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From Racing to HR: Andréanne Pichette Focuses on Excellence
by Philip Fine on Feb 22, 2018 7:00:00 AM
Human Resources may lack the adrenalin of championship mountain biking but Andréanne Pichette always knew that riding would not turn into her defining career. She's now riding another path, one that involves helping employees feel good about their work, planning team activities and attracting top talent to Robotiq.
Robotiq was founded after lab-mates Samuel Bouchard, Vincent Duchaîne and Jean-Philippe Jobin decided to commercialize some of the mechatronic work they and their professor Clément Gosselin had created at Laval University in Quebec City. That was in 2008.
Today, Robotiq counts more than 70 full-time staff, with our Grippers and sensors operating in 40 different countries. For more than a year now, we've been telling the stories of our team members.
She's the first person a new hire usually meets and, for those already on the job, she helps define what it means to work at Robotiq.
From her side of the job interview desk, Andréanne Pichette puts candidates at ease, and refrains from slipping in a trick question or having the person feel overly scrutinized. "If people are comfortable in an interview, they will give you their best." And creating a comfortable environment is what she also does for Robotiq employees, making them feel they can easily approach her. That might mean calling on her to organize an office hockey game or sharing the pain of a recent break-up. While she sets out HR policies and attracts talent, she also plays the twin roles of mother hen and event planner.
It was only two years ago that Andréanne was competing internationally as a mountain biker. A serious rider from a young age and a winner of provincial championships for several years, her races eventually took her to Africa and South America, and from China to the United States. Throughout her 15 years of barrelling down knobby hills, competition and school work rode in tandem. She knew she needed both balance and a back-up plan, and has always kept one leg in family life and the world beyond athletics.
Andréanne racing in the MTB Canadian Championships
Despite being at the top of her sport, she decided at 25 to change course, and put her energy into a new career and in building a life with her husband Simon Nadeau. The plan has been working out well. Her studies in industrial relations allowed her to ride into Robotiq with HR skills. Meanwhile, Simon now takes up mountain biking for fun, which the couple do together.
Andréanne joined Robotiq in January 2017 and has helped it finesse its recruitment efforts. Working with Director, Human Resources & Administration Olivier Vachon, she finds and hires talent, develops sound work practices and comes up with employee activities. The former competitor helps it compete against all the other talent-seeking robotics firms around the world, and is building an office culture that makes people excited to come to work.
Meet Andréanne Pichette: Recruitment and Culture Coordinator.
When Andréanne was growing up, her family owned something that most kids could only dream of: a sugar shack. Her extended family for years have been gathering when the maple sap is running, as well as during vacation times at the traditional cabane à sucre an hour outside of Quebec City. The wooden benches and tables become filled with relatives thanks to a large extended family "That was so natural for us," she said of the years of large get-togethers that continue today. "I've always loved being surrounded by tons of people."
With friends and family at the sugar shack
Her childhood was also surrounded by mountain bikers. Her brother and sister, both older than her, would compete in races, with the family setting up a tent trailer or staying in lodging near the course. From the age of five she would be sitting on the sidelines, dying to join her siblings' races but had to wait until she was 10 before she could compete. That may be one of the reasons why she came on the scene so strongly and remained there until the age of 25.
Andréanne at one of her first mountain bike races
Her father worked as a plumber and her mother stayed at home with the children, later running a home daycare. Attending private school, Andréanne was friends with many who were expected to become doctors and lawyers, but she did not let that social pressure define her. "My mother would always say, 'It takes a lot of different kinds of people to make up this world.'" She feels proud that her father, the capable type with whom you'd hope to be stranded on a desert island, managed to provide his family with a good life working for his brother's plumbing business (that her brother, a third-generation plumber, has since joined).
At school, she loved languages but was less keen on math and science. By the time she got through high school, she knew she wanted a job where she would be working closely with people, and also had a growing interest in studying business. Her cousin, who had studied industrial relations, told her how the field touched on the more social side of management, which convinced Andréanne to take it as a major in university.
While she was becoming clearer on what career to pursue, she was busy pursuing the world's top cyclists. Racing for her was "pretty amazing," a realm where nothing else existed. "You're 100% focused on one task, and you're focused on delivering. You feel like you have wings. There's nothing in your way." Her take on competition is about focusing less on the opponent and more on your own abilities. "It was never a question of me beating this person. If that becomes your focus, there's a greater chance you're going to fail. You have to focus on you, what you can do, and what you can do right now on that course."
Splitting her time between school and competitive racing never diminished her passion, but finding time for both did prove to be challenging. While in Italy for a competition, she took an exam via Skype, with her teacher back in Canada looking on. Accommodations were usually rare, though. Varsity athletes were given more leniency with their schedules than those, like her, whose sports were not affiliated with the university. "It made no sense that this person who is playing badminton and going to provincial championship gets an extension, but, for me, if I'm going to a world championship I can't do my exam later." She fought for non-varsity athletes to have equity and achieved it at the end of her studies – a gift to those graduating after her.
After years of studying and racing at full speed, a well-earned graduation.
She earned her bachelor's degree in 2015, which put off-kilter the yin and yang of her dual existence. As much as her studies could get in the way of her racing, they always acted as a counter-weight for her. She became increasingly aware of the short shelf life of a competitive racing career. "I was looking at girls who were racing at 30, 32, 35, but still competing at the same level," she said, a scenario she did not want to see for herself. "You reach a point where you say 'I'm happy with this.'"
She decided she would focus on a life off the bike. Her decision to leave her sport was made less difficult by what she had built and what she felt was just around the corner. "I had a degree, I had friends, I had a whole life in front of me. So, for me it was not the end of something, it was just the beginning of something else."
This was also a time for building a life with Simon, her long-time boyfriend, who proposed to her in the Italian Alps and then surprised her with a wedding five days later, while they were visiting friends in Slovenia.
Andréanne and her husband Simon
While there was promise in her future, like most graduates, finding work in her field proved to be difficult. She sent out numerous CVs. "They were always asking for three to five years experience. I didn't have job experience, like normal job experience, so it was very hard for me to find a job in HR." She did get a job as a sale rep for one of her sponsors, an organic food company, but soon realized she was not a natural salesperson. She eventually landed a job at a gym that specializes in workouts for pregnant women, splitting her time between training women and handling HR duties.
After working there for a year and a half, her friend Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette, a competitive mountain biker, as well as Robotiq's Junior Production Engineer and In-House Blogger, forwarded her a job ad. He asked if she knew anyone qualified for the recruitment and culture coordinator job.
Yes. Her!
She applied, was interviewed and then hired.
Andréanne and Mathieu at a training camp. Who knew that one day they would be working together?
Hiring has been the theme for Andréanne. She interviewed and helped hire over 25 new Robotiq employees in 2017. Recruitment has not been easy, though, since the company's headquarters is located in an industrial park just outside Quebec City. She's well aware that she can't offer potential recruits the urban and cultural attractions of a Silicon Valley or even Montreal. "You have to accept your fate that you're in a smaller city," says Andréanne, who, nevertheless, has been successfully attracting people to Robotiq, not to mention scoring a 97% retention rate.
Part of that retention success has been due to company activities, which have reflected Robotiq employee interests. Lunch-time runs and mountain biking excursions throughout the summer are examples of the sporty side of the company. As for the family side, Andréanne recently organized a successful open house. "Everybody brought their family – kids were playing with the robots – and there were activities. There was a food truck. It was an amazing day."
Another work culture policy has been the ability for employees to take as many days off as they want. "So, if they want, they can have a snow day and go skiing." There are also other flex-time solutions for parents who need to care for a sick child
"I try to make sure that everybody's happy, and find the tools to give to managers so they can make their team happy."
But it's also in the smaller things, like keeping an eye out for those who might be struggling emotionally, that help her help others feel good about working at Robotiq.
Andréanne chose to put away her bike because she began to see personal sport as a bit of an ego trip. "I wanted to give back," she says. She is now doing just that, as she champions the cause of Robotiq work culture and makes the company an attractive place to work.
Written by Philip Fine
Philip Fine is a Montreal journalist, blogger, translator and editor who has worked professionally for three decades. He has written for national and international publications and has specialized in several subjects, including higher education and interior design. His interest in writing on robotics stems from his optimistic belief that robots will never be able to write a proper profile on him.
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"Peace of mind, Invisible security!"
I love that fact that Sophos Safeguard Encryption is applied to the entire hard drive and not just to a specific file or folder. I have to physically enter a password to just start the boot process. I live with the peace that if my laptop is stolen, all of my data is encapsulated with the vault that is Sophos Safeguard Encryption. Whilst in operation, you don't even know that the software is there and protecting you in the background.
When I first started using Sophos Safeguard Encryption, I had a normal hard drive. The boot up time of the computer was incredibly slow, and functions within the operating system were also much slower than compared with a non-encrypted drive/pc. I upgraded to a solid-state drive, and away went all the speed problems. Other than the speed, the only other thing I dislike is the logon interface which pops-up before the PC starts to boot, I feel this could be a lot nicer, and not as plain as it is presented (but this is obviously limited by graphic performance in the boot sequence).
If you do decide to go with Sophos Safeguard Encryption, having hardware that uses a solid-state drive is really a big plus, then you will never notice any performance downgrade.
The business problems that are solved by utilising Sophos Safeguard Encryption are very obvious; your data is full protected, and the failure is single point if it ever does get out (being based on a username and password). Stolen hardware is no longer a concern, as the thief will be unable to access the computer, nevermind the data.
"great app, peace of mind security "
The interface is super easy to navigate and it is applied to the whole hard drive rather than just a specific file. It is good to know that if my computer is every hacked, it will be difficult for the hackers to access my data. This is especially important in my work place as there is a lot of sensitive information that should not be leaked out to the public.
When I first installed it, my computer took a while to boot up and the functions within the system were a lot slower than others.
Sophos SafeGuard provides an easy way to protect my data, with the ease that if someone ever steals it, they will be unable to have access to my hard drive.
"Best Windows Encryption Product Hands Down"
The interface is easy to use and knowing the laptops in the field are protected lets me sleep at night.
The version we are using is not cloud based, so we have to host it ourselves. There is a cloud version using Sophos Central, but we have not yet moved to it.
Go with the Sophos Central. It has self service for users so you don't get that call at 2:00 am.
Since Windows 7 Professional Computers don't include bitlocker. this is the product to use. The centralized management was also important for remote users.
"a form easy to protect information"
Easy to use tool, a layer more protection to have confidential documents in the cloud, protected documents, makes interesting the tool to be able to see the documents of special protection in any device.
In virtualized environments only allows VMware, not other virtualization solutions.
Yes, versatile product, secure documents in the cloud, this makes it possible to access documents from either side and is properly protected.
"Great for increasing LAN drive security"
Allows you to benefit from the ease and speed of LAN drives while increasing the security of the data by requiring PKI identification when you first log-on your computer.
Not always clear when you are not logged in to view files. You get a general error message saying a file doesn't exist rather than prompting you to log-in.
Safeguard gives us the peace of mind knowing our laptops and mobile Windows devices are encrypted. Easy key management from the console provides relief when a user has had a mishap with logging into their device or lost the encryption password. Ability to track status of devices with encryption is a plus.
User interface could stand to be modernized. Uses older Microsoft style of panes.
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Pprovides complete data protection across multiple platforms and devices. This allows you to ensure that your data is protected no matter where your employees access it.
Sophos SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac to manage a FileVault implementation will necessarily be limited to 128-bit encryption.This is not be acceptable in higher-security environments.
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Do a bit of studying before installing the software including any risks involving installation and uninstallation as these seem to be the main avenues of problems.
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I don't dislike anything about this software - it does it's job and does it well.
Our auditors required all mobile devices be encrypted.
How complicated it can be to use overall and how there are some syncing issues.
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The ability to decrypt clients using the master encryption key.
The time it takes to activate the encryption process.
So with Sophos as a partner we manage to use Sophos to encrypt certain emails.
The problems its has solved is helping send Emails safely and has benefited with getting out emails faster and safer. Our IT Security will get approval from the sender's manager and then IT Security releases the email.
It has nice full disk and file encryption utility. It is easy to use and quite intuitive. The key management seems safe but I cannot be very sure of that.
The key management and the algorithms are not clear and the process could be optimized for faster encryption as well.
Just files and disk encryprion.
"Sophos SafeGuard Encryption - Super Security"
I like that Sophos is keeping you posted throughout the day letting you know that you are being protected and have the latest updates.
Keeping payroll information at bay, with high security encryption, protecting vital data and complying with rules and regulations.
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"Definitely better than BitLocker "
Does what it is supposed to do - safeguard and encrypt. Has a three-click policy option.
Might be a little overzealous as times - could use some other encryption algorithms for different use cases.
Migrate from BitLocker after a security breach.
"Sophos SafeGuard Encryption with Mac"
Easy to set up. Works as a management system to Apple's Filevault 2.
I've seen some syncing issues with mac and Sophos Safeguard. Doesn't happen a lot.
Security management for mobile systems. With safeguard, centralized management is helpful.
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I have been using Sophos for my business for a while and love the consistency. My data is more secure than ever.
It's kind of expensive for a small business owner.
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I like how easy it is to see all of the things Sophos says is a danger.
It takes so so long to complete the scanning process.
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Q: How to assess textarea character length in another DOM element I'm trying to subtract the current string length of a textarea from its maxlength then feed the output to another tag on the page. Individually, the values I'm evaluating do return correct values and but if I log or try using their sum, the value of the textarea stays stagnant. Here's my markup
<textarea maxlength='10'>init</textarea>

