Deliciously sweetened with brown sugar, molasses, and honey, these baked beans have a nice kick with the addition of chipotle peppers and Bourbon whiskey.
The secret to good baked beans is slow cooking! After 3 hours in a low-temperature oven, these beans are thick and rich! If you don't have that kind of time, just kick up the temperature and bake for only an hour. Still good.
Preheat oven to 275 F.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the ketchup, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, molasses, Worcestershire, chipotle and paprika.
Place in oven and bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Remove cover last 1/2 hour to allow beans to thicken and caramelize a bit on top. Stir well before serving.
Note: You can speed up the cooking process by turning the oven up to 350 F and baking for only an hour. Still good but not quite as rich.
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Montgomery County Constable Pct. 4 Captain Honored at Heroes Awards Banquet
By Tiffany Marascio | May 24, 2019
EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX – The 100 Club hosted its 65th Annual Heroes Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Captain Buck Clendennen was one of The 100 Club's 69 Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters that was recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty. During the banquet, each Officer received a Sig Sauer Model 229, Semi-Automatic Commemorative Pistol and an etched, jade glass award.
Montgomery County Constable, Pct. 4 Captain Buck Clendennen was one of The 100 Club's 69 Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters that was recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty at the 100 Club's 65th Annual Heroes Awards Banquet.
The program recognized his achievements and courageous rescue. "A 15-year veteran of law enforcement, Montgomery County Constable, Pct. 4 Captain Buck Clendennen oversees the Special Response Group (SRG) and the Swift Water Rescue Team (SWRT) in addition to supervising the patrol division. With more than 20 years of experience in water rescue extending back to his firefighting days, Clendennen has developed and grown the Pct. 4 SWRT to be one of the largest and best in the area. The team conducted a large number of water rescues during Hurricane Harvey, and on March 29th, 2018, the team was ready for action again when a flash flood hit the east Montgomery County area."
The program continued, "On a nighttime call to assist water rescue, Clendennen and his team met up with firefighters at the scene and deployed on an airboat near two flood victims were clinging to trees. The victims had been driving along a flooded roadway when their vehicles were swept off the road. Putting his own life at risk, Clendennen attached a line to his vest and then, through a swiftly moving current, swam to the tree and successfully pulled one of the victims to safety while the firefighters rescued the second victim. Clendennen put his love for and skill in water rescue on full display that dark night, and thanks to his selfless efforts, a life was spared from the treacherous flood waters."
Captain Clendennen was proud to receive this award stating, "I'm humbled by this award and honored to represent my agency this way." Constable Rowdy Hayden could not be more proud of the leadership, honor and dedication Capt. Clendennen shows each day, towards keeping the residents of east Montgomery County safe and secure.
The 100 Club is a non-profit organization that provides financial support to the families of law enforcement and firefighters that were killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty in and around 32 counties surrounding Houston, TX. If you'd like to support The 100 Club, please visit www.the100club.org.
The Montgomery County Pct. 4 Constable's Office has an authorized strength of 33 sworn full time deputies and 15 sworn reserve deputies, as well as 5 civilians. East Montgomery County is a dynamic growing community of over 104,000 people, just north east of Houston, Texas covering over 232 square miles. The Constable's Office works out of the East Montgomery County Courthouse Annex building in New Caney, Texas. The main purpose of the office is civil process and Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 bailiff duties. The Montgomery County Pct. 4 Constable's Office also provides 24/7 patrol coverage as well as Criminal Investigations, K9, SRT, SRG (Riot Team), I.C.A.C (Internet Crimes Against Children), Honor Guard, and Swift Water Rescue Operations. For more information, visit www.mcco4.org.
Sources: Montgomery County Constable, Pct. 4 Office Facebook Page, Montgomery County Constable, Pct. 4 Office Website
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Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 April 2015 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (codified text) (COM(2014)0394 – C8-0041/2014 – 2014/0199(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure – codification)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2014)0394),
– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0041/2014),
– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 - Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts(1),
– having regard to Rules 103 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0132/2015),
A. whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance;
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
(1) OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 29 April 2015 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/... of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (codification)
(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2015/941.)
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City on the Brink
By Iason Athanasiadis
28 March,2014
Justice and Development Party supporters climb up trees during a rally in Istanbul on March 23, 2014. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
Friday dawn, March 21, 2014
Istanbul these days is suffused by a sense of the absurd. Its effervescent fin-de-sièclism assails the newly arrived visitor to the city from their first steps through the Babel-like mix of nationalities queuing at passport control—Iranians over for Nowruz, the Persian New Year; tall, fair couples from Eastern Europe and Russia standing alongside each other like paired giraffes; Arabs hailing their relatives as they shuffle through the line—to the seaside drive into the city past a sprawling artificial promontory jutting out into the Sea of Marmara and spookily illuminated by hundreds of lamp-posts in the misty pre-dawn. This is where Turkey's most controversial man, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, would address the nation on the last stop of his electoral campaign.
As the taxi drives through the Byzantine walls encircling the imperial peninsula, the slumbering city emerges from the mist, its seeming muteness amplified in the early hours by the silence of those within it reeling from a shock ban on Twitter that went into effect a few hours earlier.
Later, people crowd into mosques to attend Friday prayers. Volunteers for Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) are busy handing out leaflets to the congregation, reminding the faithful of their almost religious obligation to attend the Istanbul rally on Sunday. But the news on open radios and televisions is of a bizarre attack mounted by three Eastern European jihadists belonging to (ISIS), the Syrian civil war's mutant child, on a Turkish police checkpoint. Apparently the militants were headed towards Istanbul, intending to strike a country they deplore for its secularism. Commentators saw it as predictable spillover, given Turkey's involvement in the Syrian civil war.
But talk in the mosques centers on the series of leaked tapes purporting to reveal top-level ruling party officials, including the prime minister, engaging in corrupt practices. Rumors sweep the city that the next escalation in the campaign will involve two more tapes featuring Erdoğan: one described as a 'sex tape' featuring a mutaa wedding, a religiously permissible temporary marriage, and another one allegedly implicating the prime minister in the death of a far-Right Turkish politician in a 2009 helicopter crash. The majority of AKP supporters are convinced that the highly damaging recordings of telephone conversations are false, even though the prime minister has admitted some of the conversations are real.
Saturday night, March 22
In Beyoğlu, the center of Istanbul's nightlife, you wouldn't know that the economy and currency are faltering for all the packed bars and restaurants. The once-multicultural district has been the epicenter of tensions between opponents of the government and police, with most weekends featuring protests and teargas intruding on the dancing and open-air dining.
Just the previous week, a fifteen-year-old boy succumbed to wounds sustained from being shot in the head with a tear gas canister during the Gezi Park protests after lying comatose for months. Huge crowds came out for his funeral even as Erdoğan shocked otherwise-hardened observers by dismissing the dead boy as a "terrorist." Clashes followed the funeral and a Marxist group shot dead an AKP supporter. But escalating violence and polarization were avoided when the fathers of the two dead men met and called for unity.
"I feel as if we're living the calm before the storm and everyone appears to be preparing themselves for the next day, after March 30," said Yanni Gigourtsis, a long-term resident of Istanbul and Turkey observer.
On İstiklal, the city's main pedestrian shopping street, crowds are thick with plainclothes policemen who hardly bother to disguise their crackling walkie-talkies. Riot police vans are parked in the side streets, and policemen lounge at cafes drinking tea and playing backgammon. But, unlike other weekends, there is a conspicuous lack of protesters.
"They're avoiding the trap the prime minister is trying to suck them into," said Zeyno Pekunlu, an Istanbul-based artist and activist. "They know that it plays to his interests now to set off civil strife."
At a bustling top-floor tavern called Tavanarasi, a group of journalists and NGO workers dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis in Antakya sit down for dinner.
"I've seen jihadists, recognizably jihadists, transiting through the airport in Antakya on their way to fight in Syria," said one New Zealander who was formerly posted in Pakistan. "There's no way the Turkish government doesn't know what they are there for."
Even as she speaks, on the other side of Turkey's southernmost border with Syria, at least three jihadi groups are attacking the village of Qasab. Turkish media publish evidence over the coming days that the rebels received covert logistical support from the Turkish state. The village's terrified inhabitants, descendants of Armenian refugees of the 1915 Ottoman campaign, flee for their lives. A few months short of the hundredth anniversary of the systematic slaughter of Christians in Turkey, over a thousand of them are made refugees once more. Behind them, the jihadists raise the black flag of Al-Qaeda over the village's dome-roofed church.
Sunday morning, March 23
Breakfast is arguably the most important meal in Turkey, and shops in the bohemian neighborhood of Cihangir specializing in spreads so opulent they can only be properly attended to on lazy Sundays, are already creating lines of eager brunchers. A few streets away lives a journalist and translator from Istanbul's Greek community. Weekend-edition newspapers are spread across a living room whose windows catch a glimpse of Bosporus blue.
The papers run coverage of President Abdullah Gül's statements that any threats made against the mausoleum of Süleyman Shah, the founder of the Turkic Seljuk Empire, will be taken as a reason for Turkish military intervention in Syria.
"It will be protected the way our homeland is protected," Gül said. "It's Turkey's land and it will have its flag there. I want everybody to know this."
The mausoleum stands on a sliver of Turkish territory inside northern Syria negotiated under a 1921 agreement and is guarded by a detachment of twenty-five Turkish soldiers. Recent threats from radical Islamist rebels resulted in Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu saying that "any measures" will be taken to defend it, prompting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the head of the opposition Republican People's Party, to claim that "Erdoğan will cause even a war in order to remain in power . . . I have information that he will use an attack on Süleyman Shah's mausoleum as a pretext."
My head spun with the implications that a war against Syria would have as I left the apartment. On the sunny pavements, the extensive breakfasting was still in full swing, though the queuing crowds had disappeared.
It was the day of Erdoğan's speech and the streets were empty. Buses belonging to the AKP were bringing in the party faithful from across the city. Foreign journalists at Yenikapı, the site of the landfill development touted as accommodating 1.25 million people, were receiving mild harassment from party faithful.
A few kilometers away, close to a Nowruz celebration organized by local Kurds, a group of dozens of men were in the process of vandalizing a Greek Orthodox church. A flag belonging to a liberal pro-Kurdish party that has itself been the target of nationalist mobs recently was left in the church. The guardians of the church, who escaped to the nearest police station, were told by the police that they wouldn't intervene for fear of further enraging the crowd.
Clouds scudded nervously across the sky as morning pushed into afternoon. I walked over to have a coffee with a journalist working for one of the mainstream, pro-government channels. Walking into her office, she announced that a Syrian airplane had just been shot by the Turkish Air Force. Over at Yenikapı, the news could not have come at a better time for Erdoğan, who mid-speech twirled the information into a rabble-rousing snippet: "Our response will be heavy if our airspace is violated," he said to cheers.
Leaving the television station, I headed up the Bosporus to meet a psychiatrist friend who had just moved back to Turkey. We sat by the water as the March evening wind rose, sipping cups of tea. Erdoğan's speech had finished and boats decorated with glittery AKP paraphernalia drifted up the channel, pumping out traditional kemençe music. We watched the party supporters dance on the decks as if already celebrating victory.
"Erdoğan's behavior can be explained by examining the role he used to play as the mediator between his authoritarian father and scared mother and older siblings," the psychiatrist said. "He both learned to emulate his father and to feel contempt for the weakness of his mother and siblings."
"Today he finds it impossible to move even an inch—he interprets it as showing weakness."
Monday dawn
The taxi raced to the airport. Hundreds of broken stones were strewn around the Kazlıçeşme area where the Nowruz celebrating and church vandalizing had taken place, as if it had been the scene of a riot rather than a celebration.
Queuing at passport control, I tried and failed to access Twitter. It occurred to me that Erdoğan, who has been dubbed a neo-Ottoman padishah, is engaging in behavior reminiscent of the paranoid Sultan Abdul Hamid II. His efforts to modernize his tottering empire were offset by an extreme fear of conspiracies that resulted in the grounding of the navy and the obliging of the army to conduct training without bullets.
Fearing how technology might be used against him, Abdul Hamid banned the introduction of electric trams, telephones and electrical appliances, in what might be called a 'Twitter ban' moment. Is history now repeating itself?
Iason Athanasiadis
Iason Athanasiadis is a writer, photographer and documentary film producer based between Istanbul and Tripoli, Libya. He studied Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University, and Persian and Contemporary Iranian Studies at Tehran's School of International Studies. He was a 2008 Nieman fellow at Harvard University. He has worked for BBC World, Al-Jazeera and Arte, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Spectator, the Financial Times and the Global Post. His photography has appeared in Der Spiegel, Marie Claire, the Guardian, and the New Statesman.


