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WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYIN'
Applicant attorneys have been sayin' it for years…..
Treatment delays often lead to higher workers' comp costs.
That simple premise is confirmed by an important October 20, 2020 study done by the WCIRB. The paper (see below) is titled "Cost Impacts of Medical Care Delays in the California Workers' Compensation System".
The authors, Julia Zhang, Lucy Chen and YiChen You, examined data on California workers comp indemnity claims from 2013 and 2017, examining data for both acute injuries and chronic injuries with five leading diagnoses. Cumulative trauma cases were not examined in the study.
The introduction to the study notes that due to the pandemic and shelter-in-place orders, healthcare access has been disrupted in 2020, particularly in the early phase of 2020. In the March and April 2020 there was a steep drop in medical services and medical payments per claim. Some types of services declined more than others.
Although there is no way to determine the long tern effect of COVID-related treatment delays, the study looks at the effects of treatment delays from 2013 to 2017. As the authors note, "Delays in medical treatments for injured workers as a result of COVID-19 may well have long-term cost implications". They suggest that although post-COVID data is not available yet, "historical delays in medical treatment may provide helpful insights into the future cost implications of the disrupted care that has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic." They note that "limited information is available on the cost impacts of medical care delays on workers' compensation claims" but that "several published studies focusing on disability duration showed that shorter lag times between injury and seeking medical care were associated with shorter disability duration of claims with work-related musculoskeletal disorders."
The treatment delays in the study may have occurred for many reasons. Factors noted by the study include whether the injury was less severe, late reporting of claims, administrative claims delays, availability of doctors, whether the worker lived in a rural or urban area, etc. But built into the study were statistical controls "to attempt to isolate the impacts of medical care delays from other confounding factors that we have information on." , although they could not control for some administrative and litigation data. The authors "built two groups of claims that are similar in almost all aspects except for when they had the first medical care."
Surprise….Treatment delays increase medical and indemnity costs!
Here's what they note:
The key findings include:
•Claims with soft tissue injuries that had a month delay before receiving the first medical service had, on average, significantly higher indemnity and medical costs than similar claims without medical care delays. The cost differential persists for years after the injury.
•Soft tissue claims with delayed care were more likely to stay open longer, have a longer duration of temporary disability and involve permanent disability.
•The long-term cost implications of delayed medical care were similar for claims with other leading medical diagnoses in the workers' compensation system, such as low back pain, dislocation and sprain and fracture.
•Soft tissue claims with delays in the first physical therapy treatment also had significantly higher medical and indemnity costs years after the injury compared to similar claims with no delays in physical therapy
Why is this significant?
It provides evidence for what applicant attorneys have known for so long. Delayed treatment often kicks the can down the road.
Applicant attorneys see it every day. With delays, the pain from injury often becomes entrenched. Conditions may transition from acute to chronic. Conditions are not diagnosed properly, and complications result. Psychosocial factors come into play, as the worker may develop financial problems, family problems and self image problems. Often frustration and anger build, and sometimes hopelessness. Trust and a sense of well-being decline.
Bad things tend to happen, and costs spiral.
We knew it all along. Now the industry has some statistical proof.
Here is a link to the study:
https://www.wcirb.com/sites/default/files/documents/rr-impactofdelayedmedicalcosts-ar.pdf
Julius Young
https://www.boxerlaw.com/attorney/julius-o-young/


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October 26, 2019 Noise Pollution
Prime Creation – Tears of Rage (2019)
Swedish metal band Prime Creation, formed in early 2015 rose from the ashes of the power metal band Morifade, consists of very skilled experienced musicians; consisted from the start of now ex-members Robin Arnell (lead guitar), Henrik Weimedal (bass), Mathias Kamijo (rhythm guitar), Kim Arnell (drums) and last but not least, Esa Englund (vocals) already in Hellshaker and $ilverdollar.
Already with their names, you can have an idea of who we're talking about and what they might have created with their new album "Tears of Rage", a spectacular metal work that balances a Nordic power metal with a melodic atmosphere; composed of nine extremely interesting pieces and equipped with great charge that manages to capture in its own spirals.
"Fingers Crossed", a direct opener, carved and showing great arias produced by powerful guitars and a rhythmic engraved, a clean and powerful vocal accompanied by a refrain that manages to capture the attention, despite the structural complexity of the track, is easy to listen to and store, a magnificent 'introduction' to this album.
More impetuous is the following piece "Lost in the Shades", that always carries with it this gold engraved and powerful that gives the idea of what the band wants to express, a perfect symbiosis between the soul of Prime Creation and their music, the exact clarity of what their sound can convey, again great guitars and that bursting and always incisive musicality poised between power metal and melody.
Amazing is the third piece "Before the Rain" that shows Prime Creation' gloomy side
and although it may seem gloomy as piece, it manages at the same time to be animated by a strong airy harmony, one of the highlights of this record.
A more modern sound in the intro of "Pretend Till The End" characteristically well-developed power track evolves and in which the voice turns out to be very engraved and with a sound as powerful as the musicality of the song itself, another great song, another demonstration of how good this band is.
Such a great rhythm start for "Walk Away", rhythm that continues in the whole piece with a very strong powerful soul, extraordinary and powerful vocalise, a song to be listened to all in one breath, with no pause either from the band, or from the listener, another highlight, another extraordinary piece.
"All for my Crown" is such another great piece, track in which the voice 'breaks' between narrated and songwriter, alternating with bombastic guitars and an extraordinary rhythm section, Sixth piece, sixth brilliant performance.
In "A Beggar's Call" the synth intro immediately leaves the scene to guitars and powerful drumming, piece basically focused on a more epic sound, brilliant.
"Tears of rage" manages to stand out with almost doom veins and a characteristic harmoniousness always devoted to power metal.
To close this good album, the band gives us another highlight with "Endless Lanes", a gentle touch, an emotional and with a hint of theatricality, the perfect song for an impressive conclusion.
Prime Creation created such an emotional album, "Tears of Rage" is the perfect example of powerful melodic metal of European mark.
Valeria Campagnale.
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Culture and Combat in the Western World, 1900-1945
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Watson, Alexander. 2008. Culture and Combat in the Western World, 1900-1945. The Historical Journal, 51(2), pp. 529-46. ISSN 0018-246X [Article]
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This article reviews recent research investigating the impact of societal culture on combat performance during the first half of the twentieth century. For a long time, this issue was ignored by academics, who contended that martial prowess derived principally from military institutions. During the last fifteen years, however, it has received increasingly sophisticated consideration. The article identifies two main approaches. Firstly, historians, usually focusing on one society or army, have argued that cultural values and assumptions affected individuals' behaviour on the battlefield. Upbringing, employment, and religion have all been cited as influential in moulding soldiers' resilience and motivation. Comparison of the research reveals, however, that while these factors had some minor impact, combatants' common humanity and the efficacy of military institutions were of far greater relevance in determining conduct under fire. Nonetheless, as analysis of the second historiographical approach attests, culture was not without considerable importance, for military organizations themselves were shaped partly by their societal and political environments. Although western armies were structurally similar and subject to both international and internal influences, societal culture impacted on their composition and ethos, accentuated or retarded their institutional functioning, and thereby acted as an indirect but often crucial determinant of martial performance.
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X0800681X
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Research Office > REF2014
June 2008 Published
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Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
http://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/8566
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Living in a gated community in Atlanta certainly has its advantages, and most prospective home buyers love the added sense of privacy and security most gated homes have to offer. When searching Atlanta gated homes for sale, chances are you'll find a fairly nice selection of highly-desirable options currently listed on the market, and ones that also won't necessarily break the bank either.
While it's true that many gated homes in Atlanta are situated in higher-priced neighborhoods, chances are you'll also find a number of homes and townhouse residences that may also fit your more modest budget, which is precisely why browsing gated communities in Atlanta is always worth the time. But just like with any other segment of the Atlanta real estate market, there are plenty of pros and cons to buying an Atlanta home in a gated community as well. So before beginning your new gated home search, let's take a closer look at just some of those advantages and disadvantages.
As just mentioned, gated communities in Atlanta are designed for providing home owners with more privacy and elevated security. So for most buyers, that's the number one benefit.
Obviously that gated entrance keeps unauthorized visitors out, so there is also much less traffic inside a gated community, which is also a little more safe as well, especially for children.
In general, homes in Atlanta gated communities will typically be more expensive. And if you're searching Atlanta gated homes for sale and notice certain communities have a guard-gated entrance, expect those to have higher HOA fees. After all, somebody has to pay for that extra security.
Although this may not be a huge deal, also keep in mind that you may have to wait a little while before entering a gated community. After work is usually a busier time when everybody is coming home at once, so if there are a number of cars all waiting to pass through, chances are it's going to take a few extra minutes to get home. And even though it may not sound like a big deal now, it can sometimes get a little annoying, so keep that in mind too!


