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The KM Units of York and UVic are pleased to support Stephen Gaetz and homelessness research including the Homeless Hub. Mobilize This! recently wrote about some of this work and we are pleased to feature the re-launch of this knowledge mobilization website.
As featured in Yfile on Friday the Homeless Hub will re-launch providing researchers, students, schools and decision makers with enhanced access to research on issues related homelessness. From the Homeless Hub web site "Launched in 2007, the Homeless Hub is a web-based research library and information center representing an innovative step forward in the use of technology to enhance knowledge mobilization and networking. The Homeless Hub has emerged as a place where community services providers, researchers, government representatives, and the general public can access and share research, stories, and best practices." The new and improved Homeless Hub continues this work, makes research even more accessible and interactive, it includes resources for educators and it hosts a downloadable e book "Finding Home".
Stephen Gaetz (Faculty of Education, York University) is the principal investigator of the Homeless Hub which is supported by a SSHRC Cluster Grant and with support from Government of Canada's Homelessness Partnering Strategy. He is also leader of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network.
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Toward a very brief self-report to assess the core symptoms of depression (VQIDS-SR5)
N. De La Garza, A. John Rush, B. D. Grannemann, M. H. Trivedi
Psych Mood DO
Objective: To develop a short, 5-item measure of the core symptoms of depression based on the 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology – Self-Report (QIDS-SR16) and to evaluate psychometric properties of this new measure (Very Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology – Self-Report: VQIDS-SR5). Method: Using data from a convenience sample of the Combining Medications to Enhance Depression Outcomes (CO-MED) trial, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the VQIDS-SR5, its sensitivity to change, and its comparability to the QIDS-SR16 and clinician-rated scales (QIDS-C16 and VQIDS-C5). Results: The VQIDS-SR5 has a single-factor structure with an acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha: 0.67–0.81). The VQIDS-SR5 was as sensitive to change as its parent scale, then QIDS-SR16 and, detected change at an earlier time frame. Additionally, the VQIDS-SR5 was comparable to the QIDS-SR16, QIDS-C16, and VQIDS-C5. Conclusion: The VQIDS-SR5 can effectively evaluate the core symptoms of depression during the course of treatment.
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De La Garza, N., John Rush, A., Grannemann, B. D., & Trivedi, M. H. (2017). Toward a very brief self-report to assess the core symptoms of depression (VQIDS-SR5). Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 135(6), 548-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12720
Toward a very brief self-report to assess the core symptoms of depression (VQIDS-SR5). / De La Garza, N.; John Rush, A.; Grannemann, B. D. et al.
In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol. 135, No. 6, 06.2017, p. 548-553.
De La Garza, N, John Rush, A, Grannemann, BD & Trivedi, MH 2017, 'Toward a very brief self-report to assess the core symptoms of depression (VQIDS-SR5)', Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 135, no. 6, pp. 548-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12720
De La Garza N, John Rush A, Grannemann BD, Trivedi MH. Toward a very brief self-report to assess the core symptoms of depression (VQIDS-SR5). Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2017 Jun;135(6):548-553. doi: 10.1111/acps.12720
De La Garza, N. ; John Rush, A. ; Grannemann, B. D. et al. / Toward a very brief self-report to assess the core symptoms of depression (VQIDS-SR5). In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2017 ; Vol. 135, No. 6. pp. 548-553.
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Clarica Reports Higher Second Quarter Net Income
NU Online News Service, July 27, 4:15 p.m. -- Clarica Life Insurance Company, Waterloo, Ontario, is reporting $68 million in net income for the ...
By Staff Writer | July 27, 2001 at 08:00 PM | Originally published on Lifehealthpro
NU Online News Service, July 27, 4:15 p.m. – Clarica Life Insurance Company, Waterloo, Ontario, is reporting $68 million in net income for the second quarter on $1.1 billion in revenue, up from $53 million in net income on $1 billion, in revenue for the second quarter of 2000.
Earnings in Canadian currency amounted to $105 million in net income on $1.7 billion in revenue, up from $81 million on $1.6 billion in revenue.
The life insurer says income has increased because of a larger invested asset base. The company raised its expectations for second-half earnings growth to at least 20%, from the original estimate of 10% to 15%.


Arsenal beat Newcastle 2-1 to move above Manchester United and north London rivals Tottenham to go third in the Premier League.
Arsenal were 10 points behind Tottenham at the start of February.
The victory took the Gunners two points clear of fourth-placed Spurs and United in fifth with seven league games remaining.
This victory was a 10th home league victory in a row for Arsenal.


