What examples of effective tactics do businesses employ to engage employees in giving?
Should companies pick charities, or leave it open to employees?
What kinds of causes are most popular among employees?
Does the time of year or month impact employee engagement?
Those are some of the questions that Chantelle Wallace, Editorial Coordinator at Software Advice, recently asked in an interview with Nicole Morrissey and Marisa Glassman from GlobalGiving.
Citing findings from America's Charities 2013 report, Snapshot: Trends and Strategies to Engage Employees in Greater Giving, and on a quest to better understand how corporate donors engage their employees in workplace philanthropy programs, click here to read about Wallace's interview with GlobalGiving.


To enable businesses to operate more effectively, it is essential that teams work towards business goals as a cohesive unit. This programme is designed to maximise the performance of any team to deliver long-term business focused results. First, the environment is established to allow team relationships to flourish by identifying the barriers that inhibit team performance and then the team set objectives and plan using a defined structure. Finally the team look to the future and create a culture of continuous improvement.
For any manager who has the responsibility of managing a team and want to develop them into a high performing team.


Download Microsoft WebDriver from here to launch Edge Browser. Download the proper version of the driver based on your OS build number. If the extension of the downloaded file is ".msi", you need to install it to get the ".exe" driver.
Assuming that you have already Installed Selenium WebDriver.
If you want to install Selenium WebDriver, click on the link below to install Selenium WebDriver in few clicks.
Execute the following script to launch Edge browser. It first lanuches Edge Browser and then open appropriate URL mentioned in the script. In order to launch Edge Browser, we need to specify the system property with the path of the MicrosoftWebDriver.exe file.


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Automation will be central to the next phase of digital transformation, driving new levels of customer value such as faster delivery of products, higher quality and dependability, deeper personalization, and greater convenience. Last year, Forrester predicted that automation would reach a tipping point — altering the workforce, augmenting employees, and driving new levels of customer value. Since then, […]
Enter Roof Ai, a chatbot that helps real-estate marketers to automate interacting with potential leads and lead assignment via social media. The bot identifies potential leads via Facebook, then responds almost instantaneously in a friendly, helpful, and conversational tone that closely resembles that of a real person. Based on user input, Roof Ai prompts potential leads to provide a little more information, before automatically assigning the lead to a sales agent.
Furthermore, major banks today are facing increasing pressure to remain competitive as challenger banks and fintech startups crowd the industry. As a result, these banks should consider implementing chatbots wherever human employees are performing basic and time-consuming tasks. This would cut down on salary and benefit costs, improve back-office efficiency, and deliver better customer care.
Chatbots such as ELIZA and PARRY were early attempts at creating programs that could at least temporarily fool a real human being into thinking they were having a conversation with another person. PARRY's effectiveness was benchmarked in the early 1970s using a version of a Turing test; testers only made the correct identification of human vs. chatbot at a level consistent with making a random guess.
A basic SMS service is available via GitHub to start building a bot which uses IBM's BlueMix platform which hosts the Watson Conversation Services. A developer can import a workspace to setup a new service. This starts with a blank dashboard where a developer can import all the tools needed to run the conversation service. The services has a dialog flow – a series of options with yes/no answers that the service uses to work out what the user's intent is, what entity it's working on, how to respond and how to phrase the response in the best way for the user.
You can structure these modules to flow in any way you like, ranging from free form to sequential. The Bot Framework SDK provides several libraries that allows you to construct any conversational flow your bot needs. For example, the prompts library allows you to ask users for input, the waterfall library allows you to define a sequence of question/answer pair, the dialog control library allows you to modularized your conversational flow logic, etc. All of these libraries are tied together through a dialogs object. Let's take a closer look at how modules are implemented as dialogs to design and manage conversation flows and see how that flow is similar to the traditional application flow.
The most widely used anti-bot technique is the use of CAPTCHA, which is a form of Turing test used to distinguish between a human user and a less-sophisticated AI-powered bot, by the use of graphically-encoded human-readable text. Examples of providers include Recaptcha, and commercial companies such as Minteye, Solve Media, and NuCaptcha. Captchas, however, are not foolproof in preventing bots as they can often be circumvented by computer character recognition, security holes, and even by outsourcing captcha solving to cheap laborers.
The advancement in technology has opened gates for the innovative and efficient solutions to cater the needs of students by developing applications that can serve as a personalized learning resource. Moreover, these automated applications can potentially help instructors and teachers in saving up a lot of time by offering individual attention to each student.
The process of building a chatbot can be divided into two main tasks: understanding the user's intent and producing the correct answer. The first task involves understanding the user input. In order to properly understand a user input in a free text form, a Natural Language Processing Engine can be used.[36] The second task may involve different approaches depending on the type of the response that the chatbot will generate.
Open domain chatbots tends to talk about general topics and give appropriate responses. In other words, the knowledge domain is receptive to a wider pool of knowledge. However, these bots are difficult to perfect because language is so versatile. Conversations on social media sites such as Twitter and Reddit are typically considered open domain — they can go in virtually any direction. Furthermore, the whole context around a query requires common sense to understand many new topics properly, which is even harder for computers to grasp.
Users want to ask questions in their own language, and have bots help them. A statement that sounds as straight-forward as "My login isn't working! I haven't been able to log into your on-line billing system" might sound straight forward to us, but to a bot, there's a lot it needs to understand. Watson Conversation Services has learned from Wikipedia, and along with its deep learning techniques, it's able to work out what the user is asking.
As you roll out new features or bug fixes to your bot, it's best to use multiple deployment environments, such as staging and production. Using deployment slots from Azure DevOps allows you to do this with zero downtime. You can test your latest upgrades in the staging environment before swapping them to the production environment. In terms of handling load, App Service is designed to scale up or out manually or automatically. Because your bot is hosted in Microsoft's global datacenter infrastructure, the App Service SLA promises high availability.
The front-end app you develop will interact with an AI application. That AI application—usually a hosted service—is the component that interprets user data, directs the flow of the conversation and gathers the information needed for responses. You can then implement the business logic and any other components needed to enable conversations and deliver results.
A chatbot works in a couple of ways: set guidelines and machine learning. A chatbot that functions with a set of guidelines in place is limited in its conversation. It can only respond to a set number of requests and vocabulary, and is only as intelligent as its programming code. An example of a limited bot is an automated banking bot that asks the caller some questions to understand what the caller wants done. The bot would make a command like "Please tell me what I can do for you by saying account balances, account transfer, or bill payment." If the customer responds with "credit card balance," the bot would not understand the request and would proceed to either repeat the command or transfer the caller to a human assistant.
This means our questions must fit with the programming they have been given. Using our weather bot as an example once more, the question 'Will it rain tomorrow' could be answered easily. However if the programming is not there, the question 'Will I need a brolly tomorrow' may cause the chatbot to respond with a 'I am sorry, I didn't understand the question' type response.
A chatbot (also known as a talkbots, chatterbot, Bot, IM bot, interactive agent, or Artificial Conversational Entity) is a computer program or an artificial intelligence which conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods.[1] Such programs are often designed to convincingly simulate how a human would behave as a conversational partner, thereby passing the Turing test. Chatbots are typically used in dialog systems for various practical purposes including customer service or information acquisition. Some chatterbots use sophisticated natural language processing systems, but many simpler systems scan for keywords within the input, then pull a reply with the most matching keywords, or the most similar wording pattern, from a database.
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Niki is a personal assistant that has been developed in India to perform an impressively wide variety of tasks, including booking taxis, buses, hotels, movies and events, paying utilities and recharging your phone, and even organizing laundry pickup and delivery. The application has proven to be a huge success across India and won the Deep Tech prize at the 2017 AWS Mobility Awards.
Lack contextual awareness. Not everyone has all of the data that Google has – but chatbots today lack the awareness that we expect them to have. We assume that chatbot technology will know our IP address, browsing history, previous purchases, but that is just not the case today. I would argue that many chatbots even lack basic connection to other data silos to improve their ability to answer questions.
Having a conversation with a computer might have seemed like science fiction even a few years ago. But now, most of us already use chatbots for a variety of tasks. For example, as end users, we ask the virtual assistant on our smartphones to find a local restaurant and provide directions. Or, we use an online banking chatbot for help with a loan application.
A very common request that we get is people want to practice conversation, said Duolingo's co-founder and CEO, Luis von Ahn. The company originally tried pairing up non-native speakers with native speakers for practice sessions, but according to von Ahn, "about three-quarters of the people we try it with are very embarrassed to speak in a foreign language with another person."
On the other hand, early adoption can be somewhat of a curse. In 2011, many companies and individuals, myself included, invested a lot of time and money into Google+, dubbed to be bigger than Facebook at the time. They acquired over 10 million new users within the first two weeks of launch and things were looking positive. Many companies doubled-down on growing a community within the platform, hopeful of using it as a new and growing acquisition channel, but things didn't exactly pan out that way.
However, the revelations didn't stop there. The researchers also learned that the bots had become remarkably sophisticated negotiators in a short period of time, with one bot even attempting to mislead a researcher by demonstrating interest in a particular item so it could gain crucial negotiating leverage at a later stage by willingly "sacrificing" the item in which it had feigned interest, indicating a remarkable level of premeditation and strategic "thinking."
To be more specific, understand why the client wants to build a chatbot and what the customer wants their chatbot to do. Finding answers to this query will guide the designer to create conversations aimed at meeting end goals. When the designer knows why the chatbot is being built, they are better placed to design the conversation with the chatbot.
As ChatbotLifeexplained, developing bots is not the same as building apps. While apps specialise in a number of functions, chatbots have a bigger capacity for inputs. The trick here is to start with a simple objective and focus on doing it really well (i.e., having a minimum viable product or 'MVP'). From that point onward, businesses can upgrade their bots.
You may remember Facebook's big chatbot push in 2016 –  when they announced that they were opening up the Messenger platform to chatbots of all varieties. Every organization suddenly needed to get their hands on the technology. The idea of having conversational chatbot technology was enthralling, but behind all the glitz, glamour and tech sex appeal, was something a little bit less exciting. To quote Gizmodo writer, Darren Orf:
According to the Journal of Medical Internet Research, "Chatbots are [...] increasingly used in particular for mental health applications, prevention and behavior change applications (such as smoking cessation or physical activity interventions).".[48] They have been shown to serve as a cost-effective and accessible therapeutic agents for indications such as depression and anxiety.[49] A conversational agent called Woebot has been shown to significantly reduce depression in young adults.[50]

