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By Kerry Dexter On February 4, 2015 2 Comments
Wayfaring Strangers: the song, a tale of both physical and spiritual travel, came from the southern mountains of North America to become known and shared across the world. It is a song which has roots in both melody and idea that reach back to Scotland and Ireland as well. Fiona Ritchie and Douglas Orr have chosen Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia for the name of their book, in which they tell the long story, the carrying stream of emigration, travel, and continuing and changing ideas of heritage shaped at first in Scotland, then carried with Scots who settled in the north of Ireland, and carried across the ocean to the American states, finding a place to flourish and grow anew in the mountains of Appalachia.
Music is a powerful source of identity and connection for any who travel. Think about it: when you hear a familiar melody or a song you know from home in a foreign land, it calls forth emotion and memory beyond the words and sound of the song itself — all the more so if you are living in or moving to new land. All the more so in days before recorded music, in times when travel often meant parting from friends and family — never to see each other again.
"I imagine and try to put myself in the place of people who were leaving home all those years ago and traveling to America, and leaving under painful circumstances very often. If you have the gift of these songs with you and you have the memory of them in your mind, it's like company for you in your life. They are almost your friends that will mind you on your journey. If things are tough, you can think on the stories they can tell you. And the process of singing and the process of remembering the words; it's a very powerful personal one. Having arrived wherever you are, people who maybe couldn't remember all the words, they would appreciate being able to share them and to hear those songs again…"
Those are ideas of Irish singer, songwriter, and flute and whistle player Nuala Kennedy, who has herself lived in the United States and Scotland as well as her native Ireland. Such reflections, interview segments, and thoughts are a strength of the book. There is narrative of the social and political history of emigration across the years from Scotland to Ulster in Ireland to North America and along the great wagon roads of early days of travel in North America. There is a variety of illustration, ranging from nineteenth century drawings of daily life to recently created photographs and drawings and paintings of landscapes and dwellings. There is a CD comprising twenty tracks, tracing and illustrating ideas and songs talked of in the narrative. Among the musicians contributing to this are John Doyle, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Altan with Dolly Parton, Cara Dillon, and Al Petteway and Amy White. Parton, a native of the Great Smoky Mountains, wrote a forward to the book. Then there are the sidebars: explanations of ideas and terms, comments from scholars and collectors, and reflections from musicians, which serve to expand and illuminate the ideas about the carrying on and sharing of tradition which are at the heart of the book.
That's not so say that the narrative and the CD will not interest to the perceptive traveler; indeed they will. Ritchie, a native Scot and founder and presenter of the radio program Thistle and Shamrock, and Orr, a native of North America and moving force behind the Swannanoa Gathering, where tradition bearers and those who bring musical traditions through in the next generations come to share their music and stories with eager students each summer, have spoken with many artists who make their life's work the carrying on of musical tradition. Their choices in sharing selections from these conversations, set in context by the narrative and other aspects of the work, give depth and connection to the stories of music, of history, and of travel which they tell.
The stories are bound up with land and landscape, the loving and leaving of it and finding ways to live in a new land, keeping some traditions, changing others, and how all this intertwines with music. If you enjoy traveling in or reading about the Appalachian region of North America, the history of Ireland and Scotland, or the telling of stories through music and the persistence of heritage, then you will want to add Wayfaring Strangers to your library. If you are thinking all this is good but it is a distant part of history and not that relevant to me, I invite you to consider this from singer and songwriter Cara Dillon, who is from Dungiven in Northern Ireland.
"There's one song in particular called The Winding River Roe which we recorded, and the song's all about a local man in my hometown who emigrated to America. And he was full of promise for the future and excited like most people were, but they didn't realize the harsh reality: that maybe they wouldn't survive the crossing, getting there, and then it wasn't really the American Dream when they go over there becasue the conditions were so hard. Maybe they only survived, and they never ever returned to see their families again. And the song's basically all about him reminiscing, saying that if he had one last dying wish, it would be that his soul would return to the place he loved the most…You just don't get that in a modern pop song these days. You don't get something so raw that can appeal to people worldwide. Because even nowadays there's still people leaving home and people emigrating and still finding it hard when they get to the other side to set up and make a living for themselves… The plight of the refugee is a plight that never goes away. With each year that passes, we are focusing on different parts of the world and displaced people experiencing problems, so those songs speak to people across generations…"
As do the stories Ritchie and Orr tell in Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia. Give it a read and a listen. These stories will add depth to your travels.
Photographs of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina and the Western Highlands of Scotland by Kerry Dexter.
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Kerry Dexter is one of six writers who contribute to Perceptive Travel's blog. You will often find her writing about places, events, and people connected with music, history, and the arts in Europe and North America. You may find more of Kerry's work at her site Music Road as well as in Wandering Educators, National Geographic Traveler, Ireland and the Americas, and other places online and in print.
Taylor June 5, 2015 Reply
I'm fascinated by those lands and this will be a good addition to my collection! I wish I could move to Scandinavian and get to know their culture, people and music better! There is some kind of mysticism in the air there and the last picture shows it best! Greetings, Man With Van Cheam Ltd.
Kerry Dexter June 9, 2015 Reply
Glad you enjoyed the story, Taylor, and I am sure you will enjoy the book and cd as well. Thank you for stopping by.


