Do you trust your boss? Your employer? Your colleagues?
Probably not, says a new report from EY .
In a survey of nearly 10,000 full-time employees in eight countries, less than half said they have a 'great deal of trust' in their colleagues, boss or employer.
There are major differences around the globe. In Japan, fewer than one in four people have a great deal of trust in their employer, boss or colleagues. Compare this to India, where more than two-thirds have a great deal of trust.
There is also significant variation in whom people trust most: their employer, their boss, or their colleagues. In China, Germany, India and the UK, it's colleagues. In Brazil, it's employers, while in the US it's bosses.
There are interesting generational differences in trust. Baby boomers are the most trusting generation, with Generation X being the least. The most significant differences surfaced in China, India and Mexico, write the report's authors.
So what's driving this lack of trust?
There are a number of factors at play.
When it comes to trusting our employers, pay has a significant influence. More than half (53%) of respondents said 'employee compensation is not fair'.
Bosses are held back by a variety of factors linked to poor communication, including a lack of open or transparent communication and timely, constructive feedback.
Quality of work is the biggest factor driving a lack of trust in colleagues. A lack of communication and collaboration were also named as issues.
The result? A low level of trust would drive 42% of respondents to look for a new job. Nearly a third would only do the minimum number of hours, while over a quarter would be less engaged and productive.
Can businesses do anything about it?
The report suggests a number of areas that can help to generate trust. Two-thirds of respondents see delivering on promises as an important factor.
Job security and fair compensation and benefits are also important for around two-thirds. Communication and ethics play a role for more than half of those involved in the survey.
Increasing trust makes good business sense as well, say the authors. Workers say if they had high levels of trust they'd be more likely to be 'happier in their jobs', 'do higher quality work' and 'recommend the company to others'.


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Irish travel agents head to City of Brotherly Love
This is an exciting year for Philadelphia – the City of Brotherly Love – with the welcoming of several new tourism developments in 2018, among them – welcoming a larger group of more than just a wee bit of the Irish.
The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) is pleased to announce that Philadelphia will host the 2018 Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) Annual Conference, which will take place in November 2018.
Announced during ITAA's Irish Travel Trade Show in Dublin on 12 April 2018, the Conference in Philadelphia will offer agents the opportunity to strengthen relationships with travel professionals throughout Ireland and to enjoy a first-hand experience of what Philadelphia can offer to Irish holidaymakers.
Philadelphia is welcoming new direct service from Dublin with Aer Lingus, which will join the already established year-round direct flight service from Dublin and seasonal service from Shannon with American Airlines. There will also be several new hotel openings such as the brand-new Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at the city's new 60-story Comcast Center, providing guests with sky-high views of the city, and Starwood's new dual-branded W and Element Hotels, which will be located at 15th and Chestnut Streets.
Pat Dawson, CEO of the ITAA said, "This will be the first time the ITAA Conference has taken place outside of Europe and we expect the conference to sell out quickly. Philadelphia is an exciting and vibrant city, and the new direct service from Aer Lingus makes it even more accessible to Irish travelers."
Greg Evans, Account Director for the UK & Ireland for PHLCVB added, "This is a great accolade for the city and with direct services with American Airlines and Aer Lingus from Dublin and an additional American Airlines seasonal service from Shannon, the timing of hosting the event couldn't come at a better time. It will be an excellent opportunity to showcase the city and surrounding areas to the Irish Travel Trade."
The ITAA has represented Ireland's Travel Agents and Tour Operators since its founding in 1971 and brings together approximately 100 member companies covering 140 branches in different towns and cities throughout the Republic of Ireland.
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India's Historic Battles
Kaushik Roy (Author)
Synopsis Face power came into common use through French soldiers who wanted to hide their scars, and baggy trousers were first used by American paratroopers in the Second World War. Everyday life, as well as the destinies of vast populations, are decisively affected by warfare. Battles are central to warfare. This book describes twelve great battles which changed the course of India's history. The book takes recent researches into technology, military theory and demography into account; the author also moves freely across space and time in his analyses. Could Paurava and Alexander's clash on the Jhelum in 326 BC have anything in common with the Normandy landings of June 1944? Do events in 155, when Hemu was fighting the Mughals, remind us of the Siege of Leningrad in 1943? Was the Japanese response to Netaji's INA affected by the presence of Chiang Kai Sheik? Each chapter analyses the weapons, leadership, strategy, soldiers' experience of battles, and much else. Alternative scenarios are outlined to ask if the outcome could bhave differed if other tactics were used. A detailed bibliographical essay provides a starting point for those interested in pursuing battles beyond this book.
Kaushik Roy
Kaushik Roy, who specializes in the military history of India, is a Junior Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. His articles have been published in journals like War in History, and Journal of Military History. He is the author of From Hydaspes to Kargil: A History of Warfare in India.
From Hydaspes to Kargil: A History of Warfare in India from 326 BC to AD 1999
War and Society in Colonial India
1857 Uprising: A Tale of an Indian Warrior
Syamukapu: The Lhasa Newars of Kalipong and Kathmandu
Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence
Let's Kill Gandhi: Chronicle of his Last Days, the Conspiracy, Murder, Investigation and Trial
The Ryutin Platform: Stalin and the Crisis of Proletarian Dictatorship: Platform of the Union of Marxists-Leninists
Title	India's Historic Battles
Author	Kaushik Roy
Publisher	Permanent Black
length	xviii+201p., Map; Glossary; 23cm.
Subjects History


Moong dal Rava Pongal recipe is made from Rava (known as suji/ sooji / cream of wheat / semolina) and moong dal (green lentils)is a easy South Indian breakfast dish.
Generally rava is used to make rava upma or rava idli. Upma is a healthy breakfast or a filling snack. This rava pongal makes it more healthy with the addition of mung dal.
Like upma, it is a one dish meal where you may add vegetables to it.
Onions, beans, carrots, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, capsicum etc. may be added to this. You many add only one or a combination of vegetables to it.
This recipe below is for the basic rava pongal recipe without any vegetables.
Green or red chillies - 2 or more according to taste.
Roast rava on mediam flame for 7-8 minutes, till it is imparts aroma. The color will be changed too. Do not let it get brown. Keep aside.
Wash moong dal and add 1 1/2 cups of water to it. Cook moong dal in pressure cooker or on the stove top till it is soft and mushy.
Chop green or red chilies in big pieces.
Add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add chana dal, urad dal. Fry till dal is light brown.
Add chili pieces. Fry till chilies look blistered..
Add cooked moong dal and water. Bring to boil.
Reduce flame and add roasted rava stirring continuously. Mix well so as not to let form lumps.
Cover and cook for 5 minutes on low flame. Stir in between.
Add grated coconut, chopped coriander leaves. Mix well.
You may roast rava in large quantities when you have time and keep it for making rava upma when you are in hurry. Saves time.
Roasting rava or semolina properly while stirring on low or medium flame is important.
Bread Upma- Quick Snack with day old bread.
Poha - aval - beaten rice recipe - Savory beaten rice - rice flakes dish.


The nation's universities are preparing to attract top-notch students from China, an official from the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
Despite a decade of cultural exchanges, Taiwan has barred Chinese students from studying for college degrees, fearing that they could bring unwelcome political influences or compete for jobs.
Deputy Minister of Education Lin Tsung-ming (林聰明) said students from 40 leading Chinese universities could apply to study in Taiwan if the legislature approves amendments to the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例), the University Act (大學法) and the Vocational School Act (專科學校法).
If amendments to the three laws clear the legislative floor before the current session goes on recess on Tuesday, Chinese students will be able to start enrollment in Taiwan in September.
Lin said Chinese students coming to study in Taiwan would fit nicely into the school system.
To ease public worries, Lin has set heavy restrictions on the new program, limiting the annual intake of Chinese students to 2,000, and preventing them from seeking local employment after their studies end.
Students from China will also be barred from receiving public scholarships, though Lin said many Taiwanese universities are now raising private funds to help attract them to their schools.
Officials say about 200 Chinese college students are now studying in Taiwan on one-year exchange programs.
At a separate setting yesterday, Minister of Education Wu Ching-chi (吳清基) said the government's policy of allowing Chinese students to study in Taiwan would help alleviate the under-enrollment problem faced by many domestic colleges and universities as a result of the declining birth rate.
Saying that only half of the 10 million Chinese students graduating from senior high schools every year enroll in universities, Wu added that Taiwan could target the remaining 5 million students and recruit some of them to study in Taiwan.
Chen Chen-kuei (陳振貴), president of the Association of Private Universities and Colleges of Technology, said the declining birth rate has led to serious under-enrollment in vocational schools.
Chen said that 12,000 openings would be left unfilled in vocational schools this year and that the number would increase to 90,000 in 2016. He said that vocational schools should recruit more overseas students to solve the problem.
Also yesterday, the Legislative Yuan barred a bid by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to allow exam-free admission to Taiwanese schools for children of Chinese professionals working in Taiwan.
The MOI was hoping to achieve the goal by amending several laws governing cross-strait affairs.
The committee decided to return the bills to the MOI and demanded that the MOI make proper revisions to them within one month.