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« Mac Imprudence – Now With More Music!
We've gotten reports of some video streams that cause problems with the last test build. I expect those strems will still cause problems in this build, but please keep posting troublesome stream URLs to the Mac feedback forum thread. (For parcels where the stream URL is hidden, you can cheat and turn on "Advanced > View Admin Options", then close and re-open the About Land window to see it.) Reporting problem URLs is super important for helping us get media support working well for a variety of media types.
This build includes some of the changes going into the upcoming release candidate, so Mac users get a "sneak peek" at RC3! I won't bother going into detail yet, since it's mostly minor stuff.
But I will mention, since it affects testing, that streaming audio/media playback is threaded now, so the viewer will load (buffer) the stream in the background, instead of stalling the whole viewer while it loads. So, please wait up to 30 seconds before deciding that the stream doesn't work, as it might just be taking a while to get ready. Eventually we'll provide some sort of visual feedback about the stream progress, but we haven't gotten to that yet.
And don't forget to report in the forums!


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Come back next week for a guest post from debut author David Neilsen!
A CLATTER OF JARS by Lisa Graff -- and a Giveaway!
Synopsis (from Indiebound): In this magical companion to the National Book Award nominee A Tangle of Knots, it's summertime and everyone is heading off to camp. For Talented kids, the place to be is Camp Atropos, where they can sing songs by the campfire, practice for the Talent show, and take some nice long dips in the lake. But what the kids don't know is that they've been gathered for a reason, one that the camp's director wants to keep hidden at all costs.
Meanwhile, a Talent jar that has been dropped to the bottom of the lake has sprung a leak, and strange things have begun to happen. Dozens of seemingly empty jars have been washing up on the shoreline, Talents have been swapped, and memories have been ripped from one camper's head and placed into another. And no one knows why.
With a camp full of kids, a lake full of magic, and a grown-up full of a secrets, "A Clatter of Jars" is a story of summer, family, and the lengths we go to win back the people we love.
Why I recommend it: I've been a fan of author Lisa Graff since Umbrella Summer and it's been awe-inspiring to watch her talent grow over the years. I love the magical realism of this perfect summer tale. And I adore how it all comes together in the end. You don't need to read A Tangle of Knots to appreciate this fun and sophisticated summer camp yarn, since it's about different characters, but it adds to your enjoyment if you're familiar with the first book and the Talented world Lisa Graff has created. And Cady makes a cameo appearance here!
Bonus: Plenty of diversity among the large cast of characters. Plus... recipes! This time for refreshing summer drinks.
Giveaway details: Thanks to the generosity of the publisher, I have one hardcover copy of A Clatter of Jars to give away, along with a paperback of A Tangle of Knots (and if you're the lucky winner and you've already read A Tangle of Knots, I could substitute another Lisa Graff paperback). To enter, all you need to do is follow my blog and comment on this post. If you tweet about it or mention it on social media, please let me know and I'll give you extra chances. This giveaway is open to mailing addresses in the US and Canada ONLY and ends at 10:00 pm EDT on Sunday July 24. Winner to be announced on Monday July 25. Good luck!
Some of you have been waiting patiently for this post. Sorry it took so long! I was a tad distracted (see my previous post).
Some of the cabins at the Highlights Foundation.
Mine was the second from the left.
How to sum up my first visit to the Highlights Foundation?
In many more words: The entire experience inspired me, from the first Saturday gathering of 14 strangers (twelve attendees plus two faculty members) over wine and cheese to the last goodbye hugs with all my new friends on Wednesday. I couldn't imagine a more caring, encouraging group with which to share my first Highlights workshop. I'm honored to have spent time with these talented and creative people (many of whom already have books published!). By the last day, we felt like a family.
Yet I had a somewhat rocky start -- emails going astray for months, a cabin mix-up the day I arrived... There's always a story behind the story, right? Do you know what it's like to wander around a big rural campus in search of your name on a door, hoping to find it and not finding it? Agh!
The lovely Jan Godown Annino (check out her wonderful blog) tried to help me solve my dilemma that first afternoon. I'm afraid I was (unintentionally) a little short with her. I'm a timid driver and I'd just spent three and a half hours driving on unfamiliar highways. Not my favorite thing to do. So I was a wee bit cranky when I arrived, only to find someone else in what was supposed to be my cabin! Indeed, I almost felt Highlights didn't want me there.
Of course, all was not lost. The indomitable Jo Lloyd took charge and put all things right, finding my name sign and canvas welcome bag (containing the schedule, among other papers), and assigning me to a different cabin, which worked out perfectly. I fell in love with Cabin 9 and it became my home for 4 nights.
Inside Cabin 9: rustic but charming, and always quiet.
As we must do when confronted with unexpected situations, I adjusted my attitude and rediscovered my sense of humor (and I'm happy to say I became great friends with Jan Godown Annino!). That evening, I enjoyed meeting and getting to know all my talented fellow attendees, along with our fearless leaders, Kathy Erskine (author of the National Book Award-winning Mockingbird, and of Seeing Red, Badger Knight, and other novels, along with the upcoming verse novel Hidden Power) and Alma Fullerton (author of verse novels Libertad, which I reviewed here, Burn, In the Garage, and others).
On the third day, we were joined by guest author Padma Venkatraman (I was excited to meet her because I'd already read all three of her novels, Climbing the Stairs, Island's End, and A Time to Dance).
By that third day, I'd had conversations with every single attendee, even the reticent (and gifted) Ray, the only male in our group. Ray's powerful picture book in verse moved us all to tears when he finally read it out loud at Group Critique.
Group critique every afternoon at 4 was followed by wine and cheese at 5:30 and then a delicious buffet dinner at the Barn.
Wine and cheese time in the Barn!
The food at the Highlights Foundation is worth the price of the workshops. It's true! Always fresh, local, and delicious, and prepared by the most talented chefs you'll find. They even take into account your dietary restrictions and bring you a special plate if needed. I'm sorry I didn't think to take more photos of the generous buffets. This one below is a simple lunch. There were always plenty of salad and veggie choices as well as comfort foods like lasagna. Ingredients were identified (writing with chalk on the black tablecloth: ingenious!) so you could avoid known allergens.
Eating this wonderful food made us all feel healthy-- and quite spoiled! No cooking, no clean-up. It's a writer's dream. Highlights even provided snacks and coffee, tea, or soft drinks in the Barn at any hour of the day or night, though I was usually too full to consider it.
or take a brisk evening walk, led by Kathy Erskine, a walk which helped jump-start my brain for more writing that night.
Our mornings were filled with informative workshops held in the classroom corner of the Barn. My favorite moments were mostly visual. I will never forget Kathy Erskine crawling around on the Barn's hard stone floor to demonstrate how she got into her character's head in the medieval tale, The Badger Knight, when Adrian hid under a pew at Carlisle Cathedral. And Alma telling us how she got into her character by huddling in a snow drift for hours with no coat or shoes. Wow! Talk about dedication.
After Padma joined us, she described binding up her leg for a day and trying to walk around. That was how she got inside her character in A Time to Dance, her moving verse novel about a dancer who loses one leg in an accident.
I came away with a renewed sense of purpose for my novel in verse and a sense of lasting camaraderie with an amazing group of people. I'm sorry I don't have people pictures, but check out the Highlights Foundation site (at least, for now) and you may catch a glimpse of our group.
If you've never attended a Highlights Foundation workshop, please keep it in mind for the future. It's a must for any writer. And they do have scholarships. Just ask!
Personally, I can't wait to go back.
*Oh, you thought I was going to tell you what my novel is about? Sorry! That will have to wait.