Then in my js, I have
var max = parseInt($("textarea").attr("maxlength")), len = $("textarea").val().length, currLen = max - len-1;

$(document).ready(function() {
$('#count').html(currLen);
});

$("textarea").on('input', function(){
console.log(currLen);
$("#count").html(currLen);
});

Please what am I missing?

A: You are not recalculating the values. try:
$(document).ready(function() {

     var max = parseInt($("textarea").attr("maxlength"));

    $("textarea").on('input', function(){
     var len = $("textarea").val().length, currLen = max - len-1
     console.log(currLen);
     $("#count").html(currLen);
    }).trigger("input"); //once to start
});

A: You have to reevaluate the input value's length every time the input changes, like so:
var max = parseInt($("textarea").attr("maxlength")),
  len = $("textarea").val().length,
  currLen = max - len - 1;

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#count').html(currLen);
});

$("textarea").on('input', function() {
  max = parseInt($("textarea").attr("maxlength"));
  len = $("textarea").val().length;
  currLen = max - len - 1;
  console.log(currLen);
  $("#count").html(currLen);
});

Otherwise you're only ever referencing the value that the variable was initialized with

A: I think you shoud recount the currLen value first before you log in the input callback function

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Toledo is een stad in de Amerikaanse staat Ohio en telt 287.208 inwoners (2010). Het is hiermee de 71e stad in de Verenigde Staten. De oppervlakte bedraagt 208,7 km², waarmee het de 82e stad is.

