
Move into the parrot cage business, of course.
This isn't a Monty Python sketch. Forward 3D are part of the Forward group, which in 2009 had revenue of £57m. The group includes companies such as Uswitch and Omio. As well as running paid search ad campaigns for clients, Forward 3D are also responsible for InvisibleHand, a price comparison plug-in for browsers.
So how did they end up as the UK's largest importer of parrot cages?
Martin McNulty is the company's general manager. He says, "We've built technology that allows us to process and understand tens of billions of interactions that happen online.
"What do I mean by that? Consumers interact with web-pages, they see adverts and adverts drive them to websites, and within those websites they may or may not choose to transact. "The net effect of this is that we have technology that allows us to profile demand on the internet, and crucially it allows us to profile profitable demand on the internet."
The company wanted to test an idea they'd had to expand the services they offered to their clients.
So they looked for popular search terms that didn't attract much in the way of paid advertising on Google - working on the assumption that this could signify a gap in the market.
In-depth analysis of massive amounts of click data threw up a lot of pet supplies queries, and in particular parrot cages. They tested the water by buying keywords using Google AdWords, and building a simple ecommerce site using a third-party product, Shopify.
The JustCages website went live - without the ability to actually buy the cages, to gauge demand before sourcing stock.
Within two weeks it became clear the appetite was there. Orders were fulfilled initially by so-called drop shippers; these are manufactures or wholesalers who will ship goods on behalf of vendors directly to the customer, bypassing the need to hold inventory, minimising risk.
Once profitability was proven, the company developed a more sophisticated website, and ultimately began to warehouse inventory. Just over a year later and they operate 10 niche outlets selling cages and pet homes for a range of animals and fish.
Mr McNulty says that "what we absolutely didn't do was build a beautiful website on day one. What we really did was figure out the demand side first."
In the days before e-commerce and the internet, product availability was controlled by the needs of bricks and mortar retailers to invest in stock that was guaranteed to sell. With limited shelf-space and the high cost of holding inventory in warehouses, providing a wide range of niche items with potentially limited appeal to shoppers in a defined geographic area was fairly risky.
The web brought a paradigm shift in retailing. Big online stores such as Amazon, freed from the constraints of bricks and mortar, were able to stock not just best-sellers, but a wide-range of less popular, niche items. And it turned out that some of these harder-to-find items sold well enough over the internet to create a significant revenue stream.
This is the 'long tail', a phrase coined by Chris Anderson, and subsequently laid out in his book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.
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Despite the fact that Forward 3D's focus remains technology, they are preparing to launch a further 20 niche stores, expanding into the long tail to offer cat trees, dog beds and pet food.
JustShops, the subsidiary, offers over 4,000 products, with a further 2,000 due to be added. It now makes over 26,000 shipments a year which add up to £3.2m in sales.
Mr McNulty says "it's our belief that anyone can come up with an idea; turning the idea into something profitable, that's the hard bit.
"And if you can work through tests in a very quick way that doesn't cost you a lot of money, ultimately that's what's going to deliver the most value for you."
"The key is to fail often but to fail cheaply and to fail quickly."
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Projects — Educational — Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, St. Francis Xavier University
Moriyama & Teshima Architects in association with Barrie and Langille Architects executed the new Brian Mulroney Institute for Government. This institute is dedicated to the study of government, Canada-U.S. relations, and global affairs for undergraduates. The 88,460 SF building houses flexible and modern learning spaces, large tiered classrooms, a 300-person auditorium, an open atrium, and a new exhibition centre of artefacts reflecting significant moments in Mr. Mulroney's political history; feature exhibits include a replica of Mr. Mulroney's office during his tenure as Prime Minister.
The new Mulroney Hall is a dynamic nexus of academic and social life on the highly picturesque St FX Campus. The design aspires to make Mulroney Hall a new, distinguished presence that announces itself as an iconic building on a highly visible hillside site. Endowed with wonderful elevated vantage points across the Lower Campus, the Western edge of the building is assigned the most prominent public/social programmed space in the Institute, that of the Forum. As a major new student destination on Campus, the Forum will become a Campus Living Room linking the Upper and Lower Campus zones.
The grand, warm and inviting Lobby space provides direct access to the PM's Replica Office, Temporary Gallery, and Scholar's Walk. The Chamber is the first of three 'Pod' projections along Scholar's Walk, followed by Digital Archives and Studio. Casual lounge and Interactive Learning Spaces are interspersed along the interior of Scholar's Walk; generous amounts of glazing allow access to daylight, views and orientation, without concern of glare or heat gain to the occupied spaces. A generous Student Common includes Interactive Learning Spaces with group tables and connective and interactive technology.
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Researchers conducted a study on 51 diabetics to determine the effects of milk thistle, and specifically an active constituent (flavolignans), on blood glucose levels.
The first group of 25 patients received a 200 mg milk thistle (silymarin) tablet 3 times a day plus conventional therapy. The second group of 26 subjects received the same therapy, but a placebo tablet instead of milk thistle. The patients were visited monthly and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), fasting blood glucose (FSB), insulin, total cholesterol, LDL and HDL, triglyceride, SGOT and SGPT levels were determined at the beginning and the end of the study.
Results: There were significant decreases in HbA1c, FBS, total cholesterol, LDL, triglyceride, SGOT and SGPT levels in milk thistle-treated patients compared with placebo as well as with values at the beginning of the study in each group. Researchers concluded that the silymarin treatment in type II diabetic patients for four months had a beneficial effect on improving the glycemic profile.