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Q: How to split audio encoding across multiple application launches? My app needs to encode a large amount of audio data to an M4A file. I am currently using AVAssetWriter, which works fine, except that it takes a few minutes to encode all the data.
Instead of asking the user to keep the app running until the process has finished, I would like to pause the encoding when the app terminates and continue on relaunch.
Unfortunately, AVAssetWriter doesn't seem to support this, as it always creates a new file when initializing.
Do you know any other APIs that I could use? Maybe a third-party library?

A: This is exactly what background processing is intended for. As long as you can complete within 10 minutes, you can use beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler: to ask the system to let you keep running after the user switches applications. See Completing a Finite-Length Task in the Background in the iOS Application Programming Guide. Not only is this the easiest to use, but it'll give the best user experience.
The only issue you'd face is if it's possible for an audio file to take longer than 10 minutes in a non-resumable way. If that's a real possibility, then you'll need another solution.

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Behind Enemy Lines Bolivian President Evo Morales honors Leonard Peltier, National Lawyers Guild joins call...
Bolivian President Evo Morales honors Leonard Peltier, National Lawyers Guild joins call for clemency
by Peter Clark, International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Oct. 12, 2015 – Today, at the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and Defense of Life, President Evo Morales – joined by Vice President Linera, Chancellor Choquehuanca and Ambassador Caceres – acknowledged Leonard Peltier as a defender of Indigenous Peoples and Mother Earth, and urged President Obama to grant him clemency.
Bolivarian President Evo Morales honors Leonard Peltier as a defender of Indigenous Peoples and Mother Earth, the award accepted by Lenny Foster, Leonard's spiritual advisor and a board member of the International Indian Treaty Council, on Oct. 12.
Leonard Peltier was wrongfully convicted in 1977 in connection with the shooting deaths of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. The federal prosecutor has twice admitted that the government did not and cannot prove Peltier's guilt.
Evidence shows that prosecutors and federal agents manufactured evidence against him, hid proof of his innocence, presented false testimony, ignored court orders and lied to the jury. In 2003, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals found: "Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not disputed."
Imprisoned for nearly 40 years – currently at the federal prison in Coleman, Florida – Peltier has been designated a political prisoner by Amnesty International. Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 55 Members of Congress and others – including a judge who sat as a member of the court in two of Peltier's appeals – have all called for his immediate release.
In 2003, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals found: "Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not disputed."
President Evo Morales hosted the landmark 2010 World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. This year's conference focused on climate, the threat of capitalism and the concept of living well. President Correa of Ecuador, President Maduro of Venezuela and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon were in attendance, as were other interested parties from around the world.
Though Leonard Peltier's portrait of Evo Morales is not yet available, Leonard is recognized as an excellent artist; this is an example of his beautiful work. – Art: Leonard Peltier
Specifically invited by President Morales, Lenny Foster, spiritual advisor to Leonard Peltier and board member of the International Indian Treaty Council, said: "I gratefully accept this important acknowledgement of the sacrifices made by Leonard Peltier in defense of his people and of Mother Earth. We can think of no other award so precious. Defense of our Mother is the first right we must assert as Indigenous Peoples."
Foster also read Leonard Peltier's words: "We've seen that the pursuit of maximized profits through globalization, privatization and corporate personhood has become a plague that destroys life … The people most closely associated with the Earth suffer first and most … To live free of the fear of forced removal, destroyed homelands, poisoned water and loss of habitat, food sources and our overall life way is our righteous demand. We, therefore, continue our struggle to survive in the face of those who deny climate change and refuse to curb corporate powers … It is time for all our voices to be heard."
Afterward, Mr. Foster presented President Morales with his portrait – painted by Leonard Peltier.
National Lawyers Guild urges President Obama to free Leonard Peltier
Oct. 7, 2015 – Today, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) in coordination with the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee sent a letter urging President Obama to grant executive clemency to 71-year-old political prisoner and Native American activist Leonard Peltier.
"Despite overwhelming evidence of FBI misconduct – including the coercion and intimidation of witnesses, the utilization of false testimonies, and the concealment of a ballistics test reflecting his innocence – Mr. Peltier has been denied a new trial and is long overdue for parole," the letter states.
Widely recognized for his humanitarian works and a six-time Nobel Prize nominee, Peltier also is an accomplished author and painter.
"Hawkman," a self portrait – Art: Leonard Peltier
The NLG also advocated for Peltier's release during the Clinton administration. "It's long past time for the healing to begin between Indigenous Nations and the U.S. government – with regard to the Peltier case, as well as other tragic incidents of the past" said Peter Clark, co-director of the Defense Committee.
The Peltier case has been examined by renowned author Peter Matthiessen ("In the Spirit of Crazy Horse") and by a documentary film produced and narrated by Robert Redford ("Incident at Oglala"). Although the courts have acknowledged evidence of government misconduct – including the coercion of witnesses, the intentional use of false testimonies, and the concealment of ballistics evidence reflecting his innocence – Peltier remains in a maximum security prison.
The power to commute Peltier's sentence of two life terms rests with President Obama.
"Mr. Peltier is 71 years old and in poor health. This is the very time for renewed commitment and unity. We're very pleased that the National Lawyers Guild have taken this action on Mr. Peltier's behalf and are actively involved in securing his freedom," the ILPDC spokesperson said.
Contact Peter Clark, co-director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, at 505-217-3612 or contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info.
"Incident at Oglala"
10th Circuit Court of Appeals
2010 World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation South Dakota
Ambassador Caceres
Amnesty International. Nelson Mandela
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
Bolivian President Evo Morales
Bolivian President Evo Morales honors Leonard Peltier National Lawyers Guild joins call for clemency
Chancellor Choquehuanca
Clinton administration
coercion of witnesses
concealment of ballistics evidence
concept of living well
defender of Indigenous Peoples and Mother Earth
destroyed homelands
evidence of government misconduct
federal agents manufactured evidence
federal prison in Coleman Florida
forced removal
humanitarian works
In the spirit of Crazy Horse
Indigenous nations
intentional use of false testimonies
International Indian Treaty Council
International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Lenny Foster
Leonard Peltier
loss of food sources
loss of habitat
maximum security prison
Native American activist Leonard Peltier
Peter Clark
Pine Ridge Reservation
poisoned water
political prisoner
President Correa of Ecuador
President Evo Morales
President Maduro of Venezuela
struggle to survive
threat of capitalism
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Vice President Linera
World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and Defense of Life
Prisoner on stolen land: an interview wit' Aaron about political prisoner Leonard Peltier


Look for greater adoption of on-premises and software as a service (SaaS) over the next two years, modestly boosting worldwide software spending through 2014. That's according to a recent Gartner survey.
"However, significant regional differences in priorities and drivers will require vendors to pursue market-specific strategies," said Hai Hong Swineheart, research analyst at Gartner.
Regions with higher IT maturity, such as North America and Western Europe, expect lower or no budget increases over the next two years, while developing regions with immature IT infrastructure, such as Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia/Pacific, will experience the largest budget increases in software spending, the research firm said.
More than two-thirds (69 percent) of respondents in emerging countries expect new software-license budgets to increase in 2014, compared with 47 percent from mature regions. The regional differences relate to the amount of mature systems with maintenance and technical support fees. Less mature regions, with little or no infrastructure, will typically spend more on new software licenses (on-premises, including applications), while more mature regions with mature infrastructure tend to spend more on software maintenance and support (including license updates and/or technical support).
As economic pressures increase and other factors come into play, such as resource limits and skill shortages, organizations have expressed overwhelming interest in cloud computing and other options that externalize IT. In North America, interest in SaaS/public cloud is significantly higher than in other regions, with more than 60 percent of respondents increasing their budget in SaaS/public cloud within the next two years. Organizations in other regions show more interest in hosted applications (single tenant), with Asia/Pacific the highest, with 34 percent of respondents increasing their budget on hosted applications.
The survey also revealed that customer relationship management (CRM) has edged past enterprise resource planning (ERP) as the top application software investment priority. This further validates a business focus on enhancing customer experience, Gartner said, with both mature and emerging regions emphasizing investments in CRM. Survey respondents indicate that their top three application software investment initiatives for 2013 are CRM, ERP, and office and personal productivity tools.
Security software topped infrastructure software investment priorities, driven by the evolution of new threats, as well as by changes in working practices. While companies increasingly perceive the mobility of their workforce as a strategic advantage, there is growing awareness of the damage caused by security breaches. More and more organizations are accepting the need to have more-open connectivity with business third parties and assessing third-party security and defining how to securely communicate are becoming critical factors.
Virtualization infrastructure software, ranked as the third-highest priority for increased spending, continues to grow, with most organizations moving toward 70 percent virtualization (especially in North America) within the next several years; however, virtualization is not among the top three priorities in Europe or Asia/Pacific, mainly due to the already high virtualization rates in those regions.


