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Category: My Daily Race
by Pia October 20, 2018 Comments0
Road to Senate 2019
A couple of days a week, I hop on a bike to work out before I start my day. Today was no different, except I had a specific destination. I was going to ride to the Commission on Election's (COMELEC) office in Intramuros, Manila to file my certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator for next year's elections. That ride was symbolic in many ways.
On my way to the COMELEC with friends and supporters
First, it marks the beginning of my journey to return to the Senate, fourteen years after I first stepped on its hallowed halls as the country's youngest elected female senator (2004-2010). I would later serve a second term (2010-2016).
It's official! With my supportive younger brother Lino
The battles I fought throughout the twelve years in the Senate and two more in the House of Representatives were not easy. Most of the landmark measures I passed and continue to be involved in – reproductive health, sin tax, cheaper medicine law, anti-age discrimination, expanded maternity leave, and divorce, have been met with so much resistance from different fronts. But I've learned to use my training as an endurance athlete to persevere and fight to the very end, until I reach my goal.
Second, I purposely biked to represent my advocacy for sustainable transportation, something that is urgently needed in our society today. It includes the building of efficient mass transportation systems, bike lanes, sidewalks, and pedestrian walkways. A well-designed transport system will ease the traffic situation in Metro Manila and other urban centers, which has been greatly affecting businesses and individual productivity. Sustainable transportation is kinder to our environment, better for our personal health and fitness, and good for the economy.
Third, I wore a skirt. Yes, I did. I took a few spins on my foldable bike around the Rizal Monument in Luneta first to make sure I can comfortably bike in a skirt. And I'm happy to say, I can and I did! It is a nod to women everywhere who are playing multiple roles in society today, and doing a great job at it. On this note, I'm so proud to include an update on my package of laws to support women – the recently ratified Expanded Maternity Leave Bill that gives 105 days of paid maternity leave to working mothers. As a working mom myself, I've seen the balancing act women perform to be mothers while working at the same time. But women in the work force are here to stay and it is society's job to make this environment supportive to working mothers.
Lastly, I started from the Rizal Monument because that's where Kilometer Zero is. "KM 0" markers are normally located in a country's capital from which road distances are measured. I see those kilometer posts all the time when biking, and those numbers indicate how far the place is from Kilometer Zero. As a senator, it's a reminder to me that I represent the entire country, from kilometer zero to the farthest towns north and south of the Philippines.
At Km Zero where I will begin my campaign
And now, I am back on this road to the Senate starting from KM Zero, willing to take on more challenges in the humble service of the Filipino people.
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My kind of highway
Re-launching my blog with a story close to my heart: A new highway in Taguig City that has an exclusive bike lane and walkway Read More
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Realizations on my first visit to Russia
I had several pre-conceived notions about Russia on my very first visit there, and I was glad to be proven wrong
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St. Petersburg, from the view of a runner-parliamentarian
Historic St. Petersburg provided the perfect backdrop to a productive IPU assembly – and a quick morning run I managed to squeeze in
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My Firstborn, the Prom Princess
by Pia August 26, 2011 Comments0
I could only stare at her beautiful face and be proud. My sweet baby girl, the Prom Princess.
In Our Own Backyard
by Pia July 19, 2011 Comments0
I am proud to report that the Philippine Senate has been able to reduce by as much as 50% the volume of garbage it generates Read More
My Vision of a Better PhilHealth
by Pia June 10, 2011 Comments0
I do believe the changes we are proposing will make PhilHealth more responsive to the health needs of the Filipinos.
PhilHealth Amendments
On June 1, 2011, I sponsored Senate Bill No. 2849 which amends the existing PhilHealth law or Republic Act No. 7875.
I had to take time to educate myself and spend a lot of long hours, including ice packs for my headaches and at night, after working, drink chamomile tea to help my brain shut down and rest. My staff worked overtime on this bill too and in a future blog, I should write about how they coped with the long hours.
I apologize in advance because this blog entry is a bit heavy and technical. Whether I am drafting a senate bill, writing a committee report or my blog, I always try to simplify the technical terms used. Legal phrases and procedures are easier for me to explain because of my legal background. But medical and financial terms are of a different class altogether. So, I am warning you, there is a fair share of medical and health financing terms used here.
During numerous hearings and technical working group meetings, it was revealed that in the 16 years since PhilHealth has been in effect, it has failed to cover many Filipinos, particularly the poor who are in dire need of health care. Philhealth now provides a wide array of benefits. But without Philhealth membership they have to pay for all their medical expenses.
The other problem is for those who are already members – many are still unable to use their Philhealth benefits because the out-of-pocket expenses they need to shoulder are way too high.
Thus, my bill aims to resolve the current problems as follows:
1. Universal coverage
Section 17: all Filipinos shall be enrolled in the PhilHealth program.
All Filipino citizens will have to be properly categorized as (i) indigents, as may be identified by a means test to be conducted by the National Government, (ii) members of the informal sector, (iii) practicing professionals and self-earning individuals, and (iv) the formal sector, or those whose PhilHealth premiums are automatically deducted from their salary.
The bill further identifies who will pay for the premiums of the different categories:
Indigent- national government
Lowest income level earners of the informal sector- local government, legislative sponsor or other sponsors; or
Able and capable- oneself
Section 6: mandates that no Filipino shall be denied access to basic health care services, which are identified in the bill. Further, no woman who is about to give birth shall be denied maternal and newborn care.
2. Lower out-of-pocket expenses
The poorest of the poor are not able to avail of health care services because they need to shoulder more than half of the total expense which is considered out-of-pocket expenses, thus, a shift to case-based payment from the current fee-for-service arrangement is proposed in this bill. And this is where I spent many hours understanding how these payment systems work. I also tried to simplify the definition of the terms.
Fee for service payment which is defined in as a fee pre-determined by PhilHealth for every single test conducted, every drugs and medicines given, and in addition, for the professional fee and hospital bill.
Case-based payment scheme which is where the treatment of a certain disease, from diagnosis to cure is charged a one fixed package cost.
Section 6: PhilHealth and DOH shall annually study the services being offered to determine its financial sustainability and relevance to health innovations with the end in view of reduced out-of-pocket expenditure, among others.
Section 15 further directs that the excess reserve funds will be used to meet the principles of the bill, one of which is to reduce out-of-pocket expenses.
3. More efficient allocation of funds
To reinforce the focus on preventive and primary health care, the bill provides for community-based services in the form of Essential Health Care Packages and per capita payment- based services.
Essential Health Packages refers to a variety of health care packages consisting of promotive, preventive, diagnostic, curative and rehabilitative services that respond to the needs of the community.
Per capita payment refers to a pre-determined fixed rate paid to a health care provider to provide a defined set of services in the community for a fixed period of time for each enrolled individual.
Capitation. Capitation is the amount paid by PhilHealth to an LGU for every indigent that an LGU enrolls. Section 22: directs the LGUs to invest this capitation fund solely on health infrastructures or equipment, professional fees, drugs and supplies or information technology and database.
4. Other Features of the Bill
a. Reserves
Under the existing law, Philhealth is allowed to save two years worth of its projected expenditures as "allowable reserve fund." This has been highly criticized because Philhealth is suppose to spending the funds on health care services instead of saving it as if it were a bank. Thus, under this bill, Philhealth is limited to save for its reserve fund an amount equivalent to projected expenditures for only one year. Any excess in the actual reserves will be used to meet the principles stated in the bill, which is to expand the health care benefits of the people.
b. Information technology
The bill mandates that PhilHealth should invest in the acceleration of its information technology systems.
It should maintain and secure a database of all its enrollees to ensure universal coverage.
The bill obligates the PhilHealth to diligently educate its users of health benefits, and of their rights and privileges under the law.
I am ready to defend this bill on the floor. I do believe the changes we are proposing in this measure will make PhilHealth more responsive to the health needs of the Filipinos. But the filing of this committee report is just part of the process and the bill will now be scrutinized by my colleagues. I am looking forward to their inputs during the periods of interpellation and amendments so we can make this an even better bill.
Full text of Sponsorship Speech of SB No. 2849
by Pia May 29, 2011 Comments0
Do not be fooled. That is not a girls' lunch out or is it a summer weekend tea party. It is just a regular summer working day for me and my staff.
During the senate summer recess and even after session resumed, we continue to work either at the office, in my house or out of town.
This is just one of the regular workdays we had in my house.
Now that we are working on the final drafts of both the PhilHealth and Reproductive Health bills, we have been spending even more late nights and weekends working from my house. That is Atty. Joei and me and the Reproductive Health bill.
Bill drafting, reviewing and proof reading take a lot of patience and practice. That is why I think a conducive work environment is crucial.
After years of not having much of a living room, everything finally fell into place. The right sala set, big enough to accommodate a large group but still cozy enough for just my kids and I to laze around in at night. The right round table, perfect for breakfast or group meetings like that shown in the pic. Actually that table and chair set belong to my parents. We kind of borrowed it when I celebrated my birthday two months ago, and have been enjoying it ever since.
I like to think of my home as an alternative work environment for my staff where they can be more relaxed while still getting the work done. As you can see, professional work clothes are not required. (Sidenote on that: My Chief Of Style…Oops! Chief-Of-Staff, DG, wore a brown mid-knee romper for work the day before. Inspired by her summer-friendly attire, I decided to wear a summer outfit the next day. So on the next day, I wore a denim romper only to find out that DG outshone me when she showed up in a bright colored romper with splashes of yellow, orange and pink. But that is fine, I am more than happy that she can freely express herself.) They are also free to raid my kitchen and my stash of chocolate (Although, I do hide that well). They are also free to swim in my little backyard pool, although so far, the only ones who have used the pool are the kids of my Chief-Of-Staff, who take their swim lessons there with my triathlon coach.
Working from my house necessarily includes an invitation to do a sunset trail bike run or swim. See that floral arrangement on the table? When I asked who would like to go for a run later, Mich, my researcher, actually tried to hide behind it! As if I didn't know she was there! Oh well, there is always Che, my ever-reliable executive assistant/political-international relations officer. She won't back down on any invitation to run whether it be under the sun or in freezing weather.
But like I said, do not be fooled by the homey atmosphere and the floral prints. My legislative team is lean and mean. The bills we have been toiling over will be out soon. Then we go to the next stage, which is defending them on the senate floor. Meanwhile, I would like to think that I provide an employee-friendly, women-friendly, child-friendly working environment for my staff.
Murder At Sea
Today, I woke up to a very disturbing headline in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, entitled "Coral Reefs Twice Size of Manila Destroyed". Last Tuesday, officials from the Bureau of Customs reported that a "reef complex" off the coast of Cotabato Province was obliterated, destroying coral reefs and killing other marine life. In the opening paragraph of the article, "the crime was described as the 'rape of the ocean'."
Photo Credits: Philippine Daily Inquirer
What are the applicable laws?
Section 27(a) of Republic Act No. 9147 entitled "Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act" penalizes illegal acts such as "(a) killing and destroying wildlife species…" Section 28 of the same law states that any person found guilty of such illegal act shall be imposed with "(b) imprisonment of four (4) and one (1) day to six (6) years and/or a fine of Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) if inflicted or undertaken against endangered species."
Section 91 of Republic Act 8550 or the "Fisheries Code of 1998", outlaws "any person or corporation to gather, possess, sell or export ordinary, precious and semi-precious corals whether in raw or in processed form." Any person found guilty of such act is penalized with six months to two years imprisonment and a fine from P2,000 to P20,000 or both at the discretion of the court.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora prohibits the the collection and harvesting of endangered species such as coral reefs and sea turtles. We are a party to the Convention, and are bound by the same.
My work in the Senate
On numerous occasions on the Senate floor, including budget deliberations/hearings, I have continuously called for the increase in budget allocation to protect our resources. I know that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has actively sought for the same, reverberating the call for more budget for the environment. Unfortunately, this was a low priority of the previous administration. Perhaps this would serve as a wake up for the current administration.
On my part as a legislator, I have filed and sponsored on the floor a number of bills declaring various areas in the Philippines as protected areas. To name a few, these are the protected area bills which have been enacted into laws:
Republic Act No. 9847 "Mounts Banahaw-San Cristobal Protected Landscape (MBSCPL) Act of 2009"
Republic Act No. 10067 "Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP) Act of 2009"
Republic Act No. 9486 or "Central Cebu Protected Landscape Act of 2007"
Republic Act No. 9494 or "Mimbilisan Protected Landscape Act of 2007"
Aside from these, I have proposed budget amendments for the protection of areas covered by the aforementioned laws and certain protected areas found in the provinces of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Bukidnon, and Davao.
One effective model for the protection of both marine resources and forests is to empower the locals thru education and awareness programs to protect their own environment. I have been supporting and pushing for more eco-tourism projects as well. This has proven to be successful in pilot projects across the country.
But despite the existence of these laws and international convention, for as long as the demand on our precious marine life remains, these crimes will continue. As a people, we must unite and declare war against these poachers and murders of our marine life. Government authorities must act with haste. It is important that we show our determination in prosecuting these heinous offenses. These criminals must be put behind bars and made to pay for their crimes.
Tobacco use kills more than five million people per year. It is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths.
Every eight seconds, someone dies because of smoking-related diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and heart diseases.[1]
Among the five greatest risk factors for mortality, it is the single most preventable cause of death. But, if the current patterns continue, tobacco use will kill more than 8 million people per year by 2030. Up to half of the world's more than 1 billion smokers will die prematurely of a tobacco-related disease.[2]
In the Philippines, 34.8% of our population is engaged in tobacco smoking. What is more disturbing is that children as early as nine years old smoke.[3]
For every cigarette stick smoked, a smoker loses at least five minutes of his precious life and also endangers the lives of innocent people around him whose only fault is that they did not forget to breathe.
As Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography in the 14th Congress, I heard and then sponsored the bill mandating picture-based warnings on tobacco products (SB 2377).
We need the bill to deter new smokers, especially among the youth, try to lessen the urge of existing smokers, as well as implement our commitment under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which is an international treaty initiated by the World Health Assembly. It is the first global public health agreement devoted entirely to tobacco control to which the Philippines is a signatory and which was participated in by 192 countries.
The Philippines acceded to the FCTC in 2005 obliging us to comply with certain standards, such as tobacco price and tax increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, illicit trade and second-hand smoke. More importantly, the FCTC recommends implementing effective measures on packaging and labeling of tobacco products, such as the adoption of a picture-based health warning on tobacco packages.
I defended this bill on the floor and was hoping it would pass, but there was strong resistance from some senators. It was very disappointing.
Meanwhile, a similar bill filed in the House of Representatives was not prospering either, also due to the resistance of some lawmakers.
Soon after, then Secretary of Health Esperanza Cabral came out with DOH Administrative Order 2010-0013 which mandated that graphic health warnings be placed in tobacco packages in accordance with our obligation under the FCTC.
This was a move I fully supported and was happy to see implemented.
Unfortunately, the tobacco companies filed a petition questioning the legality of DOH AO 2010-0013 and seeking to prevent the DOH from implementing the same. An injunction order restraining the DOH from implementing the AO was granted by a Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan. Thus, the DOH filed a petition with the Supreme Court to question the decision of the lower court.
Former Health Secretaries Francisco Duque III, Jaime Galvez-Tan, Alberto Romualdez, Alfredo Bengzon and Esperanza Cabral, then filed a Motion to Intervene in the Supreme Court case citing that as former health secretaries, "it is our moral responsibility to continue to protect public health interest from an industry that fosters disease and death in its regular course of business." They also said that "the meddling of the tobacco industry is preventing the DOH from carrying out its mandate to protect and preserve the health and lives of Filipinos."[4]
In April 2011, the Supreme Court granted said Motion to Intervene.
The mandate for tobacco products to bear graphic health warnings should no longer be a subject of great debate. Studies show that graphic health warnings are effective.
In Brazil, two thirds of smokers (67%) said the warnings made them want to quit.[5]
In Canada, nearly half of smokers (44%) said the warnings had increased their motivation to quit.[6] More than one quarter of smokers (27%) also smoked less inside their home as a result of warnings.[7]
In Singapore, more than one quarter of smokers (28%) said they consumed fewer cigarettes as a result of the warnings[8]and one out of six (14%) of smokers said they avoided smoking in front of children as a result of warnings.[9]
In Thailand, nearly half (44%) of smokers said the pictorial warnings made them "a lot" more likely to quit over the next month.[10]
Now in the 15th Congress, I have re-filed the Senate Bill No. 2340 or the "Picture-Based Health Warning Law". As Chair of the Committee on Health, I intend to hold a hearing soon. I know the tobacco lobby is strong but policy makers and legislators should not hesitate to support policies and legislation that will promote the health of Filipinos. This is mandated in Sec. 15 of the Philippine Constitution which says that "the State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them."
Tobacco products have been proven to be hazardous to people's health. The tobacco companies are not being prevented from conducting business. But since they are selling a hazardous product, they should be responsible corporate citizens and comply with policies that are pro-health.
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Information Governance Requires Speaking the Same Language
October 05, 2021 Information Management
By Laurence Hart
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I have been trying to learn Italian. Not for a hobby or a trip. My goal is to be able to enjoy operas without having to watch subtitles or read translations. I simply want to be able to sit back, relax, close my eyes, and enjoy both the music and story.
During my studies, I often come across a word that seems familiar. It is easy to draw the relationship from the Italian word to a similar word in English. However, sometimes the word translates in a subtly different manner. I understand the intent of what is being said, but lose the nuance.
The same challenge occurs when organizations try to discuss information governance plans. Too often, speakers drop the adjectives that would adequately describe the importance of information. You can easily follow a conversation if you know the speaker's job and the types of records with which they work. But when it comes to documenting the details in ways that everyone can understand, five different people will read the same sentence and come away with five different meanings.
You Can't Move Forward Without a Common Vocabulary
In the early days of enterprise content management (ECM), there were a lot of discussions around the exact meaning of ECM and other industry terms. Vendors' definitions, conveniently enough, perfectly matched their products' capabilities. Finding a common language that cut across vendor products was critical in trying to identify and define best practices.
Over time, we came to a generally accepted set of terms. Some were inconsistent in their construction (especially when vendors had created an entrenched meaning), but there was a common language. We could go to conferences, share and learn from each other.
Sure, disagreements still happen. When new vendors enter the industry, they try to create new terms for old concepts. However, looking back, those detailed discussions allowed us to move the profession forward.
Related Article: Knowledge Management vs. Organizational Intelligence: What's in a Name?
Same Building, Different Languages
Inside an organization, it is easy to introduce new terms and concepts. That is, easy if you explain it in the context of the existing structures. Changing the current usage of a term is much more challenging.
Every organization has people who have been there longer than most of us have been in the work force. They not only know how things are done, they know what everything is called. Often, those labels run contrary to how other parts of the organization refer to similar items. Other times, the same term might refer to something completely different.
Related Article: Are We Really Having the 'ECM Is Dead' Conversation Again?
Starting an Information Governance Program? Do This First
Before you can establish a proper information governance program, everyone needs to speak the same language. Defining what a "record" means can itself be a challenge. If you ask a career records manager, they will tell you that everything is a record. Ask a production manager in a factory, they will tell you that records refer to reports on output and productivity. Talk to finance and they'll point to their financial reports.
People never qualify their statements. They don't say, "financial records." They just say, "records." Other items are not "records" to them, even when they are. They drop the descriptor. This happens throughout the organization. Everyone in each group knows what is being discussed without the added context provided by those dropped adjectives.
Taking the time to reach a common understanding across the organization is important. List the records with which people work, including the qualifying terms. Put those definitions into policy. Then, ensure the policies always use the proper terms.
Related Article: When it Comes to Content Management, Master the Essentials First
Advice That Never Grows Old
Even the most functional and capable organizations have challenges with terminology. Terms evolve over time and reflect a deep understanding of the business. Creating a common language isn't about forcing people to change, it is about recognizing those subtle meanings before disagreements break out over what is in the end a nuanced difference.
Most importantly, everyone in the organization needs to know when, and why, they need to use precise language. Awareness of the differences in terminology is the surest way to ensure people will pause to add clarification if things aren't immediately clear. That pause helps avoid situations where people decide to stand their ground to defend a misunderstanding.
Once you are speaking the same language, meetings will go smoother and your information governance efforts will progress much faster.
Laurence Hart is a director of consulting services at CGI Federal, with a focus on leading digital transformation efforts that drive his clients' success. A proven leader in content management and information governance, Laurence has over two decades of experience solving the challenges organizations face as they implement and deploy information solutions.
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Q: How to get selection Changed object value using wijmo grid Here i created  same directive for wijmo grid, here my problem is i am not able to get selected row value,how to do section changed in directive ?
Thanks in advance
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A: The grid's "selection" property returns a CellRange object that contains the selection. It's a get/set property, so you can use it at any time to find out what rows and columns are selected, or to modify the selection.
If a single cell is selected, the range's "row" and "col" properties will contain the indices of the selected row and column. If a range is selected, you can use the ranges "topRow", "leftCol", "bottomRow", and "rightCol" to get the range.
This link describes other useful methods and properties of the CellRange object:
https://wijmo.com/5/docs/topic/wijmo.grid.CellRange.Class.html