I think I'm well and truly into the Creation chapter of Getting Medieval with C S Lewis. Hoping to have it finished tonight or tomorrow. As with most of the other chapters, I'm starting with a framing of the modern problem(s) to which medieval faith suggests a solution. In this case, we're looking at two sub-Christian attitudes to material stuff (including rocks, strawberries, gerbils, our human bodies, and all the ways we make culture in our social interactions). I don't discuss the "medieval" solution yet – that will come in the next couple of posts.
The early Christian Gnostics disavowed the spiritual significance and goodness of the material world: the world was created not by our God, who called his handiwork "good," but rather by an inferior sub-god called a "demiurge." Thus one must set aside the material world if one is to reach God. The world cannot be in any way a channel of Grace – it is rather an impediment to grace.
One online author who is convinced he sees Gnosticism all over the modern church suggests the following tests—a sort of "you might be a gnostic if . . ." The signs of gnostic thinking he identifies are (1) thinking Christianity is about "spiritual" things (only), (2) thinking of our destiny only in terms of our souls going off to heaven, (3) forgetting that "Christianity teaches the redemption of all creation (New Creation) and not evacuation from creation ('the rapture')," and (4) believing that God neither gives us material things as means of grace, nor indeed cares about the earth at all – and neither should we.
This syndrome of devaluing the material—sapping it of all spiritual significance—supports a number of modern Christian bad habits. One is the sort of "it's all gonna burn" end-times scenario indulged in the Left Behind novels. Another is the excuse Baby Boomers (and others) make for the fact that their faith makes no difference in their daily life: "I'm 'spiritual but not religious.'" A third is the complete compartmentalizing of our (Sunday) faith from our (Monday through Saturday) work and leisure, such that (for example) even when we behave at work in a generally moral way, or have the occasional conversation with a coworker about our faith, we have effectively neutered that faith—it has no appreciable impact on how we work, because we don't have a clue why whatever goods or services we are helping to provide would matter to God. On this last point, Martin Luther said of our daily work that through it, we become "masks of God" to our neighbor: part of God's providential activity to bless and flourish the humans he has created. Luther's robust theology of vocation is just one appropriate theological rejoinder to the destructive syndrome we're describing here.
The "gnostic" attitude is most often coupled, in our culture (and our churches), with an equally destructive and ironically opposite-but-the-same attitude I'll call "materialism." It can manifest as consumerism, hedonism, greed, but at its base is an attitude toward material goods that treats them as ends in themselves.
What Lewis is saying here is based in Augustine's crucial distinction between enjoying (frui) something and using (uti) it: "[t]o enjoy something is to hold fast to it in love for its own sake." What's wrong with doing that—say (in the obvious case) with our family relationships? Isn't the word "use," with its connotations of abuse, inappropriate in that case, at least? For Augustine, the problem is—bluntly speaking—that when we treat any created good as lovable for its own sake, we are in fact committing idolatry. That is, we have elevated that good to a place only God can occupy in our lives. Plus, it separates that good from its source and meaning, which is God.
Whether we call these two syndromes "Gnosticism" and "materialism" or not (and I tend to think the former term is a bit misleading), if we are honest we will see them in our own lives and churches. And frankly, they point a big red arrow to our screwed-up theology.
 Jason Micheli: "Top Ten Heresies and Remedies for Them: #10 (Again)," http://tamedcynic.org/top-ten-heresies-and-remedies-for-them-10-again/.
 For a good overview of how the "gnostic" syndrome affects our work, and of a variety of Christian solutions to the problem, see Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf, Every Good Endeavor (2012).
 Lewis, "Weight of Glory,' 30-31.
 Boersma, Heavenly Participation, 30; citing C. S. Lewis, 'First and Second Things,' in God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics, ed. Walter Hooper (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970), 280.
 Lewis, "Learning in War-Time," The Weight of Glory, 28.
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I love that C. S. Lewis quote, it's so true that the goodness of something is partly that it creates a longing for something more, something eternal.
Meredith, the more I read Lewis, the more I find him crystallizing truths that I had half-understood, in ways that make me nod my head vigorously.


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Olympic Torchbearer application process and uniforms also revealed to eager public
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today unveiled the Olympic Torch Relay route over which the symbolic Olympic Flame will be proudly relayed to a huge number of local areas in Japan in the final 121 days culminating in the Olympic Games, igniting enthusiasm across Japan and around the world. Tokyo 2020 also unveiled the torchbearer uniforms, the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay Background Music and the application guidelines for members of the public eager to participate as inspirational torchbearers in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay.
Commencing its journey on 26 March 2020 from the J-Village National Training Centre in Fukushima Prefecture, the Olympic flame will traverse all 47 prefectures of Japan, passing by many of the nation's most famous and cherished sights, for a period of 121 days, serving as a symbol of the Olympic Games and visiting 857 local municipalities along the way. Sites for the celebrations planned in each prefecture have also been announced. The route has been designed to ensure that large numbers of people across Japan will be able to line the roadsides, cheer on the torchbearers and create a festive atmosphere. Around 98% of Japan's population live within one hour by car or train of the proposed route of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay route will take in World Heritage Sites such as Mount Fuji and Itsukushima shrine and other historic locations and popular places, including favourite local community spots, with the charm of each being showcased during the Relay. The Relay will also take in areas that are continuing to recover from natural disasters, such as the Tohoku region, which was struck by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Applications to become a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torchbearer
Overall, the Olympic Torch Relay will feature around 10,000 torchbearers including men, women and children from a wide range of nationalities, ages and abilities. Members of the public are invited to share directly in the excitement and passion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay by submitting their application for this once in a lifetime opportunity beginning in June.
In line with our Relay vision of "Hope Lights Our Way", preference will be given to applicants who embody one of the following three spirits:
- those who provide essential support for family members, friends and colleagues on a daily basis, or have demonstrated the ability to overcome great adversity
- those who are accepting and tolerant of people from different backgrounds and who lead initiatives to welcome newcomers into their local community
- those who are able to engender a sense of togetherness in their local community
Applicants must be born on or before 1 April 2008; the consent of a parent or guardian will be required for those who will be aged 17 or under on 1 March 2020. People residing outside of Japan are also eligible to apply.
Members of the public with the inspiration and passion to be torchbearers can submit up to five applications via the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Presenting Partners and/or through any local prefecture where they have a personal or family connection. Successful applicants will only be selected to participate once. Each of the 47 prefectures in Japan has set up its own Olympic Torch Relay Taskforce in collaboration with Tokyo 2020. Applications to prefectures can be made from 1 July.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Presenting Partners are Coca-Cola Japan, Toyota, Nippon Life and NTT Communications. Coca-Cola Japan will start accepting applications on 17 June; Toyota, Nippon Life and NTT from 24 June. Details of how to apply via Presenting Partners and/or prefectures will be provided in due course on our official website. Announcement of the successful applicants will be made after December 2019.
Guidelines for those wishing to apply to participate as torchbearers in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay are available at https://tokyo2020.org/en/special/torch/olympic/torchbearer/.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torchbearer Uniform
The torchbearer uniform design, which is based on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay concept 'Hope Lights Our Way', features the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay emblem on the front and the Olympic symbol on the back, connected by the Games' ichimatsu moyo chequered pattern representing different countries, cultures and ways of thinking. It will incorporate a diagonally-draped sash of the type used in place of batons in Ekiden, Japan's famous long distance relays. As well as introducing an element of Japanese tradition, the design embodies respect for the Olympic Torch Relay and aspirations for the success of the Games.
Commented the uniform designer Daisuke Obana, who supervised its production, "I have interpreted the Olympic Torch Relay as being something that connects torchbearers and their thoughts; in other words everyone who will participate in the Torch Relay having various thoughts—including about the Games— and the Flame connecting those thoughts. In Japan, these Games are being referred to as 'the Recovery Games' and so the Olympic flame will start its journey from an area affected by recent natural disasters. I hope that the Olympic flame that is transported to Japan will bring with it the encouragement and thoughts of people from all over the world. The uniform includes a diagonal sash with a design based on a Japanese traditional motif that is often deployed in Ekiden, Japan's famous long distance relays; its origins date back to ancient times, and it will play a major role as "a link that connects the world and people's thoughts."
Thanks to the efforts of Coca-Cola Japan in the collection and recycling of plastic bottles, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay uniform will be produced in part using recycled materials.
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Kendra Scott, Caffeine Open in Tampa
Shopping galore from downtown to Hyde Park!
by Dex Fabian June 16, 2016, 3:42 pm
Kendra Scott Opens in Hyde Park
The American accessories store, with items inspired by the travels of CEO and designer Kendra Scott, has opened a new location in Hyde Park. The area has had its fair share of foodie finds move in over the last year (i.e. Sprinkles, bartaco) with more on the way (i.e. On Swann, Goody Goody Burger). Now, Hyde Park further diversifies its roster of shops with Kendra Scott.
Scott began the business in 2002 with just $500. She went from boutique to boutique with a tea box full of our custom made jewelry. Her designs were almost immediately embraced. 14 years later, the multi-million dollar brand has become a world-wide hit among fashionistas. The new store is located at 1511 West Swann Avenue. Visit them today and browse their summer ready stackable bracelets and dazzling rings. necklaces and more. They're a perfect spot to visit for bridal gifts.
Caffeine Joins Tampa's Coffee Scene
Tampa is becoming a city for coffee fanatics. Small cafes have popped up all over town bringing their own unqiue flavors to the ever curious palates of local residents. Caffeine, the new pet-friendly coffee shop, is bursting with fresh baked goods and bold brews. The owners bring their love of craft coffee straight from Europe.
The cafe features some exceptional espresso, a cold drip tower, an array of signature iced coffees and a rotating list of fresh morning pastries. One of their featured roasters ithe highly popular Zeal. The coffee shop hosts its grand opening on Friday, May 13. Festivities begin at 7am.
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Q: How to automatically reorder columns in a custom order in a google sheet? Let's say I have 3 columns: Name;Age;Gender, with X rows. I want my data to always be in this order.
Imagine I have an input where I don't control the input's columns' order. It can be Age;Name;Gender, Gender;Age;Name, etc, with X rows.
I have this data in a sheet, and want my 'sorted data' in another sheet, where the rows stay in the same order but the columns are sorted on the order I want (here: Name;Age;Gender).
How would you do that?
I have tried different approaches with LOOKUP but it's time consuming, it takes some time to calculate.I have tried different approaches with LOOKUP but it's time consuming, it takes some time to calculate.
Edit: Here is an example of the expected output : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/151EhdY7u8OfMB9Jk0c_Qm5CBHFodiLSFY24poweB5HQ/edit#gid=1724235235