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Is Donald Trump an American Putin?
Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Des Moines in June. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)
By David Ignatius
Columnist covering foreign affairs
He promises to restore his country's greatness, without offering a specific plan. He uses crude, vulgar expressions that make him sound like an ordinary guy, even though he's a billionaire. He's a narcissist who craves media attention. And for all his obvious shortcomings, he's very popular.
Whom am I referring to? Russian President Vladimir Putin, of course. But the parallels with a certain American politician known as the "The Donald" are obvious.
Donald Trump is in some respects an American version of Putin. Like the Russian leader, he seeks to reverse his country's losses and return its former glory. He promises a restoration of power and prestige without trifling about the details.
"We have no victories," Trump complained to NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "As a country, we don't have victories anymore. And it's very sad."
Trump's official slogan is "Make America Great Again!" It's a line borrowed from Ronald Reagan's acceptance speech at the 1980 Republican convention, when the Gipper promised a "crusade to make America great again." But really, this kind of talk is the mainstay of politicians around the world who campaign on a platform of national restoration. Their message is as much psychological as political.
"Chuck, it'll work out so well," Trump enthused to Todd. "You will be so happy. In four years, you're going to be interviewing me and you're going to say, 'What a great job you've done, President Trump.' You're going to say, 'You've done one of the great jobs.' It's going to happen."
The appeal of such politicians is partly their brash self-confidence. They don't explain the mundane details of national revival; they just assert it. Think of the character Harold Hill in "The Music Man." He promised to give River City a marching band, even though he couldn't play music.
Putin, like Trump, seems to understand that power and showmanship are inseparable, especially for a nation that is traumatized by military and economic losses. It's a confidence game. "Within the system, Mr. Putin has developed his own idealized view of himself as CEO of 'Russia, Inc.' In reality, his leadership style is more like that of a mafia family Don," write Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy in their book, "Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin."
Gleb Pavlovsky, who was one of Putin's key advisers during his rise to power, confided to the Guardian in 2012 that Putin was one of an "unseen, unrepresented layer of people" in Russia who dreamed of a revanche that would recover past glory. "By revanche , I mean the resurrection of the great state in which we lived, which we became used to," Pavlovsky explained.
Putin laid out his vision of revival in a December 1999 speech that became known as the "Millennium Message." He stressed the importance of building a strong state that could restore national self-confidence: "Russia has [just] experienced one of the most difficult periods in its many centuries of history. . . . She faces the real danger of becoming not just a second- but even a third-tier country. To prevent this from happening, we need an immense effort from all the nation's intellectual, physical and moral forces."
Trump is more nakedly self-promoting than Putin, with a vanity and braggadocio that would embarrass a Russian (or, indeed, almost anyone). Trump's Web site promotes him as "the very definition of the American success story," gliding over his four corporate bankruptcies. He seems to enjoy it when commentators deride him as an uncouth lout and rabble-rouser, underestimating the power of his message. His blunt comments speak to a nation that's sick of political double-talk.
Trump's tirades about illegal immigration, his loudest campaign theme, are part of a long and ugly story in the United States. Within 70 years of the republic's founding, a party aptly dubbed the "Know-Nothings" was bashing immigrants, especially Catholics. Over subsequent decades, nativists were attacking every new thread of the American quilt — Irish, Italian, German, Slavic, Jewish, Chinese and African, as John Higham explains in his landmark history, "Strangers in the Land."
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a detailed immigration plan, and its "great, great wall" is just the beginning. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
What's surprising about Trump is that he has attracted such a wide following. He's Reagan without Reaganism, running a campaign nearly devoid of ideas. Americans have had flirtations with demagogues, from Father Charles Coughlin in the 1930s to Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. But the bullying authoritarian personality — the Putin style — usually doesn't work here. This summer has been an exception, but history suggests that it won't last.
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The government may be shut down, but one lawmaker wants information from the Federal Communications Commission right away.
What's so urgent? Mobile carriers continue to sell our location data.
The lawmaker activity follows a report from Motherboard detailing the extent to which mobile carriers such as AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile were selling location data to third parties without customer consent.
Pallone requested the meeting for Monday, whether or not the government was still shut down.
"An emergency briefing is necessary in the interest of public safety and national security, and therefore cannot wait until President Trump decides to reopen the government," Pallone wrote, adding the potential effect location data selling could have on certain government employees and others. "The privacy and security of everyone who subscribes to wireless phone service from certain carriers -- including government officials, military personnel, domestic violence victims and law enforcement officials -- may be compromised."
Pallone isn't alone. Last week, Senators Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Mark Warner, D.-Va. and Ron Wyden, D-Ore. all called for an FCC investigation into the matter.
But the mobile carriers that are under fire may be trying to preemptively fix the problem. AT&T said on Jan. 10 that it would entirely stop selling customer location data to third party service providers, the Washington Post reports. T-Mobile and Verizon have also announced plans to end the practice. This may not be enough to stave off the wrath of Congress and the FCC, however.


Part two of the Sampling 419 Advance Fee Scams Activity series, once again aims to provide actionable real-time threat intelligence on a fraudulent segment that continues tricking hundreds of thousands of average Internet users into thinking that they have pending payments, have won the lottery, or someone is basically interested in doing multi-million dollar business with them.
The format of the data obtained over the past 24 hours, is return email plus the original IP of the sender, most of which can be geolocated to African countries.
Historical OSINT remains an inseparable part of the CYBERINT gathering practices, hence the continuation of the Sampling 419 Advance Fee Scams Activity series.
A currently SPIM-ed campaign over ICQ attempts to trick the end user into becoming a member of a bogus adult content offering network, which drives sales through spamming.
In this we'll expose a portfolio of scaware domains, and will target the "final output" of the campaign, in between sharing data with community members. As always, what originally looks like a low profile campaign, always turns into a piece of puzzle from the massive blackhat SEO "picture".
Just in time for Saint Valentin's days, pharmaceutical scammers have switched their localized templates to a more romantic theme.
The domains have been registered using three separate Yahoo! Mail accounts, and are all responding to a single IP - 115.239.229.196; AS4134, CHINA-TELECOM China Telecom with four currently active ZeuS C&Cs within the same AS - aiyanxinxi.com; wawnet.net; www.zuihouyi.com; nascetur.com.
Whatever the cybercrime marketplace demands, the cybercrime marketplace supplies.