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The Planetary Union Network is pleased to welcome award winning composer Joel McNeely to the PUNcast! Co-host Michael (because a thunderstorm made Joe mute his mic far too much) chats with Joel about previous career experience, working with Seth MacFarlane, and his work scoring on The Orville. Joe and Michael then discuss S02E04 Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes. Fans have one week left to enter our contest with La-La Land Records for one of 5 copies of the season 1 soundtrack album. You can follow Joel on Twitter. Be sure to follow Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and hit the website at PlanetaryUnion.net.
The Planetary Union Network is pleased to welcome, actor and all around great kid, BJ Tanner (Marcus Finn) to the PUNcast! Co-hosts Joe and Michael chat with BJ about his experience on The Orville. Then they discuss S02E02 Primal Urges and unveil some contest giveaways. You can follow BJ on Twitter and Instagram. Be sure to follow Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and hit the website at PlanetaryUnion.net.
Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast (episode 024) is back with our Season 2 Premiere episode! Co-hosts Joe and Michael discuss Ja'loja and reveal some future podcast guests. Be sure to follow Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr.
Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast (episode 023) is pleased to welcome Bryan Rodgers (The Orville Prop Master). Co-host Joe (flying solo due to technical difficulties) chats with Bryan about his props for Season 1, answers some fan questions from Reddit, and his long career in the industry. Be sure to follow Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr.
The PUNcast is back for Season 2 and pleased to welcome, actor, Rico E. Anderson (The Moclan Doctor from The Orville Season 1 Episode About a Girl). Co-hosts Joe and Michael chat with Rico about his career in theater, roles in Star Trek productions, and his experience on The Orville. You can follow Rico on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Be sure to follow Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr.
Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast (episode 018) is pleased to welcome Jason Roberts (The Orville Unit Production Manager) and Tom Costantino (The Orville Associate Producer, Editor). Co-hosts Dan, Joe, and Michael chat with Jason about their recent visit to the set of The Orville and about the role of a unit production manager on TV show like The Orville. Be sure to follow Planetary Union Network: The Orville Fan Podcast on Facebook and Twitter, Instagram, and now on Tumblr!