Aesthetics Practice Today : "I Hate My Neck"
Looking in the mirror at submental (under the chin) fat, loose, crepey, puckered skin and tight platysmal bands going down the neck can have a psychological impact. Loss of the definition of the jawline and neck can be from a genetic predisposition, weight gain or aging. It is generally considered aesthetically unappealing.
Most seem to be aware of the surgical (facelift) option with or without liposuction of the submental fat or a platysmaplasty. Surgical procedures are very effective, but some patients may not be candidates due to various medical, social or economic conditions. The rapidly advancing world of light and laser technology in aesthetics during the last 2 decades has introduced patients to a variety of exciting non-surgical options. Pigmentation, texture, broken capillaries, sun damage, fine lines and wrinkles have been treated with various light, laser, radiofrequency and ultrasound devices externally. Most procedures require multiple treatments. Some of these procedures resulted in minimal satisfaction for patients while others depending on severity of condition and patient expectations result in great satisfaction.
Injections for localized fat reduction is performed in some clinics including ours years ago. Often a combination of phosphatidylcholine and deoxycholate is compounded in the formulation. The solution disrupts adipocyte membranes, which leads to adipocytolysis. This creates an inflammatory response, reduces the fat but causes swelling in the area treated for several days. Other potential side effects include localized pain, bruising and erythema. It is common for patients to report transient numbness and induration post procedure. Multiple treatments are required. These localized fat injections have gone in and out of popularity probably due to lack of well-controlled clinical studies and standardization of formula. There is a proprietary formulation of synthetically derived deoxycholic acid that is currently being studied. In our experience, our patients felt that it was too much downtime per procedure and multiple treatments were required.
Injectable RF (radiofrequency energy) using ThermiTight is a new minimally invasive procedure. Local anesthetic is applied to the neck and jowl. A thin radio frequency probe is inserted under the skin and used to heat the submental fat and surrounding skin while the resulting temperature rise is closely monitored with a special heat-sensing camera. Fat reduction and skin tightening is the end result. Patients are noted to see improvement around 2-3 months but may continue to improve for up to 15 months.
Neurotoxins, such as Botox, have become one of the favorite treatments for the neck. It minimizes necklace lines, softens platysmal bands and helps define the jaw and neckline. Patient satisfaction is extremely high with one or more of the above treatments.
In addressing patient's concern of wanting to improve the appearance of their neck, realistic expectations with results must be carefully discussed. Practitioners have to be sensitive to social downtime and accurately describe the post-procedure time frame and possible complications. Satisfaction is highest using a combination of modalities while keeping in mind the patient's budget.
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Will the Real HR Please Stand Up January 29, 2015
If you really understand human resources, you'll know that adding "strategic" before it is superfluous. Because HR, by its very nature, is strategic – if you're doing it right.
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When asked about his strategy for hiring a new field manager, Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos was concise: "I am going to trust my gut!"
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The Five Mistakes Companies Make When Hiring September 1, 2010
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Thinking of Joining an Entrepreneur-led firm? Part 1
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here."
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
The executive was feeling pretty good. One of the fastest-growing entrepreneurial companies in Canada wanted him to be its new Chief Operating Officer. Discussions had moved quickly with the celebrity founder himself making the case that the firm's over-burdened systems and processes desperately needed the executive's world-class operational experience. Topping it off, the word 'successor' was even whispered at the close of one late night dinner discussion. After some heart-wrenching deliberation, the executive decided there would never be a better opportunity to catapult his career. He accepted the company's offer and resigned from his employer of twenty-three years………Six months later he was unemployed, richer only by the knowledge that his impeccable credentials had in fact been glaringly lacking of the only experience and skills that truly mattered.
Working for Entrepreneurs
Professional managers are typically hired into entrepreneur-led firms with two sets of challenges, though only one is openly discussed during the courtship process. There are the business and function-related challenges for which the individual is being hired, most commonly some variation of professionalizing, driving, stabilizing and/or bringing specialist management experience to the business. And then there are the less clearly defined challenges of fitting into a company defined and dominated by a single individual, the entrepreneur. For the uninitiated, this is the proverbial rabbit's hole where wonder and sometimes madness await.
As a breed, entrepreneurs are a unique lot. The word itself derives from the French word enterprise, which was used in the 12th and 13th centuries in reference to actions of war. The word entreprendre meant to "attack a person or a castle for pillage or to take prisoners for ransom". Though time softened the term's marauding sharp edges, the entrepreneur has always been associated with risky behavior and a rule-breaking ethos, one untethered to the customs and norms held by the dominant society. The distinction between deviating from the norm and deviance is at times lost on some entrepreneurs.
Modern day entrepreneurs are noted much more for their laudable ends than the means by which they secure them. Images of scoundrels have given way to paragons of innovation, and economic benefit. Entrepreneurs are now coveted by all levels of government and policy makers who fuss to attract, fund, and incubate them. Corporations seek to inject their spirit into their cultural blood streams while schools try to create them through all manner of innovation and entrepreneurship curriculum. But image makeovers notwithstanding, prototypical entrepreneurs remain rebels, contrarian outsiders who because of circumstance, circuitry, or destiny see opportunities where others do not, and challenge the current convention. And their sine qua non is obsessive passion, hard work, unconventional thinking, salesmanship, ambition and a never-say-die drive. Working for such individuals must, however benignly, differ from the experience of working within more traditional corporate walls.
A current bestseller, titled The Everything Store, profiles the improbable story of Jeff Bezos and his quest to build Amazon, the now $100 billion dollar per year ubiquitous on-line retail juggernaut. It is a compelling story of vision, perseverance, moxy and ruthlessness. And it highlights certain entrepreneurial attributes and business characteristics that appear common to many such individuals and their organizational creations.
In this two-part discussion on tech sector entrepreneur-led firms, we look at three such characteristics. In Part II we complete the overview and discuss their implications for professional managers who are considering or presently working for such firms.
1. Straight-Talk Cultures – Welcome to Nutter-land
"Are you lazy or just incompetent?" Jeff Bezos
When a firm lauds its 'straight talk' or 'absolute honesty' culture, it is an almost certain indication that the ideals of respectful dialogue, mutual respect, support and social cohesiveness rank down in its hierarchy of values. It is also a not-so-subtle hint that a fair bit of screaming likely goes on in this company.
In entrepreneur-led firms, the rules of engagement invariably mirror the values and personality of the entrepreneur. Prototypically, these individuals are in the business of challenging convention in their search to uncover value. They are contrarians, disrupters who occasionally annoy and rub market incumbents and people alike. In the technology sector these individuals are often high intellect analytics who are far more adept with matters of reason than emotion. For such individuals, (Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk are illustrations) building a business is a problem-solving exercise, an intellectual thrust and parry with markets and competitors. Meanwhile, matters such as corporate culture, morale and employee 'feelings' border on irrationality, sapping as they do one of the entrepreneur's most precious resources, time. Considered logically, it is most efficient for all concerned to apply simple, straight-forward, 'bull-shit free' approaches to communication, problem-solving and co-existing.
Straight talk can be a constructive and positive approach to interaction and firms as large as Intel have embedded it as a core cultural value. However, when it is not tempered by emotional intelligence, maturity and control, straight talk runs the risk of being personal, harsh and even abusive. And in organizations where terms such as 'emotional intelligence' are considered either oxymoronic or simply moronic, that is exactly what one can get. The non-confrontational and sensitive types should take note. One former Amazon employee recalled an encounter with founder Jeff Bezos as follows, "He called me a complete f*#% ing idiot and said that he had no idea why he hired idiots like me at the company. Then he said, 'I need you to clean up your organization'. It was brutal and I almost quit. I was a resource of his that had failed." The biographies of Jeff Bezos and the late Steve Jobs, to name but two, devote full pages to listing their more colorful and quotable straight talking.
Straight talkers usually argue that episodes of vitriolic incontinence are never meant to be personal. As another Amazon employee explained, "Jeff Bezos is not someone who takes pleasure in tearing someone a new a- - hole…he is not that kind of person. Jeff just doesn't tolerate stupidity, even accidental stupidity'. In other words, straight-talk eruptions are rationalized as reactions to employee malfunction and thus, it is not the 'nut' (derived from 'nutter', the term used by Amazon employees to describe a Jeff Bezos eruption) who must bear responsibility for his or her emotional control, it is the employees.
2. Meat-Grinder Cultures
"If you are not good, he will chew you up and spit you out. And if you are good, he will jump on your back and ride you into the ground"……on working for Jeff Bezos
The press loves to profile the exceptional lengths taken by firms such as Google to attract, delight and retain employees. Driven by the desire to be 'employers of choice', and/or by highly competitive labor markets, these firms provide all manner of exceptional benefits and working conditions to enhance the experience, productivity and retention of their most valued assets.
Then there are the firms that appear to be the antithesis of this approach. These organizations drive staff hard, treat them as expendable, interchangeable assets, and pay little attention to working conditions and benefits. The term 'meat-grinder' culture has become a common descriptor of these environments.
Pundits will argue that employee-friendly organizations far out-perform their meat-grinder alternatives. Inconveniently however, they would be hard pressed to cite the wildly successful 'Everything Store' as evidence. Amazon is an organization that grinds with the best, or is it worst, of them. An unrelenting, charging, take-no-prisoners organization, it counts its own employee among the regular casualties. As one employee states, "many just can't take working for Bezos after a while. He demands more than they can possibly deliver and is extremely stingy with praise". As for a 'balanced lifestyle', one former Amazon employee stated categorically, "It is absolutely not a friendly environment or one compatible with raising a family". And it is unlikely that you will see YouTube videos of Amazon employees singing Kumbaya amidst the company's vast cubicle farms. That is because Bezos "abhors what he calls social cohesion………he'd rather his minions battle it out backed by numbers and passion".
There is a simple logic to the meat-grinder culture found in many entrepreneur-led firms, and it is not one born out of sadism or evil. From Amazon's inception, Jeff Bezos's vision has been so outrageously grand and daunting that only Herculean determination and effort stood any chance of avoiding total failure. It is fully expected that not every employee will have the ability or almost irrational drive and stamina to endure such an uncertain and difficult mission. For those who fall or fail to keep up however, there is simply no time for coddling. The quest cannot be interrupted. These casualties must be removed and replaced with fresh troops. This is simply common sense and sentimentality has no place in the equation. Such logic also drives Amazon's 'top-grading' practices where the employees rated 'least productive' must be replaced every year. One can assume that Steve Jobs's 'zero tolerance for not performing' had a similar genesis and ripple effect at Apple.
Though turnover has always been high at Amazon, new employees are not difficult to find. In fact there is a long line-up of executives who covet the opportunity to join the 90,000 employees who already work there. This is despite the fact that Amazon pays only median industry salaries and has a four year, heavily back-end loaded employee stock option plan. The reason for this apparent mass masochism is straightforward. Runaway success transforms even the craziest entrepreneur into a genius, and reframes even the most punishing of environments into an attractive test, or rite of passage. And an appreciating stock value has always been the payoff in the tech sector quid pro quo wherein employees trade servitude for dreams of riches.
For firms without the counter-balancing stock performance or likelihood of a lucrative exit, meat-grinder cultures quickly wear thin, rumor mills swirl, and high performing employees become ever-more difficult to attract. Such organizations either pay what amounts to 'danger pay' (also known as a meat-grinder 'tax' premium) to attract talent or begrudgingly resign themselves to hiring 'B' players while lamenting the shortage of 'good people'.
There is an interesting rub to working for meat-grinder firms such as Amazon...while employees find working conditions unrelentingly demanding and thankless, survivors (alumni) look back with a certain fondness, if not awe, at what they were able to accomplish with their feet held so close to the fire. They come to appreciate that good entrepreneurs drive their people to achieve more than what seemed possible. This is not to say survivors ever want to revisit such a life but the memories, on balance, will be positive. As one former Apple employee said of Steve Jobs, "I hated working for him but I have to admit I did my best work for him, hell everyone did".
3. Hiring: Followers or Fighters
"When you got right down to the nut-cutting, you either clicked your heels and said 'yes sir' or there was trouble. Ted Rogers was very much an autocrat. He would tolerate a discussion, but he would not tolerate his edict not being followed when the discussion ended"….. on Ted Rogers in High Wire Act
Assembling high performing executive teams is a challenge for most organizations. For entrepreneurs it is especially difficult as they must compete with larger, more entrenched, safer and better capitalized interests for that talent. Even before that, they must figure out exactly what 'high performing' means to them.
Entrepreneurs know, or at least believe they know, where they want to take their businesses and how they want to take them there. They also know that along the way they need to put together a team that can effectively execute, organize, administer tasks and manage others. While this is straight-forward what is less so is determining where a host of other executive attributes fit into the mix. For example, the ability to make decisions, think strategically, independently, and delegate are foundational management competencies in most large corporations. Many entrepreneurs reason that they too should recruit managers with these seemingly positive executive attributes. Unfortunately, while these qualities may be 'positive' they simply do not fit into a firm where the leader's own list of attributes include controlling, untrusting, directive, and highly attentive to the minutiae of the business. Thus, hiring executives who are independent thinkers ("I don't like being micromanaged") and delegation-oriented ("You want me to stay on top of every single account? I have managers for that") is a recipe for conflict rather than success in most entrepreneur-led firms. Similarly, a highly strategic executive will quickly learn that the realm of strategy is very near and dear to the entrepreneur's heart and there may in fact be precious few opportunities to flex those intellectual muscles. As a case in point, when Jeff Bezos agreed to hire a seasoned Chief Operating Officer (his board of directors called it 'adult supervision') he recruited an executive from Black and Decker. On the executive's arrival however, "Bezos kept his hands firmly on Amazon's steering wheel ….. voicing detailed opinions about everything from acquisitions to minute changes in the appearance of the company's homepage. The executive thought he had signed up to run the company, and eventually began to agitate for more authority". Unfortunately, as the executive agitated, Jeff Bezos became agitated and the writing was on the wall. To this day there is no COO or president at Amazon.
Many of these potential conflicts are not obvious to the well-intentioned entrepreneur and thus the risk of hiring for attributes that immediately become problematic is quite real. If such mistakes are not fatal, entrepreneurs will in time reconcile the conflicts in one of several ways:
Some entrepreneurs come to see their firm's growth as inextricably tied to their personal growth. They take steps to develop their leadership skills so as to better be able to integrate professional managers and systems into their firms. They retain coaches and/or mentors, join presidents clubs, take leadership development training, read books etc. etc. etc. Over time they mature and grow though the journey is usually halting and prone to lapses under stress. Consider for example Jeff Bezos's efforts to "modulate his management style and keep his notoriously eviscerating assessments of employees in check. In one meeting Bezos reprimands one of his executives telling them they are stupid and to come back when they know what they are doing. Then, he walked a few steps, froze in mid-stride as if something had suddenly occurred to him, wheeled around, and added, 'but great work everyone'''.
For those entrepreneurs less concerned with 'personal growth', they slowly become more adept at hiring managers who will 'fit' with them. They eventually ask themselves whether they really want an ensemble cast of stars or a supporting cast to THE star. The latter executive team may well be very competent but individually each accepts his or her place in the shadow of the star. The term 'yes men' is sometimes used colloquially to describe such management teams, which are common in entrepreneur-led firms. Meanwhile, elements of the ensemble of stars can be found at Amazon. Jeff Bezos began his career as a 'quant jock' on Wall Street, a marketplace where firms are "unapologetically elitist" in hiring the smartest, most driven, aggressive and money motivated. Jeff Bezos enjoys sparring with the 'hyperintelligent', individuals who keep him intellectually fit and primed for battle. He is not only attracted to those of like-mind but also of like-temperament. This is why he hired Jeff Wilke, an MIT engineer/MBA whose "cerebral and occasionally impatient management style mirrored that of Bezos''. It bears noting that this so-called "impatient management style" is referenced later in the book as "a volcanic temper". Another key manager is described as a "whip smart, tireless worker, demanding ….and a screamer". And yet another key executive team member is described as a "battering ram…who wants to drink blood". Amazon's gladiator culture is relished by the most ferocious and brightest combatants while being feared by others. However, notwithstanding the skills and effectiveness of any individual Amazon gladiator, as in the Roman Empire, they are all still the Emperor's slaves. And at Amazon, there is only one emperor and he is also happens to be the best gladiator of them all.
In Part II we will outline the remaining characteristics of entrepreneur-led firms and offer thoughts for professional managers who are considering joining their ranks.
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Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to announce Hiroe Saeki's debut solo exhibition with the gallery. Saeki first participated in a group exhibition "invisible birds" at the gallery in 2004. Her drawings have received a considerable amount of attention at international art fairs including The Armory Show, Frieze, and Art Basel.
Curious-shaped mushrooms, butterflies, leaves and insects wriggle in the drawings. Expanding her approach, using colored pencils and white silhouette painted with acrylic, Saeki is now making larger and more well-balanced compositions. Inspired by artists such as Jakuchu Ito, Georgia O'Keeffe and Isson Tanaka, her contemporary sense makes her works distinct and different from more conventional artists working in the medium of drawing.


