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There's quite a lot to recommend this picture, and only a handful of things that work against it - none of which, alone or in concert, is enough to bring the picture down. It ain't perfect, but it's awfully good. Some reviewers are calling it George Clooney's best movie; and while I don't know about that, I might just go so far as to call it his most accomplished piece of work as an actor. Maybe. It's probably not too much of a stretch for George Clooney to play a single guy who flies all over the place and isn't much interested in commitment; but there's more to it than that, even though most of the "more to it than that" comes in the third - and weakest - act of the film.
The first two acts are exceptional, introducing us to Ryan Bingham (Clooney), a hatchet man who works for a company that fires people for profit. He spends most of the year on the road and is trying to achieve the dubious distinction of becoming only the seventh person in history to have traveled ten million miles on American Airlines. He fires people for a living, but he genuinely tries to do a humane job of breaking the news to the newly unemployed; and he bristles when his boss takes on a young woman named Natalie (Anna Kendrick), whose bright idea is to save money for the company by introducing a new system for firing people - using video chat and the magic Internets.
If the system works, it will put an end to what Bingham has come to enjoy as his solitary way of life. When he tells us that he spent 322 days on the road last year, he finishes the sentence by saying that, unfortunately, that meant he had to spend 43 "miserable days at home," although home, a one-bedroom stark white apartment, is almost indistinguishable from the many hotels in which he stays while he's one the road - except that the apartment is not as fancy as the hotel rooms. Natalie pitches the system as a way for people like Bingham to be able to be home more often. For most people, being at home is a good thing, something they look forward to at the end of a hard day's work. Ryan Bingham, however, actually enjoys the things that most people do only because they have to - packing for his trip, going through the motions at the airport, checking into the hotel. He speaks easily about these things. To him, they are not motions to be gone through, but part of the fun of getting to that goal of ten million miles and all the perks that go along with that. He already uses the Gold Member Express lines and lanes everywhere he goes, so when he gets his ten million he'll also get…to meet the airline's chief pilot. Wow.
Ryan Bingham is no bullshit artist. He genuinely believes that he prefers to be alone, that his life is full by way of his constant forward motion to achieve something - in this case, his ten million miles. At one point, he explains to Natalie that more people have walked on the moon than have flown ten million miles with American; and it's as though he is completely oblivious to the fact that he is conflating the remarkable achievement of highly educated and skilled astronauts with that of a yo-yo whose greatest skill appears to be profiling the crowd at the airport so that he wastes as little time as possible getting through security and onto the plane. It's no coincidence that this is a dude who never wears a pair of shoes with laces.
He also believes that, by talking one-on-one to the people he fires, he can let them down gently and convince them that he is granting them an opportunity rather than a defeat. Clooney's deft delivery and deliberate slowness in these scenes - contrasted with his striking economy of motion in practically every other scene - makes us believe this about him, too. The best scene in the film comes not quite halfway through, when Bingham fires a character named Bob, played by J.K. Simmons. Bingham notes that Bob's resumé indicates that he is a trained chef - and then he asks Bob how much the company that is now firing him first offered him in order to make him give up his dream of cooking. It's almost heartbreaking to watch Simmons' face as Bob remembers the dreams he had at an earlier point in his life.
As we get older, most of us settle into a routine and watch the years go by almost without noticing what's happening. We do what we do because…it's what we do, not necessarily because it's what we always wanted to do. We're pressured by society into work, marriage, and family because it's what we're supposed to do. It's what everyone else does. When a person like Ryan Bingham manages to find another way to live, one that gives him success and happiness without the burden of the responsibilities most of us have to bear as part of the bargain of walking upright with opposable thumbs and speech, society - shown here in microcosm when Natalie questions him repeatedly about why he doesn't want to marry or have kids, and when the people he fires ask him how he sleeps at night - pushes back against that person's choice; and that person, rather than finding some way to connect with society in a mutually agreeable way, allows him- or herself to remain at a distance, conjuring personal happiness out of thin air - or rather, out of a manufactured desire to be more unique than people who have walked on the moon.
It is only when he meets a kindred spirit, in the form of fellow traveler Alex (Vera Farmiga), that he feels the faintest inkling of a connection to another human being. They start out by comparing the cards they use when they fly and rent cars, and then they move onto drinks in the airport lounge, and then - surprise! - they end up in bed together. In an almost-too-cutesy scene they sit down across from each other at the table in the hotel room and get on their laptops to compare schedules so they can arrange their next booty call. What follows is an intricate dance of technicalities that reveals a depth to Bingham's character that he has never imagined could be true, and which he is reluctant to accept.
In a classic romantic dramedy, Bingham's character would find a way to accept the fact that he is more like the rest of us than he originally thought, or than he ever wanted to be; but this is a revisionist story, adapted from a novel, that ties up a few loose ends in classical fashion - but which is brave enough to remain largely in the realm of revisionism. I haven't read the novel, so I can't tell you if this is to the credit of novelist Walter Kirn or director Jason Reitman. What I can tell you is that there was the chance for a perfect ending, a point where they could have faded to black having barely crossed over into classicism; unfortunately, the film goes on about fifteen minutes too long after that. Those fifteen minutes are not entirely unsatisfying - there's a cameo by Sam Elliott, and who doesn't love Sam Elliott? - and the very end loops back around to the revisionism that underpins most of the film; but I think that they may have missed truly profound greatness by just those fifteen minutes. Having said that, though, it must also be said that the film is very, very good. Clooney is excellent - probably as good as he's ever been - and Vera Farmiga is absolutely wickedly understated. It's easily one of the best films of the year.
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Jason L. Maier said...
I liked the movie...and it was well done. But overall I didn't find it so appealing that I would watch it more than once.
Overall the picture is good and well done. It's something that was somewhat entertaining to watch but I don't think I'll see it more than the once.
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Women more sceptical about the progress of gender equality
This interesting survey from @nifty looked at gender equality, with a bonus question at the end about same-sex marriage.
I'm for equality in general, of course, but against gender equality in election candidates. More women should be encouraged into politics, but the approach should be more about making it less of a boys club, and adopting sensible hours for conducting business.
By Ken Y-N, 4 years 4 years ago
Spotting a future baldie
goo Ranking recently republished a survey I must have missed first time round, why people think someone (male) will probably go bald in the future, with opinions from both women and men.
goo Rankings asked iBRIDGE's Research Plus to conduct this survey, where between the 18th and 20th of August 2014 500 members, 250 male and 250 female, of their monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. No further demographics were given.
One that doesn't rank, but similar to going out in the rain without an umbrella, my wife told me that letting your hair dry naturally, especially going to bed with wet hair, is a big no-no.
Here's what should be Japan's patron saint of slapheads, the kappa, a sort of turtle thing with a big round bald spot:
By Ken Y-N, 8 years ago
Hobbies your partner cannot understand
goo Ranking recently published a survey looking at what hobbies that one's partner is into that people just cannot understand, for both men looking at women and women looking at men.
goo Rankings asked iBRIDGE's Research Plus to conduct this survey, where between the 18th and 20th of August 2014 500 members of their monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample was split 50:50 male and female, but no further demographics were given.
Fortunately, I suppose, I only have one hobby, online games, that appears on the male list, and I don't think my wife has any on the female list, although she used to be into Boys Love comics. Even I, as a male, find many of the male list hard to understand…
Poem blogs are a new thing to me – here is the top-ranked one, according to the first hit from searching on Google.
What men think women should have less of
A fun survey today from goo Ranking, a look at what men think women should be able to cope with decreasing. There was no female equivalent, but I'll try to bring it to you if I see it.
The survey was conducted from the 27th to 30th of January 2014, and 1,141 people completed a private web-based questionnaire. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. This question was obviously for the men only.
Here's some random out-of-focus women shopping:
I cannot really find much to disagree with in this survey! Fortunately my wife doesn't wear eyelashes and is not a slave to brand goods, but otherwise I think I have to agree with almost all the others, although for 19 the last time we had an overnight stay I actually ended up with more luggage than her!
My own personal answer would be the number of times she asks me to pull out white hairs!
Why Japanese singles cannot find partners
Here's an interesting survey from goo Research that I wish had been around a month ago, as the topic was quite hot then. Regardless, I present it anyway, a look at why Japanese are unable to find a partner for many a year, for both women and men.
The survey was conducted between the 4th and 8th of October 2013 where 1,074 people completed a private web-based questionnaire. However, goo Ranking have recently revamped their ranking page and have dropped the link to their demographics. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
The reason I say it was a hot topic was because there was a rash of "sexless youth" stories based on a poorly-translated or misconstrued survey into young people and relationships.
The kinds of people who cannot get married
goo Ranking recently published an interesting look at what sorts of people cannot get married, for both men looking at women and women looking at men. Note that the implication here is mostly regarding people who are actively dating, not those who aren't interested in marriage.
Between the 31st of May and 3rd of June 2013 1,069 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.1% of the sample were female, 24.8% in their teens, 24.9% in their twenties, 25.0% in their thirties, and 25.4% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
Here's a bit of an odd couple:
I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the survey, but I needed a photo to brighten up the page!
By Ken Y-N, 10 years ago
Surprising date spots
For a change, a relatively postive and normal survey from goo Ranking, looking at surprising places people have been taken to on dates, for bother guys being taken along by girls and girls been taken along by guys.
Over the 4th and 5th of April 2013 1,101 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 23.3% in their teens, 25.2% in their twenties, 25.5% in their thirties, and 26.1% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
Here's a date, it appears, at a game arcade (or game centre, as they are called in Japan):
I went to them quite a bit while dating, in particular to play the crane games for cuddly toys!
I also don't find the herb garden too surprising myself – I in fact proposed at one! I'm trying to work out, though, why people would take someone on a date to their school – I think the wording implies after graduation; I suppose if it was a university there may be something interesting to see on campus, but just a plain school..?
When Japanese feel marriage has passed them by
I really should find more cheery topics for Sundays, but perhaps more cheery might imply less interesting? Today's blues from goo Ranking was the moments that people think "My marriageable age has passed!", for both women and men.
Looking at the male list as one who got married a bit later in life (aged 36), I can certainly identify with number one and the second number five.
Searching flickr for an appropriate photo produced the photo above, the best of a rather eclectic selection!
What women declare about themselves that turn men right off
goo Ranking had a pair of surveys looking at what declarations by men about themselves make women lose all romantic interest in them, and vice-versa.
This seems to be quite an odd list, and I don't think I've ever been in a situation where someone has said something that has put me right off them! I'm also not really sure why either having bought a flat or having money in the stock market is a problem.
When casual words from friends hurt
goo Ranking published quite an entertaining pair of surveys, looking at what casual words from female friends hurt men and what casual words from male friends hurt women.
Number 3 I get quite a bit, but I put it down to either my bad Japanese or funny accent… To be honest, I've probably heard most of the list at one time or another…
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Finding Redemption and the Holy Ghost in a Forgotten Texas Church
Julie Lyons
Category: Christian Living
Jun 2, 2009 | 256 Pages
About Holy Roller
Julie Lyons was working as a crime reporter when she followed a hunch into the South Dallas ghetto. She wasn't hunting drug dealers, but drug addicts who had been supernaturally healed of their addictions. Was there a church in the most violent part of the city that prayed for addicts and got results?
At The Body of Christ Assembly, a rundown church on an out-of-the-way street, Lyons found the story she was looking for. The minister welcomed criminals, prostitutes, and street people–anyone who needed God. He prayed for the sick, the addicted, and the demon-possessed, and people were supernaturally healed.
Lyons's story landed on the front page of the Dallas Times Herald. But she got much more than just a great story, she found an unlikely spiritual home. Though the parishioners at The Body of Christ Assembly are black and Pentecostal, and Lyons is white and from a traditional church background, she embraced their spirituality–that of "the Holy Ghost and fire."
It's all here in Holy Roller–the stories of people desperate for God's help. And the actions of a God who doesn't forget the people who need His power.
About Julie Lyons
Julie Lyons is an award-winning writer, editor, and investigative reporter who for more than eleven years was editor-in-chief of the Dallas Observer, an alternative weekly newspaper owned by Village Voice Media. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a B.A. in English from Seattle Pacific University. She and her husband, Larry Lyons Jr., live in Dallas with their son.
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CSX Executive Train Passes Through Painesville
The CSX executive train made a pass through Northeast Ohio on Wednesday morning en route from Buffalo, New York, to Chicago. The train was pulled by three F40 locomotives, CSX 1, CSX 2 and CSX 3, running elephant style and adorned with the Baltimore & Ohio-inspired livery.
The 12-car train is shown above passing through Painesville by the former New York Central passenger station at 8:10 a.m.
Featured in the middle image is dome car Moonlight Dome. The third image shows platform observation car John T. Collinson and theater car W. Thomas Rice.
Photographs by Edward Ribinskas
Tags:CSX executive train, CSX F40PH locomotives, CSX OCS, CSX office car special, Edward Ribinskas photograhs, Painesville Ohio, passenger trains
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The Capitol Limited Returns to Akron
The CSX office car special passes through Akron Thursday morning.
Rattling the diamonds at Center Street in Youngstown
At Station Square in Pittsburgh. The Capitol Limited of the Baltimore & Ohio used to stop here.
I got cloud skunked just as the train passed the Pittsburgh skyline
Thursday morning CSX ran its ofice car special across northern Ohio and Pennsylvania.
With two F40PHs and 11 passenger cars all decked out in a Baltimore & Ohio inspired livery it looked like the Capitol Limited had returned once again.
I first caught the special at Akron. The weather was foggy and overcast but my photos turned out okay.
Next was Youngstown where the weather wasn't any better but I was interviewed by a local TV station curious as to why all the railfans were waiting on the Center Street bridge.
Then it was on to Station Square in Pittsburgh. The weather was much improved but we unfortunately were cloud skunked when the train arrived.
In times past the Capitol would have made a stop here.
Article and Photographs by Todd Dillon
Tags:Akron, Center Street in Youngstown, CSX, CSX executive train, CSX F40PH locomotives, CSX locomotives, CSX motive power, CSX New Castle Subdivision, CSX office car special, Photographs of Akron railroads, Pittsburgh, Railroads of Akron Ohio, Station Square Pittsburgh, Todd Dillon photography, Youngstown
CSX Paints F40 Into B&O Inspired Livery
Railfan and Railroad magazine reported on its Facebook page that CSX has repainted one of its executive fleet F40PH locomotives into a Baltimore & Ohio-inspired livery.
A photograph accompanying the report showed the unit has been named CSX1.
CSX will reportedly repaint other F40s into the same blue, gray and black livery as they are cycled through the shop.
The image posted online shows a gold spot on the nose where the B&O herald would have been applied. The words "CSX Transportation" appear on the flanks rather than "Baltimore & Ohio."
Tags:Baltimore & Ohio, CSX, CSX executive train, CSX F40PH locomotives
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ARRC Memorial Day Weekend Memories
Although The May meeting of the Akron Railroad Club meeting almost always is on the Friday leading into the Memorial Day weekend, the club has generally avoided having outings near or on holidays.
It made an exception in 2006. Even though I was in my second year as president then, I don't recall why we chose the holiday weekend that year for an outing.
The plan was to go to Greenwich, but Marty Surdyk said he would spend the first part of the day at the above ground reservoir in nearby New London.
I'd never been there at the time so I and several others followed his lead and met there in the morning.
Most of the group spent a few hours atop the reservoir, which offers a nice panoramic view of CSX trains on what it today is known as the Greenwich Subdivision.
It can be fun and even instructive to look back at images you made during long-ago photo expeditions to see how much things have changed.
Consider the top photograph of an eastbound passing the reservoir. Note how new the BNSF "War Bonnet" looks. Yet, it had been in service for nine years when this image was made.
Your long ago photographs can also show what hasn't changed in the intervening years, including the basic Norfolk Southern locomotive livery as seen in the trailing unit behind BNSF 757.
If you've seen a War Bonnet, you know that the paint has badly faded on many of them and BNSF has shown no inclination to give them a touch up or refreshing.
The middle image shows a surprise sighting of a caboose still wearing Chessie System colors but with CSX markings along with a liberal amount of graffiti. It was also on the rear of a westbound and we weren't sure where it was going or why it was traveling there.
By mid afternoon the New London contingent had relocated to Greenwich to join the ARRC members who had spent all day there.
We were watching an oncoming westbound on the former Big Four, which had a signal for a straight move onto what is today the Mt. Victory Subdivision.
Marty was looking at the train through a telephoto lens and proclaimed, "that looks like an F40."
I didn't believe him at first. What would a passenger unit be doing pulling a train on a holiday weekend?
But he was correct. CSX F40PH 9992 was pulling three passenger cars from the railroad's executive fleet.
We speculated that the train was bound for Indianapolis to pick up VIPs attending the Indianapolis 500, which was held that day.
The train had a theater car on the rear but the shades were pulled over the windows, suggesting the train did not have any passengers.
It would be the first and thus far only time that I've spotted the CSX executive train.
No. 9992 was built by EMD in August 1981 as Amtrak No. 390. A review of my trip logs shows I've ridden behind it twice on Amtrak.
It was on the point of the San Francisco Zephyr when I rode it from Chicago to Denver in October 1981, when it was about two months old. It also led the Cardinal in April 1990 on a trip I rode from Chicago to Indianapolis.
Not too long after the passage of the passenger train, the ARRC outing in Greenwich came to a close. I don't recall us going anywhere to have dinner together as some guys typically have done at the conclusion of a longest day outing.
And that's the way it was on May 28, 2006, which has turned out to be the last time the ARRC held an outing in New London or Greenwich.
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CSX Executive Train Visits Northeast Ohio
Thursday morning was a good time to be in Berea. In about a half-hour's time, the CSX executive train went east while just before that Amtrak's late westbound Lake Shore Limited went past with Phase I heritage locomotive No. 156 on the point.
The Amtrak train went through about 8:35 a.m. with the CSX executive train showing up at 8:43 a.m.
Operating as train P902, the CSX train had left the St. Louis area on Wednesday and spent the night in Crestline. It left for, reportedly, Rochester, New York, on Thursday morning. Its eventual destination is Selkirk, New York.
Online reports had it passing Lagrange at 8:26 a.m., Willoughby at 9:30 a.m. and Fairview, Pennsylvania, at 10:25 a.m.
Leading the train was F40PH No. 9998 with the 9998 and 9999 trailing. The train had eight cars with a theater car trailing.
Amtrak No. 156 had left Chicago on Tuesday as the trailing unit on the eastbound Lake Shore Limited.
No. 49 on Thursday did not arrive in Chicago until 3:11 p.m., making it nearly 5.5 hours late. It had arrived in Cleveland at 8:03 a.m., 4 hours, 36 minutes late.
No. 156 returned to Northeast Ohio on Friday, this time leading the eastbound Lake Shore Limited. No. 48 was reported past Berea at 6 a.m. The Amtrak website reported that the train arrived in Cleveland at 6:16 a.m., 41 minutes late.
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Les platges de Asteiro, Canares i El Pariso es troben en el conceyu asturià de Navia i pertany a la localitat asturiana de Vigo. La més coneguda és la de «Asteiro o La Chuzia» que és un pedrer d'una longitud d'uns 25 m, una amplària mitjana d'uns vuit m i de forma triangular sent la més gran de les tres. El seu entorn és rural, amb un grau d'urbanització mitjà i una perillositat mitjana. L'accés per als vianants és d'uns cinc-cents m de longitud. Asteiro, la més coneguda, té forma de cala allargada amb penya-segats verticals i al fons s'obre en forma de petxina envoltada de pasturatges pel que, encara que no pot considerar-se com a platja convencional, els veïns de Santa Marina i Vigo (d'Astúries) la solen utilitzar. Les platges de «Canares» i «El Pariso» la utilitzen pescadors de canya però en petit nombre.

Per accedir a elles cal partir de la localitat de Vigo (d'Astúries) i el camí per a les tres part des del mateix centre del poble podent aparcar molt prop de qualsevol de les tres platges però el final del camí cal fer-ho a vaig piular. Per les seves proximitats passa la «senda costanera» fins a la localitat de Barayo i a les proximitats de Puerto de Vega. Si bé les úniques activitats que es poden fer en aquestes platges són la pesca recreativa i la submarina, no és recomanable baixar a elles per la perillositat del descens.

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Last week we had some special houseguests. Our middle son spent some time in Maine with his girl-friend's family—and we grand-dog sat his two very large dogs. Jake is a lab; Charlie is a pit bull mix. While both are incredibly sweet and well-behaved, they are LARGE.
They ran and played in the pond, found every mud puddle in the back of my shop, investigated the shed and got 'lost' inside for two hours while Glen ran up and down in the field calling, slept in the bunk bed –snoring and kicking—so that Glen had to sleep on the floor, ran the vacuum cleaners every day—what a lot of hair they shed!, and watched movies with us every evening.
Since I was post-op knee surgery, I couldn't do a lot of running around with those dogs; instead my dear friend came by and we tore up ugly fabric—stuff that I actually selected the bolt, carried it up to the counter, and asked for a certain yardage—definitely enough time to rethink that selection. Our intention was to start our toothbrush rugs—we had lots of giggles as we tore up that fabric, and then I started the first row. It isn't hard and once started it was a perfect activity for watching movies.
Part of it is visible under Jake's nose. They were too big to both fit onto the couch comfortably with Glen—so each dog picked an adult.
They were fun, and I missed the patter of huge feet throughout the house just ten minutes after they left, but we were glad to have the house back to ourselves and to not have to worry about where we put our plates of food–both of them could help themselves to things on the table and kitchen counter. Serving things from the oven rack is probably not an Emily Post suggestion.


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New Facility For Japanese Fancy Goldfish At Star Fisheries
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Star Fisheries is building a new facility to house a new range of Japanese fancy goldfish, which will go on sale around September.
This new Japanese range will include many of the varieties really only seen so far on offer from China, such as Ryukins, Oranda and Moors. However, Star Fisheries says these fish are all very different in character to the Chinese fish, and adds that in addition there will be some very exclusive fancy goldfish only available from Japan, some rare new varieties produced by a handful of specialist Japanese breeders and not available from China or anywhere else in the world. These fish will go on offer to the UK market later in the year.
Star Fisheries is at 94A Benhill Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3RX.
Why not take out a subscription to Practical Fishkeeping magazine? See our latest subscription offer.
Don't forget that PFK is now available to download on the iPad/iPhone.


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Condo (Loft) for Sale in Bellagio 3 (RH-16767)
#3 Forbestown Road corner Burgos Circle, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
Selling Price PHP 10,500,000
Price / m2 PHP 175,000
Property Type Condo (Loft)
Condition Furnished
Floor Area 60 sqm
This bright one bedroom loft type condominium is available for sale in Bellagio 3, conveniently located on Forbestown Road, Bonifacio Global City, next to the popular Burgos Circle entertainment area with its array of restaurants, bars and other businesses
Covers 60 square meters and comes fully-furnished
Living area has cream colored couch, TV rack and flat screen television and paintings
Adjoining dining area seats four
Open plan kitchen has fitted cupboards and is equipped with a refrigerator and microwave
Upstairs, bedroom is furnished with a queen sized bed, bedside table with lamp
Split type air-conditioning throughout
At The Bellagio III, you are part of the Forbes Town Center, which brings its residents an exclusive, half-kilometer-long stretch of golf course views. Amazing unobstructed views of Manila Golf Club for units facing west and Bonifacio Global City for the units facing morning sun on the east. Just outside the main entrance, there is a choice of some of the best restaurants in town, along Forbes Town Center & Burgos Circle. A modern supermarket and deli shop can also be found within walking distance. Banks and the downtown Bonifacio Global city offices (including NET and W buildings) can also be reached with a 5 minute walk.
The building's amenities include:
As the most recent addition to Manila's residential areas, Bonifacio Global City (commonly known as the Fort due to its military past) has developed real depth and variety, fast becoming Manila's area of choice for executives and families. Currently under the jurisdiction of the city of Taguig, it hosts an array of businesses including Accenture, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Fujitsu Corporation, HP, Ericsson and TetraPak have decided to make BGC their new home and, as a result, a wide variety of bars, restaurants and other local businesses have sprung up to give the area its own culture as the cutting edge of culinary and clubbing experiences.
Common amenities are close at hand anchored by major shopping malls at Market! Market! and the impressive SM Aura. Outside Market! Market! fresh flowers, fruit and organic vegetables are available from local vendors in a farmer's market setting. There is an extensive collection of restaurants, boutiques and shops that extend down Bonifacio High Street, with the nearby Fort Strip providing late night dining and clubbing entertainment. In addition, many localized districts such as Burgos Circle and McKinley Hill are developing their own identity with community based shops, coffee bars and restaurants.
Schools in the neighborhood include the International School Manila, British School Manila, Systems Technology Institute and Global City Innovative College. For health concerns, Manila's premier hospital, St. Luke's Medical Center, is only a few hundred meters away from Market! Market! State of the art equipment and modern facilities with hotel-like rooms and suites ensure the maximum attention and comfort for patients and guests.
• Near shopping and recreation:
- Market Market! including movie theater
- SM Aura
- Hyatt, W Hotel, Shangri-la
- International School, British School Manila, Manila Japan School, Korean International School, STI College
- St Lukes (Bonifcaio Global City)
- HSBC, Sun lIfe, Deutschebank
- Mind Museum
• Near parks and gardens:
- American Cemetery and Memorial


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Maryland men's basketball drops five spots to No. 17 in AP poll after blowout loss to Iowa
Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon during his team's 52-48 loss to Seton Hall on Dec. 19, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Julia Nikhinson/The Diamondback)
After another tepid performance on the road — this time, a 67-49 loss to Iowa — Maryland men's basketball dropped five spots in the latest AP top-25 poll, slotting in at No. 17 in the country.
The Terps had knocked off then-No. 11 Ohio State on Tuesday at Xfinity Center, part of the Buckeyes' four-game losing skid that's seen them fall from No. 2 to No. 21 since December.
In that contest, coach Mark Turgeon's squad put together an all-around offensive showing. Maryland hit seven first-half 3-pointers and shot 45.7 percent from the field overall, with guard Anthony Cowan supplying 20 of the team's 67 points during the 12-point victory. That pace hit a snag on Friday, however, when the Terps traveled to Iowa City.
[Read more: Maryland men's basketball remains winless in true road games with 67-49 loss at Iowa]
Maryland (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten), has only lost in true road games thus far. And while Turgeon's teams have shown ability to win in unfamiliar surroundings in the past — including the three losses this season, the Terps have won just shy of 47 percent of their road Big Ten games since joining the conference — this year's edition seems to have room for improvement on that front.
"Honestly, like I said, I don't have an answer," Cowan said Friday. "We're practicing super hard, practicing good, I just don't know what it is on the road."
For the third time this season, Maryland shot under 40 percent in effective field goal percentage against the Hawkeyes. The Terps hit 55 percent of their free throws, 18.2 percent of their triples and 43.3 percent from two-point range.
And while forward Jalen Smith scored 13 points and Cowan added nine, guards Eric Ayala and Aaron Wiggins combined to shoot 0-for-10 with seven of the team's 17 turnovers. The pairing both shot above 40 percent from long distance last season, but they've seen that clip fall more than 10 percentage points each.
[Read more: In first ranked test, No. 12 Maryland men's basketball downs No. 11 Ohio State, 67-55]
It's a small piece of Maryland's offense, yet their inefficiencies have appeared to hurt.
"We have some guys that are really good players that just need to act like they're really good players and play like it," Turgeon said Friday. "And tonight, we didn't. And I can go across the board — I'm not going to single one guy out."
Road struggles are far from unique in the Big Ten, where competitive teams and rowdy atmospheres often clash to make life difficult for favored visitors. Maryland is undefeated at home so far and so is Rutgers, who received votes in the latest AP poll.
In Big Ten matchups so far, the home team has won 32 of the 37 games. It's created a conference in flux. Michigan State, a team that fell in this week's rankings to No. 15, leads the Big Ten standings at 5-1. Then there's Illinois at 4-2, newly ranked No. 24 and a squad the Terps beat to open conference play. Maryland and three other schools are at 3-2.
So, while the Terps looked so off Friday in Iowa, they aren't alone in that home-away disparity.
"Anybody can win at any point in time," Smith said. "Every team in the Big Ten is a great team."
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Yammer is enterprise social networking service used for private communication within organizations. Access to a Yammer network is determined by a user's Internet domain so that only individuals with approved email addresses may join their respective networks.
Yammer can be used to discuss ideas, share updates, and crowd source answers from co-workers around the globe. Yammer gives you a faster, smarter way to connect and collaborate across your company.
Deploying applications to computers would be straight forward but for applications that are user specific and installation does in %appdata% ,there will be little challenges for application detection method .
Application detection is one of the main criteria to identify if the application is installed correctly or not ,also it helps to reinstall the app if the app is removed on user machine (this happens with application deployment evaluation cycle ).
As i mentioned in my previous blog deploying Microsoft Onedrive using Configmgr , we will be similar method with detection rule for Yammer also.
Before we start of with this ,Download Yammer client (MSI) file from https://support.office.com/en-us/article/yammer-for-windows-and-mac-50920c05-cbfc-4f11-8503-e20fb2e623a5 .
Once the MSI file downloaded ,extract the file using 7zip or WinRAR to get the actual installer used to deploy to users. You will see something like below.
Copy the file to your SCCM source files ,start creating Application as you do for other EXE applications.
change the version value (1.3.1) name as per the application you are installing.
Requirements: Windows 7,windows 10 (based on where you need this to be installed).
Deploy the application to user collection .So when the user receive policy (user policy evaluation cycle) ,application will get install and shortcut icon will be created on users desktop.
Following is the registry location that application get installed.
11 Responses to "How to Deploy Microsoft Yammer Client using SCCM Configmgr"
The Yammer 1.3.2 MSI files available at the link you provided are broken. All references on the internet point back to that URL. I'm not sure what else to do. They are useless. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions have a 32-bit platform type configured in the MSI and are picked up as 32-bit packages. Then when it installs, both versions extract themselves to "Program Files (x86)" and both versions make an entry in the 32-bit HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run referring to the executable in %Program Files%\Yammer Installer\yammerdesktop.exe which fails because the executable is NOT in Program Files, it is in Program Files (x86). This problem didn't exist with the 1.3.1 version of installers. Any ideas how to escalate this with Microsoft?
It works for me .Visit https://support.office.com/en-us/article/yammer-for-windows-and-mac-50920c05-cbfc-4f11-8503-e20fb2e623a5 and look for Get the app ,you have both 32bit and 64bit for windows7+ .
What is not working for you .
It is worth mentioning that Yammer v1.3.1 DID NOT leave an entry in the registry regarding it being installed. Fortunately, Yammer 1.3.2 is out, and my testing shows the entry being there again.
that is really strange .Could be that, the version might have changed how it leave the entries in registry but we have stopped deploying Yammer client as web browser provide more features and also much faster to use.
Have any suggestions for App Detection Method? I have followed instructions and software will install but Software Center reports it as failure. I've tried different ways for detection method such as changing RegKey but no luck. Thanks!
After the Install of Yammer on client PC,did you check if there are any entries in HKCU as per the guide ? If there are not entries then for sure detection method will fail. If there are registry entries about Yammer ,then you need to cross verify the detection rule with HKCU.
you can also look at folder location %localappdata% .
I've noticed that with 1.3.2, they have replaced the entry in the registry.
Works great. Thanks for the document!
Thanks for sharing. Will test out the deployment this weekend.


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The Pros and Cons of Fusion
(speech delivered by Roland Soong at the Staying Tuned 2002 conference, February 11, 2002, Toronto, Canada)
Data fusion refers to the process whereby two separate respondent-level research databases are statistically matched to form a new respondent-level database containing information from the two original databases. Historically, data fusion products in media research appeared first in Europe (Germany, United Kingdom, Poland) and Asia (India, Australia, New Zealand). But now the Americas have made up the many years of lagging behind in a hurry. As of 2001, commercial data fusion products have appeared or are announced in six countries in the Americas. In each case, the fusion was between a television people meter panel and a consumer survey of multimedia and product usage. Here is the table that summarizes those developments, in chronological order:
Country Study 1 (television people meter) Study 2 (multimedia/product study)
Mexico AGB IBOPE Mexico TAM TGI Mexico
Brazil IBOPE Brasil TAM TGI Brasil
Argentina IBOPE Argentina TAM TGI Argentina
USA NTI (Nielsen Television Index) MARS OTC/DTC Pharmaceutical Study
Colombia IBOPE Colombia TAM TGI Colombia
Puerto Rico Mediafax TAM TGI Puerto Rico
In this talk, we will discuss the experience and lessons that were gained with these fusion products. We will review the standard pro-fusion and con-fusion arguments that we have heard from many people in many places for many times. Finally, we will extrapolate as to what might happen for Canada.
PRO-FUSION ARGUMENTS
Data fusion is essentially a free market development, for it would not be here if there was not any need. The demand for fusion comes from two principal directions.
The first is the need for target group ratings. For many advertising campaigns, the target group is a very specific subgroup of the population. As an example, for an anti-depressant drug, the target group would be people who have experienced mental depression recently. As another example, for an allergy cure, the target group would be people who suffer from seasonal or chronic allergies. For most target groups, a consumer study such as the Target Group Index (TGI) provides product and multimedia usage data. Thus, for example, we may know a lot about the magazine preferences and habits of allergy sufferers. Although TGI studies also contain some television data for target groups, they are crude compared to the people meter data.
This puts us in a quandary when we need to draw up a television schedule, since there is usually no target group information in the people meter panel. The most typical procedure is as follows: from the TGI study, we find the demographic group that has the highest incidence of the target group. For example, we find that women 35-64 was the group with the highest incidence of mental depression, and we draw the media plan using this surrogate demographic group within the people meter panel.
Unfortunately, this tactic results in misclassification errors. The following example is drawn from the MARS study:
Women 35-64 Not (Women 35-64) TOTAL
Diagnosed with depression within last 12 months 3.9 % 5.3 % 9.2 %
Not (Diagnosed with depression within last 12 months) 23.7 % 67.1 % 90.8 %
TOTAL 27.6 % 72.4 % 100.0 %
There are two types of errors --- not all target group persons are in the surrogate demographic group (Type I Error = 5.3% in the above example) and not all the surrogate demographic group is in the target group (Type II error = 23.7% in the above example). Since the demographic group is an imperfect surrogate for the target group, these misclassification errors will result in inefficiencies in the selected media plan. For the above example, according to the NTI-MARS fused database, we obtained these results:
For the surrogate demographic group of women 35-64, we used the best programs (defined as those programs that have the highest incidence of women 35-64 in their audiences) to obtain 50 gross ratings points (at 17% reach). For this same list of programs, we found that we achieved 37 gross ratings points (at 15% reach) for the target group. Therefore, this schedule, which was optimized for the surrogate demographic group, delivered less than the nominal GRP value of 50 for the target group. Generally speaking, we expect that a schedule optimized for the surrogate demographic group would be sub-optimal for the target group. Historically, only the absence of a single source (or fused) database has shielded us in blissful ignorance.
From this same fused database, suppose we had used the best programs for the target group (defined as those programs that have the highest incidence of the target group in their audiences), and we obtained 50 gross rating points (at 31% reach). For this same list of programs, we achieved 40 gross rating points (at 22% reach) for the surrogate demographic group. The implication here is that we were able to achieve our goals for the target group for significantly fewer demographic rating points.
In this example, we showed that we can achieve significant improvements in goal delivery and cost effectiveness. We have done almost 500,000 such similar analyses for different target groups in the NTI-MARS fused database, and we have found gains of this magnitude (namely, between 10% to 30%) to be quite typical.
The second need that data fusion addresses is the evaluation of mixed media schedules. For a pure television schedule, the evaluation (in terms of gross rating points, frequency, reach, effective reach, exposure distribution, etc) is done with the people meter data. For a pure print schedule, the evaluation is done with the print study such as TGI. In real life, advertising campaigns may contain both television and print vehicles. The evaluation of a mixed media schedule is either not performed at all or else based upon some modeling assumptions. The most prevalent modeling assumption is that of random duplication between television and print, which usually overstates reach and understates frequency to an unknown degree. A fused television-print database permits the direct evaluation of mixed media schedules.
The two principal needs described above have been known to exist for many years. It is not as if these needs were just newly uncovered in 2001. But in the past, there was no acceptable solution. Specifically, the data fusion methodologies usually end in diminishing one or more of the databases, in the form of losses in sample sizes or distortions in the audience 'currencies.' In 2001, there emerged a sound methodology for data fusion that would preserve both the sample sizes and the audience 'currencies.' In today's talk, we will not deal with the details of this methodology. For those audience members who are interested in the details, we refer to our paper, The Anatomy of Data Fusion, that was delivered at the 2001 Worldwide Readership Research Symposium in Venice.
CON- FUSION ARGUMENTS
We will now enumerate some of the arguments against data fusion. These arguments are not just coming from Luddites who gainsay by reflex, so we must give serious thoughts to them.
(1) Gut Instinct Arguments ("You're making up data!")
This is true in the sense that the television study did not collect information about product usage and magazine readership, and the multimedia/consumer study did not have minute-by-minute television viewing information. Instead, a pseudo-"single source" database was constructed by statistically matching respondents under some optimal criteria.
In general principles, data fusion is related to other methodology that appears to be broadly accepted. The best example is the use of ascription in two-phase studies (such as the Return To Sample product booklets used by BBM). Another example is the use of PSYTE geodemographic clusters. In all these cases, the reported data had not been collected directly, but some form of statistical estimation was used. The rejection of data fusion should be accompanied by an re-evaluation of these other related methodologies.
It is unfortunate that the data fusion cannot be validated directly without a true single-source database. But then again, if we have a true single-source database, we would not need to conduct data fusion. As much as one may be intellectually dissatisfied with the validity of data fusion, one would still have to balance this methodologically rigorous but not totally validated technique against the other choices. That is to say, can one continue to use surrogate demographic groups for television planning without apologies when the misclassification errors are so glaring? And can one either advocate random duplication as a superior approach to evaluate mixed media schedules, or forego the evaluation of mixed media schedules altogether? Our point here is that the rejection of data fusion means that one may be embracing alternative positions that are much more difficult to justify.
(2) Applicability ("This stuff is useless for me!")
It is true that people have been able to get along for many years without data fusion, but that was only due to the lack of availability. Target group ratings have obvious applicability, since its logic is simple and powerful. Assuming that one accepts the validity of the data fusion, target group ratings will be a powerful element in the media planners' toolkit.
Consider the financial implication of our statement that we should be able to realize saving of 10% to 30% through target group ratings from the NTI-MARS fused database. Suppose a pharmaceutical advertiser spends $100 million advertising a brand. From one direction, we claim that we could achieve the same goals by spending 10% less. That is a net savings of $10 million. From another direction, we note that there is a common belief right now that every advertising dollar in the pharmaceutical category generates $6 in sales. For the same $100 million advertising expenditure, we claim that we could use make it work 10% better, as if we had spend $110 million for which we would get $660 million in sales. That is a net increase of $60 million. These numbers are mind-boggling, and nobody can walk away from it.
The evaluation of mixed media schedules is a more complicated issue and may be open to substantive debate. A common question is, "Should one television impression be equal to one magazine impression?" Maybe ... maybe not ... or maybe some comparability factors have to be developed. The exploration of these issues will be a learning experience. This is not just an issue about the relative merits of data fusion, but it resides at the core of the theory and practice of media allocation.
(3) Financial Issues ("It costs too much" and "What's in it for me?")
For users, there is the fear of exorbitant costs for data fusion products. In reality, the bulk of the costs for a fused database was incurred during the collection of the primary data, such as for people meter equipment and interviewer labor. Data fusion is just post-processing whose costs are shared among all users. In the Americas, the current data fusion products are licensed quite cheaply to the subscribers of both studies.
Given this type of pricing structure, the media research suppliers are not motivated by direct sale revenues from the data fusion products. Rather, they are motivated by new sales to those who previously subscribe only to the other study, such as the new sales of TGI studies to television channels. Furthermore, data fusion is a means of adding value to already well-established studies and meeting market demands.
(4) Organizational Issues ("I don't want to deal with unhappy clients!")
Data fusion requires consent and cooperation by the two research organizations, who have to protect the interests of their subscribers. In the past, certain data fusion methodologies have the unfortunate effect of losing sample sizes and/or distorting audience 'currencies' in one or more of the databases. It would be difficult for research organizations to rationalize the shrinking sample sizes as being good, or accept distortions in audience estimates that favor some subscribers over others. The current generation of data fusion products manages to preserve sample sizes and audience 'currencies,' so this is no longer a stumbling block.
Apart from the technical issues, the media research organizations will also have to manage anxiety. There may be the fear by the television and print communities that this is a zero-sum game in which a new tool will bring about a disequilibrium such that someone wins while someone else loses. These types of anxiety will be allayed by the actual experience, as when television people can highlight their inventories with respect to specific target groups, or when print people can document the unique contribution of print vehicles.
(5) Methodological Issues ("Does this stuff really work?")
Realistically, data fusion cannot be expected to work perfectly all of the time. In fact, when implemented incorrectly, it can fail spectacularly. The bottom line is about the management of expectations, to acknowledge that it is not perfect all of the time and to know how to identify and avoid bad situations.
Every data fusion project has its unique elements, and we cannot hope to provide a one-size-fits-all manual. So we will give five examples in which care needs to be exercised.
Example 1 (Misalignment of sub-universes): This is a specific example from the Mexican fusion. Ordinarily, we would be fuse within major sub-universes (such as the Mexico City TAM with Mexico City TGI, the Monterrey TAM with Monterrey TGI, etc). Within Mexico City, it was actually necessary to maintain three further sub-universes: Cablevision subscribers, Multivision subscribers and non-pay-tv persons. Cablevision and Multivision are TAM subscribers to their separate sub-universes in Mexico City. Failure to recognize this situation would be disastrous. The more general lesson is that the data fusion must respect usage and marketing needs.
Example 2 (Respondent weighting): Certain types of TGI studies uses single respondent per household, with design weights used to compensate for the differential probabilities of selection. Any matching procedure that ignores these design weights may result in systematic biases. The more general lesson is that the data fusion must respect the sample design.
Example 3 (Ineffective matching variables): Historically, TAM panels collect only a short list of demographic variables (such as age, sex, geography, head of household characteristics such as age, sex, race, occupation and education, socio-economic characteristics, household composition and cable/satellite television status). These are the standard demographic variables that are initially available for statistical matching in data fusion.
In the USA, we observed that NTI began to collect information on pets, cars/trucks, computers/internet and movie attendance over time. We take this as evidence that the standard demographics were inadequate with respect to these applications. By inference, data fusion, which is based upon the predictive power of standard demographics, will encounter similar problems. The more general issue is the identification of these situations and the development of the solutions (such as collecting new matching variables into the studies).
Example 4 (Fusion Did Not Meet Expectations): For example, we expect golf magazine readers to almost surely watch the major golf tournaments. Data fusion based upon standard demographic variables may give some lift, but not near 100%. Again, the more general issue is to recognize the limits beyond which we should not push our data, such as microscopic analyses of specific vehicles.
Example 5 (Fusion Results Don't Even Make Sense): Suppose we are in a situation when we are fusing a people meter panel with a radio diary sample, by statistically matching on standard demographic variables. Within the fused database, we may see 'too many people' who are watching cable television and listening to radio in their cars for specific quarterhours. In this case, it is too difficult to require quarterhour-by-quarterhour consistency in a time-based database, but the fused data may be viable on daypart averages. The general issue is to recognize the limits on the granularity of the data.
We now moved to the current situation in Canada. The major Canadian research studies are:
Subject Study Name
Television Nielsen TAM
Television BBM PeopleMeter Service
Television/product usage BBM diary w/RTS
Radio/product usage BBM diary w/RTS
Multimedia/product usage PMB
Newspaper/product usage NADbank
This configuration of multiple studies is quite similar to that found elsewhere in the Americas --- Brazil, Mexico, USA, etc. We will take as a given that the two principal drivers of data fusion are also present in Canada: target group ratings for television planning and mixed media schedule evaluation
These needs are not being fulfilled right now, for much the same reasons that were present elsewhere:
The people meter panels have only limited demographic/product usage information, out of concern that a more intensive data collection effort will negatively affect cooperation and compliance rates.
Each study has been optimised for its particular industry, and cannot hope to be expanded to accommodate the measurement of other media.
Product usage varies in scope across the studies (e.g. number of categories, brands, buyergraphics, etc)
Product usage varies in content across the studies (e.g. recency, frequency, volumetrics, time periods, etc)
Just like elsewhere, there is little or no more technical or financial barriers for data fusion to occur in Canada. A (TAM-PMB)-type fusion would be the same as everywhere else, with well-documented and well-understood properties. Such a fusion could be either a pure tv-print fusion, or a pure tv-product usage fusion, or a joint tv-print-product usage fusion.
Another type of fusion in Canada would be to consolidate the product usage information, with a single organization (such as PMB) to collect the product data to fuse onto all other studies. The perceived advantages would be the standardization of the product usage information and cost savings by no longer duplicating the data collection efforts. Of course, this would be predicated upon a data fusion that is acceptable. The validation of this type of fusion is made easier by the fact that the studies have collected actual product usage information which can be compared against the fused data.
Perhaps the most important lesson that we can impart from our experience is that the objective conditions do not guarantee that commercial data fusion products will emerge. After all, it took many years before data fusion appeared in the Americas. There is always the matter of political will. A data fusion project involves four parties: the two research suppliers, the data fusion supplier and the user community. In the four Latin American countries, Kantar Media Research is the owner/partner in all the TAM and TGI studies as well as being the data fusion supplier, thus getting the total commitment from all the organizations. In USA, Kantar Media Research is the owner of the MARS study and the data fusion supplier, again expediting the process.
In the case of Canada, the prospect of data fusion will depend on the positions of the key players. Will the media research suppliers be pro-active, resistant or be dragged into it kicking and screaming? We bear in mind that BBM and PMB are tri-partite, non-profit organizations that are governed by agencies, advertisers and media, and must therefore act according to the wishes of their constituencies. And will the media (television, radio, publishers) see this as an opportunity to gain or lose? And how hard will advertisers/agencies press?


Fairy forts (also known as raths from the Irish, referring to an earthen mound) are the remains of lios , hillforts or other circular dwellings in Ireland. From (possibly) late Iron Age to early Christian times, the island's occupants built circular structures with earth banks or ditches.
10/01/2010 · anyone here know much about them ?...they are protected by irish law for heritage reasons and you cannot build within 30 metres of one...legend goes that to damage a fairy fort brings bad luck upon the land...although when it has suited the Irish goverment they have destoryed some, for motorways and the like.
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The Swiss Budget Alpenhotel is conveniently located in Taesch, across from the Matterhorn Terminal, which is open 24 hours a day. From this prime location, the prestigious Swiss village of Zermatt at the base of Matterhorn is a 10 minute ride. Guests have quick access to its hiking and ski venues. The Alpin Centre and the snowboarding and ski slopes are some of the points of interest within easy reach of this property. Designed for families, this good value option has 2 restaurants, including a pizzeria. Those who wish to relax after hitting the slopes can head to the wellness centre and use the sauna and whirlpool.


Seamus McCaffery (born June 3, 1950) is a Justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, he was a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and a municipal court judge in Philadelphia. He was the judge at "Eagles Court", an ad hoc court created to deal with unruly fans at Philadelphia Eagles games.
In 1993, McCaffery won election to Municipal Court in Philadelphia. With support from members of the city council, he developed Eagles Court in 1998 in response to a 1997 Monday Night Football game between the Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers. With over 60 fistfights reported at the nationally televised game, stadium violence became an embarrassment for the city. McCaffery presided over the court, which was convened in the basement of Veterans Stadium, and handed out fines or jail time to fans arrested during games.
He was elected to the Superior Court in 2003 and successfully ran for the Supreme Court in 2007.
McCaffery was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1950. His family emigrated to the United States when he was five. He graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia and joined the United States Marine Corps.
After leaving active duty, McCaffery joined the Marine Corps Reserve and joined the Philadelphia Police Department. He served in the police department for 20 years, rising to Sergeant. While a police officer, McCaffery put himself through university at La Salle University and law school at Temple University.
In 2008 he retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He is also a 33° Mason.


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Fifty percent of teachers at Herriman High School say their personal finances cause them stress. Half of them haven't started any estate planning, while 20 percent still have large amounts of student debt.
These statistics, collected by the school's FBLA and DECA students, were the inspiration for the projects they have prepared for club competitions that challenge them to identify a problem in their community and creatively solve it.
"When we were looking for a group of people for our project, we thought there wouldn't be anyone better than teachers," said Jacob Racker, a senior.
Alexander Hill said students wanted to address the financial issues that lead to teacher shortages and teachers dropping out of the profession.
The students' solution was to arrange a financial wellness fair. Financial professionals were invited to the school to be available to talk to staff members about estate planning, retirement, general financial advice, investing, insurance and college savings plans.
Elza Morgan, who teaches sewing and design classes at HHS, had been putting off estate planning, believing it would be stressful, complex and expensive. But she felt guilty when she thought of her two young children not being taken care of.
"My husband being a police officer and this not being done has been a stressor for the last three years," she said.
The event took place at the school during school hours. Morgan was able to step out of her classroom, walk down the hall and meet with an estate planning representative. In less than an hour, she was able to get the help she needed.
"It was pretty easy; that surprised me," she said. And now that she has begun the process and had her questions answered, she isn't stressed about it anymore.
"I just feel so at peace," Morgan said.
The business students developed their project based on the information they collected by surveying the high school faculty and meeting with them in a focus group.
"With teachers being so open about their finances and personal struggles, we were able to cater this event more toward their needs," said senior Bailey Burgess.
Students were glad to help their teachers.
The ideas, arrangements and promotion of the event were completely student-driven, said business teacher Julianna Wing, who made sure all staff members were invited to participate.
Students said the best part of the experience was when participants thanked them for the opportunity to improve their lives. Many told them they never would have gotten it done on their own.
Topics related to planning for the future are intimidating for many people, said Robert Ulch, a representative from Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, who was invited to assist faculty members with funeral planning.
Hill said, according to survey results, help with retirement planning was the most requested service. While teachers have retirement benefits through the state, Ben Smedley, retirement planning adviser for Utah Retirement System said many young teachers put off retirement decisions. He advised all teachers, no matter their age, to be familiar with their options.
Racker said the project utilized the skills they've been learning in their classes, such as financial literacy, promotion, partnering with businesses, professional communication, networking and marketing.
Students broke the event planning into a focused project for each team to submit for the FBLA and DECA competitions they will attend this spring.
"We wouldn't have been able to do this big of a project if we only had one group, so we just spread everything out," said Hill.


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MatrixCare®, the largest U.S. LTPAC technology provider, today announced that its annual user conference, Directions, has once again set attendance records. With a significant increase in both attendees and exhibitors, Directions continues to grow at a furious pace. Keynote presentations by Bob Kramer, CEO of NIC, and Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President of NASL, make Directions 2016 an exciting gathering of industry leaders. With over 70 breakout sessions and nearly 200 hours of lab time to access product experts in a hands-on environment, Directions offers more value than any other LTPAC technology user conference.
John Damgaard, MatrixCare President and CEO, commented, "The MatrixCare community includes leaders in the long-term care, senior living, and home care industry. Directions gives them the opportunity to not only discuss the future of the industry but also to develop strategies and identify tools to achieve better outcomes. The breadth and depth of sessions at Directions reflects the full spectrum solution that MatrixCare offers to help providers succeed in a fee for value world."
MatrixCare Directions 2016 is being held September 21 – 23 at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, FL.


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Depressed faculty, students reach out at PLNU
Brittany Naylor, Angel Zamora & Samantha Watkins
At a department chapel in September, a faculty member shared their story of struggling with depression, opening the doors to how depression is dealt with at PLNU for both faculty and students.
"The faculty member described how [they] reached out to fellow faculty members for help with depression issues some time ago," said a student present at the department chapel. "To my surprise, not one fellow faculty member came to the rescue and was willing to hear the pleas of help."
Two class sessions were canceled because the faculty member was too depressed to come to school. In response, students wrote letters and offered to chat over coffee.
The faculty member is currently seeing a counselor, which is covered by PLNU's medical insurance benefits plan.
PLNU also offers an, "Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to faculty and staff members. It is a confidential free resource that is available to assist employees in offering support and counseling with personal concerns like depression," said Jeff Herman, associate vice president for human resources.
Health.com reported in 2010 that teachers ranked six on the top 10 careers with the highest rate of depression.
"While I do believe that we have a problem on campus of how people respond to those in need, I am not sure that I can share my personal experience," said the faculty member. "I guess I can say that I think students need a place they can go to be treated like human beings first and not judged or turned away because the issues they are dealing with are too complicated."
The Wellness Center was contacted and said they did provide counseling as stated on their website.
In 2012, the Wellness Center merged with the Academic Support Center to form the new Student Success and Wellness Center. Details of this merger included the termination of the Wellness Center's four counselors and nurse practitioner as well as reducing the number of counseling session from unlimited to eight.
"The Wellness Center is fully staffed with licensed masters level counselors who provide free, confidential, brief therapeutic services to undergrad students at PLNU," said Kimberly J. Bogan, the associate dean of Student Success and Wellness. "Students are invited to work together with a therapist for six to eight counseling session, which meet the needs of most students who request help."
According to Dr. Daniel Jenkins, a psychology professor at PLNU and clinic director of Lighthouse Psychological Services in Mission Valley, there are many different types of depression and each type necessitates a different form of treatment.
"There are some types that are exclusively related to environmental factors," said Jenkins via email. "The stress of college and living away from home, for example, will make depression more likely to occur in college students. This type of depression would be environmentally caused (exogenesis depression)."
"Other times, the depression might be related to personality, genetics, or chemistry of the body (endogenesis depression)," said Jenkins. "It may be related to hormonal imbalances, for example. Typically, when the depression is caused by environment, we simply prescribe psychotherapy to help the person cope. If it is due to internal factors, we typically recommend both psychotherapy and antidepressant medications to treat the depression."
The type of counseling the Wellness Center provides is called the Brief Therapy Model, with the ability for students to extend counseling sessions beyond the six or eight, said Jenkins. If further help is needed, students are referred out to other practices in San Diego.
However, for students like Ross Nederhoff, a junior double majoring in media communications and broadcast journalism, his time with a counselor made all the difference.
"As for my experience with the Wellness Center, I feel that it has been very positive," said Nederhoff. "I have actually had experiences with them that were both medical and also psychological. During my freshman year I ended up going to the Wellness Center to speak with a counselor. I so appreciate all of the attention I received and I still, to this day, use a lot of the skills I learned there in order to deal with my hectic schedule, stress and anxieties."
At the end of his sophomore year, Nederhoff was encouraged by the Wellness Center to seek the opinion of a specialist when he approached them after experiencing heart issues, he said. The specialist diagnosed him with the rare heart defect Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW).
"I had heart surgery this past summer to fix the abnormality, but without the Wellness Center's guidance, I would have likely kept on living in danger of sudden heart failure," said Nederhoff.
According to a spring 2013 national college health assessment survey conducted by the American College Health Association, 22 percent of males surveyed and 28 percent of females surveyed said that depression had affected their academic performance. The scale ranged from "experienced, not affected" to "significant disruption."
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