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388 Arletta Avenue Review (TIFF 2011)
Posted byentertainmentmaven September 19, 2011 May 20, 2012 Posted inFilm Festival CoverageTags:Mia Krishner, Nick Stahl, Randall Cole, Thriller
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Randall Cole's 388 Arletta Avenue was probably the most 'experimental' film I decided to see this year at TIFF. Experimental in the sense that every single shot in the film was from a handheld or surveillance camera. I normally wouldn't pop a film like this into my DVD player at home, but at TIFF I was really trying to do the festival properly, and that called for me to watch something outside of my comfort zone. Arletta Ave. turned out to be an interesting film, however a few bumps along the way prevented it from being a completely enjoyable experience.
388 Arletta Avenue doesn't start off subtly, it's kind of the point. The house that James (Nick Stahl) and Amy (Mia Krishner) live in is under surveillance by an unknown person. Unknown to the viewers and unknown to James and Amy. Initially the story progresses quickly, as harmless, although creepy, surveillance turns into breaking and entering. The intruder wires the couple's entire home with cameras and begins to surreptitiously meddle with their already rocky relationship. When Amy disappears, it's not clear to James or the audience whether she has simply left him or if something more sinister has happened to her. James must battle his own paranoia while trying to find Amy and get to the source of the weird occurrences that have been happening in and around their home.
The most successful part about Arletta Ave. is probably the downward spiral of James into a state of paranoia and the convincing performance given by Stahl. Some clever scenes contain pranks that would be sure to turn anyone into a gibbering mess if they were left unresolved. For example, a mix CD appears in James' car, full of songs that he doesn't like, and then the same songs subsequently appear on his desktop computer at home, with no explicable explanation as to how they got there. On another occasion, James comes home from work one day to discover that someone has replaced his cat with a near identical animal that hisses every time he gets too close. Unfortunately, these same pranks lead to the film's downfall.
After a while, Arletta Ave. begins to feel like a string of pranks and James' reactions to them. At no point does Arletta Ave. really draw the viewer into an absorbing narrative. Rather, Cole seems content to place the audience in the role of the voyeur, which is naturally thrilling at times, but rather dull at others. Also, the ending portion of the film does not deliver as forcefully as I'm sure it was intended to. In fact, the conclusion feels like a bit of a cop-out. During the Q&A Cole said that his goal at the finale was ambiguity. However, 388 Arletta Avenue feels like it uses ambiguity as a fallback rather than because it provides the most effective ending (I found the same to be true of the film Lovely Molly).
The film works well as an experimental piece, illustrating how intrusive recording technology has become. However, on the thriller level Arletta Ave. never really lets the audience in or endears the characters to them. The final segment doesn't feel like it fits with the rest of the film and the ending will leave some viewers a little angry. However, I still think that Arletta Ave. is worth a watch if you feel like something different. It is definitely more of a unique experience than an actual story.
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Smuggler Review TIFF 2011 (Sumagurâ: Omae no mirai o erabe)


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Q: How do you load a video file as a new material in a script in Unity Pro? I'm trying to write a script for Unity Pro that loads a video texture upon the user using a key object on it. I'm various errors like "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object" with the following code:
#pragma strict
static var isPlay : boolean = false;

function OnTriggerEnter (other : Collider) {
    if(other.CompareTag("key")) {
        print("Key!\n");
        isPlay = true;
    }
}

var movTexture : MovieTexture;

function Update() {
    if(isPlay) {
        movTexture = Resources.Load("VideoScraping/VidsList/20130324003252.mp4") as MovieTexture;
        renderer.material.mainTexture = movTexture;
        movTexture.Play();
    }
}

Is there another form of casting that I have to do to load the resource? Are movies loaded differently? Is there another element here that I'm missing?

A: So first possible fix, resource paths must be relative to /Assets/Resources.  From Resources.Load():

Returns the asset at path if it can be found otherwise returns null.
  The path is relative to any Resources folder inside the Assets folder
  of your project, extensions must be omitted.

Next is the question of playing the movie texture more than once.  For the purposes of your question I'm going to stick with your boolean flag example (changing isPlay -> triggerPlay):
if(triggerPlay) {
    movTexture = Resources.Load("VideoScraping/VidsList/20130324003252.mp4") as  MovieTexture;
    renderer.material.mainTexture = movTexture;
    movTexture.Play();
    triggerPlay = false; //Just swap the flag here.
}

This isn't ideal as OnTriggerEnter will set 'triggerPlay' to true regardless of whether the movie texture is playing.  In that respect you could move the movie playing code right in to OnTriggerEnter and get rid of the flag.  Or you could do something like:
var movTexture : MovieTexture;
function OnTriggerEnter(other:Collider){
    if(other.CompareTag("key")&&!IsPlaying()){
        movTexture = Resources.Load("VideoScraping/VidsList/20130324003252.mp4") as  MovieTexture;
        renderer.material.mainTexture = movTexture;
        movTexture.Play();
    }
}
function IsPlaying() :boolean {
    if(movTexture==null) return false;
    if(movTexture.isPlaying)return true;
    return false;
}

You could also use a coroutine to play your movie, instead of using a flag, but that's a bit beyond the scope of the original question.

A: It's very late to answer this question but I think you should not include file extension in
the Resoruces.Load() function.
 movTexture = Resources.Load("VideoScraping/VidsList/20130324003252") as  MovieTexture;


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Gardens by the Bay: What you can expect with kids at new observatory on tallest supertree
A new observation deck at Gardens by the Bay giving unobstructed views of the Marina Bay area is open to the public from Friday (Dec 27).
The 50m-high observatory on top of the tallest of 18 supertrees has two storeys – a lower air-conditioned deck and an upper open-air circular rooftop. Visitors ascend to the top via a lift concealed within the tree trunk.
The lower deck has an indoor area with full-height glass windows, an outdoor walkway and a cafe. Four video panels highlighting the effects of climate change are lined along the windows.
A short flight of stairs leads to the rooftop deck, the highest point of the gardens. Visitors can download the Supertree Observatory smartphone app which uses augmented reality to provide information about the surrounding landmarks.
Scanning the skyline with a camera will reveal landmarks such as the Singapore Flyer, as well as additional information.
The space took about six months to be refurbished into an observatory. It was built to complement the limited capacity of the OCBC Skyway – a 128m long aerial walkway 22m above ground.
Unlike the observatory, which can accommodate 120 visitors, the skyway could hold just 80 people. The space was previously owned by restaurant IndoChine, which has other outlets in areas such as Chijmes and Holland Village.
Mr Ng Boon Gee, senior director of conservatory operations at Gardens by the Bay, said: "This observatory was designed to give it a futuristic and modern look. The skyway had limited capacity and was dependent on the weather, but this new observatory has both indoor and outdoor elements, making it more complete."
The entrance fee for the observatory costs between $6 and $14, with foreigners having to pay slightly more. Prices also depend on age and will be cheaper for those with membership at the gardens.
Tickets can be bought on-site or online from www.gardensbythebay.com.sg.
A version of this article first appeared in The Straits Times.
(Photos and video: The Straits Times)
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Le raïon de Ielizovo (en , Elizovski raïon) est l'une des onze subdivisions administratives du kraï du Kamtchatka, à l'est de la Russie. Son centre administratif est la ville de Ielizovo.

Géographie
Le raïon est situé au sud-est de la péninsule du Kamtchatka. Il couvre une superficie de .

Population
La population est en augmentation depuis 25 ans, elle était de .