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Sara Firth, a London-based correspondent with RT resigned in protest over the network's coverage of the MH17 disaster. Shortly before resigning, she tweeted, "RT style guide Rule 1: It is ALWAYS * Ukraine's fault (* add name as applicable)". She told the Guardian "I walked into the newsroom and there was an eyewitness account making allegations [against Ukraine] and analysis, if you can call it, from our correspondent in the studio. It was just appalling, in a situation like that where there are families waiting to be informed and a devastating loss of life." She also noted that "There is bias against Russia but you don't counter wrong by doing even more wrong" and stated "I have always said it's better to have RT than to not have that perspective, but actually with a story like this and the way they misreport it, it's quite dangerous, I don't want to be party to it."[22] In follow-up interview she said "In Ukraine, you're taking a very small part of a much wider story, totally omitted the context of the story, and so what you wind up with on air is outright misinformation." Calling RT "mass information manipulation" Firth said "they have a very clear idea in their mind of what they're trying to prove." She also stated that "The worst-kept secret is that RT is blatant propaganda. I'm one in a very long line of people who have left for the same reason."[245]
Many services offer on-demand shows from the big four majors, often with a day or two delay, even if the live network affiliate isn't available. But that doesn't help much if you want to watch the local news or live sports, such as football. (Many local stations throughout the country also offer apps on Roku and other devices that deliver live or tape-delayed on-demand versions of just the local news, too.)
A reader of the blog informed me that WOW! now offers Internet access in Knoxville Tennessee. They offer speeds of 30 Mbps for just $25 and 60 Mbps for just $40 a Mbps. If anyone has any experience with their Internet-only service them please post in the comments. They appear to offer service in parts of South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas, Michigan, Indiana, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio.
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While we haven't paid for cable TV, we haven't exactly been deprived, or had to watch only the shows offered by the over the air networks. There are tons of free video options out there! In fact, we actually still watch a lot of the same shows that our friends do. How do we do it you ask? Through a combination of free over-the-air digital TV, free online video services (the legal kind), a video streaming software, super low-cost internet service from FreedomPop, and a Xbox. FreedomPop is a low cost alternative to larger Internet service providers. Right now their plans might be too small for heavy video streaming users, but they're definitely on their way to bigger and better offerings – and they're definitely good enough if you only stream shows a few times a month. You can read more about them on their site.
Philo ($16/mo. - $20/mo.): This new cut-rate service is cheap for a reason: It eliminates all sports, major networks and premium movie channels, delivering instead what amounts to a stripped-down basic cable package with the likes of History Channel, A&E and TV Land. Philo also has limited DVR storage and can be watched on multiple devices simultaneously. It's a good starter option for people who want a solid array of traditional cable channels to supplement with subscriptions to Netflix, HBO Now and others.
This option is for you if you like to follow the latest network and non-premium cable shows, like The New Girl, The Voice, The Flash, or Modern Family. Hulu Plus ($7.99 per month) offers current programs from FOX, NBC, ABC, the CW, as well as delayed or archived content from cable channels like Comedy Central and FX. You can add CBS shows, like Big Bang Theory, for another monthly fee of $5.99.
Sally, I use YouTube TV and it works great. I get all my local channels and a total of about 40. They also supply a large amount of movies and TV shows. My 40 dollar fee is half of what I paid to cable and DirecTV. A point of using it when you first start is if you're done with your use of YouTube, use your back button several times to get an exit screen. It is really easy. Otherwise, you will have to go to sign in screens all the time. It took me a little while to figure all this out. Good luck.
The next time you come across the question, "can you still get local channels without cable?" you will know the answer is one big yes! From indoor TV antennas to outdoor TV antennas to mobile apps, there are quite a few options when it comes to accessing your favorite local channels. Wave goodbye to that cable bill and start watching local channels your way.
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The thing about internet-delivered TV is that you need a broadband connection that's copacetic with the streaming lifestyle. This may seem like a foregone conclusion, but we want to make it clear that if you're going to bet your precious entertainment future on your network, you best have a solid hookup. Netflix and other similar streaming video services suggest a minimum downstream speed of 5Mbps for HD streaming, but that simply is not going to hack it for most folks, especially those with families streaming more than one show or movie at a time.
The VICTONY TV Antenna is a flat panel antenna that sets the standard for the rest of the antennas going forward in terms of just how functional they can be. The antenna is easy to set up since it can be mounted on the wall, behind the TV, or on a window. Just make sure it's getting as clear a signal as possible because that will get you the most over-the-air channels in full 1080p. But don't worry, with a range of 50 miles, you don't have to be right next to any broadcast towers.
The long name might have you feeling confused, but there's nothing tricky going on here: this is the type of streaming service that you're probably most familiar with. Streaming video on demand (or "SVOD") services are the ones that allow you to select a movie or TV show episode and watch it whenever you want – in other words, "on demand." Netflix is the most famous of the SVOD services, but there are a ton of them out there these days: Amazon, Hulu, and Crackle, to name just a few. Here's a list to get you started:
What you get: The Hulu with Live TV service offers about 60 channels, including major networks in some areas and sports channels such as CBS Sports, ESPN, and Fox Sports. You can watch on two devices at a time and record 50 hours on a cloud DVR. You can pay extra for more users and extra DVR storage, and the option to skip commercials. Hulu is joining most of the other cable-style services with a $5-per-month price hike. When it kicks in at the end of February, the service will cost $45 per month. A second option, without ads, goes up to $51 per month, a $7 increase. Both services combine everything you get in the regular Hulu plan with the additional channels available on Hulu With Live TV.
Sling TV organizes its content a little differently from most competitors: instead of a few different tiers, Sling TV starts you off with one of two base packages (you can also get both) and then invites you to build a custom package through its "add-ons." The "Sling Blue" base package ($25 per month) will get eligible markets live streams from Fox and NBC. The Broadcast Extra add-on to Sling Blue will give subscribers in some markets access to ABC, Univision, and Unimas local broadcasts. Local and regional sports stations are available in various base and add-on packages, too – check out the link below to track down the ones you're most interested in.
Rather than purchasing TV Guide Channel carriage rights, some services such as Optimum and Bright House Networks created their own scrolling listings grids, with Optimum's occasionally being interrupted by full-screen commercials, and otherwise featuring banner ads accompanied by music. Bright House's version featured a video inlay of a local news station instead of banner ads, with its overall on-screen presentation otherwise matching that of Optimum's. Other cable providers that did not carry TV Guide Channel carried a similar television listings channel provided by entertainment and listings website Zap2It. DirecTV did not begin carrying the TV Guide Channel until 2004, and began carrying it in an entirely full-screen format (without the bottom listings grid) in 2005. This was also the case with Dish Network, which aired the network in full-screen format to avoid duplication of its set top receiver-integrated IPG, also provided by Gemstar-TV Guide (another satellite provider, Primestar, had also carried the channel with the grid included, until it merged with DirecTV in 1999 shortly after the rebrand to TV Guide Channel).
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Amazon Prime has a long list of perks for its members, but one of the lesser-known incentives is the ability to augment your Prime Video library with a handful of curated TV channels. Compared to the other services here, Amazon Prime's channel add-ons don't pose much competition. Prime simply offers a small number of channels supported currently by just Fire TV.
Consensus: If you're trying to spend the least amount possible and are content with the 30-ish channels that Sling Orange offers, then only paying $20 a month is a sweet deal for you — and is a low price you won't find on most other streaming services. However, if you're thinking about opting for Sling's most expensive package, we'd suggest going with DirecTV's basic plan instead. You'll get a few more channels (over 60) and will be paying $5 less per month.
During the 2008 South Ossetia War, RT correspondent William Dunbar resigned after the network refused to let him report on Russian airstrikes of civilian targets, stating, "any issue where there is a Kremlin line, RT is sure to toe it."[229] According to Variety, sources at RT confirmed that Dunbar had resigned, but rejected that it was over bias. One senior RT journalist told the magazine, "the Russian coverage I have seen has been much better than much of the Western coverage... When you look at the Western media, there is a lot of genuflection towards the powers that be. Russian news coverage is largely pro-Russia, but that is to be expected."[230]
The WD TV Live isn't as popular as the other devices on this list, but it's actually a pretty good device, especially for users that have a lot of ripped or downloaded movies already (and it supports quite a few formats). WD TV Live comes in two flavors: a small, cheap, Wi-Fi-enabled box designed for streaming, and a more expensive, Ethernet-enabled box with a 1TB drive for all your local movies. The small box can play files off a USB drive, and the big box can still stream, but they're clearly aimed at two different types of users.
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You might also be able to save by bundling your TV and Internet subscriptions: After a recent move, one of the authors of this guide, Chris Heinonen, discovered that with his new Internet provider, it was cheaper to get Internet service bundled with TV than without. However, once Chris added the cost of multiple cable boxes and DVR service, those savings disappeared. So Chris currently rents one non-HD cable box, which sits in a closet unused, and uses an Apple TV, Roku, or tablet to stream all his family's favorite shows. This setup lets them start and finish shows on any TV, and it offers more flexibility than any cable box would. (The downsides to this strategy are that one can't "record" shows for offline viewing, and each network you want to watch must provide an app with streaming support—but more and more networks are offering such apps.) In the end, Chris saves around $10 a month compared with paying for Internet alone while also being able to stream the Olympics, college and NFL football, Mr. Robot, The Americans, and more directly to his iPhone and various media streamers.
Reliable figures for RT's worldwide audience are not available.[103] In the United States, RT typically pays cable and satellite services to carry its channel in subscriber packages.[121] In 2011, RT was the second most-watched foreign news channel in the United States (after BBC World News),[122] and the number one foreign network in five major U.S. urban areas in 2012.[123] It also rates well among younger Americans under 35 and among inner city areas.[123]
In 2015 The Daily Beast reported that RT hugely exaggerated its global viewership and that its most-watched segments were on apolitical subjects.[136] Between 2013 and 2015, more than 80% of RT's viewership was for videos of accidents, crime, disasters, and natural phenomena, such as the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor event, with less than 1% of viewership for political videos.[121] In late 2015, all of the 20 most watched videos on its main channel, totaling 300 million views were described as "disaster/novelty". Of the top 100, only small number could be categorized as political with only one covering Ukraine.[103] The most popular video of Russian president Putin shows him singing "Blueberry Hill" at a 2010 St. Petersburg charity event.[121] In 2017, The Washington Post analysed RT's popularity and concluded that "it's not very good at its job" as "Moscow's propaganda arm" due to its relative unpopularity.[137] RT has disputed both The Daily Beast 's and The Washington Post 's assessments and has said that their analyses used outdated viewership data.[138] [139]
Many of the top channels are now starting to offer subscriptions to their individual channel. Much like HBO with HBO Go, CBS has their own All Access channel, and a channel for the Hallmark streaming service was launched last year. Some even offer some of their content for free via individual Roku channels like NBC and ABC. Our local news channel has their own individual channel on the Roku so you can watch the local news live through their app. Make a list of all the channels you can't live without and find out if they have a Roku channel or app with free content.
For much of 2015, graduate students at Columbia School of Journalism took part in the RT Watch project, monitoring RT's (US) output. Casey Michel, who worked on the project, wrote "RT ignores the inherent traits of journalism—checking sources, relaying facts, attempting honest reportage" and "you'll find 'experts' lacking in expertise, conspiracy theories without backing, and, from time to time, outright fabrication for the sake of pushing a pro-Kremlin line".[193][194] The results were compiled in a Tumblr blog.[195]
The premium cable channel Starz—home of some great shows like Counterpart, Power, Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Outlander, and The Girlfriend Experience—is both streaming for those with a cable/satellite subscription to it, available as a discrete streaming service (Starz Streaming), or as an add-on to Amazon Video. There are many apps allowing Starz viewing on almost any hardware (except PS4, but you can get around that by using the Amazon Channel add-on option). The cost is the same no matter how you get Starz.
With the exception of Sling, all five services continue to add local channels in an attempt to sign up viewers. Because most local stations, aka network affiliates, are owned by companies other than one of the big four networks in question, they usually require separate contracts with providers like streaming services, cable systems and satellite networks.
By cutting the cord, you're also losing your access to premium channels, which often have some of the most daring content on TV. Networks like HBO, Showtime and Starz are the prime destination for edgy dramas like Game of Thrones, Homeland and Outlander, respectively. You can also get raunchy comedy specials, niche documentaries and newly released movies.
Whether you're a good candidate for cutting the cord depends in large part on what and when you watch. Before considering cancelling your cable subscription, first spend some time evaluating your viewing habits. How often do you actually sit down and watch television? When you do, what are you actually watching? Live sports? Prime-time reality television? The Cooking Channel? Do you like being able to channel surf or do you usually only turn on your TV to watch Game of Thrones?
After 2009, over the air TV signals became digital and old analog tuner TVs stopped working. Did you know that you could still get over the air signals? In fact, you can watch local channels without cable, and they are available free and in a clear beautiful high definition picture. Those signals are bouncing off your house as you read this. If you own a TV sold in the U.S. made after March 1st, 2007, it has a digital tuner as mandated by law.
Editor's note: Each service has the conditional inclusion of the major networks it carries. Some markets have access to live network channels, including local programming, while others will be on-demand only. In some select locations, one or more of the networks — or even an entire service — may not be available. Check each service's website for availability in your area.
I have just started disability retirement. After figuring out the bills, I come up short. I called Spectrum to drop the HD channels and was informed that starting next month, all tvs must have a digital box. That forced me to drop one of the tvs. I have been paying Time Warner for 100mps for years but did a speed test to discover the speed is below 50 so I figure I will negotiate with them for the lower speed. My main question is: Blu Ray players have come way down in price and I know they have wi-fi capability. What options should I look out for? Will I have to buy a player for each tv? Are there conversion cords that will work with 20+ year televisions to connect blue ray?
An antenna is your means of access to local programming when cutting cable TV. If you want an in-depth guide for the information required for an optimal antenna solution, you should check out my antenna guide. Setting up an antenna may be seamless, or it may be the most difficult thing you do when canceling cable. There are numerous variables involved in television signals and antennas. If you are having a difficult time with this, the antenna guide makes this task easier.