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Since my training programs include interpersonal skills, it's no surprise that my clients and I often spend considerable time dissecting their relationship with their boss. What is surprising is how bad those relationships can be, sometimes really dysfuncational and toxic. And although it can take two to tango—that is, there are times when both parties have contributed to a nasty relationship—there are other times when I wonder who on earth thought this person was capable of being a manager.
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Q: Need to grab a 3x3 neighbourhood of an input cell from a 2d numpy array I am trying to define a function that will return the 3x3 neighbourhood of an input cell.  Right now I have:
def queen_neighbourhood(in_forest, in_row, in_col):

    neighbourhood = in_forest[in_row-1:in_row+1, in_col-1:in_col+1]

    return neighbourhood

(in_forest is the input array).
When I run this, it only seems to return a 2x2 matrix, instead of a 3x3.  Why is this? It seems to me that I am inputting a row and column reference, and then slicing out a square that starts one row behind the input row, and ends one row ahead of it, and then the same for columns.
So for example, given an input array as such:
[ 01, 02, 03, 04, 05
  06, 07, 08, 09, 10
  11, 12, 13, 14, 15
  16, 17, 18, 19, 20
  21, 22, 23, 24, 25 ]

And then using row 2, col 3, I want to return a matrix as such:
[ 02, 03, 04
  07, 08, 09
  12, 13, 14 ]

A: When you say in_forest[in_row-1:in_row+1, in_col-1:in_col+2] you are saying "give me a square from in_row-1 inclusive to in_row+1 exclusive, and from in_col-1 inclusive to in_col+2 exclusive. It slices up to, but not including the second index.
Simply use in_row-1:in_row+2 and in_col-1:in_col+2 instead to slice including the "+1"s.