Notes et références

Raïon dans le kraï du Kamtchatka

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


That was nine years ago. Plenty of time for someone to grow in knowledge and wisdom. Plenty of time to complete both a bachelor's and doctoral degrees. Enough time for the US to elect an African-American man president, twice, and by definite majorities each time. Enough time for the backlash to elect a white president by a minority of the votes cast, someone whose entire life has been steeped in greed. Someone who used racist memes during his campaign.
Over the centuries, there has been much repetition in the arguments and protestations by many in the dominant culture in an attempt to explain away our racist attitudes, actions and accounts. I do not know why these comments should surprise me so much. It began with the Doctrine of Discovery which basically stated that non-Christians did not deserve to own land and therefore had only the right of occupancy.
What does amaze me is the generosity towards my people by the Indigenous community any time we make the effort to understand the true history of Turtle Island. The following are some of the lessons I have learned.
First, Native People were created for this hemisphere, for this continent, for this exact place. Their Creation stories explain in detail how Creator God made them for a certain place and told them how to live successful, complete and happy lives.
Second, there is a well–documented written and oral historical record showing the prime motivation of European (White) expansionism and imperialism was, in fact, greed.
Third, "original immigrants" is an incredibly derogatory term discounting the many traditional origin stories stating that the People were born to this land. If – and this is a big if --IF we accept the theory that The People did originally immigrate to this land, to discount the well over ten-thousand-year (and some say 24,000 years) difference in arrival times as equivalent to the arrival of the Europeans approximately 527 years ago is ridiculous. There is evidence in the archaeological record showing there were people here over thirty thousand years BPE. But, it is a moot point – Indigenous People were still the first in establishing viable and long-lasting cultural horizons in the Western Hemisphere, no matter how you choose to look at it. In fact, one tribal story I heard is that the Tribe sent scouting parties in the four directions and that is how Creator populated the earth. And, when the party which was sent south returned from the north, it shows they understood that the earth is round – far ahead of the europeans. The People are not immigrants!
Fourth, Native American is a misnomer since the term American was created by Europeans (Whites) to name the land in the western hemisphere. How the name was derived may be lost in history. The first of two reasons I learned came from the name of the cartographer, Amerigo Vespucci. As for the second, I only recently learned that the word 'america' can be observed by splitting our nation's name into its two root words, ame and rica. They are both Latin words. Ame is the command form of love and rica means rich. "Love riches." And isn't getting rich the American Dream?
Fifth, by citing casinos as a way in which Native People "walk heavily" on the earth, or that Native People have "embraced the lifestyle and accouterments" of white culture are prime examples of "blaming the victim. Through policies of genocide and assimilation, and also a result of treaties broken by the United States (I think only one treaty was not broken), Native People have been forced onto marginalized lands. In other words, the land the Native People were given in "exchange" for their former lands, was not productive land – whether by mining, farming, or any other standard. One example which seems to prove the opposite true are the Cherokee, who were forcibly removed from their homes and very successful farms and businesses and forced to walk the Trail of Tears all the way to Indian Territory. Of course, they are one of the few tribes whose land proved of great value when oil was discovered there. Most tribes have been far less fortunate, having been forced onto land that couldn't be cultivated, therefore could not sustain the lives of those forced onto the Reservations.
One must also consider such acts of assimilation as the Boarding Schools – forced attendance at these boarding schools where punishment was meted out for such things as speaking their Native language or practicing their Native cultural traditions. What cultural – what family and tribal continuity was left for these children to embrace? This was not a free choice, but a forced one. Young children who ran away and hid, were hunted down using dogs and carried off to school. A book to read which gives an interesting account of just such difficulties is "The Man Who Killed the Deer," by Frank Waters. There are Native people who embrace modern, White American culture – but I believe there are many more who are living their cultures' traditional values and a great many who have returned to their roots. I find it both interesting and significant that the most successful treatment for Native People suffering from the disease of addiction is a return to the traditional practices of their People.
And sixth, is the one which permeates all else and which is the most vile, the most egregious. It really is the only one which needs to be addressed, but it is also the most difficult for Americans to admit. For instance, when Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) brought Lynne Patton to Cohen's hearings, he was confronted about using a racist tactic to undercut Cohen's assertion that Trump was prejudiced against African Americans. He had a meltdown, claiming he was not racist. Of course, he ran for election in North Carolina using racist memes to support and justify his candidacy.
Now, consider the degree of denial arising from confronting a form of racism we have been fighting since before the Civil War. Seriously. Slavery was a hot issue when writing the Constitution. And, in 2019, we have a grown man going into emotional excess on national TV denying the vey platform he ran on.
Imagine the explosion if we attempted to confront our National Myth! If we tried to convince the american nation of our history of genocide, ethnic cleansing and theft.
But my point is, when these white, euro-american men (or women) assume that they can make judgments about how Indigenous People should think and act, they are displaying the built-in white supremacist attitudes codified in the Doctrine of Discovery.
It is easy to blindly accept the dominant culture's rendition of history – we had to write it from the perspective of justifying the atrocities we committed in the name of the Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, or any other of the slogans used. When we stop, apply critical thinking skills, and read and learn the histories of the indigenous people, we discover that the true historical account tells a far different story than the one we have been told these past 527 or so years.
1 Joe P: ' Wow! Racist rants on Bills page?! "Whites this whites that." There are plenty of greedy people of all races, including the Original Immigrants to North America, often referred to as "Native Americans". The people you describe as "white" are... not one people, just as the Original Immigrants, YOU, are not one people. Do not speak of us as such, without accepting the same treatment of your people.
Original immigrants have embraced the lifestyle and accouterments of the European immigrants as progress. Unfortunately, there are many negatives that came with this progress. People such as me, hate what is happening to Mother Nature AS MUCH AS YOU. Original immigrants walk heavy on Mother, too. Are your casinos tributes to Mother Nature?
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To begin with, let me say that I whole heartedly agree that we need to come together, all peoples united in our efforts, if we are to successfully fight the greed that has decimated our planet.
Then let me point out that I am White.


Mainland European cities are the most desirable places to work despite having some of the highest levels of tax in the world, according to a quality of living survey published today.
Thirteen of the top 20 cities in which to live and work are in Europe, including Munich, Copenhagen, Vienna, Brussels, Frankfurt, Stockholm and Berlin, according to research by consultancy firm Mercer.
The survey studied factors including health services, political stability, traffic congestion, crime, media censorship, pollution, mail services, and even the variety and quality of restaurants and theatre. It does not factor in the cost of living.
London, which is ranked 38th, scores well for public services, recreation and telecommunications, but is let down by security concerns and pollution. Glasgow and Birmingham are the next most desirable British cities, jointly ranked 56th.
The Mercer findings, designed to help governments and companies put a financial value on moving workers from one country to another, come amid criticism from UK business leaders of the government's plans to introduce a 50p tax rate for the country's highest earners.
Among the super-rich quick to criticise the new tax band have been Sir Richard Branson, former trade minister Lord Jones, bookstore entrepreneur Tim Waterstone, Peter Hargreaves, founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, hedge fund veteran Stanley Fink and entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.
Osmond, whose business interests have ranged from PizzaExpress to Pearl insurance group, said: "A lot of people will be off. I think it's highly unlikely that I will continue to have the UK as my country of residence."
But Slagin Parakatil, who compiled the research for Mercer, said tax changes in the UK were unlikely to alter the strategies of multinational companies in deciding where to deploy staff. "I don't think tax would be an issue. If you need to send someone, you will definitely send someone, no matter whether the tax regime is high or not."
Beyond Europe, tops draws were Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto, Auckland, Wellington, Sydney and Melbourne, where tax rates have been broadly comparable with Britain's in recent years.
The most desirable US cities are Honolulu, San Francisco and Boston, ranked 29th, 30th and 35th respectively.
Top of the quality of life rankings is Vienna, which pushed last year's lead city, Zurich, into second spot. At the other end of the 215-city league table, 16 of the bottom 20 are to be found in Africa. Among them are Brazzaville, Khartoum and Kinshasa.
• This article was amended on Tuesday 28 April 2009. We referred to Sana'a as an African city. It is the capital of Yemen in Southwest Asia. This has been corrected.


Siddhi Group was incorporated about two decades ago and has since strived hard to make a name for themselves in the real estate market. The group has been blooming with the help of their moral values and ethics and has delivered quality oriented constructions and benchmark services to their clients and associates. The group has a good portfolio and is known for delivering high value projects across the city of Bhopal. They have brilliant and professional engineers who make sure that they are making and delivering delightful homes with all the requirements and necessity expected by their clients. Their every project marks an excellence in design and lays the basis for quality which improves the reputation of Siddhi Group.
The Sidhhi Group, over a period of few decade, has firmly etched its name in the construction industry by creating Thane's most discernible landmarks. The group has been successful in fulfilling the dream homes of over 6500 families in prime locations. From lifestyle homes to developing huge projects matching international standards, Siddhi Group is recognized as one of the pioneering developers of Thane City.
Siddhi and its associates over the years have been enormously successful in fulfilling the dreams of over 6500 families & have scaled heights from building lifestyle homes to developing huge projects matching international standards. All its projects are located in the prime locations of the city. Their landmark constructions are accomplishments achieved by incorporating technology, dedication and the passion to make every project a milestone.
Within a short span of decade, the group has successfully completed more than 20 lakh sq. ft. of construction work in residential, commercial and shopping malls and plans to add the tally every year. Our buildings mark a perfection of aesthetic design & quality construction. It brings to bear a unique combination of knowledge, innovation and experience in every aspect of project expertise.