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Madeleine Morlet is a photographer from London. She studied Classics and English at King's College London and for almost a decade has worked across both video and stills with companies such as Ridley Scott Associates, Vice, i-D and Somesuch. Her photography is cinematic, dark and deeply romantic (Romantics are often failed classicists).
Madeleine is the Features Editor for Teeth Magazine and teaches at Maine Media Workshops.


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SHEVAUN WRIGHT
Dispossessed
The Rape Contract
The Thin Red Line
Tax Box
Site-Specific Work
Untitled (Commerce Clause)
Double Redaction
Apologies, 2018
Engraved Perspex, chains, large bulldog clips, embossed paper and screen-printed paper. Dimensions variable
This exhibition draws its title from a lesser-known costs appeal by conservative Australian radio host, Andrew Bolt and his media network against Aboriginal woman Pat Eatock in her successful application for a declaration that they had breached section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Despite losing their case, Bolt and the network unsuccessfully attempted to seek legal costs against Eatock on the basis that she had failed to secure a better judgment than their offer to compromise the case; their apology. Etching parts of the judgment and apology onto either side of successively receding and fading Perspex pages, the work asks viewers to consider the framework of colonial histories in which the judgment, the law and apology exist. Accompanied by a series of prints overlaying the judgment in black ink, the work was first displayed in 2018, the 10th anniversary of the then Prime Minister Rudd's apology to Aboriginal Stolen Generations. It asked viewers in that critical moment to think about the notion of costs; not only in monetary terms, but intergenerational trauma.
© 2019 by Lauren Mack