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Knut Knutsen Stamsø (11. februar 1875) var en norsk atlet medlen af IK Tjalve. Han satte 1893 norsk rekord i 20 km kapgang med tiden 1,52,37,2 og blev 1896 norsk mester på 1500 meter. Han satte samme år norsk rekord på 110 meter hæk med tiden 17,2 Efter århundredskiftet boende han i Malmø og var medlem i IFK Malmö. Han satte 1900 svensk rekord i trespring med 12,18 i Halmstad. Han deltog under sin tid i Malmø i de danske mesterskaber og vandt tre titler; højdespring og diskoskast 1901 og 120 yard hæk 1902

Norske mesterskaber
 1897 længdespring 4,86
 1896 1500 meter 4,53
 1896 110 meter hæk 17,9

Danske mesterskaber
 1903 120 yards hæk ?
 1902 120 yards hæk 19,2
 1902  Kuglestød ?
 1901  Højdespring  1,58
 1901  Diskoskast 27,80
 1901  Længdespring  5,27

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The Lone Star state has battled Mexican outlaws for well over a century, and it is still heavily engaged fighting Mexican drug cartels running drugs over the long Texas border with Mexico. Heroin, crack cocaine, meth, club drugs, and huge quantities of prescription drugs diverted from medical use linger on their way through Texas to points north. Even the smallest rural towns in Texas are not immune to the dangers facing bored young people looking for thrills. Any family could find themselves suddenly faced with the need to find and evaluate drug and alcohol rehabilitation and treatment centers.
In Texas, that might mean driving to a larger town to seek help. Smaller communities may offer a combination of mental health counseling and hospital programs for detoxification, but families should carefully evaluate the type and scope of services they offer. A comprehensive course of treatment is required to effect a genuine recovery. Detox alone is not enough to break the emotional dependency; counseling alone is not enough to address the physical addiction and its side effects. And any program that does not offer long-term behavior modification is unlikely to produce permanent relief.
Most families quite naturally want to keep treatment as close to home as possible, but this is not always the best or wisest option. Continuity in care is important, as is putting the recovering addict into a safe environment that does not enable him or her to quietly continue drinking or abusing drugs on the sly. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in Texas that offer inpatient programs, removing the addict from the old lifestyle while teaching him to live drug-free, should be seriously considered by any family hoping to permanently alter a loved one's behavior.
For most families, the array of clinics and treatment programs can be confusing, an obstacle to even beginning treatment. There are a few key things to look for. No program can guarantee success; every addict is different and should be treated as an individual, with a course of treatment tailored to his or her specific needs. If a rehab center seems to promise a sure-fire cure, stay away. Likewise, if its focus is only on managing withdrawal, it probably does not offer long-term counseling and behavioral therapy, both critical elements in full recovery. Until an addict faces up to why he abused alcohol or drugs, and learns to cope with life without the chemical crutch, all he will get from rehab is a short respite before the next relapse.
"Clean for life" should be the goal of any Texas alcohol and drug treatment facility or rehab center large or small. What good is rehabilitation if it does not teach a permanent alteration of the self-destructive behavior? Likewise, family outreach is important, to help addicts and loved ones reconnect. Nutrition and fitness should be components of a good rehabilitation program, to teach a healthy lifestyle and rebuild bodies dragged down by substance abuse.


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import java.io.Serializable;

import com.vaadin.data.Container;

/**
 * Factory interface for creating new Field-instances based on Container
 * (datasource), item id, property id and uiContext (the component responsible
 * for displaying fields). Currently this interface is used by {@link Table},
 * but might later be used by some other components for {@link Field}
 * generation.
 *
 * <p>
 *
 * @author Vaadin Ltd.
 * @since 6.0
 * @see FormFieldFactory
 */
public interface TableFieldFactory extends Serializable {
    /**
     * Creates a field based on the Container, item id, property id and the
     * component responsible for displaying the field (most commonly
     * {@link Table}).
     *
     * @param container
     *            the Container where the property belongs to.
     * @param itemId
     *            the item Id.
     * @param propertyId
     *            the Id of the property.
     * @param uiContext
     *            the component where the field is presented.
     * @return A field suitable for editing the specified data or null if the
     *         property should not be editable.
     */
    Field<?> createField(Container container, Object itemId, Object propertyId,
            Component uiContext);