This course is meant to be taken in order. Progress through the classes and build your animation skills.
In the first 3D animation class you'll learn areas of the Maya interface most commonly used for animation. Also an explanation of the three dimensions and how to navigate through 3D space – plus much more!
No project file needed, just follow along!
In this second basics class you will be introduced to the most important tool in 3D animation; the graph editor.
In the third basics class we will discuss some animation principles, and the difference between frames and key-frames. I'll show you the best way to set up your interface for animating in Maya – you'll also learn how to set up shelf buttons within Maya to select a group of controls with one click. Near the end we will use some basic animation principles to animate a classic ball bounce exercise.
This is a PayPal transaction. After checkout click "Return to Merchant" to download Project File.
Building from what was learned in the previous class (Maya Basics 3). In the fourth basics class we will animate a ball bouncing across a stage with a camera panning to follow the ball. Some new animation concepts are discussed, and you'll learn how to create and animate a camera in Maya.
In the fifth basics class you'll practice more animation principles, "overlapping action" and "drag" demonstrated by animating "the wave principle" and then animating our Fork-In-Ripe Avocado character bouncing across stage. These principles are used in character animation.
This is the last Basics class, it's designed to prepare you for the next section of the course – Body Mechanics. In the previous classes you learned a variety of animation principles. In this class you will use all the principles you've leaned so far to animate an arm point.
In the first Body Mechanics class you'll start to use more advanced animation principle combinations to create convincing weight. This is a two part assignment where you will create two cycles using the lower body of a mannequin rig, a jump cycle and a walk cycle.
In BM2 we'll use the walk from the last class and turn on the upper body. Animate the upper body to complete the walk cycle. Animate the mannequin walking toward the ledge and have it leap off the edge, show a nice path of action through the air and then show weight in the landing.
Use Project File from previous class to build on what you learned.
3D Body Mechanics 3: Run!
In this class you'll practice animating a run cycle. The focus is on weight, drag and creating a feeling of torque and power in the run.
Focusing more on the concept of weight, we'll animate a character pushing a large object off a ledge. Show weight and struggle with the character and weight when the object falls to the ground.
In BM5 you'll animate a character picking up and throwing an object. The focus is on weight and balance so the character doesn't feel like they are off balance. Show a struggle with the character, also show weight as the object lands on the ground.
In this class you will use live action reference to practice posing. Creating silhouetted poses and coming up with appropriate poses for the dialogue is part of making good acting choices in your character animation.
Keeping silhouetts in mind when posing your character is extreemely important, many animators overlook this important staging aspect of character acting. It helps to clearly convey to the audience what the character is doing. In Acting 2 you can use the suggestions or choose a different narrative.
In Acting 3 you will use a more sophisticated rig, just the head to focus on transitioning through different facial expressions and emotions. Tips on how to handle eye movement, blinks and brow animation in conjunction with the rest of the face.
In this class you'll learn how to do properly timed and posed lip-sync. Using a phonetic chart to pose the mouth, additional tips for timing lip-sync so it "reads" naturally. In addition to lip-sync you'll learn where to place accents on the head for more subtle acting – this is in preparation for the next class.
You can use the lipsync from the last class. In this class you'll work through blocking and refining a character performing a piece of dialogue in a medium shot (waist up). This shot can be used as a demo reel piece (show reel).
Using everything you've learned in the course this far, animate a character in a full body shot delivering a line of dialogue. More industry tips are provided.
In AD2 I explain how to handle a shot with two characters acting and reacting to each other. More industry tips are provided.