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This year's Council for Community and Economic Research Conference (C2ER) and LMI Institute Forum is focused on the global impact of regional partnerships, and managers from around the U.S. will gather to discuss topics facing industries, the economy, and the talent pool.
The conference takes place June 6-10 in Minneapolis. Classes, presentations, and breakout sessions are designed to guide state, national, and regional-level managers that want to be better enabled to make positive impacts both at home and abroad. Frequently, the people we work with and speak come from organizations that either provide strategic international partnerships or are growing their own understanding about globalization's regional affects on their daily business.
The fundamental reality is that promoting an active global perspective among labor-supply specialists, economic developers, and researchers is essential to developing sustainable regional partnerships. Globally focused relationships and mindsets give leaders the foundations needed for international collaboration that addresses the greatest challenges in producing jobs and improving workforce quality.
For 56 years, C2ER and the LMI Institute have brought together chamber leaders, administrators at government agencies and universities, data and labor-market experts, administrators at economic-development and utility firms, and consulting directors. Economic researchers and labor market specialists have added value to their state and municipal agencies after attending the event. We invite you to visit our event site and view the preliminary agenda to learn more.
Coming up in a few weeks, C2ER will be a presenting a new training course, Cluster Mapping for Economic Development. This is a one-day training course delivered by the U.S. Cluster Mapping Project at Harvard Business School. This in-person training session will introduce attendees to important cluster concepts, and how the U.S. Cluster Mapping Project's newly revamped webtool can help to inform economic development strategies and activities.
To learn more about the class, you can watch this short video with Sarah Jane Maxted from the U.S. Cluster Mapping Project. Sarah Jane talks about the tool itself and what skills attendees can expect to take away from the training.
The first class takes place in Boston on June 25, then is presented a second time in Sacramento on July 29, paired with a second day of learning on July 30, The Basics of Economic Impact Analysis.
Check the C2ER training page for details, agenda, and registration.