A: Assuming that the column names "Name", "Age", "Gender" are in Sheet1!A1:C1 in some order, you can sort the columns Sheet1!A1:C in a standard order like this:
=map(
  { "Name", "Age", "Gender" },
  lambda(
    columnName,
    filter(Sheet1!A1:C, Sheet1!A1:C1 = columnName)
  )
)

In the event your spreadsheet locale uses commas , as decimal separators, you will have to use semicolons ; as formula argument separators and backslashes \ as { array expression } horizontal separators, like this:
=map(
  { "Status" \ "Indexability Status" \ "Indexability" };
  lambda(
    columnName;
    filter(Raw_Data!A1:BG; Raw_Data!A1:BG1 = columnName)
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Centrelink staff to strike against 'ideological attack' by government
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Centrelink staff will launch two weeks of targeted industrial action over the Turnbull government's "ideological attack" on the Department of Human Services.
The Community and Public Sector Union announced the upcoming strike action on Monday, saying it is in response to the automated debt recovery scandal, as well as job cuts and stalled negotiations over a pay rise.
CPSU spokesman Dermot Browne said the government was warned "years ago" by union members that the automated debt system was going to backfire, but pushed ahead anyway.
Mr Browne said union members working on debt recovery complaints would be exempt from the new strike action, so as not to cause more distress to Australians impacted by the debt recovery process.
"Union members working directly right now on the robo-debt stuff, helping people navigate their way through the maze, they are going to be except from the industrial action," he said. "What we don't want to do is make people who are caught up in that horrible situation make their life anymore difficult."
The industrial action will be held on February 13, 15, 17, 20, 22 and 24, with workers taking 30-minute strikes.
It coincides with calls from the Greens and Labor to establish a Senate inquiry into the controversial scheme.
Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, whose Tasmanian electorate has a large number of welfare recipients, recently accused Centrelink of having "let down the Australian people", and did not rule out supporting a Senate inquiry. His Tasmanian electorate has a large number of welfare recipients.


I was finally able to get away from the kids for a couple of hours (thanks honey!). I went with some friends to see The Proposal. Even easy things in the US can be a challenge when you're living overseas and don't speak the languge. Like finding movie times - the best way to find movies in Copenhagen, Denmark is http://www.kino.dk/ It is all in Danish, but you can navigate with a little time. I feel it is user friendly.
This is a movie about an assistant who has a witch for a boss. She is going to get deported, so she announces that she is going to marry her assistant. He goes along because he wants a promption more than anything.
They then go to Alaska for his grandmother's 90th birthday. There they announce their engagement.
I love that Betty White played the grandmother. I think she is pretty funny. There was this great scene where she is doing an Indian dance. I did enjoy Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as the main characters.
Overall, it was a fun & light hearted movie.


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Q: Simple Access API (Developer Key) with Google Cloud Endpoint (Python) Is there a way to use Simple Access API (Developer Key) instead of oAuth2 key with Google Cloud Endpoint?

A: Extra fields in your protorpc request object that aren't part of the definition are still stored with the request.
If you wanted to use a key field as a query parameter, you could access it via
request.get_unrecognized_field_info('key')

even if key is not a field in your message definition.
This is done in users_id_token.py (the Auth part of the endpoints library) to allow sending bearer_token or access_token as query parameters instead of as header values.
Unfortunately, the nice quota checking and other associated pieces that a "Simple API Access" key gives are not readily available. However, you could issue your own keys and manually check a key against your list and potentially check against quotas that you have defined.

A: For those looking to use @bossylobster's answer in Java, use the the SO Answer here:
Getting raw HTTP Data (Headers, Cookies, etc) in Google Cloud Endpoints
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I tried to make this a comment in @bossylobster's answer, but I don't have the reputation to do that. Feel free to clean up this answer so that other's can follow the path


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package com.pungwe.db.io.serializers;

import com.pungwe.db.types.BasicDBDocument;
import com.pungwe.db.types.DBDocument;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.UUID;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

/**
 * Created by ian on 07/09/2014.
 */
public class DBDocumentSerializerTest {

	@Before
	public void setup() {

	}

	@Test
	public void testSerializeDBObject() throws Exception {
		BasicDBDocument object = new BasicDBDocument();
		object.put("_id", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
		object.put("stringValue", "value");

		DBDocumentSerializer s = new DBDocumentSerializer();
		ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		s.serialize(new DataOutputStream(out), object);

		DBDocument result = s.deserialize(new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray())));

		assertEquals(object.get("_id"), result.get("_id"));
		assertEquals(object.get("stringValue"), result.get("stringValue"));
	}

	@After
	public void tearDown() {

	}
}


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Q: A combinatorial sum and identity involving Stirling numbers of the second kind Let $n, k \geq 1$. Let $a(j),\, 1\leq j \leq k$, be a sequence of real numbers. Consider the sum
$$
\sum_{j=1}^k j! S(k, j) {n \choose j} a(j),
$$
where $S(k,j)$ are Stirling numbers of the second kind. Is there some kind of "inversion" identity that simplifies the sum? What is the sum in the simple case that $a(j) = 1$ for each $j$? Thanks.
Update: In the case when the $a(j) = 1$ the sum is well-known. It equals $n^k$. See Marc van Leeuwen's answer in abiessu's question, and Brian M. Scott's answer below. Any words on $a(j)$ arbitrary?