}

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Text consolidated by Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre) with amending regulations of:
31 August 2021 [shall come into force on 3 September 2021];
26 May 2009 [shall come into force on 3 June 2009].
If a whole or part of a paragraph has been amended, the date of the amending regulation appears in square brackets at the end of the paragraph. If a whole paragraph or sub-paragraph has been deleted, the date of the deletion appears in square brackets beside the deleted paragraph or sub-paragraph.
Republic of Latvia
Regulation No. 764
Adopted 11 October 2005
General Technical Requirements of State Information Systems
Section 4, Paragraph two of the Law on State Information Systems
1. The Regulation prescribes the general technical requirements of the State information systems.
2. The general technical requirements of the State information system (hereinafter - the information system) shall be complied with in the management of the information and technical resources of the information system. The management task shall be to ensure:
2.1. the implementation of the information system functions specified in laws and regulations;
2.2. the security and development of the information system;
2.3. the movement of data in an integrated information system.
[31 August 2021]
2.1 In determining the non-functional technical requirements of the information systems, the information system manager shall comply with the minimum non-functional technical requirements specified in the Annex to this Regulation for the information systems and shall co-ordinate the exceptions with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (hereinafter - the Ministry) in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the supervision of development projects for the State information systems.
3. The information system manager is responsible for the compliance with the general technical requirements of the information system.
4. With regard to the information resources of the information system (a set of thematically related, structured information in electronic form at the disposal of the State authority which is included in the information system) and technological resources (a set of information and communication technology hardware or software units or a separate unit at the disposal of the State authority) the information system manager shall comply with the following requirements:
4.1. such software shall be used for the creation of an interface for the information system users which is not attached to specific technical equipment or to a specific operating system;
4.2. the information system shall use software in accordance with the requirements specified in the software licence;
4.3. the information system shall use software with which audit trails are performed when registering information about events in the information system in order to ensure the opportunity of evaluating their impact on the information system security;
4.4. the information system user interface shall ensure the opportunity of sending and receiving data using platform-independent file formats and data transmission protocols;
4.5. the information system documentation is sufficient in order for the authorised person of the information system manager to be able to make changes to the information system or completely restore the operation of the information system.
5. When using the technological resources of information systems, the information system manager shall also comply with the following requirements:
5.1. they shall be used according to the requirements specified by the manufacturer;
5.2. they may be replaced with technical equipment offered by other manufacturers;
5.3. the use thereof shall ensure the security of the information system and the functioning of the information system in an integrated information system.
6. Upon determining the requirements for the information and technological resources of information systems, the information system manager shall comply with the requirements specified in laws and regulations in the field of the circulation and storage of electronic documents.
7. The information system manager shall ensure the implementation of the requirements specified by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
8. If, when using the information system, the circulation of such information is ensured which, in accordance with the law On Official Secret, is recognised as an official secret object, the information system manager shall ensure the implementation of the requirements specified in this Regulation, insofar as it is not in contradiction with the laws and regulations regarding the protection of official secret objects.
9. If, when using the information system, the circulation of such information is ensured which, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law, is regarded as information for official use only, the information system manager shall ensure the implementation of the requirements specified in this Regulation, insofar as it is not in contradiction with the laws and regulations regarding the protection of information for official use only.
10. The information system manager shall ensure the implementation of the requirements specified in this Regulation according to the State budget funds allocated for this.
11. The Ministry shall supervise the implementation of this Regulation.
12. The minimum non-functional technical requirements of the information systems referred to in the Annex to this Regulation shall apply to the information systems the establishment or significant transformation of which has been commenced after 1 October 2021.
Prime Minister A. Kalvītis
Minister for Special Assignments
in Electronic Government Affairs J. Reirs
Cabinet Regulation No. 764
Minimum Non-Functional Technical Requirements of Information Systems
[31 August 2021 / See Paragraph 12 of the Regulation]
1. Data opening requirements*
1.1. The information system requirements and draft project shall be created in accordance with the "open by default" principle, providing for a certain part of the system data classified as generally available information to be published in the form of open data in the Latvian Open Data Portal (https://data.gov.lv) (hereinafter - the Open Data Portal) or the State Unified Geospatial Information Portal (https://geolatvija.lv)
1.2. The publishing of open data is fully automated, following the standards, guidelines, and corresponding data publishing scenarios set out in the Open Data Portal
1.3. Data in the Open Data Portal shall be updated (re-published) once new data is available, concurrently assessing the need of users for up-to-date data availability
Note. * Shall not apply to the data relating to the State and public security, personal data, and data in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law.
2. Requirements for Data Storage and Movement
2.1. Information systems shall be designed and developed for the efficient and high-quality provision of State administration services in accordance with the single principle (on the submission and request of data/information) in such a way that the management of their collection and maintenance is the responsibility of the authorities which are primarily responsible for them (in primary data sources), ensuring effective management of controlled data movement in the State administration if any of the legal grounds specified in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) exist and in accordance with the procedures specified in laws and regulations - also outside the State administration. The principles specified in the State Administration Structure Law and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) shall be complied with in the movement of the data of State administration institutions
2.2. The State information systems' integrator (SISI) shall be used for the controlled movement of data among different State administration authorities, and also for the controlled movement of data outside the State administration, applying the most appropriate technical solution proposed by the integrator (including the data distribution network (DDN), the service gateway and the data aggregator (DGR)) to specific data movements. Where the transfer of data takes place only between two State administration institutions, the use of the State information systems' integrator (SISI) is not compulsory
2.3. The technological solutions and operational processes of the information system shall have permanently available data to be disseminated in accordance with the level of availability required by their users and contracted by the service, unless the data availability function has been transferred to the data aggregator (DGR) of the State information systems' integrator. The technological solutions of the information system shall ensure that data are available from the interfaces used previously, at least until functionally appropriate interfaces are transmitted to SISI (including the DGR)
2.4. In order to ensure efficient (i.e. automated) data movement in the State administration, the priority of programmable interfaces (including API first principle) shall be taken into account when programming and developing information systems. Software interfaces and web services providing them shall be published in the integrators of authority, industry or national level (i.e. SISI services gateway) depending on the scope of the intended use of the relevant interface
3. Identification Requirements for Information System Users
3.1. Users shall be provided with the ability to use identification tools appropriate to their level of protection, avoiding the use of single-factor means (passwords) as a means of authentication and taking into account the requirements of the Law on Electronic Identification of Natural Persons and Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (eIDAS Regulation)
3.2. In the information systems for which the level of protection of the information to be processed or the limitations of the technical solutions require a higher level of security for authentication as the directory or end-equipment used for identification, the State administration employees shall use qualified or increased security-level qualified electronic identification means for identification in production environments
3.3. Information systems, service sites, and portals providing for the identification of users of more than one institution shall provide identification possibilities with electronic identification means complying with system security requirements, including national, qualified, and increased security-level qualified identification means. If the use of other types of multi-factor identification means (such as bank eID means) is also permitted for the extension of the digital service users, it shall be technically provided through the single application service of the State Regional Development Agency (hereinafter - the Agency)
3.4. For information systems, service sites, and portals which, in accordance with the requirements of the eIDAS Regulation, must also be accessed through the electronic identification means notified by other EU Member States, it shall be technically provided through the single application service of the Agency
4. Application Software Sharing and Architecture Requirements
4.1. When developing specialised application software solutions, the architectural requirements of effective sharing, re-use, and modular, interoperable, and ICT infrastructure efficient software solutions shall be complied with
4.2. The functionality of the information system shall be created by optimally and efficiently using available sharing services and reusable software solutions and components at European Union level (information on the EC website Joinup https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/ and the Ministry website www.varam.gov.lv) and at Latvian level (information on the Agency's website https://viss.gov.lv/ and the Ministry website www.varam.gov.lv)
4.3. When developing information systems and concluding contracts regarding the development of commissioning software, the conditions of the contract shall provide for the transfer of ownership rights of authors which guarantees the software development customer - the Republic of Latvia - the right to take over, legally and effectively, the performance of the contract after termination of the contract and to continue the activities provided for in the contract or to transfer them to another supplier
4.4. Sharing services (see also Sub-paragraphs 3.3, 3.4, and 4.2 of this Annex), also including State administration data publishing (see Sub-paragraph 1.2 of this Annex) and controlled data movement (see Sub-paragraph 2.4 of this Annex) services, shall be used in the technical solution thereof for ensuring the functionality required for the information system. Use of shared functionality in user interface solutions is also allowed in the form of embedded components
4.5. Open code platforms and solutions shall be used when developing new information systems. Their technological solutions shall meet the requirements of a modern ICT architecture which is modular, interoperable, and efficiently uses ICT infrastructure in accordance with the technology architecture guidelines for specialised application software published by the Ministry. The abovementioned requirements also apply to the conversion of existing information systems or parts thereof by replacing the software code
4.6. The architectural requirements and design of the application software, including the platforms to be used and the requirements of support and licensing, shall be coordinated with the ICT infrastructure sharing service provider whose services will be used
5. Requirements for the Use of ICT Infrastructure Services
5.1. ICT infrastructure sharing services shall be used to operate the information system
5.2. Information systems shall not impose specific requirements on end-user equipment and their preparation for the operation of the system. The user interfaces of the information system are fully functional in both computer and mobile equipment browsers. The requirements for end-user equipment of the information system shall be co-ordinated with the computerised workplace development plan and the service provider. The requirements shall not apply to the information systems whose architecture prevents the replacement of technical equipment and need not apply to specialised information systems for a narrow range of users (for example, accounting information systems used by accountants alone)
5.3. High value added computing infrastructure services shall be used during the whole life cycle of the information system, starting with the development and testing of the information system, and these services shall include automation in the management of software items, including the preparation and application of releases, testing automation, and performance monitoring
5.4. The information system uses, in accordance with its performance and operational continuity requirements, computing capacity scalability, capacity splitting, and reservation capabilities provided by computing infrastructure services and effectively releases the reserved computing capacities when they are not in use
5.5. The planned specifications for computing infrastructure services shall be coordinated with the service provider whose services are intended to be used
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no longer in force Issuer: Cabinet of Ministers Type: regulation Document number: 764Adoption: 11.10.2005.Entry into force: 15.10.2005.End of validity: 01.01.2023.Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 164, 14.10.2005.
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Service implementation and browser integration for Cast Mirroring.