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This Player Would Be A Superb Signing For Newcastle This Summer – If We Can Get Him
8:37am Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
We reported yesterday on what appears to be a new target for Newcastle in 26-year-old Napoli central midfielder Allan who is a Brazil U20 International.
Allan Coutinho, Sandro, Oscar, Casemiro, and Danilo when Brazi won the U20 World Cup in Colombia back in 2011 so Allan has always been a top player.
Since the report came out and we have learned a lot more about this player he would seem to be an excellent buy for €10M (£8.9M) if we can get him.
26-year-old Napoli central midfielder Allan
Was this his reaction when asked if he wanted to sign for Newcastle?
Allan can play in defensive midfield as well in attacking central midfield and you have to have a lot of different skills to be able to play in both positions.
That's a really versatile technical player who could either partner Jonjo Shelavy in defensive midfield or play in place of Jonjo because he has that creativity, speed and passing ability.
This is a player who no doubt Rafa has been keeping a watch on since he signed on at Napoli and his contacts there will have told the world-class manager he has been playing excellently in Italy.
In the two years he's been at Napoli he has played 82 games with 4 goals and 12 assists.
If Newcastle can get this player into the club then he could improve under the expert guidance of Rafa Benitez. and we would have
And Newcastle would have brought in a real class player who would give a lot to the Newcastle team – some of that is real creativity which we sadly lack at the moment.
Take Jonjo out of the side and we have very little creativity or skill in central midfield.
Southampton and West Brom are the other two Premier League clubs who are interested in this player – but it's time for Newcastle to be really aggressive and wrap up the signing of this player.
We should do whatever it takes.
We cannot miss out on this player.
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Jail for Ashley
Sign him up.
@1 Agreed. Just what we need.
Go get him Charnley !
pablos left foot
Allan AND Samaris, sounds pretty good.
On the negative side of this article, I will be amazed if the fee is as low as that. If it is, then this could be the bargain of the season.
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Another day goes by without a signing it must be really difficult this window !
Clubs and Agents will be waiting to see if they can get the best deal for their players so it probably explains why the market is slow not just for us but plenty of other teams struggling to get who they need alright Huddersfield have signed lots of players but a lot of their players last season where loan players or short term so they had to sign a lot more players !
Might be a bit of a disjointed start to the season for a lot of teams as no one has managed to get the players in that they need just a shame we have Spurs first who still have a settled team but the rest of our first 8 fixtures I think could be winnable if we can get it together !
swemag
I spend a lot of time in Portugal, many Bebfica friends. Noone will miss Samaris. Very average. We should give it a miss.
Surely for a guy like this it would be worth going in with an offer above the 8.9 mill. quoted. Say 12 mill.
He'd still be a bargain, and it's not as if we have overspent in the window to date.
There's a douche of cold water!
Strange about Samaris. Quoted 13m for a player who is struggling to get into Greek team. Allan is a much better choice at the moment. But both do not have Premier League experience. How about Fernando ?
hibbit
never seen that one coming lol
ShirebrookToon
Come on Rafa get this lad signed. Let's start showing some intent!
Greek players tend to be tenatious battlers rather than flair players. Maybe he isn't suited to portugal. If this is the case, then he would certainly be worth bringing in. Allen (although not your traditional Brazillian exotic name) seems ideal. No prem experience, but has been playing in Italy which is a tough league.
toontaff2
Can we get that lad Ed's been scouting – Allan Coutinho – sounds much better than Allan!
Marccacus,
Name a Greek footballer would be a really good question on BBC's pointless.
ToonFanAbroad
Seems that we might be having a bit of activity in these coming days.
Ill be happy if we get Samaris and Allan. I also read that Rafa has enquired about getting Batshuayi in on loan, would't mind that
Jail.
Be one or two obscure pointless answers for sure.
WLtoon
This window has been so underwhelming. Cant believe we signed Manquillo, even the mackems thought he was shite wen he played for them. Its true that a lot of other teams have struggled to bring in players, but most of them already have a prem lge squad. If we dont bring in a good AM and a Proven CF i think we are looking at bottom 6 at best.
brendave
Get this deal done.NOW.!!!!!!!!!
Get him over the line.


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Amazon to launch mobile ads soon to challenge Google and Facebook
by Pat Wise
That's according to a new Bloomberg report, which went on to note that this rollout is coming to both the iOS and Android versions of Amazon's mobile app, with the brief video clips playing in response to search queries generated by users within the app.
Amazon hasn't commented thus far about its mobile video ad plans. The video spots appear after mobile users search for products in Amazon's shopping app, which researcher App Annie said was the tenth-most frequently downloaded app in the United States previous year.
As per reported by NDTV, Amazon has grown fast in digital advertising market as a challenging competitorafter capturing 50% of online sales in United States. That was based on our forecast that Google's share of the digital ad market would decline by about 2 points in 2018, while Facebook's would rise by less than 1 point.
Amazon, through a spokeswoman, declined to comment.
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E-commerce giant, Amazon.com Inc.is reportedly testing a new ad feature for its shopping app that allows brands to display short video of their product on the platform's search results. Amazon's decision to include video ads in its mobile app is quite surprising considering that the company rejected the idea for many years for fear of confusing customers shopping on its website.
"This is more about providing advertising opportunities to third parties, with Amazon owning the platform", Mueller said. Earlier, only the product descriptions and consumer reviews were available for the users to make up their mind.
It's a continuation of the incremental addition of video to Amazon's site, which has included things like how-to's and product videos that shoppers might otherwise have left Amazon's site to seek them out from a destination like YouTube.
Amazon's ad practices surfaced by CNBC this week once again underscore the extent to which it can impact the vendors trying to tap its hefty market share - and with little to no warning - even if it affects the respective bottom lines of those brands. The report citing people familiar with the matter said that the mobile ads for the Android platform are planned for later this year. Amazon is requiring a $35,000 ad budget to run the spots at 5 cents per view to run the ads for 60 days, one person said.
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Virginia Cavaliers slumping against the spread heading into date with Oklahoma
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Somali militant group al-Shabab has launched yet another complex attack in the capital, Mogadishu , witnesses and officials say. Al Shabab, Africa's most active militant group , has been fighting for years to oust the Western-backed Somali government.
LeBron James on missing playoffs for first time since 2005: 'Keep pushing'
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This travel expo was aimed at the tour guide, travel agency or any organization sponsoring trips. It is highly educational for those of us who would like to plan trips to luxurious places around the world and arrive in style. There are companies only too happy to rent you a private jet at competitive rates (they say); there are companies that will handle your luggage from door to door; there were two companies that we saw that are willing to provide all kinds of insurance (travel, medical,) to make the trip more secure. Of course, American Express was well represented to provide all types of help in your travel.
Then came the fun part: every country, every island, with places that some of us have never heard of was represented to encourage you to visit and spend money there. Who can resist a visit to the Burj Al Arab on the Arabian Gulf? This most luxurious hotel in the world can entice even the most seasoned traveler. All one needs for any of the trips is a few steps above the Platinum Card! If this hotel does not suit you, how about the Plaza Suites in Mexico City? No clue how safe the streets are now, but the Hotel is great looking. Of course, once one is in the luxury travel class the individual (or family) will use a Luxury Travel Planner. The individual can then plan exciting trips through Peru, scuba diving in Egypt, island hoping in Indonesia, or relax at the Blanc Hotel in Cancun after an exhausting vacation. This Expo provides an endless list of possible places to visit, stay at luxurious resorts, find great restaurants, and travel guides to make the trip perfect.
It would be hard to resist a Premier Escorted Tour of Japan! These tours, as suggested by their representatives, remove the danger of canceled reservations, missed flights, or related problems such as getting admission to the places one wishes to see. These tours are offered around the world and are an easy way for the older individual to travel safely. Just bring your Platinum Plus card! This type of travel makes bringing children along much easier also.
An eye opener for us was the huge Disney booth providing much information about the travel opportunities well beyond a visit to Disneyland in California. There are now Disney cruises, Adventures by Disney providing Guided Family Vacations throughout the world. These trips are all planned with things for the whole family to enjoy.
As briefly mentioned earlier, there are also travel agencies that plan trips to niche resorts: scuba diving, skiing, sports, and so on. As a fan of the Sound of Music, it was fun to see the Trapp Family Resort represented. Unfortunately, the Ski booth had no information about Brian Head! Hopefully, that shall be corrected soon.
The Expo was well planned, provided great information, and while wandering around one could enjoy some colorful costumes and listen to native music from various regions around the world. Our hats of off to the planners of this Expo. While not mentioned too often, may places have felt the sting of the down economy and one hopes that improves soon. On a somewhat personal note we realized again just how big and varied our world is and how little of it we have seen. We also marvel at how much the computer has changed travel, not only for the industry but also the individual or family. There are companies that monitor parents or other family members while their offspring travel; some provide videos or video conferencing. It is a big world, but made much more manageable by the computer.