Today I got a message from one of my best friends.
I met him only last school year, but we hit of right away. He's an old soul in a young guy's body.
He's an artist, a painter/drawer.
And his work is absolutely beautiful.
We soon became good friends, as we were in the same group of friends all the time. And since we were together in class for one of my two courses.
One of the other friends became his girlfriend.
And together they are one of the cutest couples I've ever seen. So adorable.
It was great spending time with the gang, but then things changed over Summer break.
I changed schools to study something else, two of the friends stayed at the school, the other girl (the girlfriend) went back to high school to do a seventh year, specialization and he went to art school to practice his arts even more.
Which I think is great, since he really has a talent.
To other people, that don't know him (well), he looks kind of grumpy, bad-mooded all the time.
But once you get to know him -that is, if HE likes YOU, because he's not too fond of people in general, and who can blame him?- you'd find out that he's quite amazing and wonderful.
He has so much wisdom in him.
He truly is one of a kind, and my (girl)friend is very , very lucky to have him, even though what makes them so perfect together, is that they're both two of the most loving, caring and sweetest persons I have ever met.
And I really miss them.
My 'mommy and daddy' as I call them.
I can't stand missing them for another three months, or more.So this evening, as I was gone, I had received a message from him.
As I read this, I got speechless. I froze behind my screen as I got all emotional. I immediately replied, saying how much I miss him too, talking about some good memories that we share.
I really do hope that I'll see him and Mommy again soon.
Because they really mean so much, and one can never have enough of good friends.
Determined to not have my day ruined today, I slept long, 45 minutes longer than I normally sleep on a Wednesday morning, and took the time to wake up properly.
I did what I do about every morning since the last two weeks. I woke up and took my laptop, checked my blog and facebook (the class group, to see if there was anything new) and finished some school work.
Then I decided that I had deserved to take a nice, long, hot shower to fully energize. After a heavenly shower, I took the time to pick out my outfit for today.
I went with a knit skirt, some stockings, a black pullover with a boat neck and my favourite pair of shoes: short black boots that only cover my ankle. And to keep myself warm even more, I put on my leg warmers.
After a nice breakfast, I went to my mom's work, since she'd be driving me to the train station.
As I stood on the train platform, I couldn't help but smiling. And if I would've been alone in the station, I'm pretty sure I would've danced. For no reason.
I just felt so happy.
As I stood there, realizing that I have so many things to be thankful for.
I have a wonderful boyfriend who loves me so much, my younger sister and I are more than just sisters, we're one of each others best friends. My younger brother and I share two of my three hobbies, and only last weekend, we both played two concerts with our band. He plays the trumpet, and I play saxophone. It was my first concert. And I was so nervous, but my teacher assured me that it was very good.
I have great friends, and the best class ever. All of them are very supporting, sweet and caring. And funny, you wouldn't believe! We have so much fun everyday!
And as I was waiting for my train to come, I texted my boyfriend that I'd come and visit him tonight (he's a bit sick, the poor thing).
And as I got a message back, saying I had just made his day, I couldn't help but smiling so hard, I'm pretty sure people would think I'm crazy.
Wednesday is my favourite day during the week.
I can sleep out, have lots of time to make myself ready, … even though when I get off my train, I have to wait for about an hour on my bus, but I don't mind that much. I sit in the station, reading in a book that I've recently bought.
I can surely enjoy those moments of solitude.
And then in the evening, I come home and see my love.
Yes, today is going to be a good day. I can feel it.
Since it was only 6 in the morning, it was still dark outside.
Silence all around him as he walked out of the front door, into the cold Autumn air.
Most people were still asleep.
He took the bus to the station. His usual routine. The same people as every other day got on the bus as well.
He was listening to his iPod, like every other day.
It all seemed so familiar, so normal.
When he reached the station, the song 'how to save a life' by the Fray was playing. He put it on repeat.
Slowly he walked to his platform. Platform 4.
He waited. The song still playing. The lyrics forming an image in his head.
"The train to Ghent-Saint-Peter's of 6.52 a.m. will soon arrive at track 4", a voice gently said through speakers.
He lifted his head and looked at the end of the tracks, where the train would soon become visible.
A light appeared, it was like a light at the end of a dark tunnel. Sudden, intense.
He smiled, as he felt the light shining on his face, more and more brightly by the second.
The train was only a few meters away now.
He took a few steps forward, stood waiting for a second and then jumped.
As he was flying in the air, he could hear the noise the train was making. The honking of the horn. But it was too late now. Useless.
He could see his life flash before his eyes. His happy childhood with loving parents, the day they were taken away from him in a terrible car accident. How he grew up with his aunt and uncle, who had tried their best to make his life as pleasant as possible, but they were never able to fill up the hole that was in his heart, ever since the day his parents died.
How he grew up to become a fine man, even though he was tortured inside.
The day he had met his wife flashed before his eyes. He smiled. She was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen, and she had rejected him a few times, but eventually she agreed to become his girl. He loved her so much. Three years later they married. He was 23, she was only 21, but they were madly in love.
Two years later, she gave him a beautiful son, the dream of every father. He couldn't have been more proud of her.
A year later, their son died.
Apparently he was born with a very weak heart, and didn't have a long time to live from the start.
His wife, religious as she had become, saw the dead of their baby boy as a punishment for sins that they had done.
And with a man with a drinking problem, she was committing an even bigger sin.
So it wasn't long before she left him. Alone with all his misery. While she herself, had found comfort in the arms of an other man. A man she had met in church.
Friends couldn't bear his whining and depressed talking anymore. Even his family couldn't stand being around him anymore.
So he was left completely alone.
Since he had a drinking problem, he lost his job.
It was not long before the bailiff came to take all of his possessions.
Tonight, he would get kicked out of his house.
All of this flashed through his mind as he was floating in the air, the lights of the train coming closer.
He had been thinking about doing this for a couple of weeks now. Just never had the courage.
But now, everything would be fine. Everything would be alright.
The train hit him hard. His body got crushed under the enormous weight.
Bystanders could hear the screeching of the brakes as the train slowed down, and eventually stopped.
People rushed up to see what had happened, but all they saw was a broken body, lying on the tracks of platform 4.
It was impossible to make out what body parts were still complete.
All they could see was a smile on the face, with blood smudged around it.
A smile, as the person lying there, broken, gone, had finally found what he was looking for.
Smiling, as if he was finally at peace.
My day started like any other day, got up at 5.30 a.m., left at home around 6.10 a.m. and took the bus to the train station.
While I was on the bus, I was thinking "it's going to be a good day today".
I was on the train for about … half an hour when the female voice of the conductor said that there was an object on the rails near the station of Lede, so that we had to slow down our speed and that we would have a ten minutes delay.
I thought it was strange, I mean, what do they actually mean by 'object on the rails'? Just take it away then? Problem solved.
As we moved closer to Lede station, I saw five to six police cars standing next to the rails. The first rails, on the outer side.
As the train was slowing down, I saw what they meant with 'object on the rails'.
Because of the slow speed we had, I could see about three police officers do the last investigations on a deformed and mutilated body. The body was so mutilated, that I couldn't even make out whether it was a male or a female. There were still little parts of hair on the head, but I'm guessing that all the rest got pulled out as he/she had jumped under the train. Arms were standing in unnatural ways. Twisted, broken.
A part of the chest and belly were ripped open.
Or at least that's what it looked like.
Hanging on the broken body, waving in the wind like flags.
After the investigation, an officer covered the body with a white sheet. The kind of sheets you see in the movies when they find a body.
In the middle of the white sheet, there was a big red stain. Blood.
It came from the lower part of the body.
I was shocked, and stopped breathing for a second.
I could feel my heart just shrink together.
I was shocked. Couldn't believe my eyes.
My eyes were standing wide as I was trying to understand what I had just seen.
Apparently , no one else had seen it. Either because they were too busy talking to their friend, partner, or because they simply weren't looking out of the window.
I didn't know what to do and just kept staring out of the window, even though we had long passed the place and even Lede station, where apparently no one knew what had happened only a few metres away from them.
It felt so unreal, and so real at the same time.
I knew some people commit suicide by jumping in front of a train, I had heard stories, seen those kind of cases brought by the news on television in the evening, but I had never, ever been so close beside this kind of suicide, ever.
And shocked me as much as it did with the suicide of my neighbour.
Of course, these kinds of things aren't meant to be a regular experience, or even a pleasant one, that's just unreal.
For the rest of the day, I had a hard time concentrating on the classes, which is somewhere logical if you ask me.
Right after I had seen it on the train , I had texted my boyfriend and sister, whom both replied, comforting me and talking to me.
I can still see the images flashing before my eyes.
I hope that they won't stay, just like all the other ones.
So I wonder, if you throw yourself in front of something huge like a train, don't you ever hesitate? Are you really that depressed then? Do you want to die so badly, that you want to mutilate your body so badly by doing so?
Was this really the only way out? Had all hope been lost? Did they leave children, a lover, family behind? Didn't they care about their loved ones? The hurt and pain it would bring to them?
It might sound sick, but I admire the courage it takes to end your own life. Because I've been there, way down, but never had the courage to actually finish it. Too leave it all behind.
And I feel for the people that did.
I hope that they've found peace, wherever they are.
And happily she danced away, back into her fairytale world.
The cold, dark world we call 'reality' had somehow found a way to crawl in the magnificent fairytale alike place that she called hers.
Her little piece of Eden.
But the good had overcome, and the bad had come undone.
Dancing around with fairy wings, throwing magic dust all around her.
She had never felt that alive before.
But it were the people that she loved that made her this way.
The people that read her stories, her thoughts, her pain and her joy.
The people who loved to listen to what she had to say.
Some might even spread her message from time to time.
They were wonderful, each and everyone unique in their own special way.
Each and everyone too kind for this world.
They are the kind of people that make the dark clouds go away, and bring back the sunshine in your life.
They are the kind of people, that she is writing for.
People with own opinions and immense kindness.
People who still try to make the world a better place, no matter what.
And people who still dream.
Dancing away, smiling, with a rose in her hand. Red as the love she felt.
Burning with a flame of intensity.
Burning, to last throughout the ages.
Burning, for all that she loves.