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Tropical Coral Reefs & Changing Oceans
by Elena Couce, PhD, University of Bristol, United Kingdom July 8, 2014 Comments Off on Tropical Coral Reefs & Changing Oceans Features, Slider Home
As soon as the divers venture from the shadow of the ship floating above, a cloud of tropical fishes surround them. Bright purple, black, green and yellow, they dart around like bees in a hive. Large blue parrotfishes wander through and lazily bite off bits of corals with their parrot-like beaks. Wary of the looming shape of the divers, small nemo fish burrow between the poisonous tentacles of their protective anemones while the large head of a moray eel peaks out from the entrance to its lair, its mouth open in threat. Down in the sand, a few sea cucumbers avoid a sea urchin's black spikes as they make their way slowly along the seafloor. And, a blue-spotted ray, half-buried in the sand, lies waiting nearby while colorful sponges peak out like chimneys from amongst the coral. Elaborate, three-dimensional structures, the coral species outgrow each other as they compete for space in the sunlight. The divers, awed by such display of color and motion, could be forgiven for believing tropical oceans to be ebullient with life. The truth is actually the opposite.
Sadly, the extraordinarily high levels of productivity in coral reefs are not the norm in tropical oceans. Undersea visibility gives it away because one can only see through water when it is empty, when not much is living in it. Colder and nutrient-rich waters at higher latitudes support life in huge numbers – where divers cannot usually see far. In contrast, warm and clear waters off beaches of white sand and scattered palm trees, so often featured on holiday postcards, are mostly dead. True oases in an empty water desert, coral reefs flourish where they do through clever natural engineering. Thanks to microscopic algae living within their tissues, corals receive most of their energy directly from the sun itself. Nutrients are a scarce commodity in tropical waters. And, the coral ecosystem excels at recycling and reusing its limited resources with hundreds of animal and plant species playing different roles in a delicate balancing act. It all works extremely well. With a biodiversity rivaling tropical rainforests, their land counterpart, coral reefs are home to nearly one-third of all marine living creatures. Their future, and that of their inhabitants, is currently in jeopardy.
Threats to Coral Reefs
Photo courtesy NOAA Dept. of Commerce Photographer Julie Bedford
Approximately 20 percent of the world's coral reef ecosystems have already been lost. Confined to clear and shallow waters, coral reefs are vulnerable to a range of pressures, both human and natural. Overfishing, pollution, increased sedimentation and disease have already taken their toll. In the 1980s a combination of overfishing and pollution had so weakened Caribbean reef ecosystems that when a natural disease struck sea urchins – one of the few herbivores remaining after fish populations had declined – algae took over many reefs. Corals compete with algae for control of the seafloor, and herbivore grazing is essential for keeping algae at bay. Scientists believe that once control has been relinquished and the ecosystem has shifted to dominance by algae, it will not be easy for corals to claim it back. In many tropical countries, and despite laws trying to prevent it, fishermen still throw dynamite into the waters, killing fish and, at the same time, destroying their ecosystem. This, then, becomes home to the next generation – a place where no one will have a chance to catch fish.
Other fishermen dive down to release poisonous cyanide amongst corals, killing them, the fish nearby and everything else that comes in contact with it. And, ship anchors dropped carelessly routinely destroy centuries-old coral colonies. Perhaps more insidiously, conversion of many wild areas to farmland is resulting in increased sedimentation and pollution, which is brought by rivers into oceans and affects coastal ecosystems. In the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's coast, outbreaks of a predatory starfish – the Crown of Thorns – have been causing mass mortality of corals since the 1960s. Already weakened by human pressures, coral colonies are often unable to recover. The significant global decline in recent decades has placed one in three known coral species at critical risk of extinction. Now, the global threat of climate change is growing to dominate above all others.
Canaries in the Climate Change Coalmine
Not so long ago, coal miners used to take caged canaries down into mines as an early warning system of the presence of toxic gases. As long as the bird kept singing, miners knew the air was safe to breathe while a dead canary prompted an immediate evacuation. Today it is coral reefs that are playing a similar role in the coalmine of anthropogenic climate change. Burning of fossil fuels is releasing CO2 to the atmosphere at a rate likely unprecedented in the history of the planet and creating a period of rapidly shifting conditions in oceans. Part of the CO2 remains in the atmosphere and captures some of the heat radiated by Earth in a process known as "greenhouse" warming. Another part dissolves into oceans and reacts with water to produce carbonic acid, giving rise to a series of chemical reactions resulting in increased levels of surface water acidity. These two threats, warming and acidification, combine to threaten the survival of coral reef ecosystems everywhere.
Coral reefs are very sensitive to even small increases in temperature. The symbiotic relationship between corals and microscopic algae living in their tissues can break under stress, resulting in the expulsion of the algae. The process is known as "bleaching" since the removed algae exposes the white calcium carbonate skeletons, taking away much of the coral's color. A healthy coral relies on these microscopic algae for oxygen and essential nutrients, and the breakdown of their symbiotic relationship can lead to death unless the coral manages to replace its algae on time. Although corals do often recover, the frequency and severity of bleaching events worldwide are exceeding the capacity of many coral ecosystems to do so. Regular reports of major global bleaching episodes began in the 1980s. And, the greenhouse effect has been enhanced by natural warming processes like El Niño events, bringing increased temperatures to surface waters of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
Image courtesy NOAA Dept. of Commerce Photographer David Burdick | Starfish, Mariana Islands, Guam. Thousands of marine organisms depend on coral reefs.
Corals produce calcium carbonate to create their external skeletons (a process called "calcification"), which makes up the physical structures of the reef ecosystem. With oceans absorbing nearly one-half of total fossil fuel CO2 emissions, ocean acidification is compromising the ability of reef-building corals and shell-producing organisms to calcify. While laboratory studies have shown that corals themselves, when exposed to extreme levels of acidification, may lose all their external skeletons and still survive, the loss of the three-dimensional structures of the reef ecosystem would impact thousands of marine organisms that call it home.
Escaping Heat & Acidification
Not all areas in oceans are being affected the same way. Of course, coral reefs cannot escape. Attached to sediment, they will spend their adult lives confined to the same spot where they first landed as larvae. But, while reefs in areas negatively impacted continue to decline, a new generation of larvae, driven by ocean currents, will give rise to new coral colonies, some in regions previously unsuitable. The equator is warmest; thus, it is there that temperature limits for corals will first be breached. As global warming proceeds, corals may be driven away from the equator and into high latitudes. On the other hand, dissolution of CO2 in seawater is facilitated by low temperatures; therefore, effects of ocean acidification are more significant at high latitudes. Acidification will tend to shrink suitable habitat towards the equator. The choice is warming vs. acidification – out of the frying pan and into the acid bath. Does this spell the end for coral reefs?
Recent research suggests that warming may be more of a problem, at least in the short term. Effects of acidification are not yet as strong, and high latitude areas are likely to fare better with the levels of warming expected throughout the next 50 years, even if acidification leads to weaker reef structures. Geoengineering – the deliberate human intervention in the climate system – has been gaining weight in recent years as a last-ditch attempt to avoid global warming. Initiatives focusing on reduction of the amount of sunlight reaching the earth (for example, by release of reflective particles high in the atmosphere) would stop part of the incoming sunlight and create conditions similar to those that may result from a major volcanic eruption.
Such measures could buy extra time for coral reefs and possibly avoid significant habitat collapses that would otherwise take place within this generation's lifetime. This is particularly true in the equatorial western Pacific where some of the richest coral reef ecosystems are currently found. However, any alteration in a system as complex as the planet's climate is also fraught with danger, with implications that could be far-reaching and beyond mankind's ability to fully anticipate. Such alterations also fail to address the root of the problem – the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. While atmospheric CO2 levels remain high, ocean acidification will continue unabated. Ultimately, drastic reductions of fossil fuel emissions may be the best hope for coral reefs.
Image courtesy NOAA Dept. of Commerce | Attempts to protect Earth's oceans are underway; much work still remains, however.
The divers, running low on air, start the slow ascent to the surface. With images of the bright underwater kingdom they've just visited still replaying in their minds, they are blissfully unaware of the drama slowly unfolding beneath the waves. Far beyond an aesthetic loss, the demise of coral reefs represents a large threat to the livelihood of millions of people who rely on them for fishing and tourist income. In addition, many tropical countries benefit from the coastal protection they provide – a last barrier against wave action and the fury of tropical storms. The implications of the loss of so many species from the ocean food web are mind-staggering. But hope still remains. Recent years have brought about a mental shift regarding Earth, the water planet. Initially considered a limitless source of food and a convenient dumping pit for waste, oceans are increasingly starting to be regarded as a delicate and essential piece in the complex machinery that keeps the planet habitable.
A breathing, living world, both land and water ecosystems work together to regulate availability of elements essential to life. With tighter control on fisheries and ocean pollution, and creation of a network of marine sanctuaries that gives marine ecosystem a chance to recover, attempts to protect life's underwater patrimony are underway. But much work still remains if the divers just leaving the water are to share with their children one day the natural beauty and wonder that is a coral reef.
Elena Couce
PhD, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
e.couce@bristol.ac.uk
PhD, Earth System Sciences (Bristol); MSc, Earth System Sciences (Bristol); MSc, Particle Physics (Valencia) and BSc, Physics (Seville); is a Research Collaborator in the School of Biological Sciences at the United Kingdom's University of Bristol. Her work focuses on modeling how climate change is affecting the short-term viability (next 50 years) of shallow-water coral reef ecosystems worldwide. In order to predict the future, Couce maintains that people first need a better understanding of the present – of how environmental factors (for example, sea temperature, light availability and ocean pH) control the global distribution of tropical coral reefs today. Once humans understand the climatic envelope in which coral reefs flourish, it is possible to analyse how the world's changing climate is likely to impact their potential habitat, as well as to identify new sites that should be able to support coral reefs under new conditions. Couce has also looked at some of the possible consequences of geoengineering (the deliberate human intervention in the climate system to try to ameliorate global warming). Originally trained as a physicist and now a member of the Department of Earth Sciences (though her office is in the School of Geographical Sciences), most of Couce's current work ranges across the disciplines of biology and physical geography. For more information, please contact Couce by phone at +44 (0) 117 3318351, by email at
e.couce@bristol.ac.uk or go to her webpage at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/people/elena-m-couce/index.html
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Q: How to create logic that will run ONLY once as long as the user is on the page (ie user does not go to a different page and come back) Hi I've was having this problem where the logic in my Page_Load function was being called whenever my AJAX timer was triggered. Fortunately I used Update Panels to differentiate Asynch Postbacks, which now catches the calls from the AJAX timers. However, every once in awhile (I'd say maybe every 15 seconds or so), my logic in the Page_Load runs through again (I'm not sure if this is an AJAX callback that isn't being catched or is something else). How do I make it so that logic is ran once and only once, when the page is originally loaded? Note that if a user goes to a different page and then comes back to this page I want this code to run again, just not as long as they remain on the page.
Here is my code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