Are Your Employees Your Customers?
But as we move to be better at delivering true employee engagement, we can't just build on the "three" phases we've been in to be successful as we move forward. It's not just about benchmarking, feedback and action. Yes, those three phases are critical – and a solid roadmap if you're trying to deliver basic employee engagement.
If you stay on these three tracks, you're missing true and meaningful engagement. Because you aren't considering the heart of the matter – the employee experience. Creating a cohesive an effective employee experience is a longer journey – but the results are more impactful and longer lasting.
In order to do that though, you have to change a significant belief that HR has held and operated under for years.
Your employees are your customers.
Human Resources, ahem, Personnel, was started with the premise of being the company's buffer and protector – serving the company first, employees second (or third or…). We came to be, to do the company's bidding and policing.
When we fought for a seat at the table, then we wanted to evaluate employee engagement – it was so we could have a great influence… at the company's behest. It sounds smarmy, it's not. The core idea was that if we could sit elbow to elbow with other departments and ask questions to employees, we can deliver something better to the company's bottom line.
At the direction of the company. With the company being our critical partner. Employees were a means to an end in some regards.
As we move forward though, companies are quickly finding out – especially in today's talent climate of there being more supply than top-tier demand – that it's really difficult for employees to give a hoot about an entity that has consistently shown over time, that they – as the employee – has not been the main priority.
That is why there is so much hype around the employee experience now. Because engagement is fickle. And inherently, it doesn't create the type of ongoing conversation that effectively connects your high performers with the company's mission, vision, leaders, etc.
To do that, we have to change who we work for, how we can overcome our HR biases and how we communicate our work.
HR works for the employees at the company… not for the company.
Let me explain – as this is a BIG change.
Yes, we're still employed by the company and need to ensure that our policies are adhered to appropriately, but what if we thought about our employees as our customers FIRST, then ran our items/projects/actions/advice, etc. through the company filter?
One of the biggest aha moments I've seen when it comes to employee experience, is when I shared a different approach to one seasoned HR director. Instead of talking about HR, I asked her what her company's CUSTOMER philosophy and approach was. What was their customer-mantra? When trying to make a customer happy or have what they needed or was contracted to, what steps were taken?
Her external client culture was focused on delivering a great experience time and time again. And they did that through extensive training, process, procedures, document requirements, and so on.
In HR, for most of us, we don't approach our employees as we would our external customers. We don't have a mantra or general expectation that our employees – as the heartbeat of our company – is who we are supporting. Instead, we learn that HR supports the company or the individual leaders that we provide guidance too.
When put a customer lens on our employees – by definition, change the way in which we view them, we are able to better serve them as we do our paying customers.
We know that our sales teams will not continue to close deals if they aren't selling a consistent product in a somewhat consistent manner (not in approach mind you, but in features and benefits).
We know that our client support teams will not have clients to support if they aren't able to say "yes" more than say "no." If they aren't able to deliver on their promises, meet their deadlines and meet or exceed the client's expectations.
We know that our marketing teams will not have budgets to keep marketing afloat, if they can't show an ROI on their spend.
The important question that we ask ourselves, is why do HR teams continue to exist, if we aren't creating and shaping meaningful employee experiences?
1. Who are you currently serving in HR – as a department and as an HR professional?
A better way to get a truthful answer to this, is to ask who you report up to. Who is responsible for HR – and what is the focus of that person? When you report out, what kinds of information, updates and data are you sharing? What questions are you asked about to elaborate on?
2. What are your company, department and personal goals focused on?
This isn't something that you're likely able to change at this point – but your goals are a great indicator as to who sits front and center for your department (and company). Usually, you'll find company goals that are largely focused on the external market – gain more clients, make more money, introduce a new product, innovate, etc. Your department goals may be the key here. What are you expected to deliver upon – and then ask, so what?
3. Do your current benefits and total rewards program, match the needs of your current employee population?
Not are they the absolute best benefits out there. Not that you provide the most. But can your employees actually benefit from the ones you already offer?
4. What is your employee mantra?
Think about the customer mantra from above. What is your consistent framework, starting position, interaction expectation levels – you want your employees to experience from HR?
Do you want your employees to be delighted? Wowed? Feel part of the team? Feel valued as an individual? Create experiences that make them want to scream positivity on Glassdoor?
5. Once you've put your customer lens on, what does the future look like?
Eek! It's hard to envision what our employee's lives will look and feel like through a different lens.
Now you're going to say, "but I'm an employee too – it's not that hard." You're not a normal employee. You know too much. You're basically the OPPOSITE of the audience you're trying to serve as your customer. You, more than any other person at your company, will need to change the lens to see your new customer fully.
Map out, at a high level, what your "internal experience" needs to look like to create a new and engaging outcome.
Think: repeat business… but with your employees.


How many times have you been sitting in a meeting with the Finance Director and they keep asking you about your ROI and your forecasts? Then the inevitable discussions about cutting your budgets start. What should you do and say in this situation? Many managers are experts in their own areas but haven't really had the time to learn "Business Finance". So MCE, has put together the essentials that you need to cover, in a 3-day intensive practical programme.
You need to be able to interpret financial reports that help you to make decisions based on the data as well as stand by those decisions. Secondly, it's by far easier to draft an accurate budget and defend it when presenting it to your boss and the finance director, when you speak their language. If you recognize yourself in these situations, MCE recommends "Business Finance for Non-Financial Managers".
The Business Finance for Non-Financial Managers is a 3-days hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme will be led by an experienced facilitator with former financial management experience in international companies.
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José Carlos Cracco Neto, mais conhecido como Zeca (Paranavaí, 16 de maio de 1994), é um futebolista brasileiro que atua como lateral-direito ou lateral-esquerdo.