Stacks from today's Children's Hospital Foundation Book Market (Paperback sale).
S.H., Sorry you couldn't be there. Was a good one. I picked up a few for PK. Hope she'll like them.
lots of future stopping off place posts to look forward to!
i want the whittling book.


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ALS battle continues after Ice Bucket Challenge fades
Ohio area families discuss the devastation of watching a loved one disappear a little at a time thanks to ALS. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis affects 30,000 Americans, an estimated 800 in Ohio. (371 in Co.)
ALS is a cruel illness. Not only to its victims, but to their families. Just ask anyone who has witnessed its devastation or lived it.
"The experience of ALS can quickly make you realize what each of us takes for granted each day," said Jill Leo, whose husband, Chris, died in March following a seven-year struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
"Playing catch or soccer in the backyard with your son, taking a walk, a hand-written note, driving a car, mowing your lawn or dialing the phone to talk to a friend. These are just a few things we take for granted that most ALS patients cannot do after the disease progresses."
The viral Ice Bucket Challenge that swept the globe during the late summer has helped raise awareness and, according to the ALS Association, more than $115 million since July 29.
Those familiar with the disease are grateful for the wave of attention, but the battle against it continues.
Vicki Evans has watched her husband, Tim, deteriorate over 16 years. Diagnosed with ALS in 1998, he has been fighting the disease since, and it has taken its toll.
"Every case is different," she said. "In 2009, he fell and hyper-extended his knee. His ALS was making it more and more difficult for him to walk. He started using a walker, then gradually, he started losing the use of his hands."
Evans is now in a wheelchair and no longer has the use of his hands.
"You cannot dwell on your situation," said Evans, 58, who had to go on disability. As an estimator for the Knoch Corp., he was able to work at home part-time for awhile after his diagnosis, but he said he was laid off in 2005 along with others when the economy took a downward turn. The Knoch Corp. sponsors the Tim Evans AGC (Associated General Contractors) Scholarship each year in his honor.
"Every once in a while, I throw myself a pity party, but I have to go on. I think having a positive attitude is one of the reasons I continue to go on. Not being able to do the daily chores anymore or do what I used to do does get to you."
Once Canton's safety director, Paul Bair was diagnosed with ALS earlier this year.
"He is weak," said his wife, Darlene. "He is in no pain, but he coughs a lot because his lungs and diaphragm are weakened. He is on several machines to keep his lungs clear, but his ALS is progressing quickly."
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Maxine Sullivan, geboren als Marietta Lilian Williams (Homestead, 13 mei 1911 - New York, 7 april 1987),  was een Amerikaanse jazzmuzikante (zang. trombone, bugel) van de swing.

Biografie
Sullivan had slechts weinig opleiding genoten als zangeres en trad eerst op met de Red Hot Peppers, de band van haar oom, als zangeres en instrumentaliste. Midden jaren 1930 werd ze ontdekt door de pianiste Gladys Mosier bij een opvoering in een literaire club in Pittsburgh en aanbevolen aan Claude Thornhill, met wiens band ze in 1937 de eerste opnamen maakte, die positief werden ontvangen.

In december 1937 had ze, begeleid door Thornhill, Charlie Shavers en Buster Bailey, met de standard Nice Work If You Can Get It haar eerste (van drie) hits in de Billboard-hitlijst. Gelijktijdig had ze een verbintenis in de Onyx Club in New York, waar ze de bassist John Kirby met zijn band begeleidde en met wie ze spoedig daarna in het huwelijksbootje stapte (scheiding in 1941). Onder de Kirby/Thornhill-opnamen bevond zich ook de swingaanpassing van de Schotse folksong Loch Lomond.

Deze song werd haar tweede hit. Met John Kirby had ze in 1940/1941, als eerste jazzmuzikante van Afro-Amerikaanse afkomst, de eigen radioserie Flow gently sweet rhythm. Begeleid door diens orkest kon ze in 1943 een derde hit plaatsen in de hitlijst. Het bij Decca Records opgenomen My Ideal plaatste zich ook in de Amerikaanse hitlijst (#11). Midden jaren 1940 zong ze met de bands van Teddy Wilson, Jimmie Lunceford en Benny Carter regelmatig in clubs. Met de vaststelling op de folksongstijl wisselde ze van Schotse songs naar Orchichonia en My Yiddishe Mame. Ze kon op zulke vergankelijke trends geen carrière opbouwen en had geen verdere hits meer.

Vanaf midden jaren 1950 nam ze meerdere albums op met onder andere Charlie Shavers, Russell Procope en Buster Bailey, bezocht ze in 1954 en 1958 het Verenigd Koninkrijk en was ze ook te horen op de ventieltrombone en de bugel. In 1960 trouwde ze met de stridepianist Cliff Jackson en werkte ze tot midden jaren 1960 hoofdzakelijk als verpleegster, trad echter in een cultuurcentrum van de The Bronx weer op. Vanaf 1966 zong ze weer op buurtfeesten, in clubs en bij traditionele Jazz-festivals, voor de eerste keer met haar echtgenoot. In 1969 lukte haar een comeback. Ze speelde onder andere met Doc Cheatham, Bobby Hackett en The World's Greatest Jazz Band en Scott Hamilton. Vanaf midden jaren 1970 ging ze meermaals naar Zweden en in 1984 naar Frankrijk op tournee. In september 1986 was ze te horen bij het Concord Jazz Festival in Tokio.

Sullivan trad op in de Broadway-show Swinging the dream (1939) en in de films St.Louis Blues (1939, van Raoul Walsh, met Hoagy Carmichael) en (naast Louis Armstrong) in Going Places op (regie van Ray Enright, 1938) een paardenrace-komedie met Dick Powell. In 1998 werd ze opgenomen in de Bigband Hall of Fame. Haar leven werd in de documentaire film Love to Be in Love (1990) van Greta Schiller gememoreerd.

Overlijden
Maxine Sullivan overleed in april 1987 op 75-jarige leeftijd.