public partial class Chat : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page).IsInAsyncPostBack)
        {
            SendButton.Click += new EventHandler(SendButton_Click);
            if (Request.QueryString["RecID"] != null)
                Session["receivinguserid"] = Request.QueryString["RecID"];
            else
                Response.Redirect("~/Home.aspx");
            UserCredential sendingUser = (UserCredential)Session["authenticatedUser"];
            UserCredential receivingUser = Global.Users.Find(m => m.UserID == Convert.ToInt32(Session["receivinguserid"]));
            Conversation currentConversation = new Conversation((int)sendingUser.UserID, (int)receivingUser.UserID);
            if (sendingUser.Conversations.Find(m => m.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID) == null)
            {
                Global.Users.Find(m => m.Name == (string)Session["authenticatedUsersUsername"]).Conversations.Add(new Conversation((int)((UserCredential)Session["authenticatedUser"]).UserID, Convert.ToInt32(Session["receivinguserid"])));
                Global.Users.Find(m => m.UserID == Convert.ToInt32(Session["receivinguserid"])).Conversations.Add(new Conversation(Convert.ToInt32(Session["receivinguserid"]), (int)((UserCredential)Session["authenticatedUser"]).UserID));
            }
            else
            {
                currentConversation = sendingUser.Conversations.Find(m => m.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID);
                foreach (Message m in currentConversation.ReadMessageList)
                {
                    if (m.UserID == sendingUser.UserID)
                    {
                        ChatLabel.Text += "
 " + sendingUser.Name.ToString() + ": " + m.MessageText + " " + m.MessageDate.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM HH:mm");
                    }
                    else if (m.UserID == receivingUser.UserID)
                    {
                        ChatLabel.Text += "
" + receivingUser.Name.ToString() + ": " + m.MessageText + " " + m.MessageDate.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM HH:mm");
                    }
                }
                foreach (Message m in sendingUser.Conversations.Find(m => m.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID).UnReadMessageList)
                {
                    ChatLabel.Text += "
" + receivingUser.Name.ToString() + ": " + m.MessageText + " " + m.MessageDate.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM HH:mm");
                    sendingUser.Conversations.Find(t => t.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID).ReadMessageList.Add(m);
                }
                sendingUser.Conversations.Find(m => m.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID).UnReadMessageList.Clear();
            }
        }
    }
    public void UpdateChat(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        UserCredential sendingUser = (UserCredential)Session["authenticatedUser"];
        UserCredential receivingUser = Global.Users.Find(m => m.UserID == Convert.ToInt32(Session["receivinguserid"]));
        foreach (Message m in sendingUser.Conversations.Find(c => c.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID).UnReadMessageList)
        {
            ChatLabel.Text += "
" + receivingUser.Name.ToString() + ": " + m.MessageText + " " + m.MessageDate.ToString("ddd, dd MMMM HH:mm");
            Global.Users.Find(u => u.UserID == (int)sendingUser.UserID).Conversations.Find(t => t.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID).ReadMessageList.Add(m);
        }
        Global.Users.Find(m => m.UserID == (int)sendingUser.UserID).Conversations.Find(t => t.ReceivingUserID == receivingUser.UserID).UnReadMessageList.Clear();
    }

And the HTML:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Chat.aspx.cs" Inherits="Chat" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

    <title></title>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

  <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
  </asp:ScriptManager>
   <asp:Timer ID="Timer1" runat="server">
   </asp:Timer>

  <asp:UpdatePanel runat="server">
   <Triggers>
    <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="tim" EventName="Tick" />
   </Triggers>
   <ContentTemplate>
    <asp:Timer ID="tim" Interval="5000" Enabled="true" OnTick="UpdateChat" runat="server"></asp:Timer>
    <asp:Label ID="ChatLabel" runat="server"></asp:Label>
   </ContentTemplate>
  </asp:UpdatePanel>
  <asp:TextBox ID="MessageTextBox" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
  <asp:Button ID="SendButton" runat="server" Text="Send" OnClientClick="return false"/>

    </form>

A: Set a session variable when the code is first run, then only run the code if the session variable is null.
It will be null when the code first runs but not null the rest of the time.

A: if(!IsPostback)
{

 // code to run only once

}

IsPostback checks if you passing it first time => (IsPostback = false) or as a result of a postback that came later on as a result of a fired event => (IsPostback = true), in the code above we are reversing the IsPostback using the ! to make the false case fall into place.  for more detailed info have a look at this IsPostback Explained

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19 Quotes From Kittens That Prove They're True Genius… #14 Is Amazing, WOW.
Sometimes kittens seem wiser than us. They seem to know exactly when it's time to take a break. They never skip a meal. And they certainly know exactly when it's time to play.
Kittens make friends easily. They have no preconceived notions of the world. They have a great sense of humor, particularly when the human has put yet another outfit on them. Could it be that these little furry balls of fluff know something that we don't?
Sometimes you just want to fit in, no matter how silly you look.
It's amazing what you can truly see, when you just open your eyes wide enough.
You think outside the box, I think inside the jar.
It's a big world out there, but everyone matters.
It may take some time, but you can extricate yourself from the most complicated situations by just looking cute.
Playing isn't just for adults, it's for kittens too.
Sometimes you just have to have a bit of fun.
You can never go wrong when you step into the light.
There's nothing wrong with asking for help every now and then.
And there's certainly nothing wrong with relaxing after a long hard day.
Take full advantage of your fifteen minutes of fame.
You can do anything, if you put your mind to it.
Help your humans out with the cleaning every now and then.
Sometimes you just have to take the whole day off and chill.
Be appreciative of your gifts, even if they don't fit right.
Remember that you drove yourself here, so it's up to you to drive yourself out.
Some of life's greatest lessons can be learned from cats—SHARE with your friends!
They Weren't Sure How The Kangaroo Would React To The Cat…But Just Wait Till You See THIS!
Cat Rescues Two Baby Squirrels Found In Yard, But Just Watch Them Now… AMAZING.
Big Cat Rescue Throws Huge Christmas Party For Big Cats… Just Watch, The Results Are Hysterical!


