Christmas has come and gone. New Year's Eve soon followed. Mid-November through December and into the New Year is one of the – if not the most – busiest times in the catering business. This is make or break time for many catering business throughout the country. It is what distinguishes the professionals from the amateurs. For those of you who survived the rush with a smidgen of sanity left, I congratulate you.
We are now in 2013, although some of us have one foot still in 2012. It always takes some time to adjust. Nevertheless, as a caterer, there is no time to rest. The New Year brings different opportunities and challenges. You know what that means. Yep, you got it. New trends in food, drinks, and services. If you are a part of the catering industry, you know how important it is to have your finger on the pulse of what's cool and hot, and what's not. Therefore, trends of any kind are essential in maintaining a leg up on the competition. Cooking, and catering for that matter, is rapidly becoming a youth and young person industry. We saw signs of it in 2012. In 2013, I predict that the youth presence will be even greater. It is much more than a trend.
Gordinier's sentence is one of those sentences that forces you to take a step back and reflect. Food, it seems, is the new cool. While it is not replacing music as the go-to harbinger of cool, it is nevertheless supplementing it so that the two go hand-in-hand. Soon, high schools will be full of budding chefs, not budding musicians. The article is definitely worth a read. You can read it here.
There is certainly a youthful explosion occurring in the industry. From chefs to restaurants and festivals to television, food has hit a new stratosphere and the catering business will be right there in the thick of it, going along for the ride. We have seen ripples of it in 2012. Can we take it to the next level? Will 2013 see the birth of the catering cool?


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Q: Examples of why declaring data in a class as private is important? I understand that only the class can access the data so therefore it is "safer" and what not but I don't really understand why it is such a big deal. Maybe it is because I haven't made any programs complex enough where data could accidentally be changed but it just a bit confusing when learning classes and being told that making things private is important because it is "safer" when the only time I have changed data in a program is when I have explicitly meant to. Could anyone provide some examples where data would have been unintentionally changed had that data not been private?

A: Depends what you mean by "unintentional changes". All code is written by someone so if he is changing a member variable of a class then the change is intentional (at least from his side). However the implementor of the class might not have expected this and it can break the functionality.
Imagine a very simple stack:
class Stack
{
    public:
        int Items[10];
        int CurrentItemIndex;
}

Now CurrentItemIndex points to the index which represents the current item on top of the stack. If someone goes ahead and changes it then your stack is corrupted. Similarly someone can just write stuff into Items. If something is public then it is usually a sign that it is intended for public usage.
Also making members private provides encapsulation of the implementation details. Imagine someone iterates over stack on the above implementation by examining Items. Then it will break all code if the implementation of the stack gets changed to be a linked list to allow arbitrary number of items. In the end the maintenance will kill you.
The public interface of a class should always be as stable as possible because that's what people will be using. You do not want to touch x lines of code using a class just because you changed some little detail.

A: The moment you start collaborating with other people on code, you'll appreciate the clarity and security of keeping your privates private.
Say you've designed a class that rotates an image. The constructor takes an image object, and there's a "rotate" method that will rotate the image the requested number of degrees and return it.
During rotation, you keep member variables with the state of the image, say for example a map of the pixels in the image itself.
Your colleagues begin to use the class, and you're responsible for keeping it working. After a few months, someone points out to you a technique that performs the manipulations more efficiently without keeping a map of the pixels.
Did you minimize your exposed interface by keeping your privates private?
If you did, you can swap out the internal implementation to use on the other technique, and the people who've been depending on your code won't need to make any changes.
If you didn't, you have no idea what bits of your internal state your colleagues are depending on, and you can't safely make any changes without contacting all of your colleagues and potentially asking them to change their code, or changing their code for them.
Is this a problem when you're working alone? Maybe not. But it is a problem when you've got an employer, or when you want to open-source that cool new library you're so proud of.

A: When you make a library that other people use, you want to show the most basic sub-set of your code possible to allow external code to interface with it. This is called information hiding. It would cause more issues if other developers were allowed to modify any field they wanted, perhaps in an attempt of performing some task. An attempt that would cause unspecified program behaviour.

A: When you are on a project where 2 or more people are working on the same project, but you work lets, say, 2 people work on Mondays, 2 on Tuesdays, 2 on Wednesdays, etc. The next people that will continue the project won't have to go bother the other coders just to explain what/when/why it has been that way. If you know TORTOISE you will see it's very helpful.

A: Generally you want to hide "data" (make vars private) so when people that aren't familiar with the class don't access data directly. Instead if they use Public modifiers to access and change that data.
Eg. accessing name via public setter could check for any problems and also make first character upper case
Accessing data directly will not do those checks and possible changes.

A: You don't want someone to suddenly fiddle with your internals, no? So do C++'s classes.

The problem is, if anyone can suddenly change the state of a variable that is yours, your class will screw up. It's as if someone suddenly fills your gut with something you don't want. Or exchanges your lung for someone elses.

A: Let's say you have a BankAccount class where you store a person's NIP and cash amount. Let's put all the fields public and see what could go wrong:
class BankAccount
{
public:
    std::string NIP;
    int cash;
};

Now, let's pretend that you leave it this way and use it throughout your program. Later on, you find a nasty bug caused by a negative amount of cash (whether it is from calculations or simply an accident). So you spend a couple of hours finding where that negative amount came from and fix it.
You don't want this to happen again, so you decide to put the cash amount private and perform checks before setting the cash amount to avoid any other bugs like the previous one. So you go like this:
class BankAccount
{
public:
    int getCash() const { return cash; }
    void setCash(int amount)
    {
        if (amount >= 0)
            cash = amount;
        else
            throw std::runtime_exception("Cash amount is negative.");
    }

private:
    int cash;
}

Now what? You have to find all the cash references and replace them. A quick and dirty Find and Replace won't fix it so easily: you must change accessors to getCash() and setters to setCash. All this time fixing something not so important that could have been avoided by hiding the implementation details within your class and only giving access to the general interface.

Sure, that's indeed a pretty dumb example, but it happened to me so many times with more complex cases(sometimes the bug is much harder to find) that I've really learned to encapsulate as much as I can. Do your future-self and the viewers of your code a favor and hide private members, you never know when your "implementation details" will change.

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I've walked past Mid-City's Brownstone Bistro at 5047 Pico Blvd. at least a dozen times and never paid much attention to it. That changed one recent Sunday after I decided to try the Bistro's Sunday Brunch buffet.
Before going, I checked out several comments about the restaurant on Yelp, which gave it a rating of four stars. Bistro-goers raved about such dishes as the restaurant's jerk chicken wings and sweet potato cheesecake; both things were definitely on my list to try.
The Bistro itself is a large minimally decorated room with several dining tables and chairs sitting on the right side of the room and a bar with three flat screen TVs on the left side of the room. For the purpose of the brunch, a long table topped with silver chafing dishes stood in the middle of the room and a carving station and table covered with desserts stood to the left of the long table.
Laid out on the tables and for the most part served by waiters and Brownstone Bistro chef and owner Clive Jackson, CEC, the California Fusion brunch included generous portions of such things as Southern shrimp and grits covered with a creamy light orange sauce, grilled vegetable frittata, chicken and turkey meatballs covered with barbeque sauce, deliciously gooey Mac and Cheese and yellow rice. Also offered were such foods as baked chicken pieces, Blackened Tilapia, waffles, carved herb-crusted NY strip with Cajun Au Jus and made-to-order omelettes.
I tried the chicken and turkey meatballs, the Southern shrimp and grits, yellow rice, a baked chicken breast and the Tilapia. The meatballs were lightly seasoned and covered with just enough barbeque sauce to bring out their delicious chicken and turkey flavors. The yellow rice was equally tasty. I may never eat plain white rice again. The Tilapia was covered with spices and slightly blackened, which enhanced its overall spicy flavor.
At first I was a little disappointed when the server told me that the chicken was broiled and not jerk chicken. My disappointment vanished with my first bite of the broiled chicken. It was not only juicy but also extremely tender. My favorite dish, was the Southern shrimp and grits. My mother's family is from the South so I grew up eating grits and am very picky about eating them in restaurants. Grits served in restaurants are often too runny or too stiff. The Bistro's grits were neither. They were excellent and further enhanced by the addition of the shrimp and creamy orange sauce. After I went back for a second helping of the dish, I asked my waitress what the orange sauce was made of and she eagerly volunteered to ask the chef. She came back a few minutes later and said that he said it was a secret. I laughed and polished off the rest of my shrimp and grits with "secret" orange sauce.
Desert included slices of watermelon, cantaloupe and pineapple, an assortment of cookies and pecan pie. Not seeing any sweet potato cheesecake, I immediately reached for a slice of the pecan pie as a substitute. It was heavenly. The pie filling was just sweet enough; the crust was delicate and the pecans were fresh and crispy.
I certainly plan to go back soon so I can try the jerk chicken wings and sweet potato cheesecake.
Brunch Sunday 11am-4pm Reservations recommended.


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Home Grown Kitchen - A study of how easy or difficult it is to use Farm-to-Table for a large catering event in the Adirondack's in the spring season with baking and pastry applications
Abstract: Cassie Brown and I catered the Boomerang alumni networking event on campus on April 7th. Our capstone questions was "how easy or difficult is it to cater an event in the Adirondacks in the springtime using Farm-to-Table with baking and pastry applications." We learned that it is difficult, but not by any means impossible. Catering is something that Cassie and I are both interested in so this topic was perfect for us. Cassis and I were able to help connect local farmers with local customers, raise Farm-to-Table awareness, meet and interact with alumni, and show the Paul Smith's College community our skills and what we have learned throughout our four years here at Paul Smith's College.
Major: Baking Arts and Service Management
File Attachments: Victorias Capstone Paper.docx
Authors: Victoria Gregory
Home Grown Kitchen: Catering Boomerang
Abstract: Home Grown Kitchen is a baking capstone project that is focused around farm-to-table and the Adirondack cuisine. The Adirondack cuisine has a prominent focus on farm-to-table, and we wanted to incorporate that into catering the Boomerang event. Boomerang is an event that is held on campus to network future graduates of Paul Smith's College with alumni. Farm-to-table seemed to be appropriate for alumni coming back into the Adirondack park. By using local farms and vendors we were able to create a solid menu that would be appealing to everyone, and easily eaten while mingling with students and alumni. The main question is whether farm-to-table in the Adirondacks is easy or difficult, while using baking applications. By contacting local vendors, researching what grows during the seasons, and having conversations with chefs on campus to help us along the way, Boomerang had becoming a successful event to cater.
File Attachments: Catering Boomerang
Authors: Cassie Brown
A Study of Pure and Artificial Maple Syrup Production
Abstract: Many people claim that they can tell the difference between pure and artificial maple syrup. However, pure and artificial maple syrup are made through two completely different processes. Through the method of a blind taste test, I want to answer the question whether or not consumers can in fact tell the difference between pure and artificial maple syrup when both served as is or baked into products through a catered breakfast. At the catered breakfast the following dishes were served: maple glazed doughnuts, breakfast casserole, sausage gravy and biscuits, pancakes with maple butter and maple syrup, vanilla and maple yogurt, and sliced fruit. There were two options to choose from for the maple glazed doughnuts, maple butter, maple syrup, and maple yogurts. One choice was made with pure maple syrup, the second choice was made with artificial maple syrup; the consumers did not know which option was made with which maple syrup. At the end of the breakfast, I asked each guest to complete a survey that would let me know which option they believed to be made with the pure maple syrup and which option they believed to be made with the artificial maple syrup.
File Attachments: Final Written Paper.pdf
Authors: Amanda Gail Wetter
Do consumers prefer American ice cream opposed to international ice cream?
Abstract: Do people tend to pick American flavors of ice cream or international flavors of ice cream? I did a study trying to answer this question. I used a survey to develop results and learn information about ice cream and other frozen desserts. By making ice cream from different countries, I was able to answer my questions. Through research and holding an event, I retained information to tell me if consumers prefer American or international flavors of ice cream.
File Attachments: Capstone paper.doc
Authors: Abigail Pinault
Analysis of Forage Quality in Adirondack Macrophytes: Implications for Waterfowl Nutrition
Abstract: To understand the relative nutritional value of macrophyte food sources for Adirondack waterfowl, the forage quality of four common Adirondack macrophytes were assessed. An analysis of two native pondweeds (Potamogeton) and two invasive watermilfoil (Myriophyllum) was conducted to deduce how invasive and native macrophytes compare in their relative concentrations of nitrogen and mineral content; important indicators of forage quality for waterfowl. Nitrogen content is used as a metric for relative concentration of protein. Macrophyte species were sampled from four Adirondack lakes of the same trophic status to account for effects of lake nutrient characteristics on plant nutrient uptake and synthesis. Total nitrogen was determined with the Kjeldahl procedure using flow injection analysis. Ash (mineral) content was acquired through high-heat burning in a muffle furnace. The invasive watermilfoil species had a higher percentage of nitrogen than the native species. There was no significant difference in the ash content between the species. It is critical to understand the ecological function of these species in relation to wildlife populations. The nutritional value of these aquatic macrophytes may have implications for the fitness and distribution of breeding herbivorous waterfowl in Adirondack lakes. These results may indicate that invasive plants will serve as a viable food source for herbivorous waterfowl as watermilfoil continues to spread across Adirondack aquatic systems.
File Attachments: Bianca Fournier Capstone Draft 4th Edit.docx
Authors: Bianca Fournier
Walden Pond: Ecological and Anthropological History Reflected in the Sedimentary Record
Abstract: This study examined environmental changes reflected in the microfossil record of a sediment core taken in August 2015 from Walden Pond, Massachusetts spanning the last 600 years. In particular changes in the eutrophication status, inorganic sediment deposition due to land use, lake water depth and temperature were examined using phytoplankton indicator species—diatoms and chrysophytes— to reconstruct environmental conditions. The study site was a basin shallower and closer to the source of anthropogenic N and P inputs than the site of previous studies at Walden's deepest basin, allowing for finer detection of changes in water level and organic content of sediment. A gravity corer was used to collect the sediment core to preserve topmost sediment layers for analysis, as more than a decade has passed since the last published study of this kind at Walden Pond by Köster et. al. (2005). Results show a significant increase in indicators of eutrophic lake conditions since European settlement ca. 1630, and especially since the 20th century. However, relative Asterionella formosa and Synedra nana abundances had not changed significantly in the last decade since Köster et. al.'s 2005 study, and have in fact decreased somewhat, suggesting water treatment efforts by the Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) have had some success. Loss on ignition (LOI) of organic content shows a precipitous decline from the mid 19th century from 37% to 22%, representing intensive land clearance and development until the 1970's when DEP management began. After that point, LOI rose, perhaps due to increased lake productivity, and has fluctuated around 25%. Relative Discostella stelligera abundance, while used in the WAl-3 piston core as a proxy for water depth, could not be used in the WAL-1 gravity core from this study as eutrophication has significantly impacted their abundance. Chrysophyte scale:diatom ratios corroborate an observed trend of increasing abundance in lakes globally since the 20th century, perhaps in response to rising global temperatures over the same period.
File Attachments: Capstone Paper.docx
Authors: Erik Yankowsky
Turning Points and the Ecological Conscience
Abstract: We live in a time when environmental crises seem to be overwhelming: global climate change, water crises, and mass extinctions, to name a few. Some people seek out ways to address environmental problems, while others remain ignorant or deny the existence of serious issues. Aldo Leopold's land ethic calls those who help, people who feel "the stirring of an ecological conscience." Many studies have looked at the psychology of environmentalism and the factors that instill an environmental ethic. Some studies look at early childhood, others at significant turning point events. Many factors foster an ecological conscience among people. I was interested in how the "stirring of an ecological conscience" was instilled in our own community here at Paul Smith's College. The faculty and students all have a story to tell about what led them here and this project explored that. The sample studied here found that among faculty and students, experiences from childhood played a significant role in the development of an ecological conscience. These experiences most often influenced the path of each participants life journey. These findings provide us with information on ways we can look to help instill the ecological conscience in others, through education and daily life.
File Attachments: Rickicki_Turning Points and the Ecological Conscience.pdf
Authors: Dominic Rickicki
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From 27 February to 3 April 2010, Chris Dreier and Andreas Seltzer present with "Souvenir de Verdun" their extensive work on the Battle of Verdun in the Berlin-based gallery Laura Mars Grp. Dreier made touching photos with her pinhole cameras; the landscape's scarredness is being caught in the images, as well as its recapturing by nature. Andreas Seltzer is adding to the fascinating exhibition with meticulous drawings; they are based on travel guides to the former battlefield, supplemented by further elements.


Instant Film Cameras are Making Photography Fun Again!
I hosted some friends for brunch this past weekend, and as often happens, our guests were pleasantly distracted by a large-scale bulletin board by our kitchen table that I've filled, corner to corner, with photographs.
I put up this board when we moved in to our new house and was determined to fill it quickly— so I started to dig up old photos of my parents, family trips, historical moments in our lives, and tons of pictures of the kids and their relatives, from birth to the present. I had a sneaking suspicion it would be a fun conversation starter at mealtime: We're often wrapping up dinner when someone will glance over at the board and reminisce about our first ski trip, or ask me why I chose to straighten my bangs in high school (I have no answer for that).
I had no idea, however, that it would also elicit a sense of nostalgia in many of our grown-up friends who had forgotten what it was like to print photos. It seems that these days, when taking a picture is as easy as saying, "Selfie…", it has become far tougher to enjoy pictures. Digital Photography has become more of a headache than anything else: Where to store them, how to organize them, and how to safely back them up so you're not one stolen laptop away from losing them all— these are the tribulations that have made taking pictures a lot less fun than it used to be.
So when my husband brought home an Instax Share printer one day, I was smitten. It's a tiny printer, smaller than a paperback, that wirelessly connects to your phone, and prints your smartphone photos onto instant film (mini polaroids)… right before your eyes.
Now, in the digital world, this might seem yawn-worthy— but it has become a party trick we do for friends and it's a hit every time. The thowback-ness of it just delights people, and seeing all the Instant film on the board with all the other printed pictures is just too fun.
The Impossible Project started as the last Polaroid production plant in Germany was closing it's doors— photography enthusiasts refused to let the medium die, and began to do what Polaroid, sadly, could not— bring Instant photography into the digital age. They've put their twist on instant film by offering Gold or Silver frames, as well as color and black and white prints, in slick packaging. By painstakingly refurbishing old polaroid cameras, and catering to die-hard Polaroid enthusiasts, they've kept the art alive and are introducing it to a whole new generation of artists. But their star product is the Impossible Instant Lab: An analog photographic that (stay with me) exposes the image on your smartphone's screen to instant film— like a traditional dark room. It's like an analog camera for your smartphone camera. Brilliant effects ensue.
Polaroid, the camera company is no more. The Polaroid name, however, lives on as a brand licensor to companies that make consumer electronics and eyewear. Confused yet? Short story— Polaroid leant it's name to the VERY cool Socialmatic, which looks like an Instagram app logo that spits out instant film. It's got those great retro stripes, and is likely to spark conversations wherever you go. This camera has a few more bells and whistles than the rest of the bunch, with both a front (14MP) and rear (2MP) camera, a touch screen, and the ability to share photos using Wifi. It runs Android, so it's kind of like a little tablet… with a price tag to match.
Aside from offering the wireless printer, Instax makes a range of instant cameras that use Instax mini instant film, as well as some that use a slightly larger, wide format film. The Instax Mini 8 (pictured above) comes in a range of fun colors and looks like a japanese animé character, and the Instax Mini 90 is retro-handsome in saddle brown or black.
If you love analog photography and want to have some fun with your pictures, you've probably heard about the intentionally-low-tech Lomography cameras. Long before Instagram filters, Lomography cameras offered blurred edges, tinted exposures, fisheye lenses, and other fun effects, all made by the camera, not an app. With Lomo'Instant, they're mashing up their quirky cameras and lenses with the immediate gratification of instant film.
What do you think? Do you miss Instant Film? Do you have any of these cameras? Wanna hear from you.


Special attention in this issue of the bulletin is dedicated to the recently signed Agreement on Cooperation of the Parliament and the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro, establishing cooperation between highest legislative and representative body of the citizens and the national association of local governments in Montenegro, and also realized one of the Union's the priorities for 2016. In addition, using the mechanisms of previously signed Agreement on Cooperation between the Government of Montenegro and the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro, in this issue are presented and initiatives to improve the status of local governments submitted by the Union to the Prime Minister.
The 20th issue of the Union's Bulletin "Our Union" is published.
The bulletin includes an interview that the editorial board had with Dr. Zoran Srzentic, Mayor of the Municipality of Bar, and the most important information from the Union of Municipalities Executive Board' s session. Special attention in this issue is dedicated to the Report on the state of local democracy in Montenegro, with recommendations, adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe at the recently held Congress autumn session in Strasbourg. In addition, summarizes the information from the fifth session of the Joint Consultative Committee between Montenegro and the Committee of the Regions, which was held in early November in Cetinje, as well as with a number important international activities in which the Union of Municipalities and its representatives took part.
The 19th issue of the Union's Bulletin "Our Union" is published.
The Bulletin includes an interview that the editorial board had with Mr.Orhan Sahmanovic, Mayor of the municipality of Plav, and the most important information from meetings of the Union's bodies (the Assembly and the Executive Board) which, among other things, established the basic guidelines for the planned activities of the national association of local governments in Montenegro in the current year. The Bulletin presents the recently adopted Strategy for the professional development of local civil servants and emploees with the Action Plan for its implementation, and an overview of joint activities aimed at consolidation of local public finances. A special attention in the Bulletin is given to the activities that local governments should take in order to higher implementation of the Amending Law on Property Tax and the Law on Communal Police.
The 18th issue of the Union's Bulletin "Our Union" is published. The bulletin focus was on activities in the field of local government financing, and in this light the Proposed measures for overcoming the local government financial problems established by the Union`s Executive Board were presented. The Proposed measures were discussed at the meetings of the Uonion`s bodies as well as at the the meetings held with the relevant ministries on this topic. The amendments on the Bill Amemnding Law on Property Tax were presented in order to create the legal preconditions for a sustainable system of property tax administation, prepared by the Union`s Committee on Local Government Financing and has submitted for consideration to the relevant parliamentary Committee for Economy, Finance and Budget.
The municipal`s and the Union`s positions are presented in order to "defense" land development fee as the exclusive source of income for land policies managing at the local level and to introduce new revenue to finance joint consumption communal services through the adoption of the new Law on Communal Services, and to ensure the flow of funds from the legalization of informal buildings fees by adopting the Law on Legalization of Informal Buildings, as well as to establish a "Revolving" Fund for pre-financing of EU projects.
November 19th 2014- The 17th issue of the Union's Bulletin "Our Union" is published.
This issue presents information on the last meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee between the European Union and Montenegro in Kotor, where participants encouraged Montenegro's progress towards the EU and declare intent to support reform momentum.
In addition, the main excerpts from the UoM Committee statements on the Draft Law on Administrative Inspection and the Draft Amending Law on Property Tax are presented, whereas, in the light of proposed reforms to land development system an article "Land development – how to proceed" is published.
The 12th issue of the Union's Bulletin "Our Union" is published.
An important place in this Bulletin is given to activities of the Union's working bodies and organs dedicated to more quality solving the issues related to construction land. Readers are informed on numerous sessions of the Union's Executive Board, Assembly and committees that were held in previous 3 months. The Bulletin contains an interview with the Mayor of the Municipality of Žabljak, Mr. Isailo Šljivančanin and activities from Montenegrin local self-governments.
The Bulletin also presents new regulations related to the official titles of local civil servants and employees. Amendments of the umbrella Law on Local Self-Government are announced. Taking into consideration the strategic development road towards the European Union, "Our Union" starts with this issue to prepare educational articles related to important EU integration topics. A significant attention is given to issues related to the solid waste management. Also, Model of a Harmonized Anti-Corruption Action Plan in a Local Self-Government 2013-2014 is presented.
The 11th issue of the Union's Bulletin "Our Union" has been published.
This edition presents: the conclusions from the meeting of the Joint Consultative Board between the EU Committee of Regions and Montenegrin local governments; the conclusions of the International Conference "The Future of Fiscal Decentralization in the SEE". A special attention is given to the interview with the Mayor of Budva, Mr. Lazar Rađenović. Also, this issue presents the publication "Twinning", Models of Guidelines through procedures of the Ethical Committees, the Model "Decision on the Organization and Working Method of a Local Administration", and series of other activities of Montenegrin local governments and their Association.
9th edition of the Bulletin of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro "Our Union" is published.
This issue presents some of the activities from the Union's Working Plan for 2012, general information on the EU Committee of Regions, members of Joint Consultative Board between Montenegro and the EU Committee of Regions. The Bulletin also contains an interview with the Mayor of Podgorica and President of the Union's Executive Board, Mr. Miomirom Mugoša and some activities from Montenegrin municipalities. This issue also informs our readers on activities related to the training needs analysis of local civil servants and employees, possible use of the EU founds by local governments, support to design local energy plans and some of activities from the project "Strengthening Mechanisms of Public Finance in Montenegro".
Eight special edition of the Bulletin of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro "Our Union" is published.
This issue presents some of the most important activities implemented during 2011 by the Union of Municipalities as the National Association of all Montenegrin local authorities. Special attention was given to topics related to advocating for members towards strengthening the local self-government system, local public financing, their transparency and accountability and the EU founded projects implementing by local governments during the year. The Bulletin also contains information on trainings organized for local civil servants and employees during the last year, as well as, on activities on the international level.
The seventh issue of the Union's Bulletin "Our Union" is published.
This edition presents: Best Practices in local self-government; Knowledge Center – a new service of the Union of Municipalities; an interview with the Mayor of Kolašin, Mr. Darko Brajušković; activities of the Union of Municipalities related to creation of conditions for sustainable local finances; new Models Ordinances related to provision of legal and institutional framework at local level for the achievement of cooperation with the NGO sector; activities related to preparation of a new Law on Communal Services, and other activities of Montenegrin local authorities and their Association.


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Is the pedagogy of MOOCs flawed?
This is a question that I tackle in my Udemy course The Wide World of MOOCs.
Almost immediately after I uploaded this preview to YouTube, someone on Twitter politely challenged me.
She took umbrage to my assertion that MOOCs are pedagogically richer than "regular" online courses.
Her counter argument was that the pedagogical devices that I cited – readings, online discussion forums, social media groups and local meetups – are the same learning and teaching functionalities available in any LMS.
Right off the bat, I don't believe that all the pedagogical devices that I cited are available in any LMS. They may be available in many LMSs, but certainly not all of them. Moreover, although an organisation may have a subscription to an LMS that offers these devices, it may not have them activated.
That of course is not to say that the e-learning designer is prevented from using these devices; for example, he or she might leverage other non-LMS technology within the organisation or in the cloud. However, in my experience and in conversations with others, it is clear that they often don't.
Again, that's not to say that no e-learning designers integrate devices such as online discussions and social media groups into their LMS-hosted courses, but even if they do, the target audience tends not to play ball. How to encourage active participation on social platforms is a hot topic in the L&D sphere, and there is no easy answer because it's a question of organisational culture which can't be "fixed" over night.
As for local meetups, in all my years I have never seen this offered in a regular online course!
MOOCs, on the other hand, are the polar opposite. All of the MOOCs I have experienced include readings, online discussion forums, social media groups and local meetups. And the participants do participate. Sure, that's to be expected given the massive scale of MOOCs, but that doesn't make it any less true.
Case in point, the University of Edinburgh's E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC is one of the best online courses I have ever experienced. While it had its fair share of pro's and cons, it was a hell of a lot richer than the boring page turners that too many among us have learned to associate with "e-learning".
And there was no LMS in sight.
There's a lot of talk about social intranets these days. It even threatens to overtake the blogosphere's current obsession with gamification.
But what exactly is a social intranet…?
Everyone seems to have a different opinion, from a human-centred platform, to the intersection between portals, team sites and social sites, to a system that ties the business's processes and data to the employee's social behaviour.
Which one is correct? They all are.
You see, a "social intranet" is simply an intranet with social media elements that allow the users to interact with the content and with each other.
While everyone's definition covers this functionality more or less, what is different is the degree of the functionality.
So, to introduce a common language and some standardisation to our discourse, I propose the "Social Intranet Index" (SII).
1. An intranet with an SII of 1 is the traditional, old-fashioned broadcast medium. Its content is published by a select few (usually members of the Communications team) and remains read-only for the target audience.
2. An intranet with an SII of 2 accommodates special account holders outside of the golden circle. These are typically highly motivated individuals, because the backend is clunky and illogical.
Unfortunately these individuals tend to find themselves in the unenviable position of publishing content for other people, because said people are either too dumb or too lazy to learn how to do it themselves. Strangely, though, they all know how to use Facebook.
3. An intranet with an SII of 3 introduces a star rating or a "like" facility. The target audience can interact (albeit minimally) with the content by judging its quality and relevance.
4. An intranet with an SII of 4 introduces a commenting facility. Beyond a reductionist score, the target audience can now post free-form comments in response to the content.
5. An intranet with an SII of 5 bolts on third-party social applications such as Yammer, Compendium and Confluence. While these apps aren't components of the enterprise's intranet proper, they're accessible from there and thus form part of the network. The target audience is empowered to generate their own content within these ringfenced zones.
6. An intranet with an SII of 6 integrates social media elements such as a discussion forum, blogs and wikis into a single sign-on solution. The user experience is seamless.
7. An intranet with an SII of 7 maintains a bank of user profiles that includes everyone in the organisation and is accessible by anyone in the organisation. The profiles are rich (including photos, contact details and subject matter expertise) and integrate with the other components of the intranet (eg the discussion forum) to facilitate social networking.
8. An intranet with an SII of 8 enables the users to personalise the interface. This typically involves the selection and arrangement of social widgets (eg a particular blog, a discussion sub-forum), a filterable activity stream, plus external functionality such as a customisable RSS feed.
9. An intranet with an SII of 9 empowers anyone in the organisation to publish and edit "regular" informational content beyond the aforementioned social media elements, though still within certain ringfenced zones. For example, a team site may host user-generated content pertinent to that team.
10. An intranet with an SII of 10 is the poster boy of heterarchy. All content is easily publishable and editable by everyone in the organisation. Devoid of ringfences, the platform effectively becomes a giant wiki. The corporate community pitches in to produce and maintain organic knowledge.
Outlandish and unworkable, or innovative and game changing? At the very least, I say an SII of 10 is aspirational.
From 1 to 10, the Social Intranet Index represents a series of concurrent trends.
Most radically, the direction of publishing shifts from one-way to two-way to multi-way. This is typically associated with an increasing ease of use, which in turn encourages an increasing number of content producers.
Knowledge contained in silos is increasingly shared, and a broader community blossoms. As governance loosens, the organisation puts more trust in its own employees. Effectively, its hierarchy flattens.
As more control is relinquished by the company to its people, however, the risk of something going wrong increases. The content that is generated by the users might be flawed, and in extreme cases an individual might abuse their privileges and do something malicious.
On the other side of the coin, though, loose governance does not mean no governance. Sensitive content may still be locked, while an approval process and a reversion facility can prevent disaster.
Moreover, it may be argued that the shifting paradigm places an increasing obligation on the SME not only to share their knowledge with the wider organisation, but also to maintain its currency and relevance. Those who can't or won't will soon get found out.
Clearly, a "social intranet" is not just about the technology; it's about the culture of the organisation. Just because sophisticated functionality is available does not necessarily mean it will be used!
Notwithstanding this truism, I submit that culturally speaking, an SII of 1 is poles apart from an SII of 10. The former is characteristic of a restrictive, distrustful, clunky organisation, while the latter is characteristic of an open, empowering, nimble one.
Which organisation do you think will be more collaborative?
Which one is more adaptable to change?
Which one will ultimately perform better in the market?
Closer to home, what is the SII of your organisation's intranet…?
So the Russians want to build a research base on the moon, and they want NASA and the European Space Agency to help them.
Anyone who has read Off The Planet by Jerry Linenger knows that this idea has about as much chance of getting up as Vladimir Putin has of winning American Idol.
Linenger knows better than most: he spent 5 months on Mir. Despite the years of training and the millions of dollars poured into the program, he and his two cosmonaut colleagues had to rely on their collective ingenuity, tenacity and sheer luck to remain alive.
Endangered on a daily basis by the incompetence of the Russian Federal Space Agency and the political expediency of the US Government, he was caught between a rock and a hard place – while floating between the third rock and outer space.
My only saviour was oftentimes an outdated, hand-drawn engineering diagram hanging in the classroom beside the instructor's blackboard … During many of my one-on-one lectures, I would block out entirely what the instructor was saying and memorize the diagram hanging on the wall. The diagrams themselves were outdated — showing only the original configuration of the Mir and not the myriad modifications made over the eleven-year lifespan of the station — but so were the lectures. Most of the instructors looked as if they had been teaching the subjects since the time of Yuri Gagarin. They had not kept abreast of the changes on Mir.
Furthermore I had the impression that my understanding the material presented was almost irrelevant to the lecturer. What was important was that they got through the canned lecture word for word, just as they had for the past ten years.
What struck me as different about the training sessions, as compared to all the schooling I had ever received, was the lack of written materials or handouts. All of the material was presented orally … instructors realized that their job security, to a large extent, hinged on their knowledge of a system or component of the space station. Write the information down and their corner of the market would be lost.
After hearing pleas for assistance from every astronaut training in Star City, NASA shuttle-Mir program managers finally sent over American trainers to help produce some translated, written materials … The Russians were uniformly uncooperative … The goal of helping cosmonauts and astronauts better prepare for a mission was not a shared goal.
The Russians were being paid to train the American astronauts. Each minute of training was paid for. If written materials — clear, understandable, and readable — were made available, we would eventually require less instructor time. Less time, less money. The Russians finally agreed to at least explore the possibility of making training manuals, but insisted that they be paid handsomely for their "vast knowledge and experience".
Linenger goes on to describe the continuing obstructiveness of the Russian administrators, their exorbitant fees to accommodate minor requests, his interrogation-style exams, the futility of his complaints, his frustration over the lack of change, and how the astronauts on a subsequent mission threatened to leave Space City en mass.
If you haven't read Off The Planet, I highly recommend you do so.
Furthermore, I challenge you to apply Linenger's experiences to your own working environment, and to consider how you can effect positive change.
* To be read as per Tallulah Bankhead in Hitchcock's Lifeboat.
As we near another Christmas, I thought this cartoon was timely.
Social media: It's not about the technology!
As an enterprise, Acme Corporation is "dipping its toes" into social media. It might be said it's adopting a cautious, almost experimental approach to the concept.
While the organisation has invested in social technology, and maybe even documented a social media policy, the majority of its social media activity is driven from the bottom up.
In other words, usage of social media within the organisation relies heavily on grass-roots support and viral marketing among its rank-and-file employees.
Does this sound like your workplace?
If so, what does it mean?
In a nutshell, it means you still have plenty of scope to increase your social media activity and realise the corresponding benefits of collaboration, engagement and informal learning.
So what does your organisation need to do to take social media to the next level?
To help answer this question, I've decided to share 10 insights about workplace social media from a practising learning & development professional in the corporate sector (ie yours truly).
Disclaimer: These insights are not the result of any scientific analysis. Instead, they are the result of observation, conversation, experience, gut instinct, self-important opinion, and general naivety.
1. Field Of Dreams was just a movie.
Just because you build it, doesn't necessarily mean they will come.
2. Some of your employees will take to social media like ducks to water.
They will be the local champions who celebrate the concept of social media, participate avidly, and engage in true collaboration.
3. Some of your employees are not team players.
Sure, they know the right words to say, and the bare minimum to be seen to be doing, but that's about as far as it goes.
You will never force these people to collaborate. Sorry.
4. Not everyone who shies away from social media is a lone wolf.
The question you need to ask yourself is: How many of these reasons are legitimate (which means they can be addressed), and how many are excuses that mask deeper problems?
5. A grass-roots, bottom-up approach will only get you so far.
While plenty of organisations have invested in social technology, and some have even documented social media policies, most corporate social media activity appears to be driven from the bottom up.
To achieve the critical mass of users and ongoing participation rate required for ROI, you need to adopt a complementary top-down approach.
The sustained support of — and participation by — senior executives is essential. They must lead by example.
6. The fear of overstepping your authority is a natural inhibitor.
The company should state explicitly what its employees can and can't do on both internal and external social media, preferably via a formal policy.
Otherwise many employees will err on the side of caution, which may mean refusing to participate.
7. A decentralised model of implementation may not be effective.
If the managers in your workplace don't implement social media on their own accord, you might need to change the structure and processes of your organisation to make it happen.
Specifically, someone needs to own it. This may mean appointing a Social Media Manager to centralise the authority, engage with the right people, and drive real outcomes.
The Social Media Manager will need to exhibit that rare combination of determination and creativity to overcome the multitude of reasons why it can't work, and instead focus on how it can.
8. Banning social media is a double-edged sword.
If you block access to social media frivolity, you also block access to useful resources.
Of course, personal mobile devices can circumvent the company's access policy anyway.
9. Self-regulation can be effective.
That's not to say that no one will ever abuse their privileges, but again, a good social media policy will define the boundaries of acceptable behaviour.
Most people will follow suit.
10. No one else cares.
If your organisation doesn't embrace social media, the Earth will still turn without you.
If your employees don't want to collaborate, participate and learn, that's your problem.
In summary, the potential of social media is not about the technology. It's about culture.
To maximise the value of the available tools and platforms, your employees must want to be collaborative; your managers must want to try something new to achieve greater success; your company must be proactive.
If this doesn't sound like your culture, your competitors won't mind at all.


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Mini islands on Rio Grande provide cover for human smugglers and drug runners in South Texas
Posted 5:13 am, January 14, 2020, by Nexstar
ROMA, Texas (Border Report) — As the South Texas sun recently peeked over the horizon and glistened on the Rio Grande, something else became visible: several tiny islands that have formed in the middle of the river.
The mini islands have formed off the riverbanks rural Starr County in deep South Texas, and have become a hiding place for drug smugglers and human traffickers, and even spots from where U.S. agents have been fired upon.
They are the product of sediment that has built up over time and with the tide flow, forming land masses right in the middle of this international river the United States shares with Mexico.
They are in effect "no-man's land" — literally in between the border. And they have become a popular hiding ground for those trying to illegally enter the United States across the river, or trying to bring in narcotics, U.S. Border Patrol agents say.
Christian Alvarez, a Border Patrol supervisory agent stationed in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, said the wild brush and vegetation on these landmasses — some estimated to be about 50-feet wide — allow those with nefarious intentions to get half-way across the river, lay low and then wait for U.S. agents to leave an area at which time they can high-tail it across the remaining 40-yards of river to the U.S. side.
Sometimes, in the summers when the water levels are low-enough, "you can even see them walking across," Alvarez said on Thursday as he took Border Report on a four-hour tour of this region.
There are at least two islands that have formed in the middle of the river, one near the town of Escobares and another near the tiny town of Fronton, near where a new border wall currently is being built. (Read a Border Report story on the new border wall at the Arroyo Ramirez National Wildlife Refuge.)
They are unnamed and virtually untamed lands.
Agents said they do not cross the river to patrol the islands, and they said they have asked the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) to whom these lands belong.
Border Report also asked IBWC's U.S. Sector for clarification on these landmasses. A spokeswoman said they are called "islands" because they are free-standing and surrounded by water on all sides, and that they were formed by sediment. They also are problematic because birds and wildlife nest and live in them, creating environmental concerns.
"These masses islands are formed, these are a sediment, sand bar accumulations and islands is the correct term," IBWC spokeswoman Lori Kuczmanski said Monday.
As to the question of sovereignty, the anticipation of these future islands popping up was included in the 1970 international water treaty with Mexico.
The treaty between the U.S and Mexico specifically addresses the "uncertainty" to which country these islands belong and states the international boundary line is the "middle" of the river channel, except where these islands occur. Then, the demarcation line is figured by the following scientific formula stated in the treaty: "Where either of the rivers has two or more channels, along the middle of the channel which in normal flows has the greater or greatest average width over its length, and from that time forward this international boundary shall determine the sovereignty over the lands on one side or the other of it, regardless of the previous sovereignty over these lands."
The U.S. Section of the IBWC, which is based in El Paso, maintains updated maps showing each island and its sovereignty, Kuczmanski said.
This image from Google Earth shows a river island in the middle of the Rio Grande in an area of the border between Roma and Escobares, Texas. (Google)
A few years ago, a woman and a man who were jet skiing on the Rio Grande in Starr County near Roma were shot from one of these islands, and in August 2019, a U.S. Border Patrol marine unit came under heavy fire from an island near Fronton, Alvarez said.
"Smugglers will use it as a staging area because of the thick brush where they'll either stash up narcotics or hold their people there, the aliens that they're going to cross and just wait for an opening. It's an advantage for them because they only have to worry about crossing half of the river at that point. They can wait us out as long as it takes until everybody sees that it's clear," Alvarez said.
It's an advantage for them because they only have to worry about crossing half of the river at that point. They can wait us out as long as it takes."
Christian Alvarez, Supervisory U.S. Border Patrol Agent
Although a Border Patrol news release about the Fronton marine shooting event said agents "were shot at from the Mexican riverbank," it's unclear whether or not that actually is Mexican territory. The Border Patrol marine unit was hit by 50 rounds from automatic weapons, and agents said the boat was so badly shot up that it was brought to the Rio Grande Valley Sector's headquarters in Edinburg, about 65 miles away, where it sat on display to warn agents of the dangers of this part of the river.
None of the agents on board were hurt, however, and no arrests were made. The news release said agents at the time had seen four men on the shoreline, but with the swift international waters as a safe zone that U.S. agents will not cross, they were never found.
To help patrol these unmanned waters, mobile surveillance cameras are set up on the U.S. side, especially near bends in the river, facing the islands, agents said.
But to evade agents, smugglers and human traffickers will overfill plastic rafts and float from the islands to the U.S. shoreline where they will grab onto hardy and invasive carrizo cane and hold on to it and duck and hide in the reeds until they have clear spot to exit and run onto U.S. soil.
"Once they come across they'll tell them get on a trail and go straight up the road," said U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Martinez, who is assigned to the Rio Grande City Station.
Well-worn foot trails are visible on the Roma Bluffs, a famous bird-watching area where agents say smugglers and traffickers trek daily after disembarking on the river bank.
The Rio Grande City Station "is the busiest in the nation for interception of marijuana and drugs," Martinez said.
"A lot of times these smugglers will get these rafts, they probably shouldn't hold more than 2-3 bodies and a lot of times they come over not only with people inside the rafts but with people hanging onto the sides of it. One smuggler is swimming everybody across," he said.
Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@BorderReport.com.
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If you have a teenage girl in your home displaying unacceptable behavior or is making harmful choices, Clearview Horizon may be a good place to start as you research therapeutic boarding schools in Lake Jackson, TX.
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Instead, the Ketchum, Idaho-based company chose its own in-house design department after rejecting creative concepts presented by two unidentified agencies.
Aqua Vie, which is moving toward national distribution with its line of flavored spring waters, is producing a $6 million campaign with the help of outside commercial directors.
"We decided to go directly to the most talented artists in the field in order to get their personal commitments to the success of our product launch, and to avoid the politics of the agencies," said Marie Gillespie, senior vp-design, in a company newsletter.
The company enlisted Joseph Hanwright, a partner in Kira/H Films in New York, as the creative director on the effort. Hanwright's other clients have included Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Federal Express, Visa and Gillette. Santiago Suarez also directed a new Aqua Vie spot.
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Poor George Carey cuts an increasingly sad figure these days.
Inhibited by his successor from priestly functions, his appearance before the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse did nothing to ameliorate his woes. He admitted failings at Lambeth Palace, on his watch, which resulted in 'fobbing off' complainants about the sexual activities of Bishop Ball. These failures, Carey implied, were more understandable considering the 'ethos of the time'. And certainly standards have changed.
But surely there is more. The Archbishop clearly came under the spell of the charismatic Ball, and that is easy to understand. He felt, said the former Archbishop, 'under great pressure'.
A Dagenham boy made good, Carey was the first Archbishop of Canterbury since the fourteenth century who had not graduated from one of the two ancient universities. Indeed, he failed his eleven -plus examination.
Ball was a Cambridge Blue and a friend of the Prince of Wales. The 'ethos of the time' in the Church of England was still (is still?) narrow and elitist. Carey simply could not risk pursuing a man like Ball… and proving wrong. So he soft-peddled the whole affair, and is now reaping the consequences.
This is a sad tale of how Privilege gets you in the end.


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Alaa Arafa Reveals His Side of The Story: BTS and Early Life
We sat one-on-one with Alaa Arafa to catch up on his latest role in Del Ragel, released last Ramadan.
We delved into his childhood to learn about his choice to study architecture and cinema at the same time. But just before parting ways, we played a game of "Would You Rather?" and fired a round of questions that had us cracking up.
By Mariam Elhamy
Who was your role model as a child? Who did you love to watch?
My dad was always my role model growing up. I looked up to him and I wanted to be like him. In cinema, I had many role models, but the one I loved the most was Omar Sharif. I loved his movies, especially his film Eshaet Hob, I love it! Alaa Arafa
What kind of movies did you like to watch as a kid?
All kinds of movies but the ones that really grabbed my attention were thrillers. I like anticipating what's going to happen.
What made you take the risky decision of studying architecture and cinema at the same time?
I actually see architecture as a form of art, the same as acting. I know how to draw and I've always had a talent for it, so after I finished high school, I wanted to put more effort into it. At the same time, I'm a bit systematic and I like solving problems so architecture seemed like the right option.
When I found out that I can study architectural engineering and do a major or a minor in anything else I wanted at AUC, I went for theater as well. I was lucky that I got to study both architecture and theater. Alaa Arafa
How were you able to balance between your studies, doing commercials, and going to castings and auditions?
Actually, I spent 7 years in college because sometimes I used to skip classes and go shoot some ads. I also used to stay late in the theater for rehearsals. Yet I didn't get much vacation like most students because I spent seven days a week on campus. But I managed to work it out.
Tell us a bit about your first role ever in Segn El Nesa. How did you prepare for it?
It was in 2014, I had been doing ads for 5 years but then I found that it wasn't what I wanted to do. I played a very laid-back guy in Segn El Nesa which wasn't very hard to do, but the amazing director Kamla Abu