Marketplace fees from various online marketplaces can sometimes be tricky to find. We've collected 9 marketplaces and their fees in this article to help you decide where to sell. If you're already selling on one of these marketplaces, consider expanding your store and inventory to these others. Expand your store name and brand recognition and capture more sales.
Want to learn where sellers get their inventory from? Check out our article on sourcing.
Amazon has both a free individual plan and a $39.99 monthly professional selling plan. This is the largest marketplace with worldwide distribution and reach. While the prices may be competitive, you'll have access to more customers and more sales.
If you're a new seller, many of the categories may be gated, while some brands are restricted. Certain categories require approval and sometimes a one-time fee of a few thousand dollars. Amazon fees are 15%.
After Amazon, eBay is probably the most recognized online marketplace. Like Amazon, there's a basic fee structure and different Store levels that take slightly lower fees for selling. We've included the starter fee table below. The Store subscriptions take roughly 9% instead of 10%. This marketplace is very popular for used merchandise, whereas Amazon customers expect new products.
eBay fees are 10% plus an additional 2.9% Paypal fee, though this may be changing once eBay starts accepting payments. There are additional listing fees and promotional fees that will increase your total marketplace expense.
If you're selling handmade or crafty products, then Etsy is a great marketplace to sell your products. Many customers come to Etsy wanting something unique and with a personal touch. These handmade products don't necessarily do well on Amazon since these small batches mean that products will never make it to the front page.
Etsy takes 5% and an additional 3% if you use Etsy's payment system. These fees are in addition to listing and other fees.
Read our article on Shopping Actions to learn more about listing across Google Products. Google is a major new contender for online shopping. With more than 3 billion searches every day, you're bound to get impressions and clicks for your products.
Walmart purchased Jet in 2016. While Jet may not have the traffic of its competitors, it still has the brand recognition that other marketplaces listed here may not have.
Jet's fees are 15% for most categories, putting it on par with Amazon fees.
Most tech-savvy customers will recognize Newegg. But what most people may not know is that Newegg has expanded its inventory (and marketplace) beyond computer and electronic components. Newegg and its vendors now sell products ranging from fashion accessories to automotive parts.
Newegg's fees range from 10% (computer hardware) to 14% (apparel and accessories). Newegg also has three subscription levels that offer different features. The most basic subscription is free for vendors starting out. One unique feature Newegg offers is the ability to sell products in China, greatly expanding your audience.
SimilarWeb puts the number of Rakuten's visitors on par with Jet.com.
Like Amazon, Rakuten charges a monthly fee and takes 12-15% commission in addition to a per-item fee of 99¢.
This is another alternative to Etsy. If you're looking to develop your brand, Tictail may be a great additional marketplace to sell your products and gain exposure. Because it's aimed at small businesses, there are no commissions except for payment processing fees of 3.5% and 30¢ per order.
Walmart is one of the largest online retailers with a physical presence across the country. Walmart's purchase of Jet.com in 2016 means shows that it's serious about growing its online operations and sales. While there are some issues being worked out, Walmart has the potential to capture more of the online shopping market share.
Walmart takes a fee of 15% for most categories.
Below are a few other marketplaces you can look into. Finding the fees for these may require registration and a little more effort. For example, Best Buy requires Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Other marketplaces, like Zibbet, may be too small for larger business to spend time setting up.
If you're looking to start your own store, then there are numerous options. As an online merchant, selling on these marketplaces will expand your sales and get your brand and store out there. Just starting your own Shopify site won't give you the same traffic and exposure as selling on Amazon or eBay. But you'll eventually want to set up your own ecommerce store, and there are options out there to get started immediately.