Roughly $3 million in state grants is available to animal shelters to help handle the 285,000 animals who become homeless in Kentucky each year, 85 percent of which probably are euthanized.
"We do everything that we can, and it always comes down to a funding issue," said Dr. Linda Grimes, chairwoman of the Animal Control Advisory Board, which announced the grants Wednesday. "It's not at all that they want to put those animals down."
She said some shelters in urban areas do a good job of getting pets adopted, but rural areas often struggle. Some rural shelters have to put down all the animals they receive.
She said the Kentucky euthanasia rate mirrors the national average.


The Connecticut Department of Labor administers unemployment insurance benefits for workers in the state who are either partially or fully unemployed and who are either looking for new jobs, in training, or waiting to be recalled back to their jobs. The state's CT Direct Benefits is the system that is used to administer and process benefit requests.
Funding for benefits is paid completely by taxes on employers in Connecticut. Workers do not pay any of the costs. To qualify for benefits, workers must meet all eligibility requirements.
Here's how unemployment insurance benefits works in Connecticut.
Determine that you meet all requirements before you apply. You must meet all requirements to be eligible to collect unemployment insurance in Connecticut. This includes earning enough wages in your base period, losing your job through no fault of your own, being ready, willing and able to work, and being registered with the state's American Job Centers, among others.
Apply for unemployment insurance online. File a new claim for unemployment insurance benefits online here as soon as you become unemployed. If you need help filing an application, you can also visit one of the American Job Centers located throughout the state.
Determine the amount and duration of your benefit. Your benefits are generally determined by the amount of wages you earn during your Base Period. Your base period is based on the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the beginning of your benefit year. In some cases, you will be able to use wages from an Alternate Base Period. In most cases, you will be able to collect benefits for 26 weeks.
Know how and when you will be paid. Benefits are paid for calendar weeks that begin on Sunday and end on Saturday. You cannot be paid until you have certified that you have met all eligibility requirements during that week. You can choose to either have payments made via direct deposit into your own checking or savings account or by having benefits loaded on to a debit card for your use.
Conduct an ongoing job search. You are required to look for full-time work on a weekly basis while drawing benefits. Although there is no specific number of activities you are required to make, you must show a reasonable effort to secure a new job.
You can file an appeal if you are denied benefits. If you are denied unemployment benefits in Connecticut, you can file an appeal where you can present evidence and witnesses to support your claim.
To collect unemployment insurance benefits in Connecticut, you must meet all eligibility requirements.
You must meet the monetary requirement by having earned sufficient wages during your base period.
You must have lost your last job through no fault of your own. You may be disqualified from receiving benefits if you were terminated for misconduct or illegal activities, among other reasons.
You have to be physically and mentally able to work and also be available to work. This means you must not have any child or dependent care issues and that you have adequate means of transportation to get to and from a job.
You must be registered with the American Job Center. This is the state's employment services agency that will assist you with finding another job.
You must actively seek work by making reasonable efforts to find employment each week. You may be exempted from this requirement if you are participating in approved training.
You must participate in selected reemployment services if you are selected to do so.
You must file weekly claims as directed.
If you are not a U.S. citizen, you must be in legal alien status now and during the time that you earned your base period wages. You will need to present proof of satisfactory legal alien status as part of the new claim process.
You will need to keep a weekly record of your job search efforts and maintain the record for as long as you are drawing benefits so that you can substantiate your claim if asked to do so.
A DD Form 214 if you were on active military for any part of the past 18 months.
A Standard Form 8 and Standard Form 50 if you worked for the federal government at any time in the past 18 months.
CT Direct Benefits is available 24/7 and can be accessed here. You can file or reopen an unemployment claim. Upon successful completion of a new claim you will receive an email with your claim status and next steps.
If you cannot file a new claim online, you can visit one of Connecticut's American Job Center locations throughout the state.
The Connecticut Tax and Benefits System (CTABS) and the Telebenefits line will allow you to manage your existing unemployment claim, including filing your weekly claims. You can also get answers to questions regarding your benefits. You can call or go online for general information on Sundays from midnight to 11 pm and Monday through Friday, 7 am to 6 pm.
You can file your Weekly Continued claim online or by phone on Sundays from midnight to 11 pm, and Monday through Friday from 6 am to 8 pm.
Do not delay filing your claim, even if your employer has not or will not issue you an Unemployment Notice. File your claim immediately because benefits will not be paid retroactively for those claims that precede the filing of your claim.
Automated Telebenefits phone numbers where you can file weekly claims and make claim inquiries will depend on your location. Use the number that is the most local to your calling area.
When you open a new claim, it is valid for one year. During that time you can collect up to 26 weeks of full benefits.
A claim for benefits begins with the Sunday of the week in which you file your claim.
After you have opened a new claim or reopened an existing claim, you will need to file weekly claims. When filing, you will be doing so for the week that has just ended which runs Sunday through Saturday. Failure to file your continued claim in a timely way may result in a denial of benefits for those weeks.
To file a weekly claim use the online system at www.FileCTUI.com or use the Telebenefits telephone system. After accessing the system, you will be asked seven eligibility questions that apply to the week just ended. If you do not answer these questions truthfully, it may be deemed fraudulent activity and could result in overpayments, penalties and possible loss of benefits. If you worked during the week that you are filing, the system will ask you some additional questions.
After you submit a new claim, it will be reviewed, and a Monetary Determination Letter will be mailed to you. This will state the benefit amount you may qualify for, as well as showing you how that amount was calculated. Your amount is heavily dependent on how much wages you earned during your base period.
The 52 weeks after your claim becomes effective is your Benefit Year. This is the period that you can collect your maximum benefits, which is 26 weeks out of the Benefit Year.
The 12-month period from which wages are used to calculate how much your benefits will be is called your Base Period. The Base Period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters. An Alternate Base Period may be used only if you do not qualify for benefits during your regular Base Period.
The amount of benefits you will receive each week will be calculated based on 1/26 of the average total wages paid during the two highest quarters in your Base Period. If you have less than $600 in your total Base Period earnings, then the Alternate Base Period may be calculated.
Divided by 26 = $150.
Your weekly benefit amount would be $150.
You may be eligible for a dependency allowance of $15 weekly for each child that you are the whole or main support and who are under 18 years old, or under 21 years old and a full-time student, or who is mentally or physically handicapped of any age. Total dependency allowances may not exceed five dependents ($75) or may never exceed your weekly benefit amount. Your spouse may also qualify for a dependency allowance in certain circumstances as well.
If you don't select an option you will automatically receive a debit card. When you receive benefits, the amount is loaded on to a debit card which can be used anywhere a debit card is accepted. You can switch to either method at any point.
If you select Direct Deposit as your option, it will take about two business days to process your deposit after you file your weekly claim.
If you choose the Debit Card option, the card will be mailed to you in about 7-10 days and then it will take about two business days after your weekly claim is processed thereafter for funds to be loaded on to your card.
NOTE: Unemployment benefits are fully taxable by the Internal Revenue Service and the State of Connecticut. You can choose to have taxes withheld at the time you file your new claim.
To remain eligible for benefits, you must be physically and mentally able to work, be available to work and make reasonable efforts to obtain work.
During the weeks immediately after you first become unemployed, you may limit your work search to employment that is equivalent to your highest previous wage and skill level. However, after a reasonable period, if you have not found new employment, you will be expected to broaden your availability to other types of work and to jobs which may pay less than your highest previous wage.
You may be interviewed periodically by American Job Center staff who will advise you regarding your compliance with this requirement. You may also be selected for an UI Re-employment Services and Eligibility Assessment through the American Job Center . Participation, if selected, is mandatory.
You may be denied benefits on the grounds that you are not available for work within the meaning of the law if you significantly limit your exposure to your normal labor market by placing unreasonable restrictions on the type of work you are willing to accept or how far you are willing to travel to a job.
At the time you file a new claim, you will also be registered for employment services to help you return to work as soon as possible.
Exceptions to looking for a job while claiming benefits may include: if you are able to produce a physician's statement that establishes that you have an impairment; that you have a recall date from your employer or union hall; that you refused work, but for legitimate reasons; or that you are going to be attending school college or you are enrolled in an approved training course.
The State of Connecticut does not have a specific number of job hunting activities that you must accomplish each week to remain eligible, but you must make reasonable efforts to secure a job. This can include activities such as networking, sending out resumes, searching newspapers, periodicals and job placement websites, cold-calling and applying in person, among others.
You must keep a record of your job search activities. This is because the American Job Center may review your claim at any time, and you may be selected for an audit by the Labor Department's Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM). Failure to provide this information when requested could result in a retroactive denial of benefits.
To find an American Job Center location near you, go here.
You receive part-time wages or wages for any work performed, including tips. Wages must be reported when earned, not when paid; two-thirds of the amount of your weekly gross earnings is deductible from your weekly benefit rate. This includes temporary assignments.
Other reasons why you may be denied benefits may include willful misconduct while you were employed, excessive absences, committing a felony during the course of your employment, committing larceny, participating in an illegal strike, sentencing and beginning to serve a term of imprisonment longer than 30 days, or violation of drug and alcohol testing that disqualifies you from performing the work you were hired to do.
If you are denied benefits for any reason, you may be able to request a hearing with an Adjudication Specialist. You can file an appeal to any full-service American Job Center, through the Internet, or by faxing your appeal. Full-service American Job Centers are located in Hartford, Hamden, Waterbury, Bridgeport, Danielson, and New London.
The hearing will be conducted by telephone, and you will receive an advance notice detailing the time and day it will take place. You will have the ability to present evidence, documents or witnesses to support your claim. You also have the right to be represented by anyone you choose, including an attorney.
If your claim is denied, you can make an appeal to the Board of Review within 21 days of the mailing date of your notification. If you lose your appeal to the Board of Review, you can appeal that decision to the state's Supreme Court within 30 days.
Use local Telebenefits phone numbers for filing continued weekly claims. Call the telephone number that is within your local calling area.
Full Service American Job Center (AJC) Locations can assist with filing claims, answering questions, job search activities and more. There are also a number of Affliliate American Job Center locations as well.