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Home Life Transgender comedian Ian Harvie fuels comedy with Trans experiences
Transgender comedian Ian Harvie fuels comedy with Trans experiences
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Comedian Ian Harvie is pictured during his performance at the Student Union Theater on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (Jason Jiang/The Daily Campus)
Transgender stand-up comedian Ian Harvie talked about transitioning to a transgender man, arousing bursts of laughter from a small audience in the Student Union Theater Thursday night.
"I am queer and transgender," Harvie said. "I was born a girl."
Harvie talked about the process of transitioning with a series of jokes about his experiences. He said that the freedom he felt after his breasts were removed was incredibly relieving.
"I always wanted to know how much my boobs weighed, so I went to the grocery store," Harvie said. "I was carrying Olsen twins on my chest."
The next step in his transition was to purchase a penis with his girlfriend.
"It's a beautiful part of a relationship when you get to go c**k shopping," Harvie said.
With the support of his family and girlfriend, Harvie said that being transgender is not hard for him, but is a struggle for many others who are persecuted and murdered for being transgender. This violence is often misconstrued as "transpanic" on the part of the aggressor, Harvie said.
"Transpanic is when you forget to take testosterone and your period comes back," Harvie said.
When Harvie began his transition, the use of testosterone caused changes that Harvie said were difficult to control.
"I had that feud inside," Harvie said. "Between the girl voice I was socialized with and the guy voice."
His girl voice kept telling him to stop objectifying women as the testosterone increased his desire for sex, Harvie said.
As a transgender man, Harvie said he felt like he was in a community where he was free to choose anybody he liked as a partner. Gay or lesbian communities often don't allow that freedom because the other gender is ostracized, Harvie said.
"The more I identify with these I.Ds, the less I feel that I need them," Harvie said about the use of gender identifiers. "The importance of keeping them is for legislation to protect people that need it."
Despite the criticisms people have toward modifications made by those that are transitioning, Harvie said celebrities like the Kardashians have modified themselves to a much greater extent, but don't get the same criticism.
Caitlyn Jenner on the other hand, Harvie said, is a great voice for the transgender community.
Harvie's career as a transgender comedian began with a childhood obsession with comedy, he said. After going to a comedy workshop, he realized that it was his passion.
His stand-up comedy show was followed by questions from students who wanted to learn more about his transition and how he came to accept his identity.
"It was nice to hear a refreshing side to things," Molley Smith, a first semester student, said.
Diler Haji is a campus correspondent for The Daily Campus.
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Trends may come and go, but you can always count on KMFDM to unleash a new album's worth of hate-heavy industrial tunes every few years. Twenty-one years after their initial formation, the German group still has no problem unleashing the venom against electro beats, as evidenced by 2005's Hau Ruck. With tracks that can be compared to such renowned industrial names as Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, and Rammstein, it's understandable for the uninitiated to assume that KMFDM is just following in the footsteps of others. But the truth is that they've been around longer than those aforementioned acts (or in Ministry's case, just as long). KMFDM continue to supply the perfect soundtrack for a futuristic action-adventure movie, as evidenced by such tracks as "Free Your Hate," "New American Century," and "Mini Mini Mini." Hau Ruck is further proof that KMFDM is the industrial AC/DC -- they continue to crank out album after album, while not giving a thought as to what's pumping out of radio or MTV at the moment.


How Technology Helping Make Work fFom Home Career Option?
We started from sign languages then scribing on stones to having visualize communication from different continents, human race, indeed, have come so far. And it continues to develop rapidly, as fast as we are growing it is safe to say that one day we will be able to teleport the human being from one part of the world to another, imagine witnessing Doremon 'anywhere door', how amazing that would be. Technology has revolutionized everything today, from the way we eat to the way we work. We could send the database and reports to our client in US from our comfortable couch in India. All thanks to the technology that is still evolving with such a great pace that it makes our daily chaos a lot easier, as it has broaden our horizons so much that basically all you need is a good internet connection and you can work from anywhere and anytime. However, this doesn't have to wreck the idea of working in four-walled offices.
The beginning of the concept Work from home!
Somewhere between 18th to 19th centuries, industrial revolution introduced the concept of 9 to 5 work, later on with the improvement of technology the world was exposed with internet. Introduction of internet was such a revolutionary step that not only made the communication from far off destination a lot easier but also shrinks the geographical borders. This is the era of freedom to work anytime and anywhere; with national and international clients within your comfort zone. The concept of work from home is still meant to earn extra bucks and doesn't consider or paid as much as full-time office going job. However, today in many countries freelancing pay you well enough to make it full-time career option.
Websites like Upwork.com that connects 3 million clients with over 9 million freelancers globally. Now you can start your business from your desk.
How work from home can be beneficial to all?
Work-life balance is far more prominent than anything else in life; one should know the key for happiness doesn't really come from earning more money but how you spend it. Money is great but have you ever spend your time amidst of nature with your loved ones? More money means more work and that means more stress that leads to improper diet, poor lifestyle and more fatigue. A study has shown that employees who work from home have experienced 25% less stress and they have taken fewer sick leaves than office workers.
Working from home is not only beneficial for employees but also for the employer, think about all the money that will be saved on infrastructure, office space, technologies and other equipment's. Employees are less likely to quite with the all the flexibility in timings, as it is easier to set your own time frame under the deadlines. And employer can save a hell lot of time and energy on advertisement, recruitment, interviews and hire every other day.
A survey has shown that people who work from home are less likely to fall sick which means more productive and efficiently work done. Which is understandable since you are not disturbed by noises background, and away from office politics and vain fully long meetings? According to some, these meetings often do not encourage new ideas or emphasis on creativity.
Work from home is cool, but work in office is still a thing!
While there are plenty of pros for working from home but when it comes to sticking up to working hours many freelancer faces hard time, as you much as you feel distracted working in office there are pretty good chances to lose your focus working from home as well. A survey shows that workers who work from home are more satisfied and productive but at the same time they wished to work from office because of lack of face to face interaction with coworkers thus it gets lonely. Another survey conducted by Timehop when it closed it New York office for two weeks, employee reported to feel distracted working from home and many were not keen to work at all.
Where it is heading to?
'Working from home has brighter future by the year 2020' says 34% of the business leaders at a survey at the Global Leadership Summit in London. It is said that more than half of the workers would be working from home. For sure more of the people are opting out the option working from home, but that doesn't cease the existence of the conventional brick-and-mortar offices, at least not any time soon.
Sara Sutten Fell, CEO of FlexJobs, a platform for job seekers, says, 'that the mistake is thinking that working remotely, and working in an office, are either/or positions. "Most people think of remote work as 100%, all or nothing," she says. "But the reality we see is that's it's not all or nothing." Even though through technology freelancing is getting hike, it will be exciting to see how soon it can become a reality.


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November 3, 2017 Culture, Politics
The Historical Origins of Native American Heritage Month
The historical pathway for the establishment of a Native American month has been a longstanding filled with endurance and advocacy.
In 1990, Congress passed and United States President George H. W. Bush signed legislation declaring that November is known as "National American Indian Heritage Month," after that commonly referred to as "Native American Heritage Month." This law honored the immense diversity and historical legacy of all Native Americans across the nation. The history of the law was not without obstacles though; for roughly a hundred years prior, Americans, both Indian and non-Indian, have strived for there to be a notable place on the calendar to recognize the original inhabitants and their present-day descendants of what is now known as the United States of America.
One of the earliest proponents for designating a time to honor Native Americans was noted anthropologist, author, and historian Dr. Arthur Caswell Parker, a Cattaraugus Seneca native who was successful in convincing the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the "First Americans" from 1912 to 1915. Dr. Parker was also the founder of the Society of American Indians in 1911 and the National Congress of American Indians in 1944.
Another early advocate for honoring Native Americans was the Reverend Red Fox James, also known as Red Fox Skiukusha, a Blackfeet native whom in 1914 began a 4,000-mile trek on horseback to Washington D.C. to petition for an "Indian Day." Only a year later in 1915, the Congress of the American Indian Association insisted that its president, the Reverend Sherman Coolidge, an Arapaho native, issue a declaration proclaiming the second Saturday of each May as "American Indian Day."
A turning point arrived in 1919 when the Illinois state legislature enacted a bill celebrating the fourth Friday in September as "American Indian Day." Jumping forward to 1935, the governor of Massachusetts also declared the fourth Friday in September as "American Indian Day" as well. Both decisions would go on to lay the foundation for honoring Native Americans in any given year henceforward.
Furthering the cause was then California Governor and future United States President Ronald Reagan signing a resolution in 1968 designating the fourth Friday in September as "American Indian Day." In 1976, Congress passed a resolution that provided authorization to United States President Gerald Ford to proclaim an entire week in October as "Native American Awareness Week." Since the passing of that resolution, Congress and every acting President from that year forth have observed a day, a week, or a month honoring Native Americans.
This observance of Native Americans continues to grow each year throughout various branches of government and public ordinances expressed across the nation. Perhaps one of the most important events took place in 2009, with Congress passing and the United States President Barack Obama signing a legislation declaring the Friday after Thanksgiving Day as "Native American Heritage Day." The signing is viewed as further advancing the national focus upon Native Americans and their diverse cultures, sacrifices, and contributions within the framework of American history.
Through the tremendous struggles of various advocates during the past century, moments to honor and recognize Native Americans continue to grow each year. As America continues to grapple with the historical and contemporary issues surrounding Native Americans, "Native American Heritage Month" continues to be an opportunity to provide a shining light to the past, present, and future of Native Americans everywhere.
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Q: Hiding Regex elements I am trying to parse out a value from a list of key value pairs. All data is dirty, as is mine. Key/vales can be separated by 1 or more spaces and values can contain spaces.  My data looks something like this:
@"cat=test desc=my dog has fleas     det=3  extra=example"

This has caused me to go to extremes to parse.  I almost have it with the following:
@"(?<=\bdesc\b\=)[\w\s:#/%\?:\-.]*((?:(\s*).*\=)|$)"

Only, the following key ("det=") is not being hidden. I've also tried it with ?> and ?< to no avail.  Help.