Atualmente está no .

Carreira

Categorias de base
Nascido em Paranavaí no Paraná, Zeca se juntou a base do Santos em 2006, com 11 anos de idade.

Santos
Em 9 de março de 2014, Zeca fez sua estreia na equipe principal do Santos entrando em uma partida contra o Oeste pelo Campeonato Paulista. Ele fez sua estreia na Série A do Campeonato Brasileiro no dia 11 de maio de 2015, jogando o segundo tempo em jogo vencido fora de casa por 2-0 contra o Figueirense.

Em 26 de outubro de 2017, depois de brigar com torcedores em um aeroporto, Zeca entrou com uma ação contra o Santos, alegando um atraso de pagamentos. Apesar de ter o direito de assinar com outro clube no dia 1 de dezembro, o Santos entrou com recurso para impedir a saída do jogador em uma transferência gratuita.

Internacional
Em 19 de abril de 2018, o Santos anunciou a conclusão da troca envolvendo a ida de Zeca ao , que em troca cedeu Eduardo Sasha ao Santos em definitivo.

Bahia
Foi emprestado ao  em 12 de janeiro de 2020, numa troca com o também lateral Moisés. Fez apenas 19 partidas pelo clube e não brilhou.

Vasco da Gama
Em março de 2021, Zeca assinou um contrato de um ano com o .

Devido sua irregularidade, não teve seu contrato renovado para o ano seguinte. Ao todo foram 46 jogos durante sua passagem no Vasco da Gama.

Houston Dynamo
Em 10 de fevereiro de 2022, Zeca foi anunciado como novo reforço do Houston Dynamo, dos Estados Unidos, para jogar a MLS. O lateral assinou o contrato por um ano, com opção de renovação por mais duas temporadas.

Em 2022, ele atuou 21 vezes, sendo 13 como titular, não marcou gols e deu uma assistência.

Vitória
Em 29 de dezembro de 2022, o lateral foi anunciado como reforço do Vitória.

Seleção Brasileira

Sub-23
Zeca foi convocado para a Seleção Brasileira Olímpica para disputa de dois amistosos, contra a República Dominicana e contra o Haiti.

Na manhã do dia 29 de junho de 2016, o técnico da seleção olímpica do Brasil, Rogério Micale, convocou Zeca para disputar os Jogos Olímpicos do Rio de Janeiro.

No dia 20 de agosto de 2016, juntamente com a seleção olímpica sagrou-se campeão, com a medalha até então inédita para o Brasil, sendo um dos destaques do elenco.

Estatísticas
Até 19 de maio de 2022.

Clubes

 a. Jogos da Copa do Brasil
 b. Jogos da Copa Sul-Americana
 c. Jogos do Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Gaúcho, Campeonato Baiano, Copa do Nordeste e Campeonato Carioca.

Seleção Brasileira
Abaixo estão listados todos jogos e gols do futebolista pela Seleção Brasileira, desde as categorias de base. Abaixo da tabela, clique em expandir para ver a lista detalhada dos jogos de acordo com a categoria selecionada.

Sub-23 (Olímpico)

Títulos

Categorias de base
 Santos
 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 2013, 2014
 Copa do Brasil Sub-20: 2013

Profissional
Santos
 Campeonato Paulista: 2015, 2016

Bahia
 Campeonato Baiano: 2020

Vasco da Gama
 Taça Rio: 2021

Seleção Brasileira
 Jogos Olímpicos: 2016

Individuais
 Seleção do Campeonato Paulista: 2016

Ligações externas

Nascidos em 1994
Naturais de Paranavaí
Futebolistas do Paraná
Futebolistas do Santos Futebol Clube
Futebolistas do Sport Club Internacional
Futebolistas do Esporte Clube Bahia
Futebolistas do Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Futebolistas do Houston Dynamo Football Club
Futebolistas do Esporte Clube Vitória
Jogadores da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-20
Jogadores da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-23
Futebolistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016
Futebolistas olímpicos do Brasil
Medalhistas do Brasil nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016
Medalhistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016
Campeões olímpicos do Brasil