1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine).
2. To cause to have or function at greater than normal air or gas pressure: The stairwells are pressurized to prevent smoke from entering during a fire.
3. To put (gas or liquid) under a greater than normal pressure.
4. Informal To subject to psychological, political, or other nonphysical pressure: pressurized the government to enact reforms.
1. to produce or maintain normal air pressure in (an airplane cabin, a spacesuit, etc.), esp. at high altitudes or in space.
2. to exert pressure on.
2. pressurize - maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit"
hold, keep, maintain - keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
3. pressurize - increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort"
depressurise, depressurize, decompress - decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane"
verb force, drive, compel, intimidate, coerce, dragoon, breathe down someone's neck, browbeat, press-gang, twist someone's arm (informal), turn on the heat (informal), put the screws on (slang) He thought she was trying to pressurize him into marriage.
My parents are pressurizing me into staying on at school → Mes parents me mettent la pression pour que je reste à l'école.
Pressurize the Cabin is the latest album by Fort Knox Five, celebrating funk from dancehall ska to hip-hop, disco, electro, and Latin rhythms.
She give threats that if they were more pressurize or female teachers were pressurize for vaccination campaign they would start agitation against the government and education department.
Field experience at mines shows that in most cases it is a good practice to pressurize.
Field experience at mines shows us that in most cases it is a good practice to pressurize.
By intelligent use of equipment to pressurize occupant space and escape routes, a fire safety engineer can select a smoke control plan that will optimize all of the factors that are known to influence smoke movement.
Mitsubishi's new system is designed to pressurize hydrogen simply by storing it in a tank after producing it through electrolysis of water, while existing systems pressurize hydrogen with a compressor, the report said.
It uses the screw and a shutoff nozzle to pressurize the melt to a very high but defined level in the machine barrel.


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Using MRI in breast screening for women with extremely dense breasts: a first-of-its-kind study proving the benefits
Interview with one of the researchers: Wouter Veldhuis, PhD, MD
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MRI in breast screening—a much-discussed topic
Utilizing MRI and breast tomosynthesis in addition to mammography, particularly for women with extremely dense breast tissue, is currently a much-discussed topic when it comes to personalizing breast screening programs. Considerable research and discussion are currently taking place to determine whether a supplementary MRI examination would be beneficial for decreasing mortality in women with breast cancer.
A recently published paper on the results of the DENSE trial[1] has shed new light on this matter and added further fuel to the debate. We met with one of the lead researchers, Wouter Veldhuis, PhD, MD and radiologist at the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht in the Netherlands, and asked him to describe the results and provide some insights on the study and its implications.
About the DENSE study
The study took in total nine years to perform (and is still ongoing) and was conducted by adding a 3T MRI examination to the Dutch digital mammography breast cancer screening program for a subgroup of women with extremely dense breasts. It was managed by the UMC Utrecht in collaboration with seven other hospitals[3].
Method: One-fifth of 40,373 women between the ages 50 and 75, i.e. 8,061 women, with extremely dense breasts who received negative results on their latest breast screening visit were randomly selected and invited for a further examination with an MRI. Among the women invited, 59% accepted and underwent the MRI examination. The primary outcome was the between-group difference in the incidence of interval cancers during a two-year screening period.
Results: The interval-cancer rate was 2.5/1000 in the MRI-invitation group and 5.0/1000 in the mammography-only group, showing a significantly lower number of interval cancers among those who received an invitation for a supplementary MRI.
Note: Among those who accepted the MRI, 0.8/1000 were found to have developed interval cancers, which is a statistically very low number of interval cancers. The corresponding cancer prevalence among women who received an invite but did not accept was 4.9/1000—i.e. the same prevalence as in the control group.
Read the summary published in NEJM
Dr. Veldhuis' take on the result
Dr. Wouter Veldhuis, University Medical Center Utrecht
Can you briefly describe the results of the study and why it has received so much attention?
Our team found that, by offering an additional MRI after an initial negative mammogram (no cancer) to women with extremely dense breasts, we could detect significantly more instances of breast cancer.
A finding that is even more important was the reduced number of interval cancers[2]. Reducing interval cancers is the best-known measure for a subsequent reduction in breast cancer mortality.
Is this the first study of its kind?
There are many studies that have looked at MRI for breast screening in general. But this is the first randomized controlled study, a design that is needed to be able to also investigate interval cancers.
What do you think the biggest impact of the results will be?
The study will aid in the formulation of future breast screening guidelines. But the most important impact is that we have proved that using MRI in breast cancer screening reduces interval cancers among women with extremely dense breasts.
Why did you use interval cancers as the primary endpoint and not mortality?
Simply because it would take too long to perform such a study, at least 30 years. Interval cancers is the best known proxy measure for mortality.
When did you start the study and why were so many hospitals involved?
The preparations started back in 2009, when the team from UMC Utrecht sat down together with eight hospitals across the Netherlands. We wanted a good nationwide spread in the population. A lot of time was spent on deciding the MRI protocol (3T MRI with 23 time points), which we are very happy about today since it makes the results truly future proof.
What did you learn during the study?
All of the radiologists involved in the study met every six months to discuss the more difficult cases, and we continuously learned from each other, leading to continuous improvements.
For example, we knew that the risk of false positives using MRI is high, since it is very sensitive. But the feedback we received over the study period helped to reduce the number of false positives.
During the study, I think we doubled our precision in terms of false positives by learning to read MRIs better.
Do you think any national screening programs will incorporate MRI screening for breast cancer soon?
Perhaps, but costs are also important of course. The countries most likely to adopt MRI screening are the Netherlands, the US, Sweden and Norway, but there are other factors besides costs that will come into play. We have provided data on the efficacy, and now it is up to society to decide whether it is practically possible to incorporate MRI into the programs.
What are the challenges involved in using MRI in screening?
A key issue is to make MRI screening cheap enough, and we need to reduce the number of false positives. The issue of access to equipment and radiologists must also be solved. As with the conventional screening programs, training and certification need to be set up.
Another key question to answer with respect to the cost issue is whether it would be possible to use an abbreviated protocol to handle more women per hour. In traditional mammography, we handle ten women per hour and with the full MRI protocol we can only do two, which doesn't scale.
What other studies do you believe are needed to solve these challenges?
A cost-effectiveness analysis is currently being performed. And we are looking into whether AI might be a helpful technique for filtering out false positives to help make MRI screening affordable.
Dr. Wouter Veldhuis and team behind the DENSE study when presenting the key findings at RSNA 2019 in Chicago, USA.
From another angle
The study has received considerable attention around the world. To gain another perspective, we looked at the views of another world-leading researcher in breast cancer, Sophia Zackrisson, MD, PhD, at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden.
In an article[4], she describes her enthusiasm about the results, but she is also concerned about the number of false positive findings. It is important to wait for the final results of the second round of the DENSE trial because the number of false positives is expected to be significantly lower.
Perhaps the high number of false positives is the price you need to pay for finding these previously difficult to detect tumors. [5]
Sophia Zackrisson, MD, PhD, at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden
Sophia Zackrisson, MD, PhD, at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Sweden. Photo: Kim Lindkvist.
Dr. Zackrisson also highlights the need for future research to determine whether further follow-up examinations with MRI will be beneficial or not from a mortality perspective. This can be done by investigating how many of the tumors that were found in the first round of MRI were in fact slow growing and less aggressive. She states that in the DENSE study, it was unclear how many of the cancers found were life threatening and how many would be categorized as over-diagnosed, causing more harm than benefit by being found. Overall, Dr. Zackrisson is very pleased with the work carried out by Dr. Veldhuis and his team and is thrilled to continue working on improving breast cancer screening at the national level.
What it all boils down to
Altogether, the findings in the DENSE study have proven that using a supplementary MRI examination for women with extremely dense breast tissue in breast cancer screening programs will reduce the number of interval cancers, which most likely would reduce mortality. Further studies are now needed to evaluate how MRI could be included in screening programs, whether cost would have an impact, whether the protocol can be shortened and whether AI-based image analysis could help to make the incorporation of MRI practically feasible and affordable.
We are certain to see additional future research into ways personalizing screening programs in order to detect breast cancer even earlier, especially in women with dense breasts or other risk factors. Reading breast MRI exams in a screening setting will likely become more common among breast radiologists, which highlights the need for easy-to-access tools to cope with the growing volumes.
Figure 1. Table of the main results from the DENSE study[6]
Marije F. Bakker, Ph.D., Stéphanie V. de Lange, M.D., Ruud M. Pijnappel, M.D., Ph.D., Ritse M. Mann, M.D., Ph.D., Petra H.M. Peeters, M.D., Ph.D., Evelyn M. Monninkhof, Ph.D., Marleen J. Emaus, Ph.D., Claudette E. Loo, M.D., Ph.D., Robertus H.C. Bisschops, M.D., Ph.D., Marc B.I. Lobbes, M.D., Ph.D., Matthijn D.F. de Jong, M.D., Katya M. Duvivier, M.D., et al., Supplemental MRI Screening for Women with Extremely Dense Breast Tissue. New England Journal of Medicine 2019; 381: 2 091–2 102. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1903986
Interval cancers are the cancers detected in the two years after a mammogram screening, before the next mammogram.
Coordinated from the UMC Utrecht in collaboration with the AVL, VUMC Radboud UMC, Maastricht UMC, Albert Schweizer, ZGT and Jeroen Bosch hospitals.
https://www.dagensmedicin.se/artiklar/2019/11/28/mr-screening-minimerade-intervallcancrar-vid-mycket-tata-brost/
Marije F. Bakker, Ph.D. et al., Supplemental MRI Screening for Women with Extremely Dense Breast Tissue. New England Journal of Medicine 2019; 381: 2 091–2 102. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1903986
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Social media is one of the biggest parts of making money online, and every website you visit for IM advice will tell you to use social media. But even with all of that information out there, people are still using social media incorrectly.
In this article, we're going to look at some of the best ways to use social media to make money on the internet.
Use "look-alike" ads: This is something that Facebook has started doing to make marketing more effective for their advertisers. Look-alike ads are ads that are specifically designed for a certain audience. These ads are matched with the perfect customer and designed so that that customer will respond to them.
Use Instagram Stories: Instagram stories are one of the most underused features of the platform, which is strange considering that it has grown to be one of the biggest social media sites of the modern age. Instagram is used by everyone because everyone takes pictures, but businesses that combine product images with the Instagram stories feature see a great deal more engagement and success.
Use the ad tools offered by LinkedIn: This resume site has some pretty incredible advertising tools, not to mention lots of groups and ways to target specific audiences. The ad tools are something relatively new and just one more way that LinkedIn is trying to compete with some of the other social media networks out there. A couple of examples include the ability to collect leads from the LinkedIn news feed and the ability to use retargeted ads.
Use YouTube to promote gated content: There are a lot of people that use YouTube every day, and uploading your videos is a smart idea no matter what. But one of the ways that you can best leverage YouTube is to use videos to draw in traffic for gated content on your main website. Because YouTube is part of Google, there are a lot of advertising policies that most people don't even consider.
Use Facebook Groups: If you aren't using Facebook groups to promote your business, then you are missing out on a huge feature on the social media site. Facebook groups are designed to build communities within Facebook and becoming part of a community means that you have instant rapport and influence with the people within that group.