The Mirroring Service is run in its own sandboxed process. It uses mojo
message pipes between its process and the privileged browser process to:

 * acquire inputs, such as screen capture video or tab audio capture.
 * communicate with remote Cast devices using Cast Channel messaging. See `../cast_channel/`.
 * open UDP network sockets for Cast Streaming packets.
 * switch between screen mirroring and content remoting modes.

The Service contains all session-management logic, and also interfaces with
`../../media/cast/` to encode and packetize media in realtime.

Specification: *TODO(jophba): Link to Cast Spec markdown.*

# Directory Breakdown

* browser/ - Browser-side implementation. Also, more can be found in
  `../../chrome/browser/media/cast_mirroring_service_host.h` and
  `../../chrome/browser/media/router/providers/cast/`.

* mojom/ - Mojo interfaces.

* service/ - Mirroring Service implementation, as described above.


CHALET CON LOCAL DE 35 METROS CUADRADOS, SOBRE AVENIDA BYNNON. FRENTE ESTACION FERROCARRIL, LOTE IRREGULAR DE 388 METROS CUADRADOS, LOTE LIBRE DE 260 METROS CUADRADOS. PLANOS EN OFICINA. SUPERFICIE CUBIERTA TOTAL DE 161 METROS CUADRADOS. PROPIEDAD COMPARTIDA CON LA FIRMA ALEJANDRO RUCCI.