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  This is part of my research effort to find a home during this Apr/May period.
Before that I never know there are [101 cities](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area)
around [San Francisco Bay Area](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area) ...

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## The Result: Median Sale Price Heat Map ##

  I think this median sale price is the most important affordability factor to consider
of an area. And here is the median sale price by city - data at subdistrict level may represent
a community more precisely than at city level...

![Median Sale Price Heat Map](/images/media_sale_price_heat_map.png)

Pretty obviously, there are 2 centers in this "universe", __San Francisco__ and __Palo Alto__ ;)

If you are more interested about exploring the data, you can stop here and there are quite a
few websites that have pretty UI. and here are a few of them:

 * http://censusreporter.org
 * http://www.city-data.com
 * http://www.socialexplorer.com
 * http://factfinder.census.gov/

Following is my experience to craft the heat map...

## Data Source ##
From the map we can see, we need the geography data and the housing price data.
Thanks for the free and openness of America society, all these data can be obtained online without cost.

 * The city boundary data is from [census.gov __TIGER__](https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html),
there you can find geo map data at all administrative levels, County Subdivision, Elementary School District, ...

 * For census data on top of these map, [__American Community Survey (ACS)__](http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/data_via_ftp/) has many interesting
facts. I think this is the destination when the survey you filled when applying a Driver
License or enrolling your child for the elementary school.

 * Bay Area is not a administrative area, I find some [area map](https://data.sfgov.org/widgets/ye46-7n65) from
 [SF OpenData](https://data.sfgov.org/)

 * [OpenStreetMap data](http://openstreetmap.org) can be extracted to work offline with [metro extracts](https://mapzen.com/data/metro-extracts)

 * There are housing price data from the government such as [fhfa.org](http://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads/Pages/House-Price-Index.aspx)
But I find [__zillow data__](http://www.zillow.com/research/data/)
is much more easier to work with - arguably, it is not that accurate.

## Map Manipulation ##

Libaries I've used and recommended,

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Fiona

> Fiona reads and writes spatial data files

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyproj

> Performs cartographic transformations and geodetic computations.

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely

> Geometric objects, predicates, and operations

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/descartes

> Use geometric objects as matplotlib paths and patches

Most of the geo data set either is in [__shapefile__](http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf)
format or can be easily transform to the format.
So if you model this process with Input/Process/Output, then you use _Fiona_ to
load the shapefile _Input_ into memory;
transform the coordination if multiple data source use different ones;
process it with _Shapely_;
then present the Output by transforming the geo objects to patches on [_matplotlib_](http://matplotlib.org/) Axis with _descartes_.

If you don't need to project the data on a earth globe, you don't really need [_Basemap_](http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/intro.html),
Although you will find a lot hits with Google search. [_QGIS_](http://www.qgis.org/) is the way to go if you need a full featured GIS system.

### Code Example ###

When you got a shp file and you want to have a quick view what it looks like,
you can load it to QGIS, or use tool like [geovis](http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/87239/48688).

But you can also write some code in [ipython notebook](http://ipython.org/notebook.html) and
here it is.

```python
import fiona
from shapely import geometry
from descartes.patch import PolygonPatch#, PathPatch
from matplotlib import cm
import matplotlib.colors as colors
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

def plot_map(ax, source):
    norm = colors.Normalize(vmin=1, vmax=2*len(source))
    sm = cm.ScalarMappable(norm, cmap=cm.Paired)
    alpha, cnt = .8, 1
    for r in source:
        edge_color, color = sm.to_rgba(cnt), sm.to_rgba(cnt+1)
        cnt += 2
        shape = geometry.shape(r["geometry"])
        if isinstance(shape, geometry.Polygon):
            poly = shape
            ax.add_patch(PolygonPatch(poly, fc=color, ec=edge_color, alpha=alpha, zorder=1))
        elif isinstance(shape, geometry.MultiPolygon):
            for poly in shape:
                ax.add_patch(PolygonPatch(poly, fc=color, ec=edge_color, alpha=alpha, zorder=1))
        elif isinstance(shape, geometry.LineString):
            ax.plot(*shape.xy, color='gray', linewidth=3, solid_capstyle='round', zorder=1)
        elif isinstance(shape, geometry.MultiLineString):
            for line in shape:
                ax.plot(*line.xy, color='gray', linewidth=3, solid_capstyle='round', zorder=1)
        else:
            print r["geometry"]["type"]
            raise Exception("?")

## main ##
plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (9, 16)
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca()

source_shapefile = "bayarea.map/city_land.shp"
with fiona.open(source_shapefile) as source:
    plot_map(ax, source)

ax.axis('scaled')
plt.show()
```

And [github](https://github.com/blog/1995-github-jupyter-notebooks-3) now rendering [ipython notebook](http://blog.jupyter.org/2015/05/07/rendering-notebooks-on-github/), you know?
[the above code rendering in github](https://github.com/dyno/ipymap/blob/master/show_shapefile.ipynb)

## Extended Reading ##

* https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/61862/simple-thematic-mapping-of-shapefile-using-python
* http://www.geophysique.be/tutorials/
* http://sensitivecities.com/so-youd-like-to-make-a-map-using-python-EN.html#.VRodn5NEW0c
* http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/mqlaql/geospatial-data/blob/master/Geospatial-Data-with-Python.ipynb
* http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/rjtavares/numbers_arent_people/blob/master/experiments/Plotting%20with%20Basemap%20and%20Shapefiles.ipynb
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9128320/algorithm-buffer-effect-on-lines-other-geometric-shapes

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Paul Hebert/ABC
How Old Is Arie's Dog? 'The Bachelor' Is Bringing A Special Guest On A Group Date
By Anna Rose Iovine
One of my favorite moments during Rachel Lindsay's Bachelorette season was seeing her dog, Copper. Now on The Bachelor, Arie's dog will have his own time to shine as well: he'll apparently accompany Arie on a group date. So how old is The Bachelor Arie's dog? If Arie took the lengths to involve his pup on the show, the two must have a very strong bond. I'm not going to lie, Arie's not showing a ton of personality to me during these first two episodes, so I'm excited to see more of his off-camera life and hope the inclusion of his adorable pup breaks him out of his shell a bit.
A little internet snooping proved fruitful: I found a tweet from 2012 on Arie's account where he asked his follower to vote for his dog, Bastian, in a contest for "Dog Days of Summer" from a local Arizona magazine, AZ Foothills. It lists Bastian's age as 4, which would make him around 10-years-old now. I don't know what breed Bastian is, but that's fairly old for a dog. Seeing as Arie tweeted that the year he was on The Bachelorette, he must've had Bastian as a part of his family for a long time. If not the entire 10 years, then at least most of Bastian's life, which means they're pretty close.
Arie isn't the only lead to include their canine companion in their season. Last year, Bachelorette Rachel took her pup Copper on her journey to find love. He actually broke his toe jumping off something and was in a cast, but that didn't stop him from being by his owner's side the entire time. Copper actually joined Rachel on a one-on-one date with Peter to BarkFest, aka Coachella for dogs. Unfortunately, though, Peter did not win in the end. He was runner-up to Bryan. Some viewers believed that Copper and Bryan wouldn't get along because Bryan himself is not a dog owner.
Despite Bachelor Nation's worries, it seems that Copper and Bryan get along just fine. In an interview with People, Rachel said that Copper loves Bryan: "Copper loves Bryan. He had no choice. If Copper didn't approve, we would have problems." I totally believe that; Rachel was the first lead in my memory to bring along her pup, so she meant business. She told People, "But he loves Bryan and Bryan loves him. Bryan loves dogs. He wants another one. We're just one family unit!"
That's good news for Rachel, and I'm betting Arie wants the same outcome with Bastian. From the photos, it looks like all the contestants on the group date have to train a dog on their own. There's a green grass stage and a sign that says "Arie's Amazing Acrodogs" to boot, according to JustJared. Unlike other Bachelor Nation alums, Arie seemed to go a different way after his time on The Bachelorette. He didn't move to Los Angeles, as many opt to do, and he's also not making a living with Sugar Bear Hair sponsorships.
Rather, Arie is in Scottsdale, Arizona, and while he was a professional race car driver for a time, he's now a real estate agent. He seems to want to live a more quiet life (who knows, this may change), and for him that may include a wife that Bastian loves too. Since Bastian may have been with Arie upwards of 10 years, he's certainly a part of the family. Hopefully, whoever Arie ends up with will get Bastian's seal of approval. For now, I'm excited to see Bastian's Bachelor debut on Monday night.