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Lawmakers in 1919 tried to neuter Acadians by banning their language in schools
Andrew Birden, NEP General Manager • March 1, 2019
On April 1, 1919, the Maine Legislature passed an English-only bill that targeted the Acadians of Aroostook County.
It required that schools educate children exclusively using the the English language. In the Crown of Maine, this gave rise to the oft bitterly repeated phrase, "I will not speak French in school," which originated from teachers punishing children for speaking casual French in classrooms by forcing the child to write the phrase over and over again. Survivors of that period tell stories of receiving punishments just for speaking French on the playground.
In one month, the centennial of that unreasonable and insulting law will come and go, and even though the bill came to an end in 1960, the impact it had on the Franco-Americans of Maine, especially the Acadians, shows that government efforts to destroy cultures within its own borders are a vile and dishonorable practice that seems to exhibit the intent to neuter minority populations.
Today, there is not a single French program in the public elementary schools of the St. John Valley, a well known regional bastion of the French language. And though students can opt to take French as a foreign language in high school, fewer young people are choosing to take that path and even fewer are showing mastery of the language their grandparents spoke in the same school buildings the grandchildren attend today.
Little pockets of Acadian French language still hold out in towns like Fort Kent, Madawaska and Van Buren. If a person walks into a local McDonald's or Tim Hortons, he or she will hear the smooth, curvy sounds of the local French language passing between the members of small-town coffee clubs as native senior citizens solve the problems of the town, state and country. Civic-minded neighbors organize early childhood language classes and events where the children sing French songs, act out French folk tales in little skits and plays, and simply charm the socks off of the people who are attending. Local historical groups work diligently to preserve the artifacts of their pasts.
There are always forces that try to destroy what people consider alien. We are seeing that unfold through dehumanization efforts and propaganda in the current atavistic policies occurring on our southern border. We saw it in the systematic fracturing of the Acadian communities that exist on both sides of the St. John River as governments enforced strict controls at border crossings that made international family ties slowly fray, unravel and finally separate.
Lise Pelletier, the president of Maine Acadian Heritage Council and director of the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, is a fierce advocate for preserving the French language in Maine. On Wednesday I was introducing a friend of mine from Texas to the St. John Valley, and we stopped by the UMFK campus where the archives reside and spoke with Lise.
Her advocacy of French culture, and especially the Acadian culture in our region, made me feel as if I had failed by never learning French when I moved to this region nearly 20 years ago. But Lise reassured me, saying that the language was only part of the French Acadian identity, though an important part. She said a person could support the modern Acadians by understanding their history, from their migration from France in the 1600s to their mostly peaceful coexistence with the First Nations of the unexplored territories, to the nightmare of the Grand Derangement and ethnic cleansing of the 1700s and the resulting separation and scattering of families and congregations across the American continent, to the quiet existence of the communities that established themselves in the St. John Valley, to this day. She said the Acadian identity is also about the moral strength of the people and understanding and embracing the simultaneous dreadful and glorious past that defines the Acadians of today.
And while I may not speak French, I take comfort in the admiration and respect I feel for my Acadian friends and seek always to understand their experience in this part of our country.
Andrew Birden is the general manager for Northeast Publishing, a division of the Bangor Daily News. People can reach Andrew at abirden@bangordailynews.com
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Today's my seventh day with Project 365. In case you haven't joined the masses and succumbed to Twitter, I thought I'd catch you up. Feast your eyes on my first six days (click on images to zoom).
You've seen Day 1 before, but I thought, well, you can never see enough of my adorable animals. I have a feeling they'll take up at least one-third of the images over the course of this coming year. At least. The cat, Mulligan, does not exactly like the new puppy, Maddie. And, yet, here they are—within a foot of each other. Maybe they're just faking all the hissing and barking and pouncing and annoying as Hell puppy/cat brawling. Maybe when Kristen and I are gone, they actually get along. But, look at Mulligan. Look at that expression of complete superiority he's wearing in this picture. I own you little puppy. Just me? Whatever. THEY WILL BE FRIENDS. Day 2, my sister took some photos of me just because she had the camera out taking pics of our beautiful house and…yeah, there's not really a reason. I have a cool new headshot now, though!
Day 3, this is the beautiful face I wake up to every morning—my beautiful cat, Mulligan. He's adorable when he's not chasing/terrorizing our new puppy. Day 4, Cheffie's Café is holding a March Madness Bracket Challenge. I completed and submitted my official bracket with all my picks for the NCAA Tournament. There's a prize for last place, which I'm clearly in the running for. I'll let you know how that turns out.
Day 5, Memphis in the summer is horrible. The heat? The humidity? It can get miserable. Which is why the fact my car registered 90°F in the middle of March scares the crap out of me. I'm not looking forward to baking this July. Day 6, speaking of baking…our air conditioner hasn't worked the last few days, so I had the lovely pleasure of sitting at our house for an hour and a half while the air man fixed us all up. It was worth it. I can't handle being hot. At all. I'm a complete baby about it. I'm sure Kristen can attest to the fact it turns me into a whiney toddler. I'm not proud of it. But, like how I yell at other cars for driving under the speed limit, braking too quickly or anything that even slightly inconveniences me, it's just a weakness I'll have to live with.
As I mentioned in my first Project 365 post, I post my images every day on my Twitter. You can follow me on Twitter, HERE. Six days down, 359 to go. Who thinks I'm going to make it?