Discografie
 ????: Maxine Sullivan 1937-1938, 1938-1941, 1941-1946 (Classics)
 1944–1949: The 'Le Ruban Bleu' Years (Baldwin Street) met Ellis Larkins & Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
 1969: Close as Pages in a Book (Audiophile) met Bob Wilber, Bernie Leighton, George Duvivier
 1978–1984: The Queen: Something to Remember Her By (Kenneth)
 1985: Love....Always (Baldwin Street) met Seldon Powell, Dick Hyman, Major Holley, Mel Lewis
 1987: Highlights in Jazz (Storyville) met Doc Cheatham, Bill Watrous, Phil Bodner, Buddy Tate, Milt Hinton, Butch Miles

Literatuur
 Linda Dahl: Stormy Weather. The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen. London: Quartet Books, 1984. ISBN 0-7043-2477-6
 Will Friedwald: Swinging Voices of America – Ein Kompendium großer Stimmen. Hannibal, St. Andrä-Wördern 1992. ISBN 3-85445-075-3

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Amerikaans jazztrombonist
Amerikaans jazzbugelist

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'City So Real' Film Review: A Great City, Survival, and Fighting a Pandemic
By Team Conscious • 2 years ago
G.L.U.T.O. (Girls Like Us Take Over) singing. (PM Chicago Story, LLC)
The election is Tuesday, and this documentary series may provide insight into what's happening in our country.
Chicago is a city of contrasts. You can find it in arguments about which windy city establishment has the best deep dish pizza (it's Gino's, by the way) or which major league baseball team deserves the title of "Chicago's team." The truth is you'd be hard-pressed to find agreement on any number of subjects among residents of the third-largest city in the United States — particularly when it comes to politics. So when mayor Rahm Emanuel left office, following controversy surrounding a white police officer shooting a black man in the street 16 times, more than 20 mayoral hopefuls sprung up to capture the coveted seat in City Hall.
CITY SO REAL, a new 5-part documentary series from Academy Award-nominated director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), tells the story of this most contentious election that offers a perspective for our current national political landscape insight into what's happening in our country.
The first thing you need to know about CITY SO REAL is its director has called Chicago home for much of his life. So the film plays like an extended homage to this great American city in a way that hasn't been achieved since Ferris Bueller's Day Off. But this is all to James' credit, as he successfully weaves together the diverse patchwork of neighborhoods that make up the city grid and government in a way that exposes the grit and heart of its people in a way we don't often see in the film.
James' way into the story is the 2019 mayoral race that is famous not just for the number of contenders on the ballot, but for taking place amongst the deep racial tensions already present in this city that preceded the national conversation we've found ourselves having this year. Throughout the film, we are introduced to the diverse group of politicians, activists, and seemingly 'regular folks' who are set on winning Rahm's now open seat. Their individual journeys are emblematic of the people and neighborhoods they represent — and reflect the disparity in equity throughout the city. Yet even in the muck of what becomes a rather ugly political race (and the maddening process for collecting names to get on the final ballot), you can't help but fall in love with the people and perspectives that give the Windy City it's famous nickname.
It's no surprise that a filmmaker of James' quality would make such a beautiful tribute, letting the racial and political unrest play off each other like the light reflecting off this sky-scraped landscape, but what might be a surprise is how quickly and compellingly at 5-hours this story unfolds. Even Chance the Rapper can't resist the excitement as he throws his support and celebrity behind long shot candidate Amara Enyia.
Aside from the mayoral candidates, one of whom walks into churches handing out fat checks in exchange for support from the pulpit (God Bless you, Willie Wilson), CITY SO REAL shines in the bars, barbershops, sidewalks, and parades where we get to meet the people that make this city so real. It's a reminder that even in the forthcoming national election, what's at stake are individuals — all members of smaller communities within these larger cities like Chicago. Each with their challenges and disparities. Amid a national political debate that can get too focused on the personalities behind the platforms, this film suspends time just long enough to help us remember what it's all for.
After four episodes, we learn Lori Lightfoot, Chicago's first Black female, and LGBTQ major is sworn in while the barbershop debates and talk-radio shouting persists — some change has occurred, but we're a long way from the promised land. And when the film premiered at Sundance earlier this year, that's where the story ended. But when COVID and the subsequent reckoning around racial injustice surfaced later that summer, James and crew picked back up their cameras. They came back home to Chicago to see how Lightfoot and the city were weathering these new challenges. It's this final episode that makes the series feel critical at this moment as we witness the real struggle, the one we're all facing, during the changes and conversations that have been provoked by these twin catalysts.
If you do nothing else, skip ahead to episode 5 to witness a great city on the brink of survival fighting a pandemic that is more lethal to blacks (and Latinos) than it is for whites. And while this same population is fighting for their lives on the streets amongst gang and police violence, we witness the marches for justice and the hope that the politicians and police might be ready to listen.
The film probably asks more questions than it answers, and that's OK. Because it gives voice to a diverse and beautiful collection of people over these five episodes by seeing them — often through exquisite vérité camerawork — that will make you feel like you are there. We love Chicago because it lacks both the pretense of LA and the glimmer of New York — it might be the most real big city in the United States. So on the eve of the 2020 presidential election, I can think of no better chronicle of who we are and perhaps where we're going than CITY SO REAL.
CITY SO REAL premieres commercial-free Thursday, October 29 on National Geographic, followed by Hulu the following day.
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Computational Decision Support Systems Applied to Decision-Making Process in the Emergency Planning of the Angra dos Reis Nuclear Power Complex – Brazil
Corbiniano Silva, Nilton Oliveira Moraes, Luiz Claudio Gomes Pimentel, Paulo Fernando Lavalle Heilbron Filho, Luiz Landau, Filipe Souza, Fabiana Guimarães Resende Gobbo, Rafael Vieira Silva
Industrial accidents pose risks to the entire environment located in the area of influence of the enterprises, especially when they are affected by the atmospheric dispersion of pollutants emitted, as in the case of a nuclear power plant, where the concern with the evacuation of the population is the main priority in critical situations , which reinforces the implementation of actions to support emergency planning and its management, whose support tools, among them the computational modeling that, based on atmospheric models and geographic information systems, are essential in the decision making process. Thus, based on the Angra dos Reis nuclear complex and the impacts that may affect its surroundings, studies using the integrated use of computational platforms served to evaluate the risks and consequences of a hypothetical accidental event, including the calculation of the thermo- source of nuclear fuel, meteorological characteristics, mechanisms of atmospheric dispersion of pollutants, as well as socio-environmental aspects of the region. Meteorological data (wind regime) characterize the wind field from the WRF model, which subsidized the dispersion of radionuclides calculated in the HYSPLIT, information associated with socioenvironmental data (landslides, population density, etc.), incorporated in a GIS database. The results demonstrate the importance of the integrated use of computational systems as tools that support decision-making, potentializing the application of solutions that contribute to support actions and guidelines of planning and governance in emergency situations.
Decision support systems; Nuclear emergency management; Dispersion of radionuclides, WRF; HYSPLIT; GIS
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Daniel Baldwin Bitter Divorce Matches Brother Alec's
TheImproper October 22, 2011 CELEBRITIES
Daniel Baldwin and wife Joanne are the latest Hollywood couple to go through a nasty divorce. It's gotten so bad, child welfare officials swept into the family home and removed the couple's two children.
Brother Alec Baldwin set the bar for nasty Hollywood breakups when he and wife Kim Basinger divorced in January 2001.
The case was finalized a year later, but they are still battling for custody over their daughter Ireland Eliesse Baldwin.
The incident involving Daniel Baldwin's children took place on the same day it emerged taht the Baldwins' divorce is back on.
Joanne filed papers earlier this month, weeks after the actor agreed to dismiss his initial petition in August.
In the divorce papers, Joanne requested sole custody of their two girls and demanded $4,000-per-month in child support.
When Daniel Baldwin initially filed for divorce in July he also requested a restraining order against Joanne.
The couple wed in 2007.
Now, Daniel's wife has has lashed back at claims that Oregon child welfare officials removed the couple's children over fears for their safety.
She said she agreed to let the kids stay at a friend's home on a "voluntary basis" so she could "regroup."
The Department of Human Services (DHS) in Oregon took the couple's two young daughters away from the family home on Wednesday night (Oct. 19).
The kids were removed from Joanne's guardianship and placed under the care of a family friend until the actor returned from shooting a film.
Baldwin released a statement saying the "DHS is sighting multiple potential improprieties and the children's welfare as reasons for this action."
However, Joanne insists the stress of the publicity surrounding the breakdown of her marriage made her agree with officials that her children should stay with friends and their father until Sunday (Oct. 23).
"In response to the inflammatory claims made against me, yet again, I would like to say that there has not been a forced removal of my children from my home," she said in a statement to E! Online.
"The DHS has been involved with our case because of the original false restraint that had been filed against me back in July.
"I have been under a lot of duress during all of the media coverage, defamation of character, and Daniel being out of town for weeks on end.
"After expressing myself to the DHS, they asked me, and I agreed on a voluntary basis, if the girls should stay with our friends for a couple of days so I could have some time to regroup.
"There has been no custody awarded to any party as of yet, until we go to court. The girls are at my home spending time with their father, until I return on Sunday."
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Évêque de Nîmes
Évêque catholique français du XXe siècle
Naissance en août 1862
Naissance dans l'Aveyron
Décès en août 1924
Décès dans le Gard
Décès à 61 ans