A senior SLFP vice chairman and Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva, SLFP National Organiser Susil Premajayanth and SLFP general Secretary Anura Priyadharshana Yapa discussed at length yesterday about actions that should be taken with regard to the general election.
Political sources said that after the discussion they had among themselves for three hours they had a discussion with the President for four hours drawing his attention to the results of their discussion.
Reports say that at this discussion it was decided for SLFP MPs loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena and MPs close to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest as a single group under the UPFA.
Reports say that it was decided on that occasion that it was suitable to contest at the general election bringing all groups as the UPFA.


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Желтохвостая обезьяна, или желтохвостая шерстистая обезьяна () — вид приматов из семейства паукообразных обезьян (Atelidae). Эндемики Перу. Очень редкий вид обезьян, встречающийся лишь в перуанских Андах в регионах Амазонас, Сан-Марин, Ла-Либертад и Лорето, а также близ города Уануко.

Внешний вид
Взрослая обезьяна в длину достигает 54 см (без учёта хвоста). Длина хвоста, как правило, превышает длину туловища, доходя до 63 см. Самки весят до 5,7 кг, а самцы — до 6,3 кг. Мех составлен длинным и толстым волосом, что позволяет животным переносить низкую температуру, характерную для горных местообитаний.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Информация о Oreonax flavicauda на animalinfo.org

Паукообразные обезьяны
Животные, описанные в 1812 году
Млекопитающие Южной Америки
Эндемики Перу

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Health Agency from Sweden Closes SmiNet after Multiple Hacking Attempts
The Swedish Public Health Agency – Folkhälsomyndigheten Shut Down SmiNet, the Country's Infectious Diseases Database.
SmiNet, the country's infectious diseases database which is also used to store electronic reports with statistics on COVID-19 infections, was shut down in order to investigate the hacking attempts.
The Swedish Public Health Agency has discovered that there have been several attempted intrusions into the SmiNet database. The database has therefore been closed down temporarily.
Work is underway to investigate as quickly as possible whether anyone may have accessed sensitive personal data from the database, as well as sort out and rectify any deficiencies.
Because of the attack, the Swedish Public Health Agency was not able to report complete COVID-19 stats since the database shut down, and while the investigation is ongoing, no additional updates will be issued as well.
Nästa uppdatering av covid-19-statistik blir på torsdag den 3 juni 2021 https://t.co/iky5uBb4de
— Folkhälsomyndigheten (@Folkhalsomynd) May 31, 2021
Translated the tweet will read:
Even if so far no evidence of unauthorized parties accessing sensitive information was found, the investigation will last at least a few more days until the reporting process will be restarted.
The SmiNet database, which stores electronic reports of infectious diseases, including covid-19, was previously closed for security reasons after several intrusion attempts. After adjustments to further increase security, the database has been running again since the evening of 28 May.
More time is needed to ensure that the statistics are complete so that a reliable assessment of the epidemiological situation can be made. Therefore, the next update of the statistics on cases of covid-19 will be on Thursday, June 3. Data from care providers and laboratories are then estimated to have been reported and analyzed.
The investigation into unauthorized access to sensitive information is still ongoing.
The incident has been reported to the Police and to the Privacy Protection Authority.
This is not the first event of this kind, as two years ago the 1177 Swedish Healthcare Guide service for health care information was affected by a data breach after the company in charge of managing its storage server exposed it to public access on the internet.
Back then the losses were great, as millions of healthcare call recordings dating back to 2013 were stored on the misconfigured server, exposing callers' personal information shared for roughly 170,000 hours left on view.
In the past two years, European healthcare has been under attack, with the Irish Department of Health (DoH) and the publicly funded healthcare system HSE (Health Service Executive) were breached by Conti ransomware operators.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Conti ransomware gang has also attempted to breach the networks of more than a dozen US first aid and health care organizations.
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Utilising the Transdermal Delivery System to ensure efficient absorption of beneficial ingredients, the luxurious face mask has been expertly formulated with plant extracts and minerals to help reduce visible signs of ageing.
Hyaluronic Acid offers long lasting hydration and helps stimulate natural collagen levels for lifted and revitalised skin. Delivering nutrients and intense moisture with close and continuous contact, the 20 minute treatment minimises the look of fine lines and wrinkles, unveiling a radiant and healthy-looking complexion.
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When 'newbies' enter the academy for basic training, part of the curriculum includes the constitutional rights of inmates and avoiding liability. Each year, we read about corrections officers getting fired and prosecuted for violating the basic rights of inmates, and 2016 was no different. Generally, these incidents involve lack of medical care, excessive force or inmate suicide. The training curriculum will discuss these concepts, the COs will take notes and then they will be tested on the material. If the aspiring COs apply themselves and pass the exam, they will then pass basic training, graduate and report to the facility, eager to do their duty.
Since new COs receive liability and inmates' constitutional rights training in the academy, should there not be in depth quality in service sessions that discuss the constantly changing area of inmate rights? Should a CO be required to attend training in this area periodically throughout his or her career? The answer is yes. I teach an in service class for jail officers titled Avoiding Liability. I tell trainees that like jail suicides, all lawsuits cannot be prevented. But, COs need to play it smart and always be prepared to deal with one, and most of the time the lawsuit will come out in their favor.
Case law, the law resulting from court decisions in inmate litigation, changes the way we do things. New correctional standards, policies and procedures have come about because of significant cases brought before the courts, namely the United States Supreme Court. Training in inmate rights and officers' duties to make sure that they are met must not be by rote or reading a court case and requiring everyone to sign a training roster. The reasoning behind the courts' thinking and decisions must be examined. In this age of digital media and the Internet, there are many avenues to get information on inmate civil rights issues and court cases.
1. First, the CO and the agency want to show adherence to policies and procedures, the staff was well supervised and well trained.
2. Second, the inmate and/or his or her attorney want to demonstrate the opposite. They want to show that supervision is negligent and inadequate, the staff is inept and poorly trained, and the staff has a malicious attitude.
With 2016 coming to a close, take a look back at some of the year's most impactful moments in corrections.
So, with that in mind, let's look at some effective ways to avoid liability, and aborting that trip to federal or state court. This is from a great resource, Legal Aspects of Correctional Management.
They are the ones with the stripes and collar insignia, and they are paid to make sure that the staff follows procedures. A lot of time and effort went into drafting and approving sound policies and procedures, and by following them, you will be on firm footing. Remember, there is no such thing as a stupid question-or an observation. If supervisors give an order and you are not comfortable, or do not quite fully understand it, ask for clarification or make your concerns known. Do this respectfully and maturely. For example, an inmate at 3:00 AM is complaining of a migraine headache and asks to see the medical staff. Policy says that inmates are locked in until breakfast. You call your supervisor, who says sick call is at 8:00AM; he can wait because it's just a headache. You may doubt the supervisor's response because a migraine could be indicative of stroke or aneurism.
You respectfully ask your supervisor if an exception can be made, as the inmate is in excruciating pain. You may want to point out if this inmate suffers a serious medical problem, you and the facility could be liable, or a move list has an inmate going into a unit. The inmate stops at the door and says that a street enemy is in there and he doesn't want any trouble. A supervisor says put him in there for now and we'll sort it out later. You must speak up, as putting an inmate in a known dangerous situation may open you up for violating his safety.
Most correctional standards require some type of annual training in key areas, including the rights of inmates. However, all staff that interact with inmates or provide services to them must receive training. Reading court cases is not sufficient training. Trainers should research key court decisions and translate the findings into practical curriculums that apply to staff duties. Trainers can also find good, well written news articles about a case, and that can serve as a learning tool. You don't have to trot out a 100-page court decision. But, if you come across a good news article or summary about a case, especially where the agency was found liable and had to pay out a lot of money, then it can be used as a learning tool and should be discussed with staff.
Staff should know the law and court decisions that directly impact their area of responsibility. A CO working on a squad should know the statutes about crimes committed by incarcerated inmates. But, if a court decision is handed down that impacts your agency about placing mentally disordered inmates in restraint chairs, for how long or medical checks, then trainers should discuss this with COs who are responsible for placing inmates in restraints.
Every agency has personnel who have learned effective ways to handle problems with inmates. These individuals are good at putting agency policies and procedures into practices that both benefit the inmate welfare and the agency. They also may know court findings and civil rights of inmates well enough to perform their duties more efficiently. Mentors are good in keeping up in the field and teaching younger COs by sharing their knowledge. Or mentors can be bad by using outdated views and practices. By doing so, they may end up in court.
If it was not written down, it did not happen. Written documentation is critical. Keep well written records, including training records, housing logs or incident reports. Lawyers defending you and the agency need this written documentation because it shows what was done, who did what and why. It shows that services were rendered to the inmate and procedures that were followed. Documentation must also paint a clear picture of an event. If an inmate acts up and has to be restrained or subdued, a well written report can clearly show what the inmate was acting like and why staff had to do what they did. Plus, good documentation can help your memory when you are called on to testify. It also helps that section that we all have come to know, Internal Affairs.
• We operate in a nation of laws-including case law. If some COs cannot abide by the fact that inmates have limited constitutional rights, then they should leave the field.
• Never, never stop learning about the rights of inmates. This part of corrections is constantly changing. Keep up through training and self-education. The knowledge will help you in the long run.
Lt. Gary F. Cornelius retired in 2005 from the Fairfax County (VA) Office of the Sheriff, after serving over 27 years in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. His prior service in law enforcement included service in the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division. His jail career included assignments in confinement, work release, programs, planning/ policy and classification.
He has taught corrections courses for George Mason University since 1986. He also teaches corrections in service sessions throughout Virginia, and has performed training and consulting for the American Correctional Association, the American Jail Association and the National Institute of Justice. His latest book, The Correctional Officer: A Practical Guide: Third Edition will be published later this year by Carolina Academic Press. He has authored several other books about corrections including The American Jail: Cornerstone of Modern Corrections, 2008 from Pearson Prentice Hall, The Art of the Con: Avoiding Offender Manipulation, Second Edition, 2009, and Stressed Out: Strategies for Living and Working in Corrections, Second Edition, 2005, both available from the American Correctional Association.
Gary received a Distinguished Alumnus Award in Social Science from his alma mater, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and an Instructor Appreciation Award from George Mason University. He is an independent freelance correctional author and trainer. Gary serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (IACTP) representing local adult corrections. He can be reached at 571-233-0912 or at adjinstructor@hotmail.com.
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Q: Get only InnerText of this node excluding children Since i'm still not that familiar with XPath i'm prefering LINQ with HtmlAgilityPack. I think this is one of the cases where i need an XPath solution. So i need your help.
Consider this simplified HTML snippet:
Billing informations:

                Invoice-Number:1534753
Transactioncode: 1WF772582A4041717

This is part of a larger HTML page but it demonstrates the issue i have. I need to extract the Invoice-Number and TransactionCode. Sometimes the text is in a span and sometimes directly in the cell like here. So i need a way that works in both cases.
I've tried this:
var invoiceCell = doc.DocumentNode.Descendants("td")
    .FirstOrDefault(cell => cell.InnerText.Contains("Invoice-Number"));
if (invoiceCell != null)
{
    string text = invoiceCell.InnerText;
    // use string methods to extract both values
}

The problem is that invoiceCell.InnerText returns the outermost cell's InnerText, not the cell that contains the Invoice-Number. So text contains also "Billing informations":
Billing informations:

                Invoice-Number:1534753Transactioncode: 1WF772582A4041818

While i could use string methods or regex to extract both values in this case this is very error-prone since the larger html page contains many nested tables. I just want the InnerText of the inner-most cell. Maybe there's also a LINQ solution to solve this issue, then i'd prefer that.
Update i've noticed that using LastOrDefault instead of FirstOrDefault might be a viable workaround because that seems to return the innermost cell that matches the condition:
var invoiceCell = doc.DocumentNode.Descendants("td")
    .LastOrDefault(cell => cell.InnerText.Contains("Invoice-Number"));

A: Here is another alternative using XPath to cover both cases --when the target text is directly inside the cell and when the same is wrapped in a span :
var xpath = "//td[contains(text(),'Invoice-Number') or contains(span,'Invoice-Number')]";
var invoiceCell = doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(xpath);

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In the opening sequence, they show a lot of shots of the real Battle Creek. There are a lot of trains in these shots. That is pretty accurate for this town. If you come to Battle Creek, it is very likely that you will see or hear a train. You cannot get into downtown without going over train tracks. In fact, you cannot get into downtown without going over train tracks. It is very likely that you will be stopped by a train when you are trying to get into downtown. I often do on my way to work or on my way home.
There is a shot where the whole team is talking about the case. There is a large map of Battle Creek on the corkboard in the scene. That is a map from the real Battle Creek.
We also get to see a lot of aerial shots. Look closely and you can see the Kellogg Headquarters, Battle Creek Tower, Heritage Tower, McCamly Plaza Hotel, and the Federal Center. It is a great view of the real Battle Creek!
There are only 4 episodes left of season 1 of "Battle Creek". I cannot wait to see what else they do with the show!