A: The expression has a simple combinatorial interpretation: for a fixed $j$ the expression $j!S(k,j)\binom{n}{j}$ is the number of functions from $[k]$ to $[n]$ whose range has cardinality $j$, so the sum is just the number of functions from $[k]$ to $[n]$, which is $n^k$.


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\section{Introduction}
The Yao graph is defined for an integer parameter $k$;
here we study only $k=4$, and call
$\overrightarrow{Y_4}$ the directed Yao graph, and $Y_4$ the undirected version.
For a set of points $P$, $\overrightarrow{Y_4}$ connects each point
to its closest neighbor in each of the four quadrants surrounding it,
defined as in
Figure~\figref{QuadrantsDefinition}.
Ties are broken arbitrarily.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{Figures/QuadrantsDef}
\caption{Definition of quadrants. Solid lines are closed, dotted lines are open.}
\figlab{QuadrantsDefinition}
\end{figure}
The undirected graph $Y_4$ simply ignores the direction.

The question of whether $Y_4$ is a spanner was raised in
\cite{sppyg-dmp-09}.
A $t$-spanner has the property that the path between $a$ and $b$ in the
graph is no longer than $t |a b|$, for a constant $t$.
In this note, we do not further motivate the study of $Y_4$,
but rather investigate some properties of subgraphs of $Y_4$, which
may ultimately have some bearing on whether it is a spanner.

We make two ``general position'' assumptions:
\begin{enumerate}
\item No two pair of points determine the same distance
(so there are no ties).
\item
No two points share a vertical or horizontal coordinate.
\end{enumerate}
These assumptions simplify the presentation.
In this note, we will not explore whether the assumptions can be removed while retaining
all the results.

\paragraph{Notation.}
$Q_i(a,b)$ is the circular quadrant whose origin is at $a$ and which reaches out to $b$.
Often the subscript $i$ will be dropped, as it is determined by $a$ and $b$.
$Q_i(a)$ is the unbounded quadrant with corner at $a$.
Thus,
$Q_i(a,b) = Q_i(a) \cap \mathrm{disk}(a, |ab|)$.
$R(a,b)$ is the closed rectangle with opposite corners $a$ and $b$.

We focus on two adjacent quadrants, $Q_0$ and $Q_1$.
Let $Y_4^{\{\lambda\}}$ be the $Y_4$ graph restricted to the
quadrants in the list $\lambda$.
See Figure~\figref{Y40} for examples.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=0.9\textheight]{Figures/Y40}
\caption{$Y_4^{\{0\}}$, $Y_4^{\{1\}}$, and $Y_4^{\{0,1\}}$, for the same $40$-point set.}
\figlab{Y40}
\end{figure}

Our results are summarized in Table~\tabref{Results}.
\begin{table}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{| l || c | c |}
\hline
\emph{Property} & $Y_4^{\{i\}}$ & $Y_4^{\{i,i+1\}}$
\\ \hline \hline
Planarity & planar & not planar
\\ \hline
Connectedness & not connected & connected
\\ \hline
Undirected spanner & not a spanner & not a spanner
\\ \hline
Directed spanner & spanner & not a spanner
\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\tablab{Results}
\caption{Summary of Results}
\end{table}

\section{Planarity}
It is known that $Y_4^{\{i\}}$ is a planar forest, in general disconnected;
see Figure~\figref{Y40}(a,b).
This is folklore,\footnote{
Mirela Damian [private communication, Feb. 2009].
}
but we offer a proof of planarity.

\begin{lemma}
No two edges of $Y_4^{\{i\}}$ properly cross.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
Let both $ab$ and $cd$ be in $Y_4^{\{0\}}$, and suppose $ab$ and $cd$ properly cross.
see Figure~\figref{Q0noncrossing}.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Figures/Q0noncrossing}
\caption{$ab$ and $cd$ may not cross.}
\figlab{Q0noncrossing}
\end{figure}
The quadrants $Q(a,b)$ and $Q(c,d)$ must be empty of points.
We consider three cases, depending on the location of $c$ w.r.t. $a$.
\begin{enumerate}
\item $c \in Q_3(a)$.
Then $cd$ crosses $ab$ from below.  We analyze just this case in detail.
Because $b \not\in Q(c,d)$, the circular boundary of $Q(c,d)$ must cut $ab$,
say at $x$.  Consider two further cases
\begin{enumerate}
\item The slope of the arc of $Q(c,d)$ at $x$ is shallower than the slope of the
arc of $Q(a,b)$ at $b$; see Figure~\figref{Q0noncrossing}(a).
Then $d \in Q(a,b)$.
\item The slope at $x$ is equal to or steeper than that at $b$.
Then, because $c$ is strictly below $a$, the radius $|cd|$ is greater than
$|ab|$.
But then $c$ cannot be in $Q_3(a)$.
\end{enumerate}
\item $c \in Q_2(a)$.
Then $cd$ could cross $ab$ from below, Figure~\figref{Q0noncrossing}(b),
or from above, Figure~\figref{Q0noncrossing}(c).
In both cases, a quadrant that must be empty is not.
\item $c \in Q_1(a)$.
This case is the same as the first case, with the roles of $a$ and $c$ interchanged.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proof}

In contrast, $Y_4^{\{i,i+1\}}$ may be nonplanar.
Figure~\figref{NonPlanar01}(a) shows two crossing edges;
(b) shows the full graph $Y_4^{\{0,1\}}$.
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{Figures/NonPlanar01}
\caption{$Y_4^{\{0,1\}}$ can be nonplanar.}
\figlab{NonPlanar01}
\end{figure}

As should be evident from Figure~\figref{Y40}(c),
crossing edges are rare, requiring precise placement of four points.
Although it would be difficult to quantify, a ``typical'' $Y_4^{\{i,i+1\}}$ graph
is planar.

\section{Connectedness}
We can see in Figure~\figref{Y40}(a,b)
that
$Y_4^{\{i\}}$ is, in general, disconnected.
In contrast, $Y_4^{\{i,i+1\}}$ is connected.
See again Figure~\figref{Y40}(c).

\begin{lemma}
$\overrightarrow{Y_4^{\{i,i+1\}}}$ is a connected graph.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
We choose $i{=}0$ w.l.o.g.
So we are concerned with upward $+y$-connections, in $Q_0$ and $Q_1$.
The proof is by induction on the number of points $n$ in the set $P$.
The basis of the induction is trivial, for an $n{=}1$ point set is connected.
Let $P$ have $n>1$ points, and let $a$ be the point with the lowest
$y$-coordinate.
By Assumption~(2), $a$ is unique.