A: Here is a way to extract all key/value pairs. If you only want to extract one (or several) key/value pair(s), you only need to change the subpattern in the first capturing group with something more explicit (in this case don't forget to use word boundaries or something else that can act as):
([^\s=]+)=(\S+(?>\s+[^\s=]+)*(?!=))

demo
details of \S+(?>\s+[^\s=]+)*(?!=)
\S+          # all that is not a whitespace
(?>          # open an atomic group
    \s+      # one or more whitespaces
    [^\s=]+  # all non-whitespaces characters except "="
)*           # repeat the atomic group zero or more times
(?!=)        # check if not followed by an "="

The pattern is designed to reduce the number of steps. The goal of the atomic group is to forbid backtracking for the subpattern \s+[^\s=]+, consequence, the only backtracking positions recorded by the regex engine are the starts of the group. When the equal sign is reached, (?!=) fails and only one backtracking step is needed (to return to the position before the last repetition).
Note that this pattern trims the trailing spaces for the value.

A: One possible approach:
/([^=]+)=([^=]+?)(?=\w+=|$)/g

Regex101 Demo. The key is using lazy modifier to match the value substring (in combination with a lookahead for a next property's name). If you don't want the trailing whitespace, use a slightly different version, based on the same approach:
/(\S+)=([^=]+?)(?=\s+\w+=|$)/g

A: I found an answer which is rather useful (worth sharing).
Given the string @"cat=test desc=my dog has fleas     det=3  extra=example"
?<=\bdesc=)((?:(?!\s+\w+=).)+*
will give you "my dog has fleas."  The great part is that it allows spaces in the result (doesn't stop after "my").  It keeps pulling data until it hits "something=."  This regex also handles the first and last element cases.


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Q: how to configure gearman_proxy to handle inbound flows between workers and gearmand? We configured a centralized Nagios / Mod_Gearman with multiple Gearman worker to monitor our servers. I need to monitor remote servers deploying gearman workers on the remote site. But, for security reasons, I would like to reverse the direction of the initial connection between these workers and the neb module (inconming flows from workers to our network are forbidden). The Gearman proxy seems to be the solution since it just puts jobs from the "central" gearmand into another gearmand.
I would like to know if it's possible to configure the gearman proxy to send informations to a remote gearmand and get check results from it without having to open inbound flows ?
Unfortunately, the documentation does not give use cases about that. Do you know were I could find more documentation about gearman proxy configurations ?


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Review: The Study Trilogy by Maria V. Snyder
Minor spoilers for the trilogy as I'm reviewing all three books at once, I have tried to keep them to an absolute minimum.
Book 1: Poison Study
Choose: A quick death…Or slow poison…
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear…
Book 2: Magic Study
With her greatest enemy dead, and on her way to be reunited with the family she'd been stolen from long ago, Yelena should be pleased. But though she has gained her freedom, she can't help feeling isolated in Sitia. Her Ixian background has changed her in many ways—and her newfound friends and relatives don't think it's for the better....
Despite the turmoil, she's eager to start her magic training—especially as she's been given one year to harness her power or be put to death. But her plans take a radical turn when she becomes involved with a plot to reclaim Ixia's throne for a lost prince—and gets entangled in powerful rivalries with her fellow magicians.
If that wasn't bad enough, it appears her brother would love to see her dead. Luckily, Yelena has some old friends to help her with all her new enemies...
Book 3: Fire Study
When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder—able to capture and release souls—spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena's fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before....
Honour sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Her journey is fraught with allies, enemies, lovers and would-be assassins, each of questionable loyalty. Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself—and save the land she holds dear.
I love the Study series by Maria V Snyder, they were my first foray into her writing and they hold a special place in the fantasy corner of my heart (right between Tamora Pierce and Kristin Cashore.) They are one of my favourites to come back to again and again, particularly when I'm feeling rough and need a break from the real world. So a few days ago I went back into Yelena's world for another trip round.
The first book will always remain my favourite of the series. There's something about it that just sparks my imagination in a way that the second two books never quite recapture. It could be the fresh new concept and world that we're being introduced to, or the (relatively) stable environment of the castle complex where the majority of the action takes place, or it could be that this book features the most of Valek that we ever see, and yes ok, I may have a bit of a soft spot for Valek. How did you guess?
Poison brilliantly sets up Yelena as a character, throwing us and her straight in at the deep end with a death or slow death option, and the action never really lets up from there. There are no pre-formed relationships, the reader finds out about the characters at the same time as Yelena, and it's so much fun trying to work out who is trustworthy and who might be selling information. The world that Snyder sets up is both brutal but complex and a fascinating study. I loved seeing how Ixia worked and the different roles everyone plays within the construct.
Yelena herself is a fascinating character, she's just that bit older than most YA heroines, so the book can appeal to either end of the spectrum, both adults and older teens. She's strong and fiery and incredibly determined, but there is also something fundamentally broken about her, and Snyder doesn't shy away from portraying that and giving Yelena the arc and space to try to come to terms with herself, her situation, and her past.
She's supported by a fascinating cast of characters, Valek of course being my favourite. He's a darkly brilliant character, who you never know what he might do or how he might react, with a life and character outside of the bounds of Yelena's interactions, and I desperately want a study on Valek please. There are so many layers to him, he remains one of my favourite heroes, even though he may not come across as a hero to start with.We also get to meet Ari and Janco who are one of the best double acts ever and remind me in some ways of the Weasley twins, only a little bit more deadly.
It's a fantastic combination of fantasy and magic with some of the darker elements of humanity mixed in. It never gets to heavy, and never lets up on the rollercoaster ride from start to finish, and leaves the reader desperate to head straight into the next book in the series 'Magic Study.' Which is where it then went a bit downhill for me.
Don't get me wrong, I still love the series, but books two and three never quite live up to the magic that I found in book one.
Yelena is out in the big wide world, freed from her position as poison taster and off to seek her family and her magical heritage in Sitia I really loved seeing a whole new side to the world and the different mis match of cultures that all coalesce in Sitia in comparison to the straight rigidity of Ixia. They are a contrast in studies and I love seeing more of the two nations over the following two books.
My three biggest problems with Magic Study and Fire Study are firstly, that the character development never seems to be tackled as well as it is in the first book. I never really warmed to Yelen'a parents and her brother Lief and her have so many issues and then suddenly they don't. There is a passage where they look at the events that shaped their hostility towards each other, but it then felt as though those issues were dropped and never touched on again, which was really disappointing. I felt that their relationship was one of the most fascinating ones, and there were some really solid reasons for dislike between them and I wanted to see them work through those and come out the other side, not to just get a magic fix.
All the other secondary characters it felt like we got a lot of them up to a point and then they would close off and we couldn't go any deeper. Irys for example would swing from trusting Yelena to cutting her off so quickly it practically gave me whiplash.
Secondly, Yelena adopts a 'let's rush headlong into everything and hang the consequences' attitude. Which yes, works in some situations and really really doesn't in others. Sometimes I just wanted to shake her for not trusting people or even attempting to reach out to them, because it left her isolated and making increasingly bad decisions. I understood the justification for not trusting others, but it felt like it was taken a little too far on some occasions.
And finally, there really wasn't enough Valek, and when we did get him, it was usually in situations where there was no hope and then suddenly Valek appears in her mind and helps her out. Now if there had been some sort of bond or magical tether between the two of them or even a vague attempt to make some sense of why this kept happening then I probably wouldn't have questioned it. However as it was it felt like it was just an easy way out, which was tragic because I wanted more of Valek yes, but not just as a save the day kind of guy. It also felt like he had lost some of his hard battle mentality in the second two books, which again was a bit sad after the pure awesomeness of the first book.
However, yes ok I have a few gripes but they are actually not big ones, it's just because I'm looking at the three books in one go. I really do love this series, hugely, and it is one of those series I am forever telling people to read. Snyder is a genius at world building, she creates compelling and believable worlds filled with history and backstory and myths and they feel so real as you read. It's an incredible talent and one that has only grown with each book she's written.
She creates a host of fantastic characters, from Yelena right the way through to the smallest bit parts. Everyone adds to the story, they all fit seamlessly into the whole, and they all help to create this incredible tale. Because regardless of any gripes I may have, this trilogy really is an incredible feat of storytelling. It remains one of my favourites to come back to time and time again, and Valek and Yelena remain one of my top favourite pairings.
If you're looking for a new fantasy series to sink your teeth into this comes very highly recommended. If you're after fantastic world building a compelling plot and engaging characters then again, you'll strike gold with these. The whole series is fantastic, but Poison study remains my favourite.
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Rio Tinto posts best underlying earnings in four years, offloads cash
Melanie Burton
(Reuters) - Rio Tinto on Wednesday beat expectations when it reported its highest annual underlying earnings since 2014 and announced a bumper dividend after a string of divestments.
Jean-Sebastien Jacques, CEO of Rio TInto Group stands for a portrait ahead of the publication of the company 2018 full year results in London, Britain, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Flush from the recent sale of its stake in the Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia and other non-core aluminium and coal assets, Rio will have returned total cash of $13.5 billion to shareholders for the year, after declaring a $4 billion special dividend of $2.43 per share and a final dividend of $1.80.
The special dividend was "far bigger than expected," said analyst Glyn Lawcock of UBS in Sydney.
"I think this continues to deliver on their promise of returning cash to shareholders and not doing anything dumb," he said, a reference to the top-of-the-cycle asset purchases at the peak of the last commodity boom.
"We have once again announced record cash returns to shareholders," Chief Executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques said, pointing to the miner's "value over volume" strategy.
Underlying earnings for the 12 months ended on Dec. 31 rose to $8.81 billion, from $8.63 billion a year earlier, after its copper and minerals divisions beat expectations, offsetting higher aluminium costs.
The figure was significantly higher than a consensus estimate of $8.47 billion compiled by Vuma Financial.
Chief Commercial Officer Simon Trott told reporters on a media call that Rio had little scope to boost its iron ore output after a deadly dam burst cut supply from Brazil's Vale SA.
"The iron ore business is set up for the year. You can't make changes on the fly. But we will continue to look at options on the portfolio for the year," Trott said.
Iron ore prices have surged since last month's deadly collapse of a dam operated by Vale in Brazil forced the world's top iron ore miner to cut production, likely boosting earnings this year for its global rivals.
Rio maintained its iron ore output guidance at 338 million to 350 million tonnes.
Rio's Australia-listed shares have risen 21 percent so far this year, compared with a near 15 percent jump for its larger, but more diversified, peer BHP Group. In London, Rio's shares were up 1.3 percent.
The Vale disaster has considerably raised scrutiny of safety standards throughout the industry, in particular for tailings facilities, casting a shadow over the industry's license to operate. Rio, which has some 100 tailings facilities across 32 sites, registered three fatalities last year.
The miner also separately released a major report into its plans to transition into a low carbon future, and Jacques made a point of underlining its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials.
Jean-Sebastien Jacques, CEO of Rio Tinto Group sits for a portrait ahead of the publication of the company 2018 full year results in London, Britain, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville
"Today we are the only large mining company with no coal or oil or gas in our portfolio," he said.
While a global move to a low carbon future lent significant risk to its iron ore business, Rio said in its report that it will focus on materials like copper and aluminium that will supply a new energy future.
Rio Tinto also separately confirmed a copper find in Western Australia.
Reporting by Aditya Soni and Nikhil Kurian Nainan in BENGALURU and Melanie Burton in MELBOURNE; Editing by Richard Pullin and Tom Hogue