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I haven't always been in alignment with my purpose however. I'm going to be honest with you, fear held me back for a long time.
It was seven years ago when I chose to redefine fear into an empowering emotion rather than a crippling one.
I ditched the corporate world and became a professional singer, performer, teacher and entrepreneur.
Born in Bundaberg, I grew up with the sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and 80's Greek pop music blaring from my family stereo.
The first moment I realized I wanted to be make a career as a singer was as a seven-year-old when my Dad bought me a Nina Simone cassette tape. Transfixed by Simone's dark glorious tone and the vibrant sounds of the music, I became hooked. I knew without a doubt that I wanted to make music for the rest of my life.
Doubt did set in however and I sought out professions that gave me a sense of security and importance. The problem was, it never did, no matter how high I climbed the corporate ladder.
My life since then has been a series of radical changes in order to find my way back home.
Now I perform nationally and internationally as a jazz singer. I have a Masters' of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium and post graduate qualifications in vocal pedagogy and education.
Through major self-coaching, I have learned how to combine my talents to be of service to the world.
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TORONTO: 7 Sept. 2017 — Retail banks have earned the trust of their customers, who believe banks help them find the right product based on their financial needs, according to the J.D. Power 2017 Canadian Banking Sales Practices and Advice Study,SM released today. The inaugural study gauges the effect of retail bank sales practices and financial advice on overall customer satisfaction across the five largest banks in Canada. While unauthorized accounts opened by banks are a serious issue, the study finds such occurrences to be rare. More common issues that destroy trust are customers feeling pressured to open an account and being surprised by fees after opening an account.
Customers trust their banks and believe they act ethically: Among retail bank customers, 81% say they either "somewhat agree" or "strongly agree" that they trust their bank to do the right thing, and 75% say they believe their bank acts ethically. In-depth analysis shows that a statistically insignificant proportion of customers—less than 0.1%—had an unauthorized account opened by their bank in the past year.
Pressure to open new accounts persists with deleterious effect: When opening a new account, 9% of bank customers indicate they felt sales pressure from bank representatives. Of those, 14% say the pressure was significant. Overall satisfaction scores are 97 index points higher (on a 1,000-point scale) among customers who did not feel pressured by a representative when opening a new account, compared with those who did feel pressured.
Customers surprised by fees are less satisfied: When it comes to fees, 10% of bank customers indicate being surprised by fees associated with a new account. Overall satisfaction scores are 115 index points higher among customers who were not surprised by fees when opening a new account vs. those who were surprised. Fee surprises also destroy trust. Among customers who were not surprised by a fee, 45% say they "strongly agree" that they trust their bank to do the right thing, but drops to 23% among those who were surprised by a fee.
Fee transparency and customer engagement lead to higher satisfaction: When bank representatives completely explain fees up front, the frequency of fee-related surprises drops to 5%. Likewise, when representatives ask questions before suggesting a new account, overall satisfaction increases 78 index points and overall levels of trust increase by 12 percentage points.
Advice—not sales—is key to greater satisfaction and loyalty: Among customers who received financial advice from their retail bank, 71% say they acted on it and roughly 59% of those customers say they opened a new account as a result of the advice. Overall satisfaction scores are 64 index points higher when bank customers receive financial advice, with 93% of customers who receive financial advice saying they either "probably will" or "definitely will" use the same financial institution the next time they need a bank account or product.
The inaugural 2017 Canadian Banking Sales Practices and Advice Study measures customer satisfaction among retail bank customers of the five largest Canadian banks who have opened a new account in the past year with a bank representative; received financial advice in the past year from a bank representative; and customers who said they had an account opened without their consent in the past year. The study is based on responses from 8,792 retail bank customers and was fielded in June 2017.
Banks included in the study are BMO Bank of Montreal; CIBC; RBC Royal Bank; Scotiabank; and TD Canada Trust.


play Hungary so this situation is very fluid could all change by tomorrow morning.
Group 2: See Group 1. Leaders Switzerland have an easy looking game in Luxembourg, but the key game today is probably Greece v Latvia. If that finishes in a draw and Israel beat bottom place Moldova then there's a three way tie for second place going into Wednesday's games.
a game today but will be keeping a close eye on the Czech Republic v Poland game.
Group 4: either Germany or Russia, they play each other today in Moscow. In an ideal world this one would be the one I'd be watching.
Group 5: Spain are already through, so this is a race for second between Bosnia & Turkey. Bosnia – away in Estonia –  have a four point advantage going into the last two games; Turkey have a tricky looking game in Belgium.
they've got the Faroe Islands this evening in one of those games that France will probably win 1-0 with a goal in the tenth minute of injury time!
win to stand any chance of autoqualification. If Ireland lose in Dublin and Bulgaria beat Cyprusthen the battle for second place would go to Wednesday night. Breaking news yesterday was Fabio Cannavaro failing a drugs test having taken some kind of cortisone shot for a bee sting; he's travelled to Dublin with the Italian squad but won't be allowed to play tonight.
in Colombia this evening), but there are only three points difference between Ecuador (currently fourth) and Colombia (currently eighth), which means that the Colombia/Chile and Ecuador/Uruguay games are likely to have a bigger impact on the remaining automatic places than Argentina v Peru, which is a game that Argentina must (and probably will) win.
The Ivory Coast can qualify with a win in Malawi …the first leg of Bahrain/New Zealand qualifier takes place today…if El Salvador beat Mexico tonight and the United States win in Honduras tomorrow morning, the USA will qualify.
It's a shame that not everyone will be able to watch our game today, but it's a chance to appreciate our early qualification, to enjoy an exciting day of international football and to look forward to the prospect of South Africa 2010.
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hey thanks for all this info..it's a great overview!
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The Fifth Sense, an online platform from Chanel and i-D has teamed up with digital artist Lucy Hardcastle to create an interactive online space which explores the "sensorial experience of fragrance".
Intangible Matter is made up of five different graphic "rooms" inspired by Chanel's N°5 L'Eau perfume – Molten, Mist, Beam, Soft and the Fifth Space.
The user is able to move through the different rooms, clicking on various objects which trigger sound and movement in response.
It has also been sound tracked by Fatima Al Qadiri and Li Yuchun.


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Awareness of the impact of sediment from poorly drained roadways has residents of California's Big Sur combining their efforts to improve drainage near Garrapata Creek. "About 40 to 50 families make their home within the confines of the 10-square-mile watershed. And many have agreed to participate in the steelhead habitat project, which is voluntary." Larry Parson in the Monterey Herald.