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Earth Watch Living & Well-Being
Death in the Water: How Plastic Is Poisoning Our Oceans
ByLiz Greene
Feb 17, 2017 death-water, Plastic, plastic pollution, Pollution, Water
We live in a society obsessed with convenience, and that obsession has made plastic king. Though humankind has greatly benefited from plastic, the environmental costs of this reigning polymer may bring about our downfall. Traveling from land to sea in the wind or through waterways, plastic pollution is causing extensive damage to our marine life and giving life to one of the greatest ecological disasters of our times.
Plastic has been collecting in the marine environment since plastic production began in the 1950s — in fact, each square mile of the ocean contains more than 46,000 pieces of floating plastic. Eight million metric tons of plastics make their way into the ocean each year, hitching a ride on the currents and reaching the furthest corners of our seas — even turning up in the Antarctic wilderness. Simply put, the world's oceans are becoming a toxic soup of plastic and other debris, and all life is being negatively affected.
Unfortunately, plastic doesn't biodegrade — though it does eventually photodegrade (i.e., break down into smaller fragments by exposure to the sun). Photodegradation of plastic continues to the molecular level, yet photodegraded plastic remains a polymer. No matter how minute the pieces, they will always be plastic. Unlike naturally based paper or glass, they are not absorbed into or changed by natural processes — plastic never truly goes away.
Gyres and Garbage Patches
The majority of the plastic that enters the ocean every year ultimately sinks, harming life on the seabed. The rest finds itself caught up in gyres (large systems of circulating ocean currents), eventually cumulating in massive formations of trash called garbage patches. These patches are characterized as containing a higher concentration of plastic than surrounding oceans. As of 2017, a total of five patches have been discovered.
The most well known of the garbage patches is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — a collective title for the Western and Eastern Pacific Garbage Patches created by the North Pacific gyre. Situated in the Central North Pacific Ocean, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch stretches for hundreds of miles across the ocean. The patch is not stationary by any means; it shifts as much as a thousand miles to both the north and south.
Though the term "garbage patch" brings to mind the image of a large floating island of trash, it's actually a bit of a misnomer. The lion's share of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is composed of extremely high concentrations of plastic debris, suspended at or beneath the surface of the ocean. Despite its size and density, it's not visible from the air due to its consistency. Unfortunately, that's part of the problem. As filmmaker Jo Ruxton told CNN when she visited the location:
"This was much more insidious than a huge mountain of trash which could be physically removed. You can't remove all the tiny pieces."
The Effect on Marine Life
The horrifying impact of plastic pollution on marine life is well documented. A study from Greenpeace found that plastic pollution in the ocean has negatively affected at least 267 species worldwide, including 86 percent of all sea turtle species, 44 percent of all seabird species and 43 percent of all marine mammal species. Large pieces of plastic floating in the ocean are easily mistaken for food by seabirds, whales, dolphins and turtles. When plastic is ingested by these animals, it blocks their digestive tracts and gets lodged in their windpipes, cutting off or filling their stomach, which results in malnutrition, starvation and death. It also causes fatalities due to infection, drowning and entanglement. For instance:
Seabirds that feed on the ocean surface tend to ingest plastic debris that floats. The adults then feed these items to their chicks, who then fail to thrive — and very often die. One study found that 98 percent of Laysan Albatross chicks had been fed plastic in some form.
Multiple whales and dolphins have been found washed up on shores, their stomachs full of plastic bags and other debris.
A startling amount of dead sea turtles — 50 to 80 percent — have been found to have ingested plastic debris.
About 640,000 tons of abandoned fishing nets are responsible for snaring and drowning thousands of marine animals per year, including seals, sea lions, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, dugongs, crocodiles, seabirds, crabs and other creatures.
As plastic spends time in the ocean, it absorbs pollutants in the water around it. When photodegradation breaks it down into smaller and smaller pieces, it mingles with plankton and is eaten by fish and whales. The pollutants are then transferred into the tissues and organs of the animals, impacting everything from marine megafauna to lower trophic-level organisms.
The Effect on Humans
The plastic pollution in our oceans affects more than just marine animals and birds — it also has a serious impact on human life. Once plastic debris enters the water, its ability to absorb waterborne pollutants and fragment into microscopic pieces makes it incredibly dangerous. Though the pieces cannot be seen by the naked eye, they're still there and still plastic. Since plastic is incapable of being absorbed into the natural system, it ends being up ingested by fish and zooplankton — and eventually makes its way to our plates.
A recent study set out to see what effect this plastic was having on the food chain. Medaka, a species of fish, was fed three different diets.
The first group of medaka was fed regular fish food
The second group received a diet consisting of 10 percent "virgin" plastic (containing no pollutants)
The third group received a diet consisting of 10 percent plastic that had been immersed in the San Diego Bay for several months
When tested two months later, the fish on the marine plastic diet had much higher levels of persistent organic pollutants — and were more likely to have tumors and liver problems. Chelsea Rochman, author of the study and assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Toronto, explains, "We found that when the plastic interacts with the juices in the [fish's] stomach, the chemicals come off of plastic and are transferred into the bloodstream or tissue."
So what effect does this have on humans? The chemicals released when plastic breaks down — such as bisphenol A, styrene and PS oligomer — have been shown to cause hormone disruption and interfere with the reproductive systems of animals. Furthermore, high levels of bisphenol A are significantly associated with heart disease, diabetes, impotence and breast cancer.
What Can Be Done to Stop This?
These shoes — a collaboration between Parley for the Oceans and Adidas — are made from plastic found in the ocean. Photo: Adidas
Seeing that ocean plastic pollution ignores boundaries, monitoring it is slightly problematic. As it stands, China is the biggest plastic polluter, with Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam following close behind. Though these five countries account for 50 percent of the plastic pollution in the ocean, a collective global approach is the best way to combat the issue.
Though plastic pollution in the ocean can't be cleaned up completely, large pieces of debris can be removed and recycled. The enormity of the problem has led a number of organizations to turn their attention to eco-innovation — using ocean plastics in products for everything from fashion to function. Parley for the Oceans, an organization dead set on ending plastic pollution once and for all, recently teamed up with Adidas to create both shoes and jerseys made almost entirely from recycled ocean plastic. Other brands confronting the plastic problem include Hamilton Perkins, which turns plastic bottles into designer bags, and Norton Point, which makes sustainable sunglasses from ocean plastic and plant-based materials.
However, to truly end plastic pollution, we have to prevent it from happening in the first place — and that means changing our habits. The amount of disposable plastic products being used daily has gotten completely out of hand. As a society, we need to stop using plastic bags, Styrofoam packaging and single-use plastic containers. If we refuse to use non-eco-friendly packaging, companies will stop manufacturing it. We also need to focus on controlling litter through public education, as well as working to fund cleanup of the streets and waterways to keep plastic from making its way to the ocean. Prevention is not only key — it's cost-effective and better for the environment.
What You Can Do on a Personal Level
As any good eco-warrior knows, prevention starts at home. There are a number of ways you can avoid adding to the growing plastic pollution problem.
Stop using disposable plastics: The vast majority of the plastic products we encounter on a daily basis are used once and then thrown away. Think about it: grocery bags, disposable cutlery, straws, coffee cup lids — how many times do you use these things more than once? The best thing you can do is to replace these items with reusable versions. Bring your own bags to the store, carry a travel mug to the coffee shop, and stash silverware and a reusable water bottle in your bag.
Blacklist products that contain microbeads: Microbeads are found in beauty products from facial scrubs to toothpaste. Though these tiny plastic beads seem harmless, their size allows them to slip through filters at water-treatment plants and make it to the ocean — where they end up being eaten by fish. Use products that have natural exfoliants, like oatmeal, sugar or salt, instead.
Recycle, recycle, recycle: If you're not sure what can go in the bin, check out this handy guide: The Ultimate Plastic Breakdown.
Advocate for a bag tax or ban: Encourage your elected officials to join multiple other cities and counties by introducing legislation that would make plastic bag use less worthwhile.
Insist manufacturers do better: Write a letter, make a phone call or contact companies via social media compelling your favorite companies to use eco-friendly packaging. If they brush you off, you can hit them where it really hurts and give your money to more-sustainable competitors.
So many of the attractive qualities that led us to this love affair with plastic are what makes it so dangerous for our oceans. As consumers, it's our responsibility to know what goes into the products we buy and to ensure our trash doesn't end up in the ocean. Moreover, if we put our money where our heart is, corporations and producers will be forced to bend under the pressure and start manufacturing products that have less of a negative impact on our planet. If we start working together now, we may yet have a fighting chance to save our oceans.
Study on Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans
The Pollution of the Marine Environment by Plastic Debris: A Review
Volunteer at Save Our Shores
Featured image courtesy of Shutterstock
How to Have an Eco-Friendly Galentine's Day
3 Reasons to Avoid Mass-Manufactured Chocolate
By Liz Greene
Liz Greene is an animal-loving, makeup-obsessing pop culture geek from the beautiful City of Trees, Boise, Idaho. You can catch her latest makeup misadventures on her blog, Three Broke Bunnies.
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"Mobile slaughter trucks bring the sounds and smells of animals suffering and dying, disease, scavenger animals and the high risk of contamination to our creeks and land," says Marcy Berman, founder of SaveABunny, a Marin County nonprofit that rescues and rehomes rabbits. Berman says Marin County is on the verge of allowing mobile slaughtering units, and she's leading a campaign to get the proposal scrapped.
Berman says that the proposal to allow mobile slaughter trucks is offensive not only because of the cruelty to animals, but because of the unacceptable costs and risks for public and private animal service organizations, for public health, and for the environment.
2. Attend the Meeting. If you are local to Marin County, please try to attend the County Planning Workshop on Monday, November 28, and speak out.