DCU fired off two late points in stoppage time to see off the challenge of last years' Fitzgibbon Cup champions Mary Immaculate College in St Claire's last Wednesday evening.
Dublin's Donal Burke started off DCU account with a well taken free near the clubhouse side of the pitch, but disaster struck for DCU moments later, when Clare comrades Gary Cooney and Michael O'Loughlin combined for Mary I's opening goal.
Cooney soloed through a very opening DCU defence before hand-passing it to O'Loughlin who couldn't miss one on one with DCU skipper Oisin Foley at close range.
DCU scored the next three points in a row with Burke pointing brilliantly from frees to give DCU back the lead at four points to a goal.
Mary I goal scorer O'Loughlin followed up his initial effort with a confident free with corner forward Brian Corry chipping in a nice point from play just inside the 45.
Mary I could have ran away with the half moments later as Gary Cooney was in on goal, but his effort went agonisingly right of the post and wide.
DCU full forward Rian McBride then hit a huge point from the side-line on the 45 to put the sides all square at 1-2 to 0-5.
Burke and O'Loughlin then traded frees before DCU's first goal chance. McBride won a high ball in the square but valiant Mary I defending stopped the danger.
Kilkenny kingpin Conor Delaney stepped up to provide one on the plays of the game, hitting a colossal point on the run from the centre of the pitch for the home side.
A Burke beauty followed Delaney's effort as Burke won the sliotar, turned and let fly from the side line with a snapshot.
DCU lead the challengers 0-8 to 1-3 at the break.
The second half got underway with substitute Killian Doyle scoring for DCU.
Gary Cooney led the challenge for the challengers again in the second half as he popped a nice shot over from 40 yards out.
Limerick hotshot Cian Lynch kept Mary I in check with a lovely shot from out the field. They now trailed by a point at 0-9 to 1-4.
As DCU struggled to get through a high intensity Limerick defence up came Kilkenny corner back Darren Mullen who chipped over a nice score from a very tight angle near the end line.
DCU started to get into their stride as Wexford's Joe O'Connor pinged over a beauty from the clubhouse side line near the 45.
O'Loughlin chipped over a free for the challengers. However, DCU rallied and got the next three scores on the trot.
Burke hit over a point on the turn before midfielder O'Connor showed his class with an identical point to his first an another after a DCU turnover on the 45.
O'Loughlin sent over another free for the challengers, but in the next play Burke hit the side netting to deny DCU a game winning goal.
Mary I came roaring back into the contest as a hopeful high ball was won in the square by substitute Colin Guilfoyle who was fouled by full back Eoghan O Donnell.
Eoghan Cahill came up from goals and slotted the resulting penalty to the top left-hand corner of the net to leave a point between them at 2-7 to 0-14.
Cian Lynch from near his own 65 levelled it for Mary I with a monstrous point. The challengers took the initiative courtesy of corner back Colm Stapleton who fired a nice point over on the run into the DCU 45.
DCU kept their composure and Deise dynamo Patrick Curran got the home side level again. Killian Doyle added to Currans effort to put DCU a point the better.
O'Loughlin stood up to bring Mary I back on level terms in what was an extremely tense and exhilarating closing stages.
But what O'Loughlin could do so could Burke. The Dublin forward pushed DCU ahead by a pointed free.
McBride added to Burke's free with a nice point from the 'D'. Mary I immediately responded as Cork County star Luke Meade cut inside DCU defenders to hit a good point from 35 yards out.
Mary I levelled up matters once again as Cooney hit a cracking effort from the side line as extra time loomed.
DCU finished the stronger though. Killian Doyle hit over a point at close range to give DCU the lead and a goalie error handed Jack Lacey a point at the death to give DCU a two-point victory.
DCU scorers: Donal Burke 0-8 (0-6f), Joe O'Connor 0-3, Darren Mullen 0-1, Conor Delaney 0-1, Killian Doyle 0-3, Patrick Curran 0-1, Rian McBride 0-2, Jack Lacey 0-1.
Mary I scorers: Eoghan Cahill 1-0 (1-0P), Michael O'Loughlin 1-5 (0-5f), Gary Cooney 0-2, Colm Stapleton 0-1, Cian Lynch 0-2, Brian Corry 0-1, Luke Meade 0-1.


The Day was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Twenty years later, in 2001, the General Assembly decided, by unanimous vote, that this would be a day of non-violence and ceasefire.
The UN urges all nations and populations to respect a cessation of hostilities during this day and to mark it through information and public awareness activities on peace issues.
We need a new comprehensive approach, to address root causes, strengthen the rule of law and promote sustainable development, on the basis of dialogue and respect. This guides all of UNESCO's action to build peace through education, freedom of expression, intercultural dialogue, respect for human rights and cultural diversity and scientific cooperation.


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Pls Like is a BBC television satirical mockumentary, produced by Left Bank Pictures and screened on BBC Three online in 2017.  A second series followed in 2018 and a third in 2021. The first series starred Liam Williams as himself, in a quest to be a successful YouTube vlogger.

Each series consists of six episodes each. Episodes length varies between 15 and 18 minutes.

Reception
Tristram Fane Saunders of The Daily Telegraph said the first series was "impeccably cast, sharply observed." Hannah J Davies of The Guardian said: "it puts a mirror up to the fads and controversies of the day, whether that's ASMR or the alt-right, and explores their potential for laughs and pathos"

Pls Like was nominated for Best Short Form Programme at the 2018 British Academy Television Awards and was shortlisted for Best Digital Fiction Series at the Banff World Media Festival in Canada.

Episodes

Series 1 (2017)

Series 2 (2018)

Series 3 (2021)

References

External links

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2017 British television series debuts
2010s British sitcoms
2020s British sitcoms
BBC television sitcoms
English-language television shows
Television series by Endemol
Television series by Left Bank Pictures


Three years ago this October, Kim Suozzi spoke at the Alcor 2012 Conference about her impending death due to brain cancer and her hopes in cryonics and technology for a second future. I remember it was a remarkable, difficult, and emotional talk and I also remember the applause when she finished speaking. She passed away a few months later and her head with her brain was cryopreserved and stored in liquid nitrogen at the Alcor facility in Scottsdale, Arizona.


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Clouds Nature and Culture Richard Hamblyn
Clouds have been objects of delight and fascination throughout human history; their fleeting magnificence and endless variety have inspired scientists and daydreamers alike. Clouds and the ever-changing patterns they create have long symbolized the restlessness and unpredictability of nature. Life without clouds is not physically possible – alongside their rain-bearing function, clouds act as a finely tuned planetary thermostat – but in addition it would be mentally and spiritually barren, deprived of the inspiring, life-affirming thought-bubbles that drift continuously overhead: 'the ultimate art gallery above', as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote.
Richard Hamblyn explores the notable presence of clouds in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change. The book covers the history, science and art of clouds, including the controversial history of cloud modification. All the major cloud types are discussed and illustrated, including clouds on other planets, as well as the increasing number of man-made clouds that fill our changeable skies. Comprehensive yet compact, cogent and beautifully illustrated, this is the ultimate guide to clouds: from Hamlet's 'cloud that's almost in shape of a camel' to the world of cloud computing today.
'Ambiguity about what clouds are – objects, phenomena, systems or processes? – has only helped them to develop a rich life in our imaginations . . . [Clouds] blends nature and culture in a lavishly illustrated account of the physics of clouds that gives equal attention to the "myths and metaphors", their appearances in art and music, and even "future clouds' — Times Higher Education
'This book, one of many excellent titles in the Earth Series, is a mix of mythology, history, literature, art history and science. It introduces us to cloud seeding, cloud music and the special effects that made clouds movie stars (think The Wizard of Oz and Twister). Now you'll be able to 'read' clouds in an entirely new way.' — Reader's Digest, Australia
Richard Hamblyn is a lecturer in the department of English and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London. An award-winning environmental writer and historian, his previous books include The Invention of Clouds (2001), The Cloud Book (2008), Terra: Tales of the Earth (2009), The Art of Science (2011), Extraordinary Weather (2012) and Tsunami: Nature and Culture (2014),