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Home news in brief
Surge in slaughter of birds of prey
Birds of prey are being illegally shot, trapped and poisoned in near-record numbers across the UK, but particularly in England, with over two-thirds of the confirmed killings in connection to land managed for gamebird shooting, the RSPB has said. The 2021 Birdcrime report, which the charity produces annually, reveals that 108 birds, including golden eagles, peregrine falcons and white-tailed eagles were among those targeted by gamekeepers trying to artificially boost numbers of game birds on their land, so paying customers can shoot them.
In England alone there were 80 confirmed incidents – this is the second-highest figure on record for the country after 2020's "unprecedented surge", the RSPB said. But the charity warned that the confirmed cases only represent "the tip of the iceberg", and many more illegal killings will not have been recorded. It also issued an urgent call for the rest of the UK to follow Scotland's lead in licensing grouse moors, in which licences can be rescinded in the event of any connection between the estate and criminal raptor persecution. The laws are yet to come into force.
Man cleared of assaulting MP with traffic cone
A man accused of assaulting former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith with a traffic cone has been cleared by a district judge, who ruled he had no case to answer. Sir Iain had told Manchester Magistrates' Court how he feared for his wife and her friend when he had the cone "slammed" on to his head as they were followed by protesters hurling abuse at him during the 2021 Conservative Party Conference in the city centre.
Yesterday, district judge Paul Goldspring said the evidence which identified Elliot Bovill, 32, as the person caught on CCTV putting the orange and white cone on the 68-year-old MP's head was "weak" and "tenuous". Mr Goldspring dismissed the common assault charge against Mr Bovill, of no fixed address, saying there was no case to answer.
The trial of co-defendants Radical Haslam, 29, of Douglas Street, Salford, and Ruth Wood, 51, of Cambridge, continued with Mr Bovill watching from the public gallery. Mr Haslam and Ms Wood both deny using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Mother charged with murder of three-year-old son
A mother appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering her three-year-old son. Christina Robinson, 28, appeared before
Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court, County Durham, where she faces a charge of murdering Dwelaniyah Robinson and a separate alleged offence of child neglect. Dressed in a denim jacket and a blue top for the brief hearing, Ms Robinson did not enter pleas and her case was adjourned to Newcastle Crown Court tomorrow.
The chairman of the bench, Suzanne Chivers, told the defendant that the magistrates' court had no power to consider bail and Robinson was remanded in custody. Earlier, Durham Police said the emergency services were called to a house in Bracken Court, in Ushaw Moor, Durham on 5 November. Dwelaniyah was taken by ambulance to the University Hospital of North Durham, but he could not be saved, the force said.
Murder-accused 'living as fugitive in Yemen'
The son of a billionaire suspected of murdering a Norwegian student in London is living in Yemen after fleeing the UK, a relative has claimed. Farouk Abdulhak is accused of the rape and murder of Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, in Mayfair in March 2008.
He fled to Yemen via Egypt in the hours after her death and despite efforts by Martine's family and the UK and Norwegian authorities has not returned to Britain to face the charges. An anonymous family member has told a new documentary on Discovery Plus that he mostly remains at home under guard and has few friends.
Farouk Abdulhak is the son of the late billionaire Shaher Abdulhak, who was known as the king of sugar because the source of part of his fortune was soft drinks. He was friends with Martine, who was studying at Regent's Business School. Friends say she had politely rejected his advances. Martine's father, Odd Petter Magnussen, said that he will "keep fighting" to get Mr Abdulhak back to the UK to face the allegations. The five-part documentary Martine: Chasing Justice is available to stream on Discovery Plus.
NHS boss 'shocked' ward managers not on seven days a week
The NHS's mental health director has warned trusts they should have ward managers working seven days a week amid national safety concerns. Claire Murdoch, national director for mental health at NHS England, said she was "shocked" to hear in some NHS trusts ward managers were not working and overseeing the quality and safety of wards seven days a week, warning some were "Monday to Friday" people.
Her comments came in response to questions from The Independent about a potential national review of safety within inpatient mental health services which ministers are considering, following several high-profile scandals in recent months. An NHS consultant claimed the NHS ran like the "Mary Celeste" during the weekends and that moving hospital services to operate seven days would help tackle the growing backlog.
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New highway project eyed connecting I-69, Jasper, Rockport areas
A new effort is underway to improve transportation through rural Southwest Indiana communities.
New highway project eyed connecting I-69, Jasper, Rockport areas A new effort is underway to improve transportation through rural Southwest Indiana communities. Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2019/07/10/new-highway-project-eyed-rural-sw-indiana/1691949001/
John Martin, Evansville Courier & Press Published 5:52 p.m. CT July 10, 2019 | Updated 4:36 p.m. CT July 12, 2019
This is the area to be covered by the Mid-States Corridor Study, an evaluation of an upgraded transportation artery from Rockport to Interstate 69, through the Jasper and Huntinburg area. (Photo: submitted)
JASPER, Ind. — Southern Indiana communities cheered construction of Interstate 69 from Indianapolis to Evansville, but some want to take fuller advantage of it.
From Jasper, for instance, it takes about 45 minutes to reach I-69. It's a concern for all travelers, including semis which need access to industries in the area, said CEO Mark Schroeder of German American Bank, and chairman of the Mid-States Corridor Redevelopment Authority.
A group of businesses and government agencies in 12 Indiana counties are involved in the authority, which along with the Indiana Department of Transportation is underwriting a study they hope leads to an upgraded highway.
It would start at the William Natcher Bridge at Rockport and continue generally through the Huntingburg and Jasper area before connecting to I-69, either directly or via Indiana 37.
It hasn't been determined if the upgraded highway would follow existing routes, be a new-terrain route or some of both.
The study is technically called a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement. It is expected to take just over two years to finish. The Lochmueller Group of Evansville is doing the evaluation.
The cost, split between local governments and businesses, is about $7 million, the Dubois County Herald reported.
Three upcoming public meetings are a part of the process. During those meetings, potential corridor alternatives will be presented, and interested residents will be told how they can give feedback.
Meetings will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. EST on Aug. 5 at Washington High School, Aug. 6 at Springs Valley High School in French Lick and Aug. 8 at Jasper High School.
Officials said the Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement will include analysis of benefits, and costs of different route options, as well as assessment of social, economic and environmental impacts.
Schroeder said the study is an important step toward getting an improved highway built, and he encouraged interested residents to weigh in and follow the process.
Jasper Mayor Dean Vonderheide said better north-south transportation is necessary for local industries, which need safe connections to markets in states like Michigan and Tennessee.
He said it's also needed for recreational travelers heading from southern Indiana to larger cities in all directions.
The Mid-States Corridor Project has an office at the Jasper campus of Vincennes University, in Room 216 of the Administration Building.
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Gallery: Les Misérables
Jean Valjean played by Jeremiah Angel is caught stealing in a scene from the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
A group of "Lovely Ladies" adjust their hats before leaving the dressing room for a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Eponine, played by Gracie Schmidt, right, and Lily Pease playing Madame Thenardier check their make-up and costumes in the mirror before the start of a dress rehearsal for the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
A dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
A scene during a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Melanie Wytovak playing Fantine sings with the orchestra pit in the foreground during a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
One of the ensemble players, Madeline Berger applies make-up before the start of a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
The orchestra pit during a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. One hundred fifteen students from around the tri-state took part in the production Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Melanie Wytovak playing Fantine sings during a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Jean Valjean played by Jeremiah Angel in a scene from the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
One of the ensemble players Simone Sartore-Getty takes notes in the dressing room before a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Student actors Matthew Robey and Melanie Wytovak walk from the dressing rooms to the stage during a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Eponine, played by Gracie Schmidt runs through a few lines before the start of a dress rehearsal of the Public Education Foundation's Summer Musical, Les Misérables. The play opens this week with a new set and lots of talented students from around the tri-state Tuesday, July 9, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
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Ever lost a key employee? Had a client go bankrupt? Broke up with a business partner?
Still cringe thinking about it?
We're in good company. Nelson Mandela said "The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail".
This spring, I sustained a knee injury playing soccer. I asked the surgeon how long before I could lace up my cleats again, he looked me straight in the eyes and said without blinking "Well, that depends on how good your physical fitness was BEFORE the injury".
The statement resonated. The next week, reviewing cash flow projections for a business, I wondered how many times insolvency and restructuring advisors said this to distressed clients. From a business standpoint, resilience defines a business' ability to survive. It's sometimes called "elasticity" – how quickly you recover steady state after a disruption – ie a business 'injury'. Resilient businesses have change management and emergency response plans for assets, markets, people or brand equity. But sometimes they're myopic, holding on too long to what's always worked for them (just ask Kodak – not so resilient).
There's a lot of good research in this area – but it's also common sense. Most folks agree that adapting to the environment promotes survival. If you're not prepared to step out of the path of the oncoming truck, the least of your problems is not catching that license plate.