Toledo is de vestigingsplaats van de University of Toledo.

Demografie
Van de bevolking is 13,1 % ouder dan 65 jaar en bestaat voor 32,8 % uit eenpersoonshuishoudens. De werkloosheid bedraagt 5,7 % (cijfers volkstelling 2000).

Ongeveer 5,5 % van de bevolking van Toledo bestaat uit hispanics en latino's, 23,5 % is van Afrikaanse oorsprong en 1 % van Aziatische oorsprong.

Het aantal inwoners daalde van 332.832 in 1990 naar 313.619 in 2000 en 287.208 in 2010.

Klimaat
In januari is de gemiddelde temperatuur -5,3 °C, in juli is dat 22,3 °C. Jaarlijks valt er gemiddeld 837,4 mm neerslag (gegevens op basis van de meetperiode 1961-1990).

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 12 km rond Toledo.

Geboren in Toledo

 Caroline Ransom Williams (1872-1952), egyptologe
 John Cromwell (1887-1979), filmregisseur en acteur
 Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958), vormgever
 Pierre Gendron (1896-1956), acteur en scenarioschrijver
 Art Tatum (1909-1956), jazzpianist
 Lyman Spitzer (1914-1997), natuurkundige, astronoom en alpinist
 Marie Morisawa (1919-1994), geomorfoloog
 Shirley Mitchell (1919-2013), actrice
 Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018), schrijfster
 Gene Taylor (1929-2001), jazzcontrabassist
 Philip Baker Hall (1931-2022), acteur
 Teresa Brewer (1931-2007), zangeres
 Clifford David (1932-2017), acteur
 Gene Kranz (1933), gepensioneerde vluchtdirecteur en -manager van de NASA
 Gloria Steinem (1934), feministe, journaliste en activiste
 Jamie Farr (1934), acteur
 Anne Gee Byrd (1938), actrice
 Chet Jastremski (1941), zwemmer
 Stanley Cowell (1941-2020), jazzpianist en -componist
 Victor Raider-Wexler (1943), acteur
 Joseph Kosuth (1945), kunstenaar en fotograaf
 Stephen Hadley (1947), Assistent van de President voor Veiligheidszaken
 P.J. O'Rourke (1947-2022), journalist en schrijver
 Casey Biggs (1955), acteur
 Johnny and the Hurricanes (1957), rockband
 Anita Baker (1958), r&b-zangeres
 Doug Ducey (1964), gouverneur van Arizona
 Rich Sommer (1978), acteur
 Katie Holmes (1978), actrice
 Lyfe Jennings (1978), singer-songwriter, producer en muzikant
 Afton Williamson (1985), actrice
 Stacy Lewis (1986), golfprofessional
 Erik Kynard (1991), atleet
 Alyson Stoner (1993), model, zangeres, actrice en danseres

Externe links
  Website van de gemeente Toledo

Plaats in Ohio
Stad in de Verenigde Staten

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The major averages fell sharply, retreating after back-to-back weekly gains, as a historic decline in U.S. crude prices raised concerns about the economic damage being done by coronavirus shutdowns. A delay in funding the for the depleted small business rescue loan program also weighed on sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 592 points lower, or 2.5%, to 23,650. The S&P 500 slid 1.8% to 2,823 while the Nasdaq Composite pulled back 1% to 8,560.
Boeing fell more than 6% to lead the Dow lower while Chevron and Exxon Mobil dropped more than 4% each. Energy, real estate and utilities were the worst-performing sectors in the S&P 500, falling more than 3% each. The May contract for West Texas Intermediate, which expires on Tuesday, plunged more than 100% to settle at negative $37.63 per barrel, a bizarre move tied to weak demand outlook and storage capacity issues.
The negative impact on stocks from oil likely would have been worse were it not for lesser declines in oil contracts expiring during future months. WTI's June contract slid over 15.6% to $21.09 per barrel. July's oil contract was down 6.9%. It was a strange phenomenon that analysts chalked up to the collapse in demand for oil contracts expiring this week. Refineries don't need the oil and are near storage capacity with most of the country shut down. The negative price means producers will pay to take this oil off their hands.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday the state is "past the high point" of new cases, noting the infection rate has fallen along with coronavirus-related hospitalizations. Cuomo added New York will roll out antibody testing this week. In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said Saturday: "We're flattening the curve."
Walt Disney fell 4.1% while Boeing fell 6.8% underperformed the broader market following a pair of analyst downgrades and negative-sounding reports. Disney is reportedly suspending pay for 100,000 employees, while a GE leasing subsidiary canceled 69 orders of Boeing's 737 MAX.
U.S. Treasuries finished mixed with longer-dated maturities continuing to show relative strength. The 2-yr yield increased one basis point to 0.21%, while the 10-yr yield declined three basis points to 0.63%. The U.S. Dollar Index increased 0.2% to 99.98.

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Director Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) brings us another touching coming-of-age drama set in a small Southern town, The Man in the Moon (1991), focusing on two sisters (Reese Witherspoon, in her film debut, and Emily Warfield).
Mother (Tess Harper, Fatal Secrets) and father (Sam Waterston, The Killing Fields) are wary of potential suitors, and yet one (Jason London) arrives, throwing the family into a kind of turmoil. Gail Strickland also stars; the film is shot by the legendary Freddie Francis (The Innocents) and features a score by James Newton Howard.
Twilight Time's Blu-ray edition of the movie includes an isolated music track and an original theatrical trailer as bonus features.
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SMEs divided over Brexit
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There is a lot of discussion amongst Ellis & Co. clients at the moment about the upcoming European Union referendum.
We've recently conducted our own unscientific straw poll of a number of clients, which revealed that 60% were in favour of remaining in the EU, 30% wanted to leave and 10% were still undecided.
This compares with a survey carried out by Zurich, which saw 1,000 SME decision makers asked for their thoughts on the upcoming referendum.
Almost half (49%) of those surveyed said they would vote to stay in the EU, with one of the key reasons for doing so being economic growth. More than two in five (42%) of those surveyed believed that leaving the EU would have a negative effect on the UK economy over the next five years. Just one fifth (19%) thought that leaving the EU would have a positive effect on the economy.
Another key consideration emerging from those polled was the skills shortage, with nearly three quarters (73%) of participants indicating that skills shortages are already an issue for businesses across the UK.
If Britain were to leave the EU, more than a third (35%) of SMEs said there would not be enough skilled workers in five years' time. Respondents agreed almost unanimously that Britain needs to work harder to develop its own skilled workers (92%).
To add to the concerns, Chancellor George Osborne said earlier this week (23rd May) that leaving the EU would tip the country into a year-long recession. As many as 820,000 jobs could be lost within two years, Osborne claimed.
The results of the survey do suggest, however, that Britain leaving the EU may have less of an effect on certain business sectors than first thought. 51% of respondents in the construction sector, and 51% working in manufacturing, indicated that they would not be too concerned if Britain were to leave the EU. Both industries are widely considered to be reliant on trade links with the EU, but respondents suggested that leaving would not have a big impact on import/export trade.
Nevertheless, SME decision makers in the North West are more in favour of staying, according to the survey. 58% of those polled by Zurich would vote to remain in the EU, a view shared by business respondents based in London and Scotland, who made up the largest proportion of business decision makers in the survey. Three fifths (61%) of those based in London and Scotland are in favour of remaining in the EU.
The least enthusiastic about remaining in Europe are SMEs in the East of England with 56% in favour of Brexit.
Robert Ellis, Principal at Ellis & Co., said "A small poll of our clients mirrored the above results in the North West with 60% voting to remain, 30% to leave and 10% undecided.
"The main reason for staying is slower growth if the UK votes to leave and its impact on business profits. The reasons for opting out are controlling immigration and the poor state of EU finances."
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If you are like me, probably you prefer to open Start → run and then type the name of the program and enter to access easy and quick to every kind of programs. For instance, if you do Start → run and type notepad, you will open the Windows notepad. Sometimes it is quicker than to find the program among the programs menu of the windows.
However, there are some programs that resist to this approximation. I've found that creating specialy crafted bat files could solve this issue.
The first point is to add to the PATH variable the folder "c:\program files": you will locate there those batch files.
Call this program "gimp.bat" and voila! Whenever you type gimp in your "run" window, the gimp will open.
set destdir="X:\some\special and rare\and complex\path"