Delete this from $P$, reducing to a point set $P'$ with $|P'| = n{-}1$.
Then the set of points $P' = P \setminus \{a\}$
satisfies the induction hypothesis, and so is connected into a graph $\overrightarrow{G'}$.
See Figure~\figref{Connected01a}.
Put back point $a$.
Because all the quadrants determining edges $\overrightarrow{bc} \in \overrightarrow{G'}$ are $Q_0$ or $Q_1$, they lie at or above $b_y$, the $y$-coordinate of the lowest point
in $P'$,
$b$.
Thus $a$ cannot lie in any quadrant, and so adding $a$ to $P'$ does not break any edge
of $\overrightarrow{G'}$.\footnote{
    Note that if the induction instead removed the topmost point from $P$, this claim
    would no longer hold.}
Finally, $a$ itself must have at least one outgoing edge upward, for $Q_0$ and $Q_1$ cover
the half-plane above $a_y$, which contains at least one point of $P'$.
\end{proof}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{Figures/Connected01a}
\caption{$Y_4^{0,1}$ must be connected.}
\figlab{Connected{01}a}
\end{figure}

\section{Undirected Spanners}
It is clear that $Y_4^{\{i\}}$ is not a spanner, because it may be
disconnected.  Points on a negatively sloped line result in a completely
disconnected graph of isolated points.
Neither is $Y_4^{\{i,i+1\}}$ a spanner.  Points uniformly spaced on two lines forming a `$\Lambda$' shape
both have directed paths up to the apex in $Y_4^{\{0,1\}}$,
but the leftmost and rightmost lowest
points can be arbitrarily far apart in the graph.

\section{Directed Spanners}
We turn then to directed versions of these questions.
Call a directed graph a \emph{directed spanner} if every directed path
is no more than $t$ times the path's end-to-end Euclidean distance,
for $t$ a constant.

\begin{lemma}
$\overrightarrow{Y_4^{\{i\}}}$ is a directed spanner:
no directed path is more than $\sqrt{2}$ times the end-to-end Euclidean distance.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
Let $a$ and $b$ be the endpoints of the path.
Then the path is an $xy$-monotone path remaining inside
$R(a,b)$.  Therefore its length is at most half the perimeter of this
rectangle, which is at most $\sqrt{2}$ times the diagonal length.
\end{proof}

\begin{lemma}
$\overrightarrow{Y_4^{\{i,i+1\}}}$ is not a directed spanner:
directed paths can be arbitrarily long:
more than any constant $t>1$ times the end-to-end Euclidean distance.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
Consider the path $(a,b,c,d)$ in Figure~\figref{Q01longpath}(a).
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.99\linewidth]{Figures/Q01longpath}
\caption{An arbitrarily long path in $Y_4^{\{0,1\}}$ .}
\figlab{Q01longpath}
\end{figure}
It is clear that this path can be made arbitrarily long with respect to $|ad|$,
by lowering the vertical coordinates of $c$ and $d$.
Now we show how to avoid any other directed connection between $a$ and $d$.

Let the other outgoing edge from $a$ go to $e$ as shown.
We now direct paths from $d$ and from $e$ that do not connect.
The idea is depicted in Figure~\figref{Q01longpath}(b).
We create a series of nearly vertical paths from $d$, and from $e$.
Above $d=(d_x,d_y)$, two points are placed at $(d_x \pm \epsilon, d_y+1)$,
$0 < \epsilon \ll 1$.
The two outgoing edges from $d$ will terminate on these.
Then above those we place two more points at $(d_x \pm 2 \epsilon, d_y+2)$.
Now we get both upward and diagonal connections among the four points,
with one ``diagonal'' being horizontal.\footnote{
	The definition in Figure~\protect\figref{QuadrantsDefinition} shows that
	 $(d_x - \epsilon, d_y+1)$ will connect horizontally to $(d_x + \epsilon, d_y+1)$.
	 }
The point is that all the outgoing edges are
accounted for.

Repeating this construction, we can make a nearly vertical tower of points,
connected by vertical paths, but otherwise insulated from one another.
So the only path from $a$ to $d$ is $(a,b,c,d)$.
\end{proof}

\section{Future Work}
The obvious next step is to examine properties of three
quadrants, $Y_4^{\{i,i+1,i+2\}}$, before finally tackling $Y_4$ itself.

\bibliographystyle{alpha}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaArXiv


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using System.Web.Mvc;
using JetBrains.Annotations;

namespace JoinRpg.Web.Areas.Admin
{
  [UsedImplicitly]
  public class AdminAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
  {
    public override string AreaName => "Admin";

    public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
    {
      context.MapRoute(
        "Admin_default",
        "Admin/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        new {action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional}
      );
    }
  }
}


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Q: Поменять местами разъемы Разъем для наушников сломался, есть еще для микрофона, но им я не пользуюсь.
Можно ли их программно поменять местами на ubuntu?

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text:
Q: Move focus to a particular field I have a button that will add show a form on the page. how can I move the focus to the first field of the form when that button is clicked?
simple example:
HTML:
<form style="display:none;" id="newForm">
   <input type="text" id="firstField">
</form>
<input type="button" id="showForm" value="add new">

jQuery:
 $("#showForm").click(function(){
     $("#newForm").show();
     //move focus??
});

A: A quicker lookup would simply be.
$('#firstField').focus()

However if you removed the ID from your element then this would be better but slightly slower.
$('#newForm input:first').focus();

A: Try this:
$('input#firstfield').focus();

A: It might be this:
$("#newForm input:first").focus();


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Young hero, Sharwanand is on a success spree as his films fared well at the box office. His recent outings are quite successful and his upcoming film-Shatamanam Bhavati also having great expectations....