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"Carolyn combines significant professional and academic expertise with a truly delightful personality, set against the backdrop of heart breaking tragedy. I feel confident in saying that we can all learn something deeply important from her both professionally and personally. I am incredibly grateful to have crossed her path."
Keir Gill, Senior Manager, Compliance and Improvement. Arts Council England.
"For as long as I can remember, I have always been a strong communicator and believed passionately in empathy and that we have the power, through how we communicate, to make someone's life easier, or worse.
Through a series of personal bereavements, challenging uncompassionate processes and a background of counselling and psychology, I have lived and breathed both the presence and absence of empathy and emotional awareness.
This was none more so than when I lost a child in patient safety circumstances in 2003 and went through a challenging complaints system and inquest process, at the most vulnerable time of my life. The well being of both myself and the staff appeared totally absent. My own counselling training enabled me to analyse the emotions, fears, and biases involved that were impacting on an empathic culture being achieved.
In 2006 I started to speak publicly about recognising the emotional experience and humanising processes. As I developed, I started to realise that my professional training, very challenging life events and my personality created a trio of attributes that enabled me to reach people on a deep level. I found that I was able to not only educate professionals, from the health service to legal teams but create a desire to engage with people better and understand their experiences and selves better.
Recognising that organisations struggle over and over at demonstrating empathy, compassion and integrity, for both the people in their processes and their own staff, I committed to developing thought-provoking and honest training that reflects real human emotions. I pride myself on taking people on an experiential learning journey of empathy, emotional awareness, candour, and resilience, for use in leadership, complaints and general communication, to make all our lives a little better."
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The Illumination of Ursula Flight, Anna-Marie Crowhurst: Book Review
Honestly. What a beautiful story. A book which tackles the history of women, and how one woman can make her dreams come true.
But in an era where women are degraded, and can only speak when spoken to, The Illumination of Ursula Flight by Anna- Marie Crowhurst provides an unforgettable message.
Born on the night of a bad-luck comet, Ursula Flight has a difficult destiny written in the stars. Growing up with her family in the country, she is educated by a forward-thinking father who enables her to discover a love of reading, writing and astrology. Ursula dreams of becoming a famous playwright but is devastated to learn she must instead fulfil her family's expectations and marry.
Trapped and lost, Ursula plots her escape – but her freedom will come at a price.
As Ursula's dangerous desires play out, both on and off the stage, she's flung into a giddy world of actors, aristocrats and artistic endeavours which will change her like irrevocably.
I genuinely found myself snatching time to read a chapter here and there
The chapter's themselves are quite short, so despite its length, Ursula Flight is relatively quick to get through. There are also regular chapters which are split into plays and notes from the character, which make it so difficult to put down. There were so many occasions where I said I would only read for 20 minutes, and when I got to the chapter end and the next part was a play, I would read through the play and then put the book down. I genuinely found myself snatching time to read a chapter here and there.
Ursula Flight is one of those ones where it's impossible not to get attached to the characters. I honestly felt my heart break near the end and feel all the highs and lows throughout.
I'm someone who very much reads a lot of thrillers, and gets very used to the short, quick sentences which act as a page-turner. But what a delight to be moved, both by the story itself, or the descriptions of such simple things. Crowhurst makes a child running around fields playing as a child, turn into an adventure of rose-tinted happiness. The writing is breathtakingly beautiful. Also, the language is well reflected of the era, so props to Crowhurst for nailing this detail.
With themes of love and loss, heartbreak and all-consuming passion set in the Charles II reign, The Illumination of Ursula Flight is a wonderful story with a powerful message. For fans of Jessie Burton, Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry.
A Bookmark That recommended read for all.
The Illumination of Ursula Flight, Anna-Marie Crowhurst, RRP £8.99 (paperback); Book Depository
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Allen & Unwin


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Secaucus, N.J.-based textile printer and distributor Green Applications LLC — a division of Green Distribution — is investing $9.75 million to set up manufacturing operations and create 323 jobs in Gordonsville, Va.
Established in 2009, Green Applications has grown from a small printing operation employing six people to one of the largest printers and distributors of textile merchandise and heat-applied graphics on the East Coast, with a current workforce totaling more than 450 people. Its 100,000-square-foot (ft2) Secaucus facility houses a screen-printing operation, and it has another operation elsewhere in the Northeast that manufactures heat-applied graphics. The company currently prints and distributes more than 50,000 shirts and garments daily, and its customers include well-known global brands.
The company is installing machinery and equipment in a 170,000-square-foot facility that formerly housed a printer of catalogs and special interest magazines that closed in 2011, putting more than 100 people out of work. The facility will house screen-printing and heat-applied graphics operations as well as a distribution operation, and is expected to open in mid- to late summer of this year. It is situated on a 33-acre site, and there is potential to expand as the need arises.
According to Green Applications Owner and CEO Robert Butters, manufacturing operations in the Northeast will continue, but some distribution activity will be consolidated at the Gordonsville site. "We've had a really successful couple of years, and we need more space and we need to grow our workforce. Geographically, it really makes sense to be in the middle of the East Coast, but we also need our Northeast presence.
"It is a pleasure to welcome Green Applications to Virginia as the company further expands its footprint on the East Coast," said Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who has approved a $540,000 Governor's Opportunity Fund grant to assist local governments with the project.


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Son of church treasurer who stole £70k from parish sells his house to repay cash his mum nicked
The 70-year-old was jailed for 18 months in April after she admitted embezzling £72,155.34 over eight years.
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Janet Farquhar banked £72,155.34 of church funds into her own account over eight years (Image: UGC MSN)
A church treasurer jailed for stealing more than £70,000 from her congregation has repaid the cash – after her son sold his house.
Janet Farquhar banked £72,155.34 of church funds into her own account over eight years while she was in charge of finances at Chalmers Memorial Church in Port Seton, East Lothian.
The 70-year-old was jailed for 18 months in April after she admitted embezzling the cash.
But she was released just weeks later, pending an appeal against her sentence which is due to be heard at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh today.
A proceeds of crime hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday heard Farquhar has repaid the Church of Scotland the sum she embezzled.
Farquhar was due to sell her home in Cockenzie, East Lothian, to fund the repayment but the court heard the property has an inhibition order placed on it by the Crown and cannot be sold.
Solicitor Ewan Gosney told the court: "The money embezzled has been repaid in full.
"The money has been repaid by the sale of the accused's son and the daughter-in-law's property.
"It is the intention that once the inhibition order is lifted and the property can be sold, the proceeds will go back to her son and daughter-in-law. It's coming from her own funds, albeit indirectly."
The money was swindled from Chalmers Memorial Church in Port Seton, East Lothian (Image: Google)
Church treasurer, 70, facing jail after stealing £70k over eight years from her congregation
The hearing was continued to yesterday for Sheriff Peter Braid to hear confirmation that the money has been received by the Church of Scotland.
The Crown confirmed the Church had been repaid in full and that the proceeds of crime action against Farquhar was being deserted.
A Church of Scotland spokesperson said: "We welcome the return of £72,000 of the funds that were taken from the congregation and will await with interest the result of justice running its course."
Farquhar was appointed treasurer of the Chalmers Memorial Church in 1999 and embezzled the cash between 2008 and 2016.
She paid cheques worth £59,752.34 into her bank account and took another £12,403 from church collections.


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South Surma (), also known as Dakshin Surma, is an upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

History

After the Conquest of Gour in 1303, many disciples of Shah Jalal settled in the Jalalpur, Godhrail and Renga parganas in modern-day South Surma where they would preach Islam to the local people. Shah Sheikh Mir Afzal Khandakar migrated to the village of Mirargaon, Shah Kamal Pahlawan Yemeni, Shah Moinuddin and Shah Jawharuddin to Maqamduar, Sheikh Jalal Shah Milon, Shah Muhammad Taqiuddin and Shah Sheikh Fathuddin to Jalalpur, Sheikh Farid Ansari and Sheikh Shah Sikandar to Lalabazar, Makhdum Zafar Sheikh Ghaznawi to Muhammadpur (Godhrail), Khwaja Taif Salim to Silam (Godhrail), Shah Sheikh Rahimuddin Ansari to Purbobhag (Jalalpur), Syed Qutbuddin Sheikh and Syed Jalaluddin Sheikh to Bungigram (Godhrail), Sayyid Zakir Shah Fatimi Makki to Turukkhola (Renga) and Shah Sheikh Daud Qureshi to Daudpur (Renga).

In 1888, the Jalalia Senior Fazil Madrasa was established. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Pakistani army reached Dakshin Surma (Sector 4) on 29 March 1971.

On the 91st meeting of NICAR held on 29 January 2005, 9 unions of Sylhet Sadar were decided to form a new administrative upazila. Dakshin Surma Upazila was formed with the powers conferred by Section 3 (2) of the Upazila Parishad Act, 1996. On 30 June 2011, the Kamalbazar Union Parishad was established taking some land from the Mogla Bazar and Tetli unions.

Dakshin Surma Thana and Moglabazar Thana have been created under the Sylhet Metropolitan Police in the interest of maintaining law and order situation in the upazila and maintaining peace and order among the people. Due to its location at a distance of only 09 km from Sylhet district, the office of the Divisional Commissioner, Office of the DIG Sylhet Range, Sylhet Education Board Building, Technical Women's Training Center and offices of all the departmental level government institutions are located in this upazila. This newly created upazila is located in Moglabazar Union.

Administration

The following are the nine unions in South Surma.

(Statistics shown here is based on the Bangladesh Population Census of 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.)

Points of interest
There are many popular places to visit in Dakshin Surma.  Qadipur Jame Masjid in Jalalpur, Turukkhola Islamia Balika Alim Madrashah in Daudpur, Hayat Muhammad Turukkhola Jame Masjid (Boro Masjid) in Daudpur, Jamia Towakkulia Renga Madrasha in Moglabazar and Chapra Beel in Tetli are popular tourist sites.