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Retro Week
Stay in Shape the Royal Canadian Air Force Way
Feeling flabby as you sit at your desk? That's the exact problem this set of exercises was designed to prevent. We've mentioned it before—the 5BX workout developed for the Royal Canadian Air Force. But today we are happy to bring you these famous exercises in the form of a video (er, film reel).
Get in Shape With This 11-Minute Fighter Pilots' Workout
It may be Canada's best-kept exercise secret: an 11-minute, no-equipment workout program…
The routine enjoyed popularity for decades after this film and its accompanying booklet were made. Ruth Bader Ginsburg used to do it before starting her better known exercise routines, and Kate Middleton's friend told a tabloid in 2012 that the duchess does it too. Be sure to catch the demonstrations at 9:15 of exercises that are difficult to figure out from the written instructions.
Before you hop out of your chair to do these exercises, it's fair to warn you that the straight leg sit-ups in "Exercise 2" have fallen out of fashion because they compress the spine; crunches and planks are the modern equivalent. The Royal Canadian Air Force stopped using these exercises—Wikipedia says in 2008 but I can't confirm—so proceed at your own risk.


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City Limo San Francisco has standardized routes with flat-rate pricing for travel to and from most major cities and airports.
After a five (5) minute grace period on all flat-rate trips that do not begin at an airport, there are a $10.00 charge for every five (5) minutes a chauffeur is waiting.
Sedans are canceled more than twelve (12) hours prior to scheduled pickup time.
Motor coaches are canceled more than seventy-two (72) hours prior to scheduled pickup time.
Vans, minibusses and sport utility vehicles are canceled more than forty-eight (48) hours prior to scheduled pickup time.
Limousines are canceled more than twelve (24) hours prior to scheduled pickup time.
A no-show fee equal to the base fare price of the trip, plus any applicable waiting time fee, will be charged when the passenger(s) fails to arrive at the designated location. To avoid a no-show fee, call (415)360-7556 if you cannot locate your sedan.
The above cancellation terms represent standard policy at City Limo San Francisco and may be modified from time to time based on market, desired reservation dates and vehicle availability. All modifications that are mutually agreed upon in writing or communicated and confirmed at the time of reservation will supersede the above.
The City Limo San Francisco. reserves the right to refuse to transport persons under the influence of intoxication liquor or drugs, or who are, or are likely to become objectionable to other persons or if the Chauffeur feels threatened in any way.
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Q: Cálculo de porcentagem PHP e salvar no Banco Estou tentando fazer um cálculo antes de enviar pro Banco de Dados:
    <?php
session_start();
require_once 'config/init.php';
require 'config/check.php';
?>