U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged more than 400 doctors and others, including six from metro Detroit, in a nationwide sweep against health care fraud that cost taxpayers $1.3 billion, in part through bogus drug-treatment programs that contributed to the country's opioid epidemic.
The takedown, which U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday was the largest in U.S. history, charged doctors and other health care providers with crimes including money laundering and fraudulent claims to private insurers and the government. Many were accused of prescribing opioids and other narcotics and then illegally billing Medicaid and Medicare.
"Too many trusted medical professionals like doctors and nurses and pharmacists have chosen to violate their oaths and put greed ahead of their patients," Sessions said in Washington, D.C., announcing the first major health care enforcement action under his leadership. "Amazingly, some have made the practices into multimillion dollar criminal enterprises. They seem oblivious to the disastrous consequences of their greed."
Of the 412 people charged, 56 were doctors and 120 cases were related to opioids, Sessions said. Health care providers submitted fraudulent bills to Medicare, Medicaid and a veterans program called Tricare for services that were unnecessary or never performed. They paid kickbacks to patient recruiters and beneficiaries, the U.S. said. The government is moving to suspend or ban 295 providers, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists from participating in federal health programs, Sessions said.
Arrests were made in cities including Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami, as well as in southern Florida, which is home to hundreds of residential drug addiction treatment centers.
Seven people were indicted in Detroit on Wednesday and accused of conspiring to defraud Medicare out of almost $132 million after federal agents raided their Fisher Building offices, The Detroit News reported. In the last week alone, more than a dozen people — including several doctors — have been charged with health care fraud crimes in federal court in Detroit involving more than $164 million in false billings, The News reported.
In one case in Florida, the owner of an addiction-treatment center recruited patients to bill insurance companies for fraudulent treatment and offered them kickbacks in the form of gift cards, free airline travel and trips to casinos and strip clubs, according to the Justice Department.
In Texas, 26 people were charged for alleged fraud, including a doctor and the owner of a pain management clinic in Houston who are accused of improperly issuing more than 60 prescriptions a day for hydrocodone for $300 each. In Michigan, the U.S. charged 32 people with billing Medicare for procedures and prescriptions that were medically unnecessary and where some of the narcotics were resold on the street.
"For most Americans, the opioid crisis tearing apart families and communities across our land is a cause of great sadness and sympathy," Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said. "But a few individuals look at this national scourge and they see an opportunity to profit."
Federal prosecutors, some of whom have been working on cases for a year or more, were directed to accelerate their efforts in time for Thursday's announcement, a person familiar with the matter said.
The health care fraud takedown came as Senate Republicans released a revised bill to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act that allocates $45 billion for substance abuse treatment and recovery. Some Republicans in rejecting a previous version of the legislation said they wanted more funding to help states combat the opioid addiction epidemic. It's unclear whether the revised bill would win enough votes to pass.
More than 500,000 people received high amounts of opioid painkillers out of the 43.6 million who were signed up for Medicare's optional prescription drug benefit last year, according to a report on opioid use released Thursday by the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, which investigates waste, fraud and abuse in government health programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. A high amount is considered equivalent to 12 Vicodin 10 milligram tablets or 16 Percocet 5 milligram pills a day for at least three months.
The report also identified 401 doctors who had questionable prescribing practices and were either giving opioids to patients who already received a high number or those who appeared to be doctor shopping. Those doctors wrote a total of 256,260 opioid prescriptions at risk of abusing the painkillers, costing Medicare $66.5 million. Oxycodone was the most commonly prescribed opioid.
More than 33,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2015, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. About 19,000 of those deaths are linked to heroin and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. The overdose numbers are typically updated at the end of the year.
Southern Florida has the biggest concentration of residential treatment centers in the country -- hundreds are based mainly in single-family homes in and around Delray Beach, a small town in Palm Beach County, north of Miami. A December 2016 grand jury report commissioned by the State Attorney for Palm Beach County found addiction treatment centers to be rife with operators who use deceptive marketing, illegal patient brokering and fraudulent insurance claims to profit from addicts.
Fraudulent claims became so rampant that Cigna Corp., the fourth-biggest U.S. health insurer, quit Florida's Obamacare market in the fall of 2015, ahead of the sign-up period for 2016 plans. At the time, the company blamed fraudulent and abusive practices by drug-treatment centers for driving up its costs.


Senior Associate of Investment and Business Setup Team is a senior member of the Chambers and is a key person of the team. Under supervision of Head of Chambers and with the help of junior associate, give practical advises to the client and he/she is completes all filing and approval works which are mostly outdoor works in different government offices e.g. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, Sub Registry office, NSI, Home ministry, Ac Land, Board of Investment/ BIDA, tax offices etc. Deep understanding of law and procedure, significant practical experience in filed work is the key ability for senior associate of this Team. The Chambers certainly have the right person for this role. Mr. Amir Hossain Sarker is highly experienced and working as Senior Associate of the Team for more than 6 years.
Mr. Amir Hossain Sarker works in the Investment and Business Setup team as senior associate for nearly 5 years out of his total 10 years experience with the Chambers. Mr. Amir has vast experience of working in Registrar of Joint stock of companies and Firms and other government offices like tax, VAT etc. on registration, filing and approval of return, search matters. He handles foreign investment and corporate return filing matters. Previously, Mr. Amir was in charge of in handling cases in Distract and magistrate court matters. He is now a Deputy head of Corporate Department and also a senior member of Investment Department.
Mr. Amir Hossain Sarker has successfully completed his LL.B, B. Com, M.Com under the National University. He is advocate of Judge Court. Mr. Amir is registered member of Dhaka Bar Association.
Mr. Sarker is associated with the firm as a Senior Associate from the very inception. He has developed significant expertise in the area of business setup services. He was involved in setting up more than a dozens of private limited companies and was actively involved in procuring business licenses. Besides, he was also assisted the firm in setting up other entities e.g. NGO, Society, Trust, Partnership firms etc.
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Unprepared portraits, people surprised by the shot, resumed with the expression and in the moment they hit me, without having time to understand what I'm doing: the representation of unposted faces, with the subject suspended within himself; not a forced representation of himself or a photographer's interpretation, but a snapshot of the person like I meet them, surprised by my camera, anticipating every possibility of giving me an interpretation of themself.
They are anti-static, natural, spontaneous, real, surprised and suspended photographs, taken in the real context identifying the person.
Photography without artificial lights, which uses the elements present, not as if it were an outdoor seating room, which constructs and orders the elements of the composition.


Diabolical sorcers are doing a black mass around the altar and its basin filled with blood. Some victims wait their turn in the cells not far away.
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We offer Detroiters and something unique that helps people to eat healthier and helps local chefs to stand out. We compost materials from many of the restaurants we sell to and are always willing to plow and till lots for other urban farmers in order to bring more successful growers into Detroit's small army of farmers.


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Hello all! I am brand new to this forum and am here just to sell some binoculars. I received these for Christmas, have never used them (new in box) but would like cash for my wedding. They ship in a pelican hard storage case. I'm asking $850. They retail for $1,100+. I am in the Portland area.
The product description is as follows: Fujinon Techno-Stabi 14x40mm Binoculars are the world's only 100% waterproof image-stabilizing binoculars. These powerful binoculars by Fujinon feature piezo-vibration sensors and gyro position sensor, microprocessor linked to direct drive motor, helps you lock on to subjects - even if you and the subject are in motion - for true digital stabilization. Fujinon Techno Stabi 14x40 Waterproof Binoculars offers up an immense five degrees of stabilization in every direction, with an automatic "sensor/response" stabilizing system that minimizes power consumption, and extends component operating life. Despite the high-power magnification, the Fujinon Techno Stabi 14x40 Binoculars provides extremely stable imaging even when conditions make it difficult to hold steady. The Fujinon Techno-Stabi 14x40mm Marine Binoculars have an automatic shut off after one minute of sitting idle to save on power.
There is more than one Portland that I know of.
Be prepared to show some proof of ownership such as a receipt for such a big ticket item.
I went to buy a wine cooler last year, brand new. He just bought it, couldn't find the receipt or manual and didn't have any wine bottles in the house we could test fit.
Oh, those are nice binocs.
They are nice, and if I didn't already have a pair.
Understand please if people treat you with a little suspicion, first post trying to sell a high dollar item, well you understand I hope.
Yes Portland, OR to be exact. Also, I received them because the purchaser believed they would be as good as a spotting scope (which is what I really wanted, Leupold to be exact!). But yes, they are legit - new, good binoculars. That's fine to question them! I posted here because I know they're relevant to the hobby. I love sailing but haven't done much since Boy Scout sailing camp on the Columbia years ago.
They're on Ebay too if that makes anyone feel better about the transaction.