If you're into yoga, or just like spending time on the farm, then you might need to give goat yoga a try.
We've heard of hot yoga. We've heard of prenatal yoga. And we've even heard of horse yoga. But goat yoga? Yes, it exists, and it's become quite the success for a farm owner in Oregon.
Sometimes it pays off to think outside the box, and that's just what Lainey Morse did when she came up with the idea for goat yoga. Morse, who owns No Regrets Farm in Willamette Valley, Oregon, has Nigerian goats and pygmy goats, along with one Boer goat.
Morse sometimes hosts events at her farm, and during a children's birthday party, a parent at the party just happened to also be a yoga instructor. The parent suggested that the farm would be a great place for a yoga class, thanks to its beautiful scenery.
Morse discovered that goat yoga proved to be a successful class. Now, this class isn't yoga for goats. Rather, the class is held in a field at the farm while goats, and even chickens and a barn cat, wander about freely.
Participants are led by an instructor, but the friendly goats are happy to be stroked and stick by the class. The goats themselves have their own meditative effect - if you've ever seen a goat chew its cud and completely relax, you'll understand that goats are masters of their own type of yoga.
The first goat yoga class that Morse had was well-attended. Some participants even traveled over 100 miles to take part in the class. More has two more classes scheduled on September 10th and September 24th.
Think she's hit on the next big trend in yoga? You never know!


Retinola is a vitamin A based wrinkle cream that can help to get rid of wrinkles in the skin.
As you get older, your skin loses its elasticity and what we are left with are fine lines and wrinkles.
How Can Retinola Wrinkle Cream Help?
To begin with ee typically begin to form wrinkles first around our eyes and mouth, from smiling and other facial expressions.
Soon the wrinkles can spread to our cheeks, our necks and everywhere else. When we have premature wrinkles, it especially makes us look older than we actually are and that's really hard for those of us who consider ourselves young at heart. There is something else in our arsenal of wrinkle creams besides botox based creams that can help dispose of those nasty wrinkles and that comes in a form called Retinola wrinkle cream.
To get hold of Retinola wrinkle cream, it is usually necessary to visit a dermatologist. A dermatologist can write you a prescription for Retinola wrinkle cream. The doctor will examine your skin to see if they think Retinola wrinkle cream can work for you. Then, he or she will prescribe the proper strength Retinola wrinkle cream to help with your fine lines and wrinkles. There are other ways to obtain Retinola that don't require a prescription but there are conflicting accounts as to whether or not these non-prescription strength creams work as good as the prescription strength do. Trust your dermatologist as to what is the best strength Retinola wrinkle cream you will need.
Following your doctor's orders is good advice as to how to administer the Retinola wrinkle cream to your face, or wherever you are looking to reduce the appearance of age lines. The doctor will frequently tell you to apply a small amount to wherever you are looking to reduce your wrinkles. He or she may also inform you to take care of skin irritation or dryness. Sometimes, after applying the Retinola wrinkle cream, you will notice that your skin burns or itches and appears flaky. This is the way the cream gets rid of the top layers of skin to reveal the healthy skin underneath. However, the application of the cream needn't be painful. Simply apply less cream the next time you use it to ensure that you don't experience the irritation of your skin .
If you've tried everything and you are still looking to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and nothing is working make an appointment with your dermatologist and ask him or her about Retinola wrinkle cream. There are other treatments and procedures that can make you look younger but nothing is easier than merely applying a cream to your skin once or twice a day. Once you use the cream and see how your wrinkles diminish, you may be amazed at how much younger you look. Your friends and family will likely notice, too, and they will want to know your miracle secret is. Just tell them a healthy dose of vitamin A.


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A Taste of Ventura Boulevard: Food Tour for Planners with Secret City
May 21, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Universal City Red Line Station: 3901 Lankershim Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 91604
Most planners and Angelenos know that to get in a car and zip from one tourist destination to another is to miss some of the greatest joys of Los Angeles. APA Los Angeles' "Planning Local in a Global City" series will guide planners to the cultural May May 21, 2016
Members and Students: $40/ Non-Members: $50
diversity and culinary treasures that exist within our backyard. These tours are not just for foodies, but are designed to delve into issues of economic and community development in neighborhoods rich with tradition, history, art and delicious cuisine.
The second in this series will take us to Ventura Boulevard, the lifeblood of the San Fernando Valley. We'll make our way from east to west via private coach, making approximately five food stops with historical, civic, and cultural information provided by our guides from Secret CityFood Tours!
Parking/Transit Information: The tour will depart from the Universal City Red Line Station. The station is accessible through the Red Line subway, and there is plenty of car/bicycle parking is available there as well.
The End of Single-Unit Zoning? Understanding and Implementing SB 9
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This book presents thermal field theory techniques, which can be applied in both cosmology and the theoretical description of the QCD plasma generated in heavy-ion collision experiments. It focuses on gauge interactions (whether weak or strong), which are essential in both contexts. As well as the many differences in the physics questions posed and in the microscopic forces playing a central role, the authors also explain the similarities and the techniques, such as the resummations, that are needed for developing a formally consistent perturbative expansion. The formalism is developed step by step, starting from quantum mechanics; introducing scalar, fermionic and gauge fields; describing the issues of infrared divergences; resummations and effective field theories; and incorporating systems with finite chemical potentials. With this machinery in place, the important class of real-time (dynamic) observables is treated in some detail. This is followed by an overview of a number of applications, ranging from the study of phase transitions and particle production rate computations, to the concept of transport and damping coefficients that play a ubiquitous role in current developments.
The book serves as a self-contained textbook on relativistic thermal field theory for undergraduate and graduate students of theoretical high-energy physics.
After obtaining a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki, in 1994, Mikko Laine held postdoctoral positions at the University of Heidelberg, 1995 - 1997, and at the Theory Division at CERN, 1997 - 2003. For 2003 - 2012 he was a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bielefeld; since 2012 he is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bern.
Aleksi Vuorinen obtained his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki in 2004, and thereafter worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington, 2004-2007, the Technical University of Vienna, 2007, as well as the Theory Division of CERN, 2008-2009. From 2009 to 2013, he headed a Sofja Kovalevskaja research group at the University of Bielefeld, after which he returned to Helsinki, where he currently works as a research group leader at the Helsinki Institute of Physics.