<?php

require 'config/conexao.php';

try {
    $PDO = new PDO( 'mysql:host=' . MYSQL_HOST . ';dbname=' . MYSQL_DB_NAME, MYSQL_USER, MYSQL_PASSWORD, array( PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8' ) );
} catch ( PDOException $e ) {
    echo 'Erro ao conectar com o MySQL: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

$descricao          = $_POST ['descricao'];
$fornecedor         = $_POST ['fornecedor'];
$custo              = $_POST ['custo'];
$margemlucro        = $_POST ['margemlucro'];
$estoque            = $_POST ['estoque'];

$custo1 = $_POST ['custo'];
$margemlucro1 = $_POST ['margemlucro'];
$precofinal = $custo1 + ($custo1 / 100 * $margemlucro1);

$sql = "INSERT INTO produtosservicos (descricao, fornecedor, custo, margemlucro, precofinal, estoque) VALUES
                                     (:descricao, :fornecedor, :custo, :margemlucro, :precofinal, :estoque)";

$stmt = $PDO->prepare($sql);

$stmt->bindParam(':descricao', $_POST['descricao'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindParam(':fornecedor', $_POST['fornecedor'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindParam(':custo', $_POST['custo'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindParam(':margemlucro', $_POST['margemlucro'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindParam(':precofinal', $precofinal);
$stmt->bindParam(':estoque', $_POST['estoque'], PDO::PARAM_STR);

$stmt->execute($stmt);

echo "<script>alert('Cadastro efetuado com sucesso!'); window.top.location.href = 'produtos-servicos.php';</script>";

?>

O cálculo ocorre, mas não salva no banco e nem dá erro. O que posso estar fazendo de errado? Se eu tiro o campo do cálculo, ele salva normalmente. Já troquei no banco para int, decimal e por fim deixei mesmo como varchar.
Atualização: Encontrei o erro [28-Jan-2019 18:03:11 UTC] PHP Warning:  PDOStatement::execute() expects parameter 1 to be array, object given in ******* on line 39
. Ainda não resolvi o problema.

A: $stmt->bindParam(':precofinal', $_POST['precofinal'], PDO::PARAM_STR);

Tu não tem um $_POST['precofinal'].
Aconselho a trocar os valores do banco, deixar tudo como string não é uma boa pratica, este valor, por exemplo, poderia ser calculado e retornado pelo próprio banco e n~;ao pela aplicação.

A: Recomendo ler novamente as documentações das funções que está utilizando: execute, bindParam.
O método PDOStatement::execute() espera um parâmetro do tipo array, que é opcional, mas você passa como parâmetro $stmt. Você basicamente chamou um método do objeto e passou ele mesmo como parâmetro - isso dificilmente fará sentido.
Como já atribuiu os valores com bindParam, não precisa passar parâmetros para o execute:
$stmt->execute();

Lendo a documentação verá que o método possui retorno. Não o ignore.

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Q: jquery validator with tooltip Is it possible to integrate the jquery validator with a some sort of tooltip?
Here is what I am trying to do:
I have a contact form, onfocus of any fields, I want a real time tooltip to appear that directs the visitor into what to type, and once the tooltip is happy with the field value, it displays "accepted". Until then it reports an error e.g. "Name must be at least 5 characters", or "You must enter a valid email address."
Then on submit I want to show these tooltips for all the ones that were not accepted. I also want them to fadeIn and animate the same way as when on onfocus.
I also want these tooltips to fadeout, when I am infocus for one of the fields, and the field I am infocus cannot run through the animation of fadeIn, as it is already displayed.
Any ideas of how to do this easily?

A: Here is all what you need, it has animation too >>
FIDDLE Example
HTML
<input type="text" id="txt1" />
<input type="text" id="txt2" />

CSS
 #tt{width:0px; height:0px; visibility':hidden; margin-left: -500px; background-color:red;}

jQuery
$('#txt1').focus(function(){
$('#tt').css({'width':'200px', 'height':'50px', 'visibility':'visible', 'background-color':'red'}).html('you clicked text field ONE').animate({'marginLeft':'10px'},1000)
});
$('#txt2').focus(function(){
    $('#tt').css({'width':'300px', 'height':'50px', 'visibility':'visible', 'background-color':'yellow'}).html('you clicked text field TWO').animate({'marginLeft':'150px'},1000)
});

A: Working Demo:  http://jsfiddle.net/bvu5f/
This answer uses a jQuery plugin called Tooltipster along with the jQuery Validate plugin.
First, initialize the Tooltipster plugin (with any options) on all specific form elements that will display errors:
$(document).ready(function () {

    // initialize tooltipster on form input elements
    $('#myform input[type="text"]').tooltipster({
        trigger: 'custom', // default is 'hover' which is no good here
        onlyOne: false,    // allow multiple tips to be open at a time
        position: 'right'  // display the tips to the right of the element
    });

});

Second, use Tooltipster's advanced options along with the success: and errorPlacement: callback functions built into the Validate plugin to automatically show and hide the tooltips as follows:
$(document).ready(function () {

    // initialize validate plugin on the form
    $('#myform').validate({
        // any other options & rules,
        errorPlacement: function (error, element) {
            $(element).tooltipster('update', $(error).text());
            $(element).tooltipster('show');
        },
        success: function (label, element) {
            // $(element).tooltipster('hide'); // normal validate behavior
            $(element).tooltipster('update', 'accepted'); // as per OP
        }
    });

});

Code takes advantage of the new Tooltipster API features released in version 2.1 on 2/12/13