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Prior to establishing Arrowhead Asset Management in 1991, he was the National Marketing Director, 403(b) Retirement Plan division, National Annuity Programs (NAP), in Austin, Texas. Prior to his NAP stint, he was a Financial Planner for C.L Zuk & Associates, San Francisco, California.
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Garth Brooks had a huge surprise for his audience at his Eugene, Oregon show.
An 800-person choir descended from all corners of the stadium during Garth's hit song "We Shall Be Free". The surprise made for an awe-inspiring moment for the crowd at the concert. They transitioned into the song "Shout" by The Isley Brothers, which resulted in the crowd going crazy because this is the song played at University of Oregon football games.
The performance made history in several ways, including the fact that it set the record for attendance at Autzen Stadium, which has a capacity of 54,000.
Garth Brooks later went live on Facebook on Monday to show his fans exclusive footage from the show. Check it out below!


Ask fellow campers about "Harvest Farm Campground" and nearby attractions.
Very nice and quiet park. It is surrounded by grassy hills and farmland. A bit of a drive on a gravel road to reach the entrance, but that wouldn't stop us from returning. We stayed one night and enjoyed a grassy, pull-through space. Surprisingly good wifi! There are also 2 playgrounds that my 6 & 8 year old appreciated. We camped at Harvest Farm Campground in a Travel Trailer.
This is a beautiful campground! The lawn is immaculate, the staff is very helpful and friendly. There is a convenience store, game room, boat rentals and lots more. The sites are easy to get into with electric and water. Nice shower houses and restrooms. Will definitely be going back! We camped at Harvest Farm Campground in a Fifth Wheel.
The Upper Iowa river is near this campground. There is a landing on the property. Harvest Farms will shuttle up river and you can end right at the campground! If you are planning on visiting for a holiday weekend; recommend to make reservations! Worth it!
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Dr. Schultz, a Founder and Clinical Director of the CORTEX Centre for Advanced Assessment, is a Professor of Rehabilitation Counselling Psychology and Director of the Graduate Program in Vocational Rehabilitation Psychology at the University of British Columbia (the only such Program in Canada). Dr. Schultz is a registered psychologist in British Columbia (CPBC #1005), Ontario (CPO #1869), and Washington State (PY #2248). She is a Board certified Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and as Diplomate in Vocational Expertise, from the American Board of Vocational Experts.
Dr. Schultz's research focuses on causality determination in complex psychological injuries in a medicolegal context, the relationship between impairment and disability, occupational disability determination, mental health disorders and work capacity, return to work interventions, work accommodations and chronic pain, neurocognitive disorders, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. She has published extensively in rehabilitation, forensic, and vocational psychology and neuropsychology, including her award winning studies on prediction of occupational disability, early risk identification, and intervention in a disability compensation context. Recently, Dr. Schultz developed a new evidence-based model of medicolegal psychological and neuropsychological assessment of high achievers, including business executives and entrepreneurs. She is a founding member of the Association of Scientific Advancement of Psychological Injury and Law (ASAPIL) and co-editor of Psychological Injury and the Law, in addition to serving on other international editorial boards.
Dr. Schultz is a recipient of the 2003 Parker Davidson Award from the British Columbia Psychological Association for contributions to medicolegal assessment in psychology and the 2013 American Psychological Association's (APA) Award for Distinguished Contribution to Disability Issues in Psychology. She was the Co-Chair of the APA's Task Force that developed evidence-informed Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention with Persons Who Have Disabilities (2012).
As a Scientist-Practitioner and court expert, Dr. Schultz has extensive psychological and neuropsychological assessment experience. In her private clinical practice, she developed expertise in assessment of complex cases involving brain injury, trauma, chronic pain, and high achievers. She has a special interest in challenging "frontiers of science" issues, which require expertise in vocational and rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology to interface with knowledge of scientific advances and research evidence in those fields in order to solve diagnostic, causality, prognostic, and vocational impact issues. Dr. Schultz has worked with many law firms in Canada and the United States, employers, compensation systems, business executives and entrepreneurs, unions, government agencies, and individuals and their families.
Schultz, I.Z. & Gatchel, R, J. (Eds.) (2015). Handbook of Return to Work: From Research to Practice. New York: Springer Science & Business Media.
Gatchel, E.S. & Schultz, I.Z. (Eds.) (2014). Handbook of Musculoskeletal Disability Disorders in the Workplace. New York: Springer Science & Business Media.
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Schultz, I. Z., & Rogers, E. S. (Eds.). (2010). Work Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health. New York; Springer Science & Business Media.
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NEW YORK and MUMBAI, India, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced today that it has been recognized for the second year in a row by Everest Group as a Leader and Star Performer in insurance application outsourcing (AO). The report, "IT Outsourcing in Insurance – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2013," recognized TCS for its delivery capabilities, including scale, scope, domain investments, delivery footprint, and buyer satisfaction.
TCS was named a Leader, the highest rating according to Everest Group's PEAK Matrix™ framework, on the basis of overall market success and delivery capability. While market success was based upon annualized contract value, delivery capability was measured by the ability to deliver services successfully along the five sub-dimensions of scale, scope, domain investments, delivery footprint, and client satisfaction. TCS was also awarded the Star Performer rating based on year-on-year movement on the PEAK Matrix™ and top performance in both market success and capability advancement.
According to Everest Group, Leaders have a larger scale along with broader and deeper client relationships, higher technology capability and investment in tools and platforms, and wider delivery footprint and global delivery presence. "TCS strengthened its Leadership positioning through all round capability and market success enhancements," the report stated. It added, "TCS is a Star Performer for a second year in a row and the only Leader with a star performer rating owing to the highest annual growth rate in the Insurance ITO segment."
"The insurance industry continues to be a major adopter of consulting, IT and business process services as a result of consumerization, market consolidation, regulatory reforms, and emergence of new technologies," said Jimit Arora, Vice President of Everest Group. "TCS is among the few service providers catering to the global market that have achieved success with large-sized, multi-year insurance AO contracts. TCS has not only maintained its position as a Leader, but also substantially enhanced its capabilities and thought leadership to drive innovation and be a Star Performer with over 20 percent growth in annualized contract values (ACV). TCS' growth underscores the strong preference that insurers have shown for service providers with large and balanced portfolio of offerings."
"This recognition again by Everest Group is a testament to TCS' commitment and unique ability to enable insurance organizations through innovation, customer service, operations and technology excellence to address the transformative shifts underway in the business, regulatory and technology environments," said Suresh Muthuswami, President of TCS' Insurance and Healthcare Business. "In our role as a global strategic business partner, we are increasingly enabling insurers to not just operate with greater efficiencies but to also operate differently by transforming into more agile and customer centric organizations."
In the report, Everest Group analyzed the capabilities of 20 leading AO service providers, specific to the global insurance sector. These providers were mapped on Everest Group's Performance, Experience, Ability, Knowledge (PEAK) matrix, a composite range of distinct metrics that measures each provider's capability and market success.
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPO, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 290,000 of the world's best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $11.6 billion for year ended March 31, 2013 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.