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Q: GitFlow, when to merge between branches I have introduced GitFlow to my Team and right now we are working using the following branch structure, which blend perfectly well with our internal workflows:

Current Structure
We have master which makes a pull request from dev every end of Sprint using a TAG with the name of the Sprint.
We have dev which is the source of our code and then we have a branch for each plugin we are working on.
Workflow
If you are going to work on a new plugin/feature we are using this approach:
git checkout dev
git pull
git branch -b "your plugin"
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git commit
git push origin "your plugin"
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pull request from "your plugin" into dev

The questions that I have are the following:

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*When dev need to issue a pull request from one of our plugin branches? Every time there is a push into "my plugin" branch?

*If a Developer is working on plugin02 and merge into dev, how can I get the changes also into plugin04 branch?

*Final, if someone works straight on master, like for an emergency bug, how can we re-sync all sub branches? Does this happen when we issue pull request?

A: First of all some clarifications.
You wrote:

We have master which makes a pull request from dev every end of Sprint using a TAG with the name of the Sprint.

Pull requests are not made from branches but from someone of your team for example. Furthermore tags are not used to create pull requests but to mark a specific commit (i.e. merge commit).
If you are using gitflow I recommend using git flow release (see git-flow cheatsheet) to create releases at the end of a sprint.

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*When dev need to issue a pull request from one of our plugin branches? Every time there is a push into "my plugin" branch?

Usually you will create a pull request from feature branch to develop branch as soon as the feature branch is ready to be merged into develop branch (i.e. feature fulfills definition of done).

*If a Developer is working on plugin02 and merge into dev, how can I get the changes also into plugin04 branch?

You will get the changes into plugin04 branch by merging dev branch into plugin04 branch.

*Final, if someone works straight on master, like for an emergency bug, how can we re-sync all sub branches? Does this happen when we issue pull request?

In this case according gitflow a hotfix branch has to be created that will then be merged back into master and dev (see git-flow cheatsheet). As the hotfix will be merged back into dev you can just merge dev branch into your feature branches.

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Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review
Fenwick et al
Now in its sixth edition, Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review provides an authoritative and comprehensive text on the entire law of judicial review. Fully updated, this title provides a thorough, detailed analysis of this complex area of law from a team of judicial review experts. It contains an essential account of relevant cases and examples of the application of the general principles, covering the law of judicial review in a number of areas, including local government, town and country planning, immigration and housing and social security.
Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review gives the depth and expertise of guidance needed to enable practitioners to advise and make decisions with complete confidence.


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Elizabeth A. Snelson
President , Legal Counsel for the Medical Staff PLLC,
Elizabeth Snelson works for medical staffs and medical societies across the country. Medical staff bylaws are a primary focus of her practice. She also handles "disruptive practitioner" procedures, peer review problems, and other compliance matters.
A frequent speaker on medical staff legal issues, Elizabeth Snelson presents at medical staff leadership retreats and serves as an expert witness in credentialing and Data Bank cases.She is Past President of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, and past Vice President of the ABA's Physician Issues Interest Group. She was a member of the Joint Commission's Task Force on medical staff bylaws. Her articles on medical staff legal issues have appeared in various publications. She is the author of The Physicians Guide to Medical Staff Organization Bylaws, published by the American Medical Association.
National Practitioner Data Bank Expanded Reporting Parameters
Hospitals must file a National Practitioner Data Bank report on any physician's surrender of privileges if an investigation is underway. This has always been a Data Bank reporting requirement, intended to discourage plea bargains which allowed physicians to avoid being reported if they agreed to waive hearing rights.
Problems with Aging Physicians
Practicing medicine is not like other jobs that have a tradition of retirement at age 65. Physician shortages fuel support for physicians seeking to continue their careers indefinitely. Patient safety is paramount, but is it served by applying an age limit to medical staff membership and clinical privileges?
Pandemic Issues for Medical Staffs: Liability, Compliance and Policies
When COVID-19 began its sweep through the country, hospitals took emergency steps that affected how medicine is practiced and patients are cared for in the hospital.