Notable people
Abdul Jalil Choudhury, Islamic scholar and member of Assam Legislative Assembly for 27 years
Abdul Muktadir, geologist and lecturer martyred during the 1971 Dhaka University massacre
Abdul Malik, first cardiologist of Pakistan and National Professor of Bangladesh
Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury Qureshi, businessman, politician
Abdul Mukit Khan, politician
Dilwar Khan, poet
Khandaker Abdul Malik, politician
Mahbub Ali Khan, rear admiral and former Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh)

References

Upazilas of Sylhet District


The thing I like about the truck housings is they plug right in. With the eurolights you have to cut your stock harness and make your own connector and mine kept coming loose; but they were brighter than stock with the bulbs that came with them, when those went I used silverstars and they looked stock again. But now I'm happy with the truck housing and hid's.
Nice show. That makes it pretty simple. Euro says theirs is a direct fit, you said you had to cut it and fit it yourself?
I have the Euro Light setup on my car. Both low and high beam. I made my own plugs so that I wouldn't have to cut the factory harness in case I ever wanted to go back to stock. I then heat shrink all the connector's to ensure that I would not have any issues in the future. Takes a bit longer but worth the peice of mind.
Also, the Euro Lights are glass not plasic as stated in an earlier post. They are basically a factory sealed beam unit that is caplable of swapping out the bulb. I like mine a lot and for the money it was well worth it. The bulb's that came with my Euro Light kit were brighter but doesn't put out near the light output as real HID's. My wifes factory HID's on her Nissan Maxima are still much brighter.
I'm going to replace all my bulbs (including fogs) with a real HID setup soon.
Yeah the housings are direct fit, but there was nothing to plug the bulb into the stock connector so you'll have to make your own connector, I used spade crimp terminals.
Did you end up going with the bls kit?
Oh so that is why you were saying you had to cut it. So just to reitterate, lets say I am now going to go with the LMC headlamps, and I am going to put aftermarket HID's lets say from ddtuning, the bulbs and ballasts that come in ddm tunings kit will or will not click into my factory harness?
Ddm tuning will work with the lmc kit and your factory harness. I haven't heard of anybody having to do any modifications to make either work.
Yup you will be fine with ddm tuning hid's and the lmc kit. That's what I have in mine, the lmc kit comes with a pigtail with 2 prongs that plugs into the factory connector, very easy to install and I haven't had any issues.
Nice, thank you guys, I was trying to paint a picture in my head. I deff don't want to cut into any more wires than i have too. I already had to fix my speed sensor wire on the passenger front because my parents damn dog ate most of it. I had the car up on jack stands during last winter. B****. So that ddm kit come with an adapter essentially adapting his kit to our factory wiring harness? I know I'm repeating myself here but i'm just wondering. Actually these things might be a christmas gift from the wife so I need to make sure I have everything figured out. Thanks for all of the photos broli.
Yup you wont have to cut anything; this plugs into that and blah blah blah. Once you have everything in front of you you'll see how simple it is. And yeah I'm 24 and still watch the DBZ movies on dvd; got a few t-shirts as well; lol.
Alright, i at 23 years old, isnt the only one. a little off topic, right now that DB Z kai is on and it's pissin me off. you have to wait to watch the next episode for like two weeks. I should just go out and buy the movies and spend three days in my apt. but some people would say that would be weird.
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what is the difference in the ddm tuning kit and the rapter kit they sell?
Raptor uses magnetic older style ballasts. The others they sell are digital slim ballasts.
ah thank you. Now i just have to figure why they don't sell 9004 kits for a 04 eclipse..the wifes car..
i just did a cross reference, the h4 bulb is also known as the 9003.
Just remember on a single.bulb setup it is better to spend a few extra dollars for the bixenon kit, stay away from the cheap kit that uses hid low beam and a small halogen for.light bulb for.the high. They look cheap and are worthless. I have used both I have the bixenon in my 93 5.0 but used the cheap kit.someone bought for.their Nissan frontier. Looks cheap in the lens and high beam is pathetic.
Its been said before but projectors are really the only way to go with HIDs. Even with the shielded bixenon stuff, the glare is horrible and tons of hot spots.
well im going to put it in her kit, ddm has the bixienon kits for an extra 20 bucks. might as well buy it for that much. i know she is going to get some glare but im not putting new head light assemblies in her car. it'll be fine.