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The LSO performs with a prestigious family of talented conductors and solo artists. Each artist develops a unique relationship with the Orchestra, one with its own energy, sound and focus. These relationships are at the heart of the LSO, and the driving force behind our major artistic projects each season.
Members of the Artists Circle help us to continue developing these important friendships, and enable us to build new relationships with young emerging artists, investing in the future of classical music.
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The Contribution of Professional Organizations to Stability and Change Through Law
Glenn R. Winters
The term "stability" pertains more directly to the physical sciences than to law. Offhand, one associates stability with rest and instability with motion. Gibraltar is stable; a rowboat in rough water is not.There can be, however, stable motion and precarious rest. The earth moves at more than a thousand miles a minute in a stable orbit, and a railroad train thundering down a smooth and level track at ninety miles an hour may have a high degree of stability. On the other hand, the mass of rock and earth that recently plunged into the water behind an Italian dam killing three thousand people had obviously been resting all too precariously. When Roscoe Pound gave to the law the seemingly paradoxical charge to be stable and yet to move, he was rejecting the idea of a Gibraltar-like law indifferent to changes going on about it and he was rejecting also a vacillating legal system which would yield like a row-boat to every wave of current events or public passion. He was asking instead for the kind of stability in motion which consists of moving steadily, predictably, and purposefully forward along the track of progress. Natural factors which make for stability in the law outnumber and outweigh those productive of change. So far as rules of law themselves are concerned, there is an urgent need on the part of the people who live by them and on the part of the lawyers who work with them that they be definite, consistent, understandable, and predictable. It has been said with much validity that a definite, certain rule of law, although a bad one, is preferable to an uncertain one. It was this need that led to the development of the Justinian Code, and it is the principle underlying the common law principle of stare decisis.
Glenn R. Winters, The Contribution of Professional Organizations to Stability and Change Through Law, 17 Vanderbilt Law Review 265 (1963)
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When you exit the metro Chernyshevskaya turn left to Prospect Chernyshevskogo. On Chernyshevskogo Prospect, turn right and walk to the street Furshtatskaya. Turn right on the street Furshtatskaya, and after 100 m. on the opposite side you will see the sign Art Cafe Sunduk.
1.) From Kirochnaya street (from Liteiny Prospect) turn left to Chernysheskogo Prospect, to get to the street Furshtatskaya, and then turn to the right. After 100m on the opposite side you will see the sign Art Cafe Sunduk.
2.) On the Voskresenskaya embankment (in the direction to the Smolny) turn right to the Prospect Chernyshevskogo. Go along Chernyshevskogo Prospect to get to the street Furshtatskaya, and turn left. After 100 m. on the opposite side you will see the sign Art Cafe Sunduk.


Seven West Media's magazine and digital publishing division Pacific has appointed Emma Nolan as editor-in-chief of New Idea.
Nolan will also continue working with the Who brand as editor-in-chief. A recruitment process is under way to find a new editor for Who.
Louisa Hatfield, Pacific's general manager, entertainment and family, comments: "With a multiplatform footprint of more than five million every month, New Idea's power to entertain and connect with a huge community of Australian women is stronger than ever.
Emma Nolan joined Pacific in September 2017 as editor of Who. Since commencing the new role, she has overseen the launch of Women Who, a video-led campaign in partnership with Holden to recognise inspiring Australian women, and next week will unveil Who's first pop-up magazine, The Crown, a collector's special edition for fans of the Royals and the top-rating Netflix show.
Nolan was previously editor of TV Week and played an instrumental role in driving the TV Week Logie Awards for the last 15 years.
New Idea's total audience footprint currently stands at over 5.2 million, with its digital audience climbing 78% over the last 12 months. As part of a diversified audience and revenue growth strategy, the team produces a weekly print magazine, website and 12 special editions every year, in addition to the social media sites New Idea Food and The Flawsome Mum, a new series of podcasts and originally created editorial and branded video.