But let's face it, if adaptation requires continually shifting all aspects of your business, that's exhausting.
Or, maybe there's ANOTHER way.
Zappos is the darling of the business shift generation. In 2013, they upended their already out of the box business culture, adopting holocracy as their new management strategy. Holocracies are organizations built of democratic, 'self governing' circles of accountability. Will it be successful? We don't know, but it's management evolution. Zappos' strength is anticipating adaptations to help them survive changing business environments.
One large change they might be anticipating is the impact of 'Millennial' and 'Digital Native' employees.
The younger generations aren't looking for a long range promotion (they want to be recognized for their talents today), a prime parking spot (they take RapidTransit), or a cubicle where they work alone all day.
My own teenagers' school experience involved collaboration (group projects at school complete with group accolades), some education models don't hand out grades at all (every child has a different talent), and there is a world of resources at their fingertips (why focus on a single knowledge channel, when information is no longer the new frontier?). Reddit, Tumblr, Gamification, Wikis of all sorts. It's a sharing economy.
Holocracy, then, has a whiff of resilience about it. A democratic, group problem-solving hub. Next generation employees want flexible operating environments, increasingly challenging jobs (the faster the better) and being held accountable to the team.
It's ironic then, that one of the oldest frameworks for hierarchy, the military, might actually be a kind of holocracy.
The military values and builds on group accountability, respect and support for members, trust and integrity as the backbone – and as Simon Sinek's new book on healthy organizations explains, the leaders go last when it's meal time.
A military organization is hierarchical – but its groups operate independently in the field (platoons, corps, batallions etc). Groups are interconnected by a well understood plan, and group members are highly interdependent. Success comes with the achievement of deep, dynamic in-group accountability.
I'm not convinced that holocracy is such a new idea.
It's just a new application of people dynamics in business. Consider the economics of business: it's well understood that lots of unhappy employees will eventually impact your business. Poor customer experience, sub-quality products, haphazard or inconsistent execution – they're all culprits in poor market performance.
Disruptive technologies or macro-economic implosions aside, in our micro-environment, human resources are arguably the most important thing we should manage. Management researchers, like Jim Collins of "Good to Great" renown, advise CEO's to spend 80% of their time coaching their team. The more happy, aligned, and empowered the team is, the better it performs and the better the business can execute the chosen strategy.
Lots of current leadership thought focuses on culture and employee engagement. We know it's not enough to simply implement an employee engagement survey once a year. You have to dig really deep into topics like transparency, clarifying (and simplifying) goals, and ensuring there is waaaay more communication with the team than you're probably used to.
Resilience is built into this model – and notice how these attributes mirror the democratic, inter-accountable model of the holocracy. Culture and engagement are hugely important to the bottom line. A Google search on mergers yields stories of perfect marriages on paper that fail utterly to mesh the people (and egos) within the organization. Recently, a $35BN merger between two global ad agencies was squashed, notably, due to culture clash. Lost opportunity, distraction from the core business, disillusion of the teams – it's hard to believe that they didn't figure this part out first. Sadly, it happens ALL the time.
The business that focuses on identifying its brittle bits and works to create elasticity will win, every time. In "Leaders Eat Last", Simon Sinek identifies trust and safety as key drivers of productivity. When people feel threatened in their environment (someone or something is out to get them, perceived or real), they respond defensively, to protect themselves.
A truly productive and resilient environment, based on trust, collaboration, and sharing of resources can target potential problems before they arise, not to mention creatively solving them on the fly. How can we possibly expect people to work this way, if they're fully consumed with watching their backs?
So, maybe we don't need to throw the business baby out with the management bathwater. Maybe we just need to work harder at creating trust, fostering mutual respect, and remembering that a Boss has to work really hard to keep the team heading in the right direction, but a Leader only has to go in the direction, and a trusting team will follow.
In our business, we've implemented a "Got Your Back" award – so individuals can recognize one team member who's gone out of their way to help another. It's just one small thing, but the healthier our team is in its mundane everyday world, the more resilient we're going to be if something big kicks our proverbial feet out from under us.
After all, an unhealthy knee can be replaced – but if you want to get back into your running form, it takes having a healthy leg to begin with.
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Hey Angela, I love the theme of resilience you share in this piece…especially how it relates to trust. For what it's worth, I would add that the military hierarchy is definitely NOT like Holacracy® in that the military uses a hierarchy of people whereas Holacracy uses a hierarchy of scope and purpose. It's an important distinction that doesn't follow the traditional paradigm. For example, no one in a Holacracy can tell someone else what to do, which is completely counter to how the military structure authority and giving and following orders. So while you correctly highlight the adaptable, independent, and yet interdependent aspects of the military, I would clarify that Holacracy goes about achieving those things in a very different way. Thanks for getting my brain going this morning!
I grew up in a military family so I am very familiar with the issues you have identified vis a vis the military's style of hierarchy. I think what is fascinating about the holacratic model around scope and purpose is that if done well, it could be a powerful way to identify organizational goals organically THROUGH engagement, rather than having an organization adopt goals and then try to create engagement around those goals. And that's probably the magic to sustainable growth. Thanks Chris!
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La Stanza is a fast-paced board game in which players take the role of patrons of the arts sponsoring the most brilliant creators of the time and commissioning the best works of art, all while creating more wealth and increasing their social status and prestige.
On their turn, players move their "Patron" through the different rooms to recruit the characters that better serve their interest along the way. Characters increase the strength of the different actions players may perform in the room they end. Commission the best artists, rediscover the light of the arts, invest in new discoveries and trading routes, promote the culture, build universities, gain the trust of Kings, and create the new wonders of the Renaissance.
La Stanza is played in continuous rounds that result in dynamic turns and a challenging game play. Enlighten the new world and become the most prestigious patron of the Renaissance!
Note that this is the Deluxe edition of La Stanza, which contains larger wooden parts, metal coins and ALL unlocked Kickstarter Stretch Goals.
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In Keyflower: The Merchants, players delve into trade. This second expansion of the game adds a plethora of economic strategy to improve your village and collect the most victory points during the course of the four seasons. Players may choose to use all of the tiles from Keyflower: The Merchants and add tiles at random [...]
Haspelknecht: The Ruhr Valley
Haspelknecht: The Ruhr Valley is an expansion for Haspelknecht. You need the base game in order to play with this expansion. This expansion adds new challenges to Haspelknecht. Two new modules and 13 new developments are waiting to be explored. Coal mining has now become an inherent and lucrative business for farmers in the Ruhr [...]
Counterfeiters + Raiatea + Firenze (including Kickstarter Stretch Goals) + The Game Changers
This bundle includes Counterfeiters, Raiatea and Firenze. Originally funded through Kickstarter. All Stretch Goals for Counterfeiters, Raiatea and Firenze are included. As a free gift, you'll receive The Game Changers.
Terramara, or black earth, refers to the shared culture of a tight-knit network of villages in Northern Italy, founded during the mid to late Bronze Age (around 1500 BC). The inhabitants of this marl-rich land lived, travelled and traded in an area between the Alps and the river Po. They were hunters and farmers, but also practiced [...]
La Cosa Nostra is a game about the New York mafia. It's undoubtedly the most evil game we have ever published (with Halloween being a close second). You are one of several mob bosses roaming the streets of the Big Apple. Rise to the top to become the king of gambling, women, illegal substances and waste [...]
Chicago 1875: Burden of Destiny
..PRE-ORDER.. THIS ITEM WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN IN JANUARY 2020. The Burden of Destiny expansion expands upon the original gameplay in City of the Big Shoulders to include five new and unique companies to bolster your empire. Make your mark across Chicago with companies such as Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Oscar Mayer, and Quaker Oats. This expansion, which can't [...]
Carson City: Horses & Heroes
Carson City: Horses & Heroes adds some extra possible actions to Carson City. In this expansion, you can visit the rodeo to claim additional victory points and use horses to unlock special actions. There are also three new characters added to the game. On top, this expansion allows you to include a sixth player in the [...]
In Raiatea, players act as members of the Arioi, a secret Polynesian religious society. Over the course of the game, the Arioi will build colossal To'o statues in attempt to win the favor of their god, Oro. In the game's action rounds, players will take turns leading the group to various action locations. In ceremony rounds, players [...]
Keyflower: The Farmers
In Keyflower: The Farmers, players develop the agricultural side of their economy by acquiring new farm buildings, growing wheat and collecting and breeding farm animals (cows, pigs and sheep). Animals are kept in the fields created by the layout of the roads, adding a new dimension and considerations to the base game. Points can now [...]
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Once again we have Anna and Laura and we go through a very funny show.
We went from Soilwork to various experiences in concerts passing through Ghost.
Soilwork – New single streaming online.
Amorphis – New video released.
Antimatter – They just announced a new album.
My Dying Bride – Released a new track.
Ghost is streaming their full album.
Swallow the sun – will release a triple album in November.
After the regular topics we talked about Epica which was a headline we forgot and the comments related to the band and the live video they released we ended up talking about personal experiences in concerts and different type of audience depending on the country you are in.