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Obama's $26 Million Fannie Mae Be-atch
Sun Oct 05, 2008 by Bill Hennessy in Business, Crime, Economy, Politics
Her name is Jamie Gorelick. She was the principal architect of Al Qaeda's ability to plan and execute the 9-11 attacks under US intel's radar. She took $26 Million in six years from Fannie Mae by ordering accountants and internal auditors to falsify records and forge documents so ensure that she, Jim Johnson, Franklin Raines, and other Democrat executives at Fannie received maximum bonuses.
FoxNews.com:
Lehman Brothers collapse is traced back to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two big mortgage banks that got a federal bailout a few weeks ago.
Fannie and Freddie have also been places for big Washington Democrats to go to work in the semi-private sector and pocket millions. The Clinton administration's White House Budget Director Franklin Raines ran Fannie and collected $50 million. Jamie Gorelick – Clinton Justice Department official – worked for Fannie and took home $26 million. Big Democrat Jim Johnson, recently on Obama's VP search committee, has hauled in millions from his Fannie Mae CEO job.
Jamie Gorelick is considered the front runner for Attorney General should Barack Obama win. She needs that job to keep herself out of prison.
The Virginia Patriot exposes the scam that Obama's chief legal and economic advisors ran at Fannie Mae–the scam that, according to Obama, has brought the world to the brink a great economic depression:
This flexibility also gave Fannie the ability to manipulate earnings to hit – within pennies – target numbers for executive bonuses. Ofheo details an example from 1998, the year the Russian financial crisis sent interest rates tumbling. Lower rates caused a lot of mortgage holders to prepay their existing home mortgages. And Fannie was suddenly facing an estimated expense of $400 million.
Well, in its wisdom, Fannie decided to recognize only $200 million [of losses], deferring the other half. That allowed Fannie's executives – whose bonus plan is linked to earnings-per-share – to meet the target for maximum bonus payouts. The target EPS for maximum payout was $3.23 and Fannie reported exactly … $3.2309. This bull's-eye was worth $1.932 million to then-CEO James Johnson, $1.19 million to then-CEO-designate Franklin Raines, and $779,625 to then-Vice Chairman Jamie Gorelick.
As for other losses, they were routinely mischaracterized so that they could be amortized over years, not realized fully as they were supposed to be. By this method, the Fannie Mae management siphoned off millions of dollars in excess compensation to top management, including Gorelick. [source]
When he ran for president in 1996, Pat Buchanan spoke of "peasants with pitchforks" demanding retribution for the excesses of American power merchants like Gorelick, Raines, and Johnson, and their customers like Barack Obama.
Some will argue that Gorelick, Raines, and Johnson were not criminals, but mere incompetents. Okay, then who appointed such idiots? How did they get jobs so powerful that they could destroy the US economy?
I don't buy the idiot argument. Gorelick is a master manipulator who got herself appointed to the 9-11 Commission so she could cover her lethal tracks. She as similarly positioned herself to become AG so she can prosecute the innocent, protecting herself and her enablers in the Democrat party, including Barack Obama, the veritable Senate slave purchased for $42,000 a year. (BTW, Obama was the most expensive Congressman Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased viewed from a cost-per-year perspective.)
According to WSJ.com, Gorelick was also a kingpin in the Countrywide-Fannie Mae-Democrat money laundering operation that contributed to the current crisis:
Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, made large, previously undisclosed home loans to two additional executives of Fannie Mae, the government-chartered firm at the center of the U.S. credit crisis.
One of Countrywide's previously undisclosed customers at Fannie was Jamie Gorelick, an influential Democratic Party figure whose $960,000 mortgage refinancing in 2003 was handled through a program reserved for influential figures and friends of Countrywide's chief executive at the time, Angelo Mozilo. Ms. Gorelick was Fannie Mae's vice chairman at the time.
The Fannie loans – including a series of already reported preferential loans to former Fannie chief executives James Johnson and Franklin Raines – underscore the close connections between Countrywide and Fannie Mae and raise potential conflict-of-interest issues.
Here is breakdown of those preferential loans from the Wall Street Journal:
In 2002, Gorelick defended Fannie Mae and attacked Republicans for threatening investigations into FNMA in light of Enron's downfall. From BusinessWeek:
In the wake of the Enron disaster, Federal National Mortgage Assn. (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), the federally chartered mortgage banks that experienced explosive growth in 2001, have come under increased scrutiny. Once again, Republicans in Congress are threatening to conduct an investigation into the activities of the two – No. 7 and No. 2, respectively, on this year's BusinessWeek 50 list of top performers – some say in hopes of revoking the portions of the Fannie and Freddie charters that gives an implicit government guarantee to their borrowing.
Gorelick's select responses:
We believe we are managed safely. We are very pleased that Moody's gave us an A-minus in the area of bank financial strength – without a reference to the government in any way. Fannie Mae is among the handful of top-quality institutions. Also, we are very highly regulated. We have auditors. We have examiners here on premises every day. And we have consistently exceeded every standard that the examiners have set for us.
Of course–except that Democrats in Congress accused those regulators of racism for even looking at Fannie Mae's books. Regulations do no good of regulators aren't allowed to report their results.
We are very well protected against credit losses, which fell to their lowest level in a generation – since 1983 – last year. They went from four basis points [0.04%] down to under one basis point [0.01%] of our outstanding portfolio. We believe that while credit losses may rise somewhat in the aftermath of the recession, they are likely to remain quite low in 2002.
We now know that all of the numbers Gorelick cited were lies–manipulations to maximize her bonuses.
Well, our business is backed by homes with a considerable amount of equity. When I tell people that our portfolio consists of homes with an average equity exceeding 40% of market value, they are astonished.
I bet they were astonished, particularly since we now know that Gorelick was inventing these numbers from whole cloth. Anyone who knew her business would have been astonished.
We also follow the trends in credit. We follow all the macroeconomic indicators to most effectively manage credit losses. So we're pretty confident that we should do fine. Obviously we don't have a crystal ball here, but we are basing our projections, which have been pretty accurate over the years, on the numbers we currently have available to us.
Whatever. Criminal or criminally incompetent, Gorelick has no business walking the streets a free woman, much less as chief law enforcement officer in the free world.
Perhaps when families are living in "Obamavilles" that used to be city parks, the American people will finally grab their pitchforks and descend upon the White House and Capitol.
Two years later, Franklin Raines resigned in disgrace and agreed to give back his worthless stock options. His bought-and-paid-for Democrats in Congress ensured neither he nor Gorelick would see jail time because of their blatant fraud at Fannie Mae. Nor was either miscreant required to return the millions they stole from tax payers. Nor are they on the hook for the $200,000,000,000 in bailouts directly to Fannie and Freddie nor the $700,000,000,000 in bailouts to the rest of the mortgage industry they destroyed.
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IOC's Dick Pound says Tokyo Games uncertain due to virus surge
Senior IOC member Dick Pound has told the BBC that athletes should be vaccinated as a priority ahead of the Tokyo Games. | REUTERS
London – Dick Pound, a longtime International Olympic Committee member from Canada, hinted the rescheduled Tokyo Games could be in doubt due to the continued spread of the novel coronavirus, the BBC reported Thursday.
"I can't be certain because the ongoing elephant in the room would be the surges in the virus," he was quoted as saying.
The report comes after the IOC said it has "full confidence" in the steps being taken by the Tokyo Olympic organizers and remains committed to the games going ahead as scheduled in July despite a state of emergency being declared for the capital on Thursday.
Pound told the BBC he thinks all athletes should be vaccinated as a priority. In November, IOC President Thomas Bach encouraged athletes to get vaccinated before the Tokyo Olympics but insisted it would not be an entry requirement for the games.
Earlier on Thursday, the IOC responded to the state of emergency declared in Tokyo by reiterating the organization's commitment to the Olympics going ahead as scheduled this summer.
"The IOC has full confidence in the Japanese authorities and the measures they are taking," it said in a statement released to Kyodo News.
"Together with our Japanese partners, we continue to be fully concentrated and committed to the safe and successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this summer."
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a month-long state of emergency for the capital and three surrounding prefectures Thursday, the same day Tokyo announced a record 2,447 new coronavirus cases.
It is the second time such a declaration has been made in Japan during the pandemic.
The Olympics, postponed by one year because of the international public health crisis, are due to open on July 23 and the Paralympics on Aug. 24.
In his New Year video message, Bach called Tokyo "still the best prepared Olympic city ever" and thanked Japan for its commitment and determination to organize the games "in a safe and secure way for all the participants" that will fit a post-coronavirus world.
International Olympic Committee, vaccines, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Dick Pound, covid-19 in Japan


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Cuba's Seventh Communist Party Congress begins Saturday
Published April 14, 2016 at 9:02 PM
Cuba's will hold its seventh Communist Party Congress on Saturday. It meets every five years and is the key policy making body which will determine Cuba's future economic and political course.
CCTV America's Michael Voss reports.
Cuba\'s Seventh Communist Party Congress begins Saturday
Cuba's will hold its seventh Communist Party Congress on Saturday. It meets every five years and is the key policy making body which will determine Cuba's future economic and political course. CCTV America's Michael Voss reports.
After the last Communist Party Congress in 2011, Cubans were able to become self-employed and set up very small businesses or co-operatives. They can also buy and sell homes and cars and travel abroad without permission.
The Party Congress comes just a month after U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Cuba which raised expectations that renewed relations could help improve people's lives.
Former leader Fidel Castro was highly critical of the visit, a move seen by some as a rallying cry against further free market reforms.
However, Cuba's economy is struggling. Average wages remain less than $25 a month. Much of its industry is outdated and the country hasn't attracted the billions of dollars in foreign investment it says it needs.
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Q: how to run python inside netbeans? I installed the plugin for python and it detects the python code, but how do I run it from Netbeans?

A: You need to install python first.
Then Netbeans will detect the installation and you can run it from there. More info here: http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python


I don't usually use bar soaps because I feel like they dry out my skin and I have very sensitive skin. I was going to give this to my boyfriend to try. I didn't think I would be able to write a proper review if I didn't try it myself so that is exactly what I did! The soap came in this cute reusable cotton bag. I even like the black swirled with green. It definately differentiates itself from all other soaps. The organicoils in the soap are some of my favorite scents which made it even more fun to try. Just Natural Skin Care Products has never let me down before. This soap was surprisingly moisturizing for a bar soap. Even the reviews of this product agree! The smell, moisture and lack of chemicals make this soap usable by practically everyone!
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