We build relationships with people in our business, and there are A LOT of people in our business. We work with Inspectors, Title Companies, other Real Estate Agents, repair companies (if necessary), and of course people who can make the financial piece of your dream come true or turn into a nightmare.
We recently helped a buyer from out of state, Alaska to be exact. Working with an out of state lender is doable, of course, but much more difficult than working with a local lender.
Not only is it harder to coordinate documents and signings with an out of state lender, communication could be impacted as well. Time differences, federal, state and local codes and laws are much more difficult to maneuver. The Alaska lender we worked with was unfamiliar with Nevada rules for the loan type we were working with. This caused stress with our buyer and created delays with the closing.
We have many lenders we recommend to our buyers that are local and very knowledgeable about what they do. No matter who you choose as your Real Estate professional, have them refer several lenders to you. You certainly don't have to go with the first one you speak to, shop around and find one that you like and will work for you.
Article courtesy of American Home Shield® Home Matters blog.
Find out the top 10 features today's home buyers are looking for in a home so you can better meet their demands and help them find the home of their dreams.
A separate laundry room is at the top of the list as the most desired feature in a home. Having a laundry room for folding clothes, piling up dirty clothes or ironing is a huge benefit, as it helps keep the mess out of the rest of the home — like the guestroom, couch or dining room table.
Energy efficiency and saving money on utility bills are top priorities for homebuyers. Energy-efficient windows can help cut heating and cooling costs by 12%, an ENERGY STAR appliance like a washing machine can help save a homeowner $40 or more a year on utility bills and an ENERGY STAR Certified Home uses 15-30% less energy.
Exterior lighting is the most desired outdoor feature. An illuminated home that highlights landscaping, a tree or a beautifully manicured lawn can improve the aesthetics of a home and set a mood. It can also help guide visitors to the front door in the dark and is an excellent burglar deterrent.
Patios are the second most coveted outdoor feature. Outdoor areas offer more living space without the cost of a home addition and they can help recover 30-60% of a home's investment. Plus, they're great for entertaining or just relaxing outdoors.
Ceiling fans are practical and decorative. They've become must-haves as energy costs continue to rise because they can cool a room more efficiently than air conditioning. Plus, they come in many beautiful and stylish designs.
A second full bathroom in a house can make a big difference and a good impression on buyers. In fact, an additional full bath can increase a home value by 20%. Plus, it comes in handy as a guest bathroom.
Not only do hardwood floors give a home a nice sleek look, they're also cleaner, easier to maintain and more durable than carpeting. Hardwood floors can be refinished and can last a lifetime.
Insulation helps lower the cost of heating and cooling. Higher insulation levels that exceed code requirements can usually be found in energy-efficient homes.
Everyone loves having lots of storage space and the garage is the most convenient and accessible place for storage, as it's usually just a few steps away from the house. A nicely organized, roomy and easily accessible garage with storage cabinets is very appealing.
Kitchens with plenty of space for a table are important to home buyers, especially those with families. The kitchen table is where everyone congregates — in the morning over breakfast and in the evening for dinner.
For more helpful tips, visit the American Home Shield® Home Matters blog.
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Have you ever noticed that when Spring arrives it just feels like new things are coming? That is because it it a great time to buy a home in Reno or Sparks Nevada and Greater Northern Nevada. Getting started in a new living situation is renewing, exciting and fun. It may be due to a job or school change or just because you would like to change your environment.
If you have been thinking of buying a home and even it you do not think it could be possible, Give me a call. We can look at the opportunities that are available for you. Sometimes if may require that you additional work on your financial situation and other times you may be ready right now.
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Selling a home can be a process, even in a hot seller's market.
By prepping your home a few months in advance, you can reduce your stress and increase the odds of finding a buyer quickly after listing. Take a look at this handy checklist I've created to ensure you know all the important steps that go into selling your home.
If at any time, you'd like to discuss the home selling process, don't hesitate to reach out! My specialty is getting homeowners the best possible price for their home.
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Welcome to our blog. I'm super excited to start my journey as a Realtor. I received my license in October 2016 and, although a little slow to start because of prior commitments, I am well on my way to fulfilling a dream I've had for a long time.
I have to admit that my best friend got me doing this, and now we are partners on our real estate path. I couldn't have asked for a better partner and friend to do this with. So Sheri Johnson, THANK YOU!
Going through school and passing the test was pretty daunting to me, but I'm extremely proud of myself that I did it. And I passed the test the first time! I wish I could say I didn't get any wrong, but they don't tell you anything other than if you passed or failed. I'm going to say I did great! Haha!
Well, for now that's all I've got, but I'll be back with more soon.
Happy New Year!!!!! Well 2017 is finally here and It is going to be an exciting year. So many exciting things are happening locally in our community and around the country. One of those things is the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) recently announced the agency's new schedule of loan limits, Housing prices have been going up for a while and have begun to exceed the ceiling for some of the most popular loans available. This has caused the FHA to make some changes in order for more people to qualify for a new home. Most areas in the country will see a slight increase in loan limits in 2017. These loan limits are effectively changed on or after January 1, 2017, and will remain in effect through the end of the year. In Washoe County FHA Loan Limits will increase from $325,450 to $345,000 and in Fernley will increase from $271,050 to $275,665. If you have been thinking about getting into a property or maybe your just curious about our current market, give me a call or shoot me an email anytime.
There has been a lot of talk about the "Tesla Effect", and all that it will hopefully bring to our community. There is no doubt the opening of the huge gigafactory has already had an effect on our housing market. There has been many other businesses that have come to open here in order to be closer to the factory, obviously, creating more jobs. There is talk about building and improving schools. You pretty much can't go anywhere without road construction. And everyone keeps saying this is just the beginning since the factory isn't even completed yet. I for one am excited to think of all the possibilities we have before us. Now is a great time to be a northern Nevadan. And now is a great time to start thinking about where you live, where you would like to live, or maybe an investment property. I have included a link below that gives us a pretty good insight into just where exactly Tesla is in it's progress. Please take a moment and check it out.


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What is the Net Worth of Cardi B, and Everything About Her Instagram, Biography, Age & Awards
By Aditi Narendra On Oct 2, 2022
What is the net worth of Cardi B? Cardi B is a rapper, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman with a $42 Million fortune. One of the most popular and successful rappers and singer-songwriters in the country is Cardi B. Cardi B first found popularity and celebrity when she started posting videos on Instagram and Vine. Two mixtapes by Cardi B were released in 2016 and 2017. She became highly renowned as a result of that, which was quite successful. She had previously been in the Love & Hip Hop: New York reality series on VH1.
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She joined the series in 2015 and remained there for two years, till 2017. She joined Atlantic Records in early 2017 and later put out some excellent albums and songs. Cardi B has also received multiple honors, including a Grammy and a Billboard Music Award.
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Cardi B, Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar's stage name, is one of the most well-known and successful personalities in America. Her birth took place on October 11, 1992, in New York City, New York. She acquired her moniker from a rum company called Bacardi, which her family called when she was a young girl. Her father is Dominican and her mother is of Trinidadian descent. Her name symbolizes that she is also of Spanish and African origin.
Almanzar spent the vast majority of her childhood years in South Bronx and Washington Heights. Her grandmother was where she used to spend the majority of her time. Her mother forced her to leave her home once she began stripping. She does not, however, ever doubt doing that. She gained fame and was able to flee poverty thanks to stripping.
Cardi B attended Renaissance High School for her early education, where she also studied music. The institution was located on the Herbert H. Lehman High School campus. She spent some time there studying and graduated from high school. She subsequently enrolled at Borough of Manhattan Community College. She left there, though, quite quickly.
In America, Cardi B is a hugely popular star who has had significant career success. She began her career as a rapper in 2015, and in a very short period of time, she has achieved widespread renown. Cardi B has achieved international recognition thanks to her participation in a number of television series and shows. In her career, she has amassed enormous money. She has a contract with Atlantic Records and has collaborated with other exceptional singers. Cardi B's current net worth is $42 million.
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Cardi B is a well-known and wealthy celebrity with millions of adoring followers worldwide. Cardi B lives in America and also owns a number of homes. She owns homes in Los Angeles, Washington, and New York City. Cardi B is the owner of some exquisite and rare automobiles. She enjoys driving and has always been a huge lover of them. Cardi B currently owns a Mercedes, BMW, Range Rover, Audi, and a few other vehicles.
When her videos began to go viral online and on different platforms like Vine and Instagram in the years 2014 and 2015, Cardi B became well-known. She was a stripper before finding popularity with her hard-edged voice and direct lyrics. She was selected for the VH1 reality series Love & Hip Hop: New York after starting to get some notoriety. This made her incredibly successful and gave her a platform to communicate her goals. Gangsta Bitch Vol. 1, her debut mixtape, was released in 2016. Vol. 2 was also made available the following year. 2017 saw her signing with Atlantic Records.
Invasion of Privacy, her debut studio album, was released in 2018. The album received a triple Platinum rating after becoming a huge smash. On the Billboard 200 list, it reached its high. Cardi B has won a lot of honors and recognition, including Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Guinness World Records, and more.
Cardi B has 141m Followers, 3347 Following, and 1627 Posts on Instagram. For more information visit her Instagram handle
Early in 2017, Cardi B started dating Offset, a member of the Migos, and by October, they were married when he proposed to her at the Power 99 Powerhouse Concert. Later in 2018, TMZ reported that the famous couple had secretly wed sometime in 2017, and the diva quickly verified the report on social media.
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Cardi B gave birth to Kulture, their first child, in 2018. On September 15, 2020, Cardi B and Offset did, however, file for divorce. Due to the lack of a prenuptial agreement, Cardi B asked for an equitable distribution of the couple's assets as well as physical custody of Kulture. The couple was actually apart at the time of the filing.
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Sixty galleries from around the country will exhibit their artists' best work Feb. 13-16, 2014, at the third annual Palm Springs Fine Art Fair (palmspringsfineartfair.com) at Palm Springs Convention Center.
A Long Weekend of Fine Art
Galleries from around the nation propel fair's third edition
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Jennifer Bartlett will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair.
MICHAEL CHILDERS
In addition to art in all media, the fair will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jennifer Bartlett, whose work will appear at the fair in an exhibition curated by Imago Galleries of Palm Desert. She will also speak and answer questions about her paintings and career.
Bartlett, 72, a Long Beach native who earned an MFA at Yale University and established her practice in New York, is known for process-driven, grid-oriented paintings of houses and landscapes. Her large-scale works are in museum collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Palm Springs Art Museum. In previous years, the fair presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to Judy Chicago and Mel Ramos.
A VIP preview and reception on Feb. 13 will honor philanthropist Harold Matzner as the fair's Art Patron of the Year. Matzner, a proponent of the event since its inception, serves as chairman emeritus of Palm Springs International Film Festival, chairman of McCallum Theatre, and vice president on the board of trustees at Palm Springs Art Museum, the beneficiary of the opening-night event.
The program includes a lecture and Q&A session with photographer Greg Gorman and a panel discussion and exhibition called Dry Heat: Three Artists in the California Desert, featuring Kim Stringfellow, Phillip K. Smith III, and Cristopher Cichocki. Other panels include Collecting 101 and Trends in Collecting Photography.
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The plan, presented Friday, has been a work-in-progress since Lovingood was elected First District county supervisor in 2012 and involves input from Lovingood's other four colleagues on the board, citizens and the business community, Lovingood said in a telephone interview Friday.
"It's a collective effort of listening to the constituents and their needs and the people who create the jobs," Lovingood said.
He said attracting commercial, real estate and industrial development in the county and creating more opportunities for technical training is paramount to the county's goal.