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The AutoMobius is a true work of art and an operational motor vehicle.
Built in 2003 in Buffalo, it was acquired by Mark Kubiniec as a living, breathing piece of moving art that would symbolize Buffalo's artistic ingenuity and represent Joe's Service Center at public events. It is on permanent daily display at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Amherst Street.
The AutoMobius is inspired by the Uroborus (also called Ouroboros) – the depiction of a serpent or dragon devouring its own tail in a self-sustaining circle.
Plato described a self-eating, circular being as the first living thing in the universe—an immortal, mythologically constructed beast.
AutoMobius was designed by Virocode – the collaborative name of medical researcher Peter D'Aurira and artist Andrea Mancuso.
Their work has been shown throughout the United States and Europe at venue including the he The Museum of Modern Art and The Kitchen in New York City, Artspace and the Emanuel Walter and Etholl McBean Galleries in San Francisco, The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California, Impakt Festival in The Netherlands, European Media Art Festival in Osnabruck, Germany and at the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, CEPA Gallery, Squeaky Wheel and Hallwalls in Buffalo.
The work was created in 2003 as part of the public art project "Art on Wheels" sponsored by the Burchfield-Penney Art Center.
Fifty seven "art cars" (original sculptures and artistically transformed vehicles) were produced for the project (the Blue Mobile, the Jungle Car, the Streamer Car) but AutoMobius – the fusion of two mini-vans to represent the evolution and mutation of the automobile – was perhaps the most ambitious.
D'Auria and Mancuso came up the concept and design, and it was built by Tony Saia at Northtown Automotive Group.
As a fully operational on-the-road licensed vehicle, AutoMobius was exhibited all over the City of Buffalo during that summer, and became symbolic of the art project.
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Onfido welcomes more expert talent to its growing global team
Chrissy Dal Porto, Amy Wallace and Ruth Penfold join fast-growing Identity Verification specialist's senior leadership
Onfido has hired Chrissy Dal Porto, Amy Wallace and Ruth Penfold to its senior leadership team. The new VP Global Marketing, General Counsel and Director of People will add their extensive expertise to Onfido's 200-strong team across San Francisco, New York, London, Lisbon, Delhi and Singapore.
Onfido delivers machine learning-powered identity verification services to over 1500 global clients. With $60 million in funding raised from investors including Salesforce Ventures and Microsoft Ventures, Onfido's vision is create a more open world where identity is the key to access. The new hires will deliver strategic support to Onfido's growing team as it expands into further global territories.
Chrissy Dal Porto, VP Global Marketing, brings 20 years' experience in business-to-business marketing. Previously Director Global Revenue Marketing at OpenDNS (part of Cisco) and Director of Global Marketing at ServiceNow, Chrissy has deep experience in growing and developing global Marketing teams. Chrissy will lead Onfido's go-to-market strategy and will be based in San Francisco.
"Onfido is already well established as the market leader, thanks to its unparalleled technology and world-class team. I look forward to building on the momentum Onfido has built over the last six years to bring us closer to achieving our long-term vision."
Amy Wallace, General Counsel, joins from digital music solutions platform 7digital. An entrepreneurial technology lawyer with over 10 years' experience working in technology and software as a service (SaaS), Amy trained at city law firm Olswang (now CMS), and previously supported the International General Counsel at Sony Music. Amy has been brought in to lead Onfido's legal team, driving Onfido's world-class IP strategy, scaling Onfido's commercial contracting process, and overseeing corporate and business affairs.
"Onfido is at the forefront of a rapidly evolving RegTech ecosystem, and already established as a thought leader in the privacy space. I'm thrilled to be joining Onfido, and look forward to steering the team through developing regulatory requirements to deliver leading technology solutions."
Ruth Penfold, Director of People, has extensive experience in growing international tech teams, having previously been Director of Talent Acquisition at Shazam. An ambassador for tech accelerator Huckletree, Ruth specialises in building diverse and inclusive global teams and will oversee Onfido's people and culture as it continues to build out industry-recognised talent pool.
"Onfido's growth over the past 12 months has been incredible, and continuing to nurture its impressive culture is hugely important as the business scales further. We're committed to hiring the best people, and to doing so in a way that encourages diverse viewpoints, so that our culture and business continue to evolve in the very best way."
Eamon Jubbawy, COO and co-founder of Onfido, said: "Our people are our biggest asset. As we continue our international growth, having the right people on board is crucial to enhance our culture, set our strategy and drive results for our customers. With Chrissy, Amy and Ruth on board, we're in an excellent position to build on our successes as a team so far."
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Eminem to headline the 2013 Leeds Festival
According to reports, Eminem will be the very 1st main stage headline act for the Leeds Festival 2013. This week the organizers of the Festival Republic continue to name the acts for the big Bramham Park event next summer.
Eminem follows Boy Better Know, Subfocus and Alt-J, were all revealed as the headliners for Radio 1Xtra Stage, Dance Stage and NME Stage respectively.
World's most popular rapper Eminem is making a come back to the event since topping the chart in the year 2001 and more importantly this will be his only event in the United Kingdom in 2013. After the release of Slim Shady LP in 1999, Eminem has grounded himself as one of the top hip-hop artists and more importantly an icon of the modern world. Till now, his albums have sold more than hundred million across the world.
Throughout his music career, Eminem's live shows have always been magnificent. Playing with a live band, his shows has been a top attraction all over the world and he also has 7 UK No. 1 singles under his kitty. His fans are already expecting that his Leeds performance is will be one that people will always remember.
Leeds Festival is all set to go through some alteration changes next year with 2 brand new stages as well as more music compared to the years before. Artists from different genres like rock, dance, indie and grime have been included to the bill.
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Tickets for Leeds Festivals are on sale
The countdown for 2013 Leeds Festival starts from today. Tickets for this festival are available online and you can collect them from the venue. The first act of the festival has been announced along with some other vital announcements which even include new stages and site layouts.
Tickets are available for sale. Fans are advised to secure their places for the festival because huge crowd is expected. This festival will surely cement Leed's reputation as one of UK's entertainment capital.
Owner of the Leeds based Crash records, Mr. Ian De-Whytell said that this festival has always been popular and this time everyone is waiting eagerly to watch arena as Leed's new landmark. Ian says that from the phone calls and e-mails that they are receiving, it can be predicted that Leeds will witness a huge crowd as everyone is looking forward to appear at this festival.
Organizer of the show Melvin Benn said that this is the right time for the festival. He added that not only are they providing a fresh look next year but are also planning to add something more for the fans. The Addition of hip-hop stage and extension of dance line up will surely excite the viewers.
Stars who will perform on the big night are Alt- J, rockers Deftones and Boy Better Know. Deftones will have main stage slot and sub Focus will headline the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage. There are many more changes planned for next year's Leeds Festival.
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Leeds Festival to Add More Layers
Leeds to add three new stages as they organizers want to add more music to the event of 2013. The increase in entertainment will lead to construction of several stages in the arenas which will increase from six to eight or nine. But, the crowd limit will not be extended.
Organizer Melvin Benn shares that the stages will showcase a variety of music this time.
There are a few changes made in the festival. The arena has been changed at reading and Leeds in a lot many ways. Melvin reveals that the changes have drawn a lot of excitement from the people.
He is still in the process of building many such ideas. Melvin added that he will announce the headliners before Christmas, when he said," This time, we have included a lot of dance numbers and a lot of other exciting things".
The festival will be held between 23-25 August in 2013. Leeds festival tickets will be on sale before Christmas. The full set of tickets however, will be on sale in March 2013. This year about 87,000 fans attended the Reading's Richfield Avenue and 75,000 attended the Leeds at Bramham Park saw performances from headliners Foo Fighters, The Cure and Kasabian.
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Changing of the Guard at Leeds Festival
Booker of the renowned Leeds and Reading festival, Neil Pengelly is ready to hand over all his responsibilities at the Festival Republic. He has been working for the last 2o years. It is heard that Pengelly has booked some 2500 bands from his starting of career as a promoter in London in the year 1990.
Not only he has booked the comedy and second stage at the Reading festival, he has also taken over all the musical stages at the festival that was held in the year 1994 along with Leeds. He has spent 19 years at the artistic wheel of the festival which became highly popular that time.
Boss of Festival Republic, Mr. Melvin Benn said about Pengelly that he is a legendary man and it will be a tough act to follow. Benn said that he will be missed by all of us and undoubtedly the rest of the team will be an understatement. But definitely the man will be there to stay in an advisory role and the new member will soon join in behalf of Pengelly.
Both the Leeds and Reading festival are governed by the Festival Public and earlier these festivals used to known as Carling Weekend. The Leeds event or festival is held in Wetherby. For the visitors, campsites are made available and day tickets were also sold. The capacity of this festival has now increased to 80,000 and is expected to increase more in the future. The festival tickets are available the day before the festival starts.
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Leeds Festival Offering Refreshments
Leeds Festival organizer Melvin Benn announced that he wishes to reward the weekend ticket holders. The weekend goers to the festival will be offered a free burger and beer every day. The full details of the offer have been released. The vouchers of the food will be sent out along with the tickets from today. The vouchers will be presented to 'Food for Campers' vendors at certain designated locations in the campsite till midday. The vouchers will be given out only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
One food voucher will be valid for each day so that nobody skips breakfast and beer and soft drinks will be given in exchange of wrist band. To have beer one will need to give an age proof as well. Melvin Benn explains that Beer & Burger has turned into Beer and Baps. The foods on offer for breakfast are bacon, scrambled egg, sausage or mushroom Bap. The breakfast will be available between 7:00am and 12:00 pm on all the three days marking the weekend.
The twin festival of Reading and Leeds will take place on bank holiday weekend that starts from 24th Friday to 26th Sunday, August. The Leeds Festival is scheduled to take place at Bramham Park, Leeds, in Yorkshire. The festivals will showcase over 150 acts on 6 stages. Tickets are limited to a maximum of four per person and also per credit card for those who wish to book online. Teenagers of 15 years and under are welcomed but with a ticket holding adult.


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Block Research Group at ETH Zürich
Philippe Block, head of Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zürich, pursues research and design work at the interface of architecture and engineering. Since multiple years, with the support of university resources and in cooperation with industrial partners, high quality research has been implemented in the areas of equilibrium analysis of historic masonry vaults, the developing of new 3D graphical methods for designing vault structures in pure compression and designing efficient and expressive surface structures. Innovative fabrication and construction methods have been tested in multiple full-scale projects around the globe.
The relevance of historic principles in contemporary building
Analyzing historic built examples and learning from gothic master builders are a strong emphasis of the BRG. In the past, impressive structures such as the Kings college in Cambridge, were created in stone in a pure compression state, without reinforcement or any use of steel. Block and his team analyze structures with the help of graphic statics, a geometry-based, intuitive way of analysing equilibrium and stability without any mathematical calculations. This method has been initially conceived as a two-dimensional technique by K. Cullmann, a professor teaching at ETH Zürich in the 19th century. Later, master architects such as Gaudi found a way to describe three-dimensional force flow with the use of complex hanging models. Using the diagrammatic method from Cullman which directly relates the flow of force with the form of architecture, Philippe Block translated the 2D principles of Cullman further into a 3D geometrical method being able to develop aesthetically interesting and at the same time structurally efficient shell structures.
Innovative applied research
The BRG intitated the "equilibrium" platform featuring new design tools such as Rhino Vault. Resorting to form and force diagrams present in graphic statics, Rhino Vault is a very useful digital tool to interactively design efficient shell structures with the use of the computer.
The combination of high-tech knowledge and low tech materials
RhinoVault has been consequently used to design, build and physically test some very efficient and expressive surface structures. In the Martin Luther King Park in Austin, a pure compression stone structure will be constructed using the know-how developed at BRG. Stereotomy is the geometrical technique of drawing and cutting blocks of stone in small pieces and their assembly into complex structures. For this project, historic unreinforced masonry examples and their respective stereotomy patterns were researched. The tiling pattern of the structure has been described according to the flow of forces, with corners and facets as perpendicular as possible. The stone tiles are cut with a large diameter stone cutter and will be assembled without mortar. A temporary formwork will be only used to describe the geometry during construction of the impressive, wave like structure with a span of 30 meters.
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Culver City (CA) - Old-time gamers who remember EGA graphics and tweaking expanded memory settings are sure to rejoice the comeback of Wing Commander. Electronic Arts is bringing back the classic space game, which pitted humans versus the cat-like Kilrathi, to the Xbox Live Arcade. The game will feature up to 16-player deathmatches and the best players can compete and climb up a ladder board ranking system.
Unlike the traditional games, Wing Commander Arena is purely focused on shoot-em-up combat rather than extensive exploring and missions. There will be single player and free-for-all type matches along with some team play. Players can customize their ships and fire traditional weapons like torpedoes and gravity bombs.
Electronic Arts says Wing Commander Arena will be available this summer. There's no word about Mark Hamil making a special appearance.


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