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Q: How to prevent kogrid to automatically select newly added items, preserving current selection? I've following issue: I have two kogrids on my page. One one the left, one on the right side.
Between them I added two buttons so that the user can move selected items from the left to the right side and the other way round.
Therefor my view model has 4 arrays, ItemsA, SelectedItemsA, ItemsB and selectedItemsB. The two kogrids are configured as followed:
<div data-bind="koGrid: {
data: ItemsA,
selectedItems: SelectedItemsA,
displaySelectionCheckbox: false,
enableRowReordering: true,
enableSorting: false,
columnDefs: [
{ field: 'Name', cellTemplate: tableCellTemplate, cellClass: 'player-row' },
    { field: 'ClubName', displayName: 'Mannschaft' },
    { field: 'DisplayPosition', displayName: 'Position', cellTemplate: playerPositionNameTemplate}
],
footerVisible: false
}">
</div>

On moving items from left to the right, I will push every item from SelectedItemsA into ItemsB via:
$.each(self.SelectedItemsA(), function(idx, player) {
    self.ItemsB.push(player);
});

And cleaning the selection on the left side via:
self.ItemsA.removeAll(self.SelectedItemsA());

They items will appear correctly in the grid on the right side bounded to ItemsB, but they are automatically selected. So if I want to move a single item back, I first have to deselect all items I moved previously! How can I prevent kogrid from automatically selecting newly added items?

A: Its a bug in koGrid.
In koGrid-2.1.1.debug.js:
self.setRenderedRows = function (newRows) {
    self.renderedRows(newRows);
    self.refreshDomSizes();
};

newRows is an array of the rows you selected / copied.
koGrid copies them as they are, that means, that newRows.selected() (observable) is true.
UPDATE
Turns out, the above change would also de-select rows after they scrolled out of vision range. But i figured you can just set __kg_selected__ to false for each row you want to copy.
Say:
ko.utils.arrayForEach(self.SelectedItemsA(), function(player) {
    player.__kg_selected__ = false;
});

and then push them all to the new array:
ko.utils.arrayPushAll(self.ItemsB(), self.SelectedItemsA());


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package com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.impl;
import com.wilutions.com.*;
import com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib._IDeviceManagerEvents;

@SuppressWarnings("all")
public class Fire__IDeviceManagerEvents {
  public final static void onOnDeviceAdded(final IDispatch __joa__disp, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IDeviceManager _eventSource, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IDeviceCollectionEventData _eventData) throws ComException {
    assert(__joa__disp != null);
    assert(_eventSource != null);
    assert(_eventData != null);
    __joa__disp._fireEvent(_IDeviceManagerEvents.class, (l)->l.onOnDeviceAdded(_eventSource,_eventData));
  }
  public final static void onOnDeviceRemoved(final IDispatch __joa__disp, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IDeviceManager _eventSource, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IDeviceCollectionEventData _eventData) throws ComException {
    assert(__joa__disp != null);
    assert(_eventSource != null);
    assert(_eventData != null);
    __joa__disp._fireEvent(_IDeviceManagerEvents.class, (l)->l.onOnDeviceRemoved(_eventSource,_eventData));
  }
  public final static void onOnActiveAudioDeviceChanged(final IDispatch __joa__disp, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IDeviceManager _eventSource, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IActiveAudioDeviceChangedEventData _eventData) throws ComException {
    assert(__joa__disp != null);
    assert(_eventSource != null);
    assert(_eventData != null);
    __joa__disp._fireEvent(_IDeviceManagerEvents.class, (l)->l.onOnActiveAudioDeviceChanged(_eventSource,_eventData));
  }
  public final static void onOnActiveVideoDeviceChanged(final IDispatch __joa__disp, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IDeviceManager _eventSource, final com.wilutions.mslib.uccollaborationlib.IActiveVideoDeviceChangedEventData _eventData) throws ComException {
    assert(__joa__disp != null);
    assert(_eventSource != null);
    assert(_eventData != null);
    __joa__disp._fireEvent(_IDeviceManagerEvents.class, (l)->l.onOnActiveVideoDeviceChanged(_eventSource,_eventData));
  }
}