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Deported Vietnamese-French blogger arrives in Paris
Issued on 25-06-2017 Modified 25-06-2017 to 11:28
This file photo taken on August 10, 2011 shows French-Vietnamese blogger and lecturer Pham Minh Hoang (C) being led out from the courtroom at the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court House after he was jailed for three years for attempted subversion. Vietnam News Agency / AFP
A Vietnamese dissident blogger with dual French citizenship arrived in Paris on Sunday after he was stripped of his birth nationality by authorities in the one-party state and deported.
Former math lecturer Pham Minh Hoang was put on a plane to Paris late Saturday, weeks after his Vietnamese citizenship was revoked -- a rare move that has sparked outrage among critics of the communist government who accuse it of quashing dissent by any means available.
"I am very sad," Hoang told AFP by phone after his arrival in Paris.
"I tried to do the best I can but today I lost the battle, I lost the war," he said, adding he would continue pushing for democracy in Vietnam.
Hoang said police surrounded his house on Friday night and took him away with no prior warning.
He met French consular officials and a lawyer before his deportation but was unable to say goodbye to his wife Le Thi Kieu Oanh.
"I feel totally defeated... when my husband left, I couldn't say any farewell words, I also feel very angry," Oanh told AFP.
After speaking to Hoang on arrival in France, Oanh said she was at least reassured he no longer faced political persecution.
While authoritarian Vietnam routinely jails critics of its regime, 62-year-old Hoang is the first Vietnam-based dissident to have his citizenship revoked in recent history.
Human Rights Watch called the revocation an "unprecedented and shocking action".
"(It) crosses many human rights red lines on freedom of expression, right to nationality and exercise of basic civil and political freedoms," HRW said in its statement.
Hoang found out his Vietnamese citizenship had been stripped early this month after he received a letter dated May 17 and signed by the president, a decision he unsuccessfully tried to appeal.
He was convicted in 2011 of attempted subversion for publishing a series of articles which prosecutors said were aimed at overthrowing the government.
Hoang was released from jail after 17 months and ordered to serve three years of house arrest. He continued to post articles critical of the government on social media following his release from prison.
Hoang moved to France in 1973 and lived there for 27 years before returning to Vietnam to work as a mathematics lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Ho Chi Minh City.
He told AFP this month he had to stay in Vietnam to care for his disabled brother and elderly mother in law, whom his wife will now look after.
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We've done duct tape crafts here before and we wanted to share this perfect way we found to organize duct tape! We were about to throw out this old paper towel holder when we realized we had a great use for it. All we did was put the duct tape over the rods. Now it is ready to use!


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Il Controllo della concorrenza multiversione (in inglese: Multiversion concurrency control) in sigla MCC o MVCC,  in informatica, nel campo delle basi di dati, è un metodo di Controllo della concorrenza comunemente usato dai sistemi di gestione delle basi di dati per fornire un accesso concorrente alle basi di dati e nei linguaggi di programmazione per implementare una memoria transazionale.

Il Controllo della concorrenza multiversione è descritto per la prima volta in dettaglio nel 1981 da Philip Bernstein e Nathan Goodman.

Una base di dati implementa gli aggiornamenti selezionando il dato vecchio come obsoleto e aggiungendo la versione nuova del dato, archiviando così più copie dello stesso dato. Questo permette al database di evitare sovraccarichi di azioni di riempimento di buchi in memoria ma richiede (generalmente) che il sistema periodicamente faccia pulizia e cancelli i dati più vecchi impostati come obsoleti.
Per una base di dati orientata al documento come CouchDB  lo MVCC permette al sistema di ottimizzare i documenti scrivendo interi documenti in sezioni contigue del disco quando lo si aggiorna, l'intero documento può essere riscritto piuttosto che diviso in parti e collegato in aree non contigue.

MVCC usa marche temporali o un ID di transazione per determinare quale stato della base di dati bisogna leggere, utile per evitare la gestione dei blocchi in lettura delle transazioni.
MVCC fornisce ad ogni utente connesso alla base di dati uno stato della basi di dati stessa, ma ogni cambiamento non sarà visto dagli altri utenti fin quando la transazione non è stata eseguita.

Basi di dati con MVCC
 Altibase
 ArangoDB
 Berkeley DB
 Bigdata
 Clustrix
 CouchDB
 IBM DB2 – since IBM DB2 9.7 LUW ("Cobra") under CS isolation level - in currently committed mode
 IBM Cognos TM1 – in versions 9.5.2 and up.
 Drizzle
 eXtremeDB
 Firebird
 FLAIM
 GE Smallworld Version Managed Data Store
 H2 Database Engine – experimental since version 1.0.57 (2007-08-25)

 HSQLDB – starting with version 2.0
 SAP HANA – SAP HANNA DATABASE
 InfiniDB
 Ingres
 InterBase – all versions
 MarkLogic Server - a bit of this is described in

 Meronymy SPARQL Database Server
 Microsoft SQL Server – when using READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT, starting with SQL Server 2005
 MySQL when used with InnoDB, Falcon, or  Archive storage engines.
 Netezza
 ObjectStore
 Oracle database – all versions since Oracle 3
 OrientDB
 PostgreSQL
 Rdb/ELN
 RDM Embedded
 REAL Server
 ScimoreDB
 sones GraphDB
 Sybase SQL Anywhere
 Sybase IQ
 ThinkSQL
 Zope Object Database

Note

Voci correlate
Controllo della concorrenza
Controllo della concorrenza con marca temporale
Transazione (basi di dati)
Marca temporale