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Q: Plotting ECDF in R ggplot2, choosing a scale for the Y axis that shows maximum as well as 4-9's, 5-9's, etc I regularly make graphs of ECDF for performance latencies, where I want to show an upper bound on latency at P(x) < 0.999, 0.9999, etc. As such, I usually scale the Y axis logarithmically to separate values very close to 1. However, I realized that my scale has the problem that the value 1 itself ends up off-the-graph which means I can't also show maximum latency on the same graph.

obtained as follows
  tn <- trans_new("rareevents",
                  function(x) -(log10(1+-x)),
                  function(y) -(-1+(10**(-y)))
                  )

  g <- g + scale_y_continuous(trans=tn, limits=c(0,.99995), breaks=c(0,0.5,.9,.99,.999,.9999), labels=c(0,0.5,.9,.99,.999,.9999))

Is there a standard scale I should be using for this purpose?


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How to fit 1TB of data on one tiny thumbdrive
By James Rivington published 29 October 07
New memory better, cheaper and more efficient than flash
The biggest SanDisk Cruzer drives are currently only 8GB in size, many times smaller than what will be possible using new PMC memory
Scientists at Arizona State University have created a new kind of solid state memory that they say is much cheaper and more efficient than flash. And crucially, because it uses a new kind of nanotechnology, storage capacities will be much higher than anything we have today, for a tenth of the cost.
The new memory is called programmable metallization cell (PMC) and one terabyte (1TB) USB thumbdrives are said to be just a few years away. The largest commercially available flash drives today are only 32GB in size - 30 times smaller and very pricey.
Smaller, better than flash
The new memory uses nano tech to charge copper particles on the molecular scale, making it 1,000 times more energy efficient as current flash memory. This bodes well for use in portable devices like phones and iPods.
"A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," Michael Kozicki, director of ASU's Center for Applied Nanoionics, told Wired magazine. "All the current limitations in portable electronic storage could go away. You could record video of every event in your life and store it."
For the last eight years, the density of flash memory has doubled anually, meaning that capacities have increased 100 per cent every twelve months. But now flash memory is reaching its physical limitations, so this new memory could be stepping in at the crucial time.
SSDs set for boom?
The new memory could also be the answer for computer manufacturers who want to incorporate solid state hard drives but can't due to limitations of size and cost.
Wired says that PMC memory works in a vastly different way to current flash technology.
Flash uses electronic charges to physically store bits of information, whereas PMC works on the molecular scale to create nanowires from copper atoms. These nanowires record binary ones and zeroes, enabling a massive amount of data to be stored in a tiny space.
If a positive charge is passed through the PMC memory, the nanowires disassemble, allowing it to be used over and over again.
The first PMC memory chip is slated to go into production in April 2009.
Read: How to fit 1TB of data on one CD-sized disc
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James was part of the TechRadar editorial team for eight years up until 2015 and now works in a senior position for TR's parent company Future.
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Ferrofluid
Questions and answers about ferrofluid
What is ferrofluid?
Ferrofluid is a black ferromagnetic liquid that strongly reacts to magnetic fields. Depending on the strength of the magnetic field and its distance to the ferrofluid, intriguing patterns and many uniform-looking peaks are formed (a so-called ferrofluid hedgehog). There are different ferrofluids on the market, oil-based ferrofluids and fossil fuel-based ones. The ferrofluid in our assortment consists of oil as a carrier substance and a large number of ferromagnetic particles (magnetite, iron or cobalt). These particles have a diameter of only a few nanometres. And that's what makes it so fascinating because a nanometre is one-millionth of a millimetre, i.e. 0,000001 mm!
Other interesting characteristics:
Working temperature: -20°C – approx. 130°C
Boiling point: > 250°C
Autoignition point: 180°C
Freezing point: -50°C
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How does ferrofluid work?
There is more going on in the black liquid than meets the eye. The reason for these characteristic peaks of the ferrofluid is a complex interaction of different forces.
We'll try to explain it in a simplified way: To ensure the iron particles float around freely in the liquid and do not settle on the bottom, a certain substance, a so-called surfactant, is added to the solution. The iron particles are coated with this surfactant. Without it, the iron particles would clump together. It also holds the particles and the oil together. Ferrofluid is a viscid substance; it is more viscous than other liquids. When a magnet is held to the ferrofluid, the viscosity prevents the iron particles from separating from the carrier liquid. On the one hand, the iron particles are attracted by the magnetic field while, on the other hand, the surfactant simultaneously pulls the particles back into the viscous carrier liquid. Since the iron particles are repeatedly attracted by the magnet, the characteristic peaks form.
Why was ferrofluid developed?
Ferrofluid was developed in the 1960s by NASA scientist Steve Papell. He was looking for a way to direct the liquid fuel from rockets to a fuel pump in the engine despite the prevailing weightlessness in space. This gave rise to the idea of developing a ferrofluid fuel that could be drawn into the pump using magnets. However, ferrofluid did not become the established solution for this purpose.
What is ferrofluid used for?
Ferrofluid is ideal for experiments and to make magnetism visible. That is why this ferromagnetic liquid is often used in schools to better illustrate facts such as magnetism during physics lessons. But ferrofluid is also often found in technology, for example in loudspeakers, as well as in industry and medical engineering.
Please note: The ferrofluid from our assortment is not suitable for use in tweeters and loudspeakers, as this ferrofluid dries out quickly when exposed to air. This will damage the speakers and render them useless. Our ferrofluid is only suitable for demonstration purposes and experiments.
What is the shelf life of ferrofluid?
Ferrofluid can dry out after a certain time, and the shelf life depends on several factors. The carrier liquid of our ferrofluid M-FER-10 evaporates if the liquid is exposed to the air for too long. It is a process that is highly temperature-dependent. At room temperature, the concentration will change within a few months. This affects the distribution of the iron particles in the carrier substance and leads to partial sedimentation, i.e. settling of the iron particles. However, if the ferrofluid is stored in a sealed glass container, it can have a shelf life of up to ten years.
Is ferrofluid toxic?
Ferrofluid is based on hydrocarbons. The composition is similar to motor oil. So ferrofluid is safe but should not be ingested or inhaled. It can also cause severe eye irritation. Therefore, when using ferrofluid, be sure to protect yourself by wearing protective clothing, gloves and safety glasses. The ferrofluid from our assortment will not give off any toxic fumes as the substances contained within dissipate quickly.
How do I remove ferrofluid stains from the skin and clothing?
If ferrofluid gets on clothing, it will be impossible to remove the stains. For experiments, wear protective clothing or old clothing that can get dirty. Ferrofluid will cause stubborn stains on the skin as well. Be sure to also wear gloves and safety glasses when using ferrofluid.
How do I dispose of ferrofluid?
The composition of ferrofluid is very similar to motor oil. Therefore, dispose of ferrofluid as hazardous waste at the municipal collection point just as you would with motor oil. Small amounts can also be disposed of in the household rubbish. To do this, fill the ferrofluid into a tightly sealed plastic container or soak it up with paper towels.
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Ferrofluid makes it possible to create fantastic sculptures. In the video, screws were used. The ferromagnetic liquid has also been used for many great projects. And it remains a hit with our customers for magnet applications. Here you can discover a selection of interesting customer projects:
Ferrofluid fountain
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Liquid levitation sculptures
Ferrofluid in water
If you add a few drops of the ferromagnetic liquid to a container filled with water and hold a strong neodymium magnet next to it, you can observe very clearly how the ferrofluid behaves. However, if you use pure tap water, an oil film will form on top of the water due to the oil components of the ferrofluid. The solution: Add table salt to the water. Learn how to do this in our customer project Ferrofluid in a glass.
Other fascinating projects can be found in our magnet applications on the topic of ferrofluid.
Suitable magnets for experiments
The following magnets are suitable to observe the behaviour of ferrofluid:
Block magnet 19,05 x 12,7 x 6,35 mm, holds approx. 6,5 kg
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Disc magnet Ø 30 mm, height 10 mm, holds approx. 20 kg
Ring magnet Ø 26,75/16 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 11 kg
Horseshoe magnet big
Bar magnet rectangular short
Rod magnet round
Death Magnet
Disc magnet Ø 25 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 8,3 kg
When using ferrofluid, always wear long-sleeved protective clothing, gloves and safety glasses. In case of contact with the eyes, rinse with water for up to 15 minutes and seek medical advice. In case of contact with the skin, rinse immediately with plenty of water and soap. Ferrofluid should not be ingested and is highly flammable.