The contestants for Miss World 2010 are in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, since October 1st. They enjoyed a visit to Badachu, the Great Wall of China and the Bird's Nest. They also had auditions with their national costumes for the Dances of the World segment to be featured during the final telecast.
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It does not matter whether you are young or old this is a SPORT for "ALL AGES." The employment of strategy, tactics, teamwork, and the ability to "outsmart" the enemy is just the beginning. To win a team must utilize all of its resources, remain calm while under attack, and implement plan "B" when plan "A" is not going as planned. The "Art" of WAR at its best where everyone is a survivor at the end of the day; only to return again to prove they are worthy and HAVE GAME!


Clambake On-The-Lake, Hurry–Event Tickets are Limited, Raffle Tickets Available Separately!
Don't miss this evening of fun, philanthropy and beautiful views of Lake Erie, graciously hosted by Village Project steadfast supporters, Bill and Lisa Priemer.
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I just found out about a 24 Hour Comedy Fundraiser happening at the Beaumont Studios this weekend. Patrick Maliha is running for Vancouver City Council, but more importantly, he's hosting a very long comedy show starting tonight at 8pm. The line-up of comics is impressive with Sean Proudlove and Vic Lippucci headlining in the wee hours of the morning. Patrick hinted on Breakfast Television this morning that there might even be a special guest – we all know what that means in Vancouver. Tickets are $20 at the door – mention Breakfast Television and get in for $10. Partial proceeds will go to the Union Gospel Mission of Vancouver.
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Great idea and awesome show! I only managed to take in 90 minutes but it was well worth the $10 – thanks for tip on the discount.
Keep it up with the site and let Mikey blog more!!!


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When Edward Thomas died at Arras in 1917 few people thought of him as a poet. Yet in the two years before his death, after a lifetime writing prose, Thomas wrote some of the most enduring poems of his day: poems of war, nature, friendship, despair and exultation. Andrew Motion's pioneering study of Thomas' life and achievement is scholarly yet utterly absorbing, combining an account of his struggles as a writer with perceptive readings of individual poems.
Andrew Motion's books include a biography, The Lamberts, George, Constant and Kil, and several prize-winning collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Love in a Life. He is currently writing the authorized biography of Philip Larkin.
Andrew Motion is the former Poet Laureate, co-founded the Poetry Archive and was knighted for his services to literature in 2009. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London.
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Me and Mark finally got down to getting some Burrows and Badgers action recently. Playing on a Deep Mats 3*3 playing Mat with some plasticraft scenery really looked the part and for once (other than a chip in the paint job) I had a fully painted force.
My list was reasonably large creature heavy and I took a mercenary just to make the points up, that was a big deciding factor and I still feel slightly guilty about, but moving on..
We set up the scenery and decided to play the First Scenario 'Scavanger Run' thinking this would give us more time in battle without having to worry overly about objectives. Mark got the Initiative and so we started to deploy after placing the 'loot'. We had decided that the river was impassable so the focal point was always going to be the two bridges.
The first turn saw everything just moving up, with nothing in combat range it was on to the next turn, don't worry it got a bit more interesting.
The start of turn two saw my Fox Archer loose off her first shot of the Game against Marks Ferret and miss by a country mile, litterally! Everything else just skulked up the board. Due to the weird penalty for charging units none of us wanted to commit to combat with really high – modifiers.
Turn three saw Van Woodr break the charge impasse and just dive in against Marks Mole a hefty score of 8 should have seen me luahing to my first blooding of the game but that darn Perfect Roll rule saw me staggering (roll highest number on the dice and you get +7 to the result), so my D12 roll of 8 was slapped down by a D4 roll of 4 (adding the 7) which was adjusted to 11 my highly tuned animal mincing machine was fended off by a short sighted mammal! Ok one stalemate, charging the Hares together resulted in nothing but a Hare off that was to continue for most of the game, my Fox Archer was almost as accurate with a bow and arrow as Marks Ferret was with throwing knives barn doors are definitely safe when these two take to the field.
On the left hand of the board a four way brawl developed between my Von Woodr and fox and Marks hound (I love that model) and mole. whilst on the right side of the board another four way brawl was developing, my Hare and Badger vs Marks hare and Marmot.
These combats carried on chipping away at each other sometimes doing one or two damage others not doing very much, the combat continued in this vain, until it went really badly for Mark when my Badger swung for his leader the one-eyed Hare, doing a grand total of 12 damage in one hit and taking him out off the game which was closely followed by Van Woodr taking out the hound, this began the bit off a downward spiral for Mark and time was soon called so we could discuss the game and the rules.
Whilst the game was quite fun in places and I promise the next time we will sort out filming it, there really did seem to be a lot of maths involved, partially my fault for taking a mercenary with more special rules than a normal sized rule book and partially because for the most part when we needed to make the big save rolls we generally did!
The game felt very much critical centric and some of the rules seemed a bit to powered, and taking a mercenary to a small beginners game is akin to taking an AC30 Spectre Gunship to a playground game of rock, paper, scissors.
Suggestions… archery works well from Ambush, and always gang up on dangerous enemies – the Block penalty for outnumbering makes a big difference! Also, spells that buff your fighters are well worth investing in.
Noted for next time! Cheers Michael was our first game.


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City Creek Center to Open on March 22
Downtown Salt Lake City sees the opening of 80 retail shops
February 21, 2012 // By Christine Balaz
By Christine Balaz
Salt Lake City Local Expert February 21, 2012
Downtown Rising yields City Creek Center — Photo courtesy of Bring Back Words
Since October 2006, the heart of downtown Salt Lake City has been increasingly cordoned off. Buildings have been torn down and streets have been narrowed and closed. Entire city blocks have been surrounded by fences. Filled with construction crews, cranes, enormous implements, loud noises and dust, central Salt Lake City first transformed into a demolition zone, and then into a massive construction project.
Called "Downtown Rising," this nearly six-year project required the complete redevelopment of 20 downtown acres. Demolition for Downtown Rising began gradually in 2006, and included the impressive 2008 razing of two 1970s-era malls: the ZCMI Center and the Crossroads Plaza.
However spectacular these events of destruction were, most people eventually grew to forget the bygone malls and other buildings. Despite the traffic detours, people even ceased to notice this long-term project, and its promise of a state-of-the-art shopping, living, working, and dining center.
Now, as of early 2012, Downtown Rising has finally reached the end phases of completion. On March 22, the all-new City Creek Center will officially open to the public. In all, the center will contain retail, office, residential, and restaurant space.
The two biggest retail headliners are Nordstrom and Macy's, which will occupy a combined 300,000 square feet of floor space. You'll also be able to shop at Tiffany & Co., Coach, and roughly 75 more stores. A food court, containing a mix of local and national eateries, provides plenty of dining options. These include Red Iguana, Texas de Brazil Churrascaria, Blue Lemon, Roxberry, and Subway.
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About Christine Balaz
Christine Balaz began her unexpected writing career in Salt Lake City with her first book on Wasatch Skiing and Travel in 2006. On the subject of Utah, Christine has written numerous travel books, iPhone apps, and never-ending web content. As a rock climber, outdoors enthusiast and insatiable explorer, Christine has journeyed through nearly every corner of Utah, and has spent aggregate years overseas, from Turkey to Jordan, Sweden to Spain.
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