Software per basi di dati


WHO/Europe is pleased to announce the 1st Summer School on Refugee and Migrant Health, an intense 5-day course offered under the umbrella of the WHO European Knowledge Hub on Health and Migration. The Summer School will take place in Syracuse, Italy, on 10–14 July 2017. It is organized with the support of the Ministry of Health of Italy and the regional health authorities of Sicily, and in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration and the Health Initiative of the Americas at the University of California, Berkeley, United States of America; the European Commission; and the European Public Health Association.
The Summer School seeks to improve participants' knowledge and understanding of the main health issues and needs of refugees and migrants, and of the broader public health and health-system implications of large-scale migration in origin, transit and destination countries. It provides a space for bridging research, policy and practice; sharing practical, real-world knowledge and experience; and fostering debate and critical thinking.
The theme of this year's Summer School is "Managing the public health aspects of migration". It will include a combination of plenary presentations, workshops, interactive discussions and panels. Faculty will include international experts from different regions and disciplines relevant to the area of migration and health.
The course includes a field trip to a point-of-entry location in Sicily known for receiving regular arrivals of refugees and migrants. The trip will provide participants with first-hand knowledge of how authorities in Italy are currently managing the public health challenges related to migration.
Beyond the course curriculum, the Summer School also offers networking opportunities through social events and possibilities for alumni to become connected with WHO/Europe's migration and health work through the Knowledge Hub on Health and Migration and other ongoing activities.
The course will be delivered in English only.
emerging issues and ongoing policy debates in the field of migration and health at European and global levels.
An unprecedented number of refugees and migrants have arrived in European countries in recent years. Over 1.3 million have arrived by the Mediterranean Sea since 2015; this is in addition to the almost 3 million Syrian refugees living in Turkey.
WHO/Europe is working closely with ministries of health to enhance the public health response to large-scale migration. In September 2016, the WHO European Region became the first region to adopt a strategy, action plan and resolution on refugee and migrant health. These documents identify 9 priority areas with specific actions to enhance the public health response to migration. The need to improve the capacity of the health sector to deal with refugee and migrant health issues was one of the key recommendations made following the assessment missions conducted across the Region. It is also a priority action identified in the action plan.
The Summer School on Refugee and Migrant Health aims to provide the necessary guidance, training and support tools to enable public health workers, service providers and planners to understand and implement appropriate migrant-sensitive interventions, while enabling the sharing of knowledge and skills among participating countries.
The main target audience is composed of high-level technical government officials. A number of seats will also be reserved for researchers with a record of experience in the area of migration and health. The Summer School will accept a maximum of 70 participants. Following an application process, the organizers will inform participants about their acceptance into the course.
The application process will be open from 3 to 21 May 2017.
To take part in the Summer School, accepted applicants must confirm their participation through an online registration process and pay a registration fee of €100. This fee covers the costs of tuition, course materials, field trip, coffee breaks and lunches on all 5 days of the course, as well as 1 evening reception with dinner.
Participants are responsible for organizing and covering their own travel expenses. A travel guide with information on transportation and recommended hotels will be available.
For further information or with queries, please contact the WHO/Europe migration and health programme at: euphame@who.int.


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Rachel has advised clients facing or anticipating regulatory investigation, investor activism, brand damage and media scrutiny in relation to a wide range of issues including product defects, adverse human rights impacts, and environmental incidents, among other things. Working in close collaboration with lawyers from the firm's other practice areas, Rachel provides comprehensive advice on managing business risk, immediate crisis response and corporate investigations, as well as undertaking 'lessons learned' reviews and developing practical longer term responses and change programmes.
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This study will use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to investigate how mental health symptoms affect employment patterns, and the extent to which these effects differ by rural and urban residence.
This study addresses poor mental health among young to middle-career rural residents and how their employment may be affected. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the authors investigate how depressive symptoms affect employment patterns and the extent to which such effects differ by rural and urban residence.


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With great-value accommodation in a lovely setting, Desert Homestead can be used as a base to explore Sossusvlei and the Naukluft Mountains while also offering a variety of horserides.


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Discussion in 'iOS Apps' started by Justinm59, Dec 11, 2008.
Are there any apps the let you edit word, powerpoint or excel documents?
Or Pages, keynote, and numbers?
Hmmmm... you can't edit anything but text docs, but I have an app called TextGuru and it's really a great app. It even includes it's own copy/paste method that works quite well, and a landscape keyboard. And, if you're a web-designer, you can even preview websites.
It has a downloadable server for your computer (Mac, Windows, and Linux too) that you can transfer docs to the app and can at least view them with it. But I've copied html files, text files, etc. and edited them in-app.
And they have promised future document editing like you talk about later on, but it works well for me for now and is worth the $5. I just copy and paste the text into a Word doc when I'm done. I actually wrote a 3 page paper with it.
They've talked about a few other features, too, like downloading sites as the source code... a ton of other features too that I can't remember right now.
But that's what I use. You could probably find something else in the store, but I like this.
It actually works as a landscape email editor, too, as you can email the text to any address which opens up in the email app.
let me get this straight? textguru you write in the coding and u can preview it and save it?
I haven't used any myself but I do see them from time to time on the AppShopper feed. If no one here has used and can recommend a document editing app then goto the Business section in the iTunes store. I know that there are some in there. I'd read the listing descriptions and reviews carefully as the options for editing can be limited.
With a webpage? Uh-huh. It has a built-in web preview.
HTML? Awesome!!! I'll wait for Rolando and I'll use my $15 gift car on these two apps.
If you want I can take a screenshot of an example, too.
Documents to Go ( http://www.dataviz.com/ ) is on its way to the app store, and will hopefully be out soon. This is what you will be looking for. I don't know price or release date, sorry.
They used to make things for Palm, which means it'll probably be $25 and won't sell, then they'll drop it to $9.99.
Not really... There are a few spreadsheet editors, but reviews haven't been good. I'm anxiously waiting on Documents To Go (from Dataviz), but there's no release date, yet - just a website that says "coming soon"
I wouldn't put it past Apple to release a Mobile Pages application at MacWorld in January.
That's total speculation. But you know Apple is going to release some cool new software for the iPhone at Macworld. Here's to hoping Apple will have the mobile counterpart to iWork.
QuickOffice is also developing a premium version of MobileFiles (their current iPhone app for viewing docs stored on MobileMe). Again, no word on release date or price.


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Long standing tensions are at breaking point between Turkey and Kurds, not to mention Turkey and Russia
In recent days, Turkish forces have shelled Kurdish held areas across the border in Syria allegedly in response to (PYD) YPG fighters capturing more areas along the Turkish Syrian border and allegedly attacking Turkish military outposts.
Turkey has requested that the Kurdish YPG give up territory recently gained in Aleppo province along the Turkish border following Syrian government and allied militia operations backed by Russian airstrikes against opposition groups.
The Guardian article (13 Feb 2016) – Turkish PM confirms shelling of Kurdish forces in Syria:
In the tangled web of interests, conflicts of narrative and rhetoric, even among allied coalitions, Syria is throwing up all sorts of problems, hypocrisy and exacerbating existing regional problems.
Turkey sees the YPG as a terrorist group, affiliated to the PKK and expanding its territory along Turkeys border within Syria but the US, UK, France and Russia see them as an ally to fight IS in Syria and Iraq.
A report was presented by Turkey to the US recently allegedly proving close ties between the PYD and the PKK, the latter being a listed terrorist group by Turkey, the US, the EU and NATO but not by United Nations, Russia, China and Switzerland.
Turkey supports opposition groups in Syria (some of which harbor fundamentalist Islamic ideologies) fighting against IS, some Kurdish groups, the Syrian Arab Army and its allies including fundamentalist Islamic groups such as Hezbollah.
The war of words continues between Russia and Turkey with tensions increasing daily. Turkish officials have stated recently that ground operations could happen in the near future along with Saudi Arabia and possibly other Gulf states if a ceasefire agreement is not reached soon.
Turkey claims Russia is targeting civilians, opposition groups and propping up the Assad government. Russia claims that Turkey is supporting groups such as IS and Jabhat al Nusrah with military supplies, allowing fighters to move across it's border relatively unhindered and allowing oil tankers through from IS territories.
As the tit for tat war of words escalates between Russia and Turkey in particular, so do the military maneuvers.
Russia has reportedly moved air defence weapons such as the S-400 missile system into Syria and missile cruisers off the coast of Syria. This activity increased when Turkey shot down a Russian jet on the 24 November 2015 over Syria after Turkey alleged that the Russian jet had violated it's airspace.
Russia is also reportedly sending S-300 missile systems to Iran, following through on a previous agreement, then blocked by the UN in 2010 in relation to Iran's nuclear program. The timing maybe coincidental, it may not be also.
Defense News article (09 Nov 2015) – Russia Agrees To Deliver S-300 Missile Systems to Iran:
Turkey has Spanish Patriot missiles deployed along its border and recent reports on social media allege that Turkey is deploying it's own KORKUT air defence system to Hatay and Kilis border towns.
NATO and Turkey also agreed to a defense package on the 18 December 2015 which would aim to increase Turkeys air defence capabilities on it's Syrian border. It would include AWACS surveillance planes and naval ships, how much of this has been implemented so far is unclear.
Reuters article (18 Dec 2015) – Exclusive: NATO agrees Turkey air defense package, seeks 'predictability':
As hostilities increase, the middle east and Syria in particular seems to be at its most volatile in a long time. With an abundance of International players and hardware coalesced around the conflict for different reasons, it is crowded and more dangerous than ever. In some cases, all that is required is an excuse.
UPDATE 17 February 2016:
An explosion has taken place in Ankara, Turkey, killing and injuring a number of Turkish military personnel and civilians.
Reuters article (17 Feb 2016) – Car bomb attack on military in Turkish capital kills 28:
A senior Turkish security source claimed that initial reports suggest it was carried out by the PKK, the same PKK that Turkey alleges the PYD is affiliated to. The PYD occupy territory in Syria along Turkeys border, much to Turkeys dissatisfaction as mentioned near the top of this post.
Others however think it may be IS who is responsible and they have made attacks in recent history.
Either way, both fit Turkeys current narrative and it will be interesting to see if Turkish officials use the atrocity to justify larger scale attacks on Kurdish forces along it's border in Syria or justify the recently muted possible ground assault on IS positions.
Or both, there by assisting Syrian opposition forces whom it supports.
Following on from yesterdays post and suggested possible developments, just like clockwork, it seems Turkey now have their justification to initiate larger scale offensives against Kurdish forces in Syria.
Turkey are desperate to change the balance of power towards opposition fighters and see them in control of territory along the Syrian/Turkey border.
Vice News article (18 Feb 2016) – Turkey Blames Syrian Kurds for Ankara Attack and Vows Retaliation:
A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for the bombing in Ankara. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) alledge it was they who committed the atrocity in response to the policies of President Tayyip Erdogan and said it would continue its attacks according to Reuters.
Reuters article (19 Feb 2016) – Kurdish militant group TAK claims responsibility for Ankara bombing:
Also according to Der Spiegel, NATO has warned Turkey that it will not support it if conflict breaks out with Russia according to Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn:
"NATO cannot allow itself to be pulled into a military escalation with Russia as a result of the recent tensions between Russia and Turkey"
It goes on to say that should Turkey be responsible for escalation, say officials in both Berlin and Brussels, Ankara would not be able to invoke the NATO treaty (Article 5).
Spiegel Online article (19 Feb 2016) – Putin vs. Erdogan: NATO Concerned over Possible Russia-Turkey Hostilities:
It remains to be seen if Turkey will forge ahead and escalate the situation further by going it alone or looking to gain support with Gulf states for a combined deployment without US or NATO assistance.
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Dr. Anthony A. Pittman received his B.A. in English Education from South Carolina State University and his Master's in Education, specializing in Curriculum and Instruction, from the University of Massachusetts. He earned his Ph.D. (with cognates in Gifted and Talented Education, Multicultural Education, and Educational Studies) in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. He is the former Acting Dean of the College of Education at Kean University (among the largest producers of teachers for the state) in Union, New Jersey, where he successfully spearheaded the institution's national accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Under his auspices, Kean University's College of Education was the first to host a visiting team and was also among the first of three institutions in New Jersey to be endorsed by CAEP.
Dr. Pittman is no stranger to the teaching profession, as he has more than twenty plus years of experience in the classroom. His teaching career has spanned the entire gamut of all instructional levels from early childhood education up though adult and continuing education. In previous years, he worked at Claflin University as an English Instructor, later became an Assistant Professor of English, having dual assignments with the Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College and the "Call Me 'MISTER' Program." An avid believer in campus involvement, he also undertook the task of directing the "Honda Campus All Star Challenge." He returns to Claflin University as Professor and the new Dean of the School of Education.
Dr. Pittman has remained actively engaged in research and publishing. His most recent project, emphasizing the importance of utilizing culturally responsive pedagogy in the development of new teacher leaders, is expected in the fall of 2019. Meanwhile, he has presented at professional conferences, drawing attention to such topics as African American Males in Higher Education; Manhood, Masculinity, and the Education of African American Males; Superheroes in L2 Education; and Developing and Implementing Standards for Social Justice in Education. His book, Whited Out: Unique Perspective on Black Identity and Honors Achievement,has provided deep insight into the topic of equal access to quality educational programs, especially for those from underrepresented populations. Dr. Pittman has also published articles and book reviews that have served a wide range of scholastic audiences.
In addition to his role as an educator, Dr. Pittman dedicates time to other social responsibilities; he is especially passionate about his roles as a mentor and Executive Director of the Scholarship Committee at the Greater Highway Church of Christ, voluntary positions for which he has served for numerous years. He has been listed in Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals by Covington and Cambridge (respectively) and is a recipient of the Sallie Mae First Class Teacher Award. Among his hobbies are reading, writing, exercise/fitness, and bowling. Having spent a significant portion of his professional career in metropolitan NYC, he is an avid fan of the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.
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While it wasn't possible for us to display the model, we were able to chat with Claire Tablizo from Scobee Elementary in San Antonio and discovered that our fish content had been a big help with her assignment. We were even more pleased to hear she's considering a career in science as a biomedical engineer (as well as a pilot and a spy!).
Museum: How old are you, Claire?
Claire: I'm 10 years old and I'm starting 5th grade at Scobee Elementary in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
M: What exactly was your assignment about?
C: We had to make a sea creature for our 4th grade science class. It had to include facts to display in the library along with a power point presentation. We were allowed to choose our creature and I picked the Ocean Sunfish because I knew what all the other choices were and I didn't know anything about an ocean sunfish. When I first looked it up on the internet, I thought it was really weird looking!
M: How did you come to use the Museum website for your assignment? Did you enjoy learning about the mola mola?
C: The Australian Museum website was very helpful for finding predators, habitats, prey, pictures & more! I found it on a google search on the computer. I did enjoy this project very much. My favorite part was using seashells that we found on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico and cutting them to make the mola mola's teeth!! All the kids in my class stuck their fingers the mouth to feel the "teeth"!
M: What do you like about science?
C: Actually, science is my favorite subject. It's probably because we get to do all different kinds of projects. I like to see how things work. I really like some science TV shows called "How it's made" & "Myth Busters". Learning is really fun when you can touch things and create instead of just reading about it in a book.
M: Are you interested in Australian fauna and flora?
C: Very much! I would LOVE to see the Great Barrier Reef and real, live Kangaroos. I would like to see if a boomerang really works too! My family takes a vacation almost every holiday. Ever since my project, I've wanted to go to Australia. I like to surf.
C: When I grow up, I would like to be a biomedical engineer, a fighter pilot and an international spy. I would like to perform in musical theater on Broadway too!
Our thanks to Claire's mother, Kathy Tablizio.
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