Dramatik Gaming, in conjunction with Vector Gaming is proud to announce the launch of their Dramatik.Beta program. This program is designed for high school students who are looking to get on college esport teams. College programs are growing by the day and the number of students who are looking to join these programs are more than triple that. Because of this imbalance, colleges are having a difficult time scouting and interviewing talent due to the lack of exposure for these students. This program will teach students the team dynamic that is necessary for the next level of play. We will have a staff of college coaches, former competitive players as well as college advisors, sports therapists, school counselors as guest speakers. We feel the differentiator in this program is not only the preparation for students to play college esports, but also assisting them in the college application process.
As of right now we are only accepting applicants for League of Legends at this time.


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Amazon expands its Sidewalk IoT network with an enterprise-grade bridge
6 January 2022, 12:42 pm ·4-min read
Back in 2019, Amazon first announced its Sidewalk network, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol and network for connecting smart devices -- and keeping them online when your own Wi-Fi network, for example, goes down, by piggybacking on your neighbor's network. Since last year, Amazon has been turning its Echo devices into Sidewalk bridges and select Ring and Tile devices can now access the network. Now, Amazon is launching its first professional-grade Sidewalk device meant to cover large areas like a university campus or park.
The full name for the new device is a mouthful: the Amazon Sidewalk Bridge Pro by Ring. It could be installed inside but is mostly meant to be set up outside -- and ideally on a high spot -- and can cover hundreds of devices up to five miles away (depending on the local circumstances, of course).
To test the devices, Amazon partnered with Arizona State University, which will install these new Sidewalk bridges on light poles on its Tempe campus. The University Technology Office plans to use it as a proof-of-concept with plans to connect sunlight and temperature sensors, CO2 detectors and particle counters.
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Amazon is also partnering with Thingy, an IoT company that specializes in environmental monitoring, to install its air quality monitoring tools to alert first responders of potential wildfires.
"Amazon Sidewalk Bridge Pro brings us the power of [Long Range] in a massive number of needed locations, easy integration with our existing applications in AWS, and trusted security for the devices and applications. We are very excited to work with Amazon Sidewalk to measure air quality and wildfires with our sensors and help solve the connectivity challenges for these critical applications," said Scott Waller, CEO and co-founder of Thingy.
But beyond the device itself, it's the fact that Amazon continues to invest in the Sidewalk ecosystem that's most important here.
"We're building a network, we're enabling actors to help the IoT industry," Stefano Landi, the director of Amazon Sidewalk, told me. "At the end of the day, if we want to drive the proliferation of smart and connected devices everywhere, you need to have the right network. If you talk to IoT developers today, yes, there are many options, but either it's very expensive, from a connectivity perspective versus cellular, or the range is limited, or it's draining the battery, or it's just that the overall development cycle is too complex. So we felt that we should invest and that's what we've done and we continue to invest in enabling these networks so that the IoT community can build any type of application: consumer, enterprise, public sector. "
Landi noted that only a few months after launching the network, the company now has very strong residential coverage in more than 100 major U.S. metro areas. In part, of course, that's because there are a lot of Echo devices in America's homes and unless users opt out, most modern Echo smart speakers now have Sidewalk enabled by default. Not everybody is comfortable with that, though Amazon would argue that it designed its network to be privacy-first and that it won't use a lot of bandwidth (it's mostly for passing alerts, not your Ring camera's video feed, after all). But it's a fair guess that most users aren't even aware of Sidewalk to begin with.
Covering a residential area is one thing, though. With the Sidewalk Bridge Pro, businesses can now also cover entire swaths of land to connect their sensors. There seems to be some demand for this, because Landi noted that "more than a few thousand companies" have already reached out to Amazon to ask about commercial use cases -- mostly in connection with AWS IoT, the company's cloud-based managed IoT service. A lot of this interest, Landi said, is coming from companies that want to build public sector solutions, mostly around smart city services.
"The Sidewalk Bridge Pro is a professional-grade bridge that is exactly tailored to be deployed outside of those [residential areas]," explained Landi. "So that now you have coverage pretty much everywhere. Think about commercial centers, parks, city parks, state parks, municipal parks, wildness areas, commercial area and so on. Now you really bring that ubiquitous connectivity, so when you're there, building a solution, you know that coverage is going to be pretty much anywhere that you need it."
Landi noted that while he expects most users to install the bridge outdoors, it can also be used indoors to cover a warehouse or a large store. And even though it's explicitly called the "Pro," we shouldn't expect the company to launch a consumer-style "non-pro" version anytime soon. That's what the Echo and Ring devices are for, after all.
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