After school care needed on a Monday Tuesday and Wednesday (and maybe possibly some Thursdays.
My daughter gets the school bus home to Low Habberley arriving just after 3.30.
Carer would ideally meet my daughter from the bus, or collect from school at 3.10.
If this clashes with other collections of children she could attend after school club until 4.15.
I could possibly need some help with school holidays as well.


Detecting nesting trees of the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) using their feces.
Impacts of fire on the group composition of the Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus cruentatus in the non-breeding season.
A bird-parasitic fly, Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch (Diptera, Carnidae) in Japan : Avian hosts, infestations, and acase of human dermatitis caused by adult.
Activities as an ecology research member of the Japan overseas cooperation volunteers in Madagascar.
Analysis of genetic population structure in the critically endangered insular endemic Okinawa Woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii).
Mori,S., Tsuyama, S., Tamura, S., Chiba, S., Izumi, H. & Nishiumi, I.
Breeding population dynamics of the great-spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major influenced by seed crops of an introduced pine and winter severity.
Iwasa M., Mori S., Iida T., Nakamori J.
Population maintenance mechanisms in the Great Spotted Woodpecker in a fragmented forest landscape.


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So, it is time to look for your wedding tuxedo. Out of all of the wedding plans out there, this one can be one of the little details that is left on the back burner until the last second. This is not a good idea as sometimes a person could be left with the leftovers and we don't think that your fiance will be very happy about it. The key to finding the right tuxedo for your wedding is finding the right tuxedo shop. A high quality tuxedo shop will be able to point you in the right direction in terms of style as well as alter a tuxedo so that it fits like a glove. A great shop can also advise you in terms of accessorizing. So, as you head out into the Houston area to find some tuxedo shops that are worthy of you paying a visit to, pay heed to the tips we have provided below, you will find them more than useful.
First of all let us stress once again that you not wait to start looking for your wedding tuxedo. So, where do you begin in this all important search? Your first action should be to ask your friends, family and coworkers if they have any experience finding and buying or renting a tuxedo. Hopefully, you can get a great tip on a tuxedo shop this way. There are a few other sources that you could check as well. If you have hired any of your wedding vendors, you could ask them if they have any recommendations for you. Searching online can also be a great wealth of information. From these three sources, you should be able to garner a list of potential tuxedo shops that you can check out. Call each one and setup a date and time that you can visit the shop and have a chat about your tuxedo needs and even try on a few from their inventory.
Take a picture of your fiance's bridal gown with you on each site visit. One thing we should tackle a bit with you is the old rental versus buy debate. There are many pros to renting a tuxedo. First of all it is much more affordable to rent. It is also a better way to go when you need to match up with someone or something. If you don't plan on going to another formal affair in 10 years, renting is the way to go. When you go on your site visits, have an idea of what you like in terms of style and shade. You want to immediately try to build a relationship with one of the shop's very knowledgeable consultants. They can truly be your best friend if you get a really good one. We suggest that you mention your budget immediately. You don't want your consultant bringing out a lot of tuxedos that there is no way that you can afford. Ask the consultant if they update their inventory very often. How much experience does the staff have. Are they knowledgeable in all things tuxedo.
Another very important person in this search is a talented tailor. They are truly the ones who will make you look amazing inside of your tuxedo. You also want to work with a place that has expert tailors because your tuxedo might go through as many as three alterations. Make sure that you ask the shop how experienced their tailors are. After all of your visits, you will need to decide which shop rose above the rest. When you feel a comfort level with one in particular, it is time to go and pick out that perfect tuxedo for you.


This is one of the most spectacular chandeliers we have ever had. Made of heavily seeded blown glass spheres alternating with conical shapes that fill the voids between the spheres. Fine quality fixture features three standard bulbs.
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Classical Dynamics: the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian
Overview of Advanced Methods of Reinforcement Learning in Finance
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
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In the last course of our specialization, Overview of Advanced Methods of Reinforcement Learning in Finance, we will take a deeper look into topics discussed in our third course, Reinforcement Learning in Finance. In particular, we will talk about links between Reinforcement Learning, option pricing and physics, implications of Inverse Reinforcement Learning for modeling market impact and price dynamics, and perception-action cycles in Reinforcement Learning. Finally, we will overview trending and potential applications of Reinforcement Learning for high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, peer-to-peer lending, and more. After taking this course, students will be able to - explain fundamental concepts of finance such as market equilibrium, no arbitrage, predictability, - discuss market modeling, - Apply the methods of Reinforcement Learning to high-frequency trading, credit risk peer-to-peer lending, and cryptocurrencies trading.
Perception - Beyond Reinforcement Learning
Welcome!!4:17
Market Dynamics and IRL5:41
Diffusion in a Potential: The Langevin Equation8:03
Classical Dynamics7:49
Potential Minima and Newton's Law4:28
Classical Dynamics: the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian7:56
Langevin Equation and Fokker-Planck Equations9:38
The Fokker-Planck Equation and Quantum Mechanics12:25
Igor Halperin
Now, let's talk a little bit more about the classical limit of our system. The first topic I wanted to touch upon is conservation of energy, E. The total energy E, is the sum of kinetic energy equal to K. Kinetic energy K equal to M squared over two, and the potential energy U of X. Conservation of energy says that, their sum is constant in time, which gives us Equation 30, shown here. We can also rewrite it as shown in Equation 31, by regrouping terms and taking a square root. This is an ordinary differential equation that we can explicitly integrate. And if we do that, we obtain Equation 32, on this slide. Here, a parameter X nought, is some initial value and the constant in this equation, partially absorbs any changes to this parameter. So, there are a few things we can see about this equation, first it does not give the direct solution as a function X T, rather the method gives an inverse function T, ot which is equal to T of X. Second, an inspection of this equation, shows something that we already know. Namely that, the total energy should be larger or equal to the potential energy, than the potential energy. If this condition is violated, the expression under the square root becomes negative. Let's consider again the example that we already discussed, that has two meta-stable states. In this graph, the energy E of a particle, can be plotted as a horizontal line at the level of this energy. If we go along this line from the left to the right, the point where it intersects with the potential are points where the kinetic energy becomes zero. At this point, the particle turns around. Therefore, those points are called the turning points. Therefore, turning points are simply found by solving Equation 33, shown in this slide. Now, imagine that for a given level E, we have two turning points, X1 and X2. This means that our potential and our energy E are such that, a system can only do a finite motion. Then, these points can be used as limits of integration in above formula, and this produces Equation 34 here. Please note that the common p integral factor here, is twice the same factor in a previous formula, and this is because Equation 34 is written for the full period of oscillations, and this gives us an extra factor of two. Now, a socially useful here to review alternative formulations of classical mechanics, that might be useful to know. The first fundamental concept that we need here, is the concept of action and Lagrange function. The action is simply defined as the time integral over Lagrangian function. In its form, the Lagrangian function, is given by the difference of the kinetic and potential energies. Now, all of classical mechanics can be derived from a single principle called the Hamilton principle. It says that the motion of a mechanical system should be such that, the action along a trajectory is minimized. This is called the Hamilton principle of the least action, if an action S is optimal for a given trajectory, then its variation under small variations of the trajectory itself, should be zero. Well, now that a variation of action can be expressed in terms of variation of the integrant of the action as shown here in Equation 36, if in addition you integrate the second term here by parts, you will obtain the Lagrange equation shown here in Equation 37. Lagrange equations are very general, and in particular, they reproduce the Newtonian Laws of Dynamics. It's also useful to use conservation of energy shown here in Equation 38, and use it to express the momentum P, which is equal to the product M times X dot, in terms of energy E and potential energy U, as shown on the right of this equation. If we substitute this into the definition of action, we obtain equation 39 shown here, this one gives the action as a function of the terminal position of a particle. Now, the reason we talk about the action at lengths here, is that while it plays a somewhat formal role in classical mechanics, it becomes vital in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. Indeed, in classical mechanics, you can in principle, proceed just with the Newtonian mechanics and Newtonian mechanics does not use any notion of the action. The Hamiltonian principle is used here in order to derive the Newtonian mechanics from something else, such as variational principle. But at the end, the principal selects one optimal trajectory, and this is a trajectory that is followed by a classical system. On the other hand, when we move from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics, then the action becomes a first-class citizen there. In quantum mechanics, all paths simultaneously contribute to a transition over a quantum particle from one point in space to another. The full probability is a weighted sum of probabilities of transitions along each given pass. The weights of those passes are given by the exponential of the action multiplied by the imaginary unit and divided by the Planck constant H bar. Now, if action S along a trajectory is real, the whole expression in exponential, is purely imaginary and therefore it doesn't change the norm of the exponential. On the other hand, assume that S is imaginary, then in the exponential, we will have a negative number, that is, such trajectory would be exponentially suppressed by its action. On the other hand, if you look at Equation 40, you can see when you can get imaginary actions. For this, you need to have a negative expression under the square root in this equation. But this happens only when energy is less than the potential energy U of X. But we just said that for a classical motion, we should have the opposite relation, E larger than U of X. This means that exponential suppressed contributions are obtained when a particle goes through a classically forbidden region in the X space. This is called quantum tunneling, and this is one of the most fascinating phenomena in quantum physics. We will talk a little bit more about it after we discuss the Fokker-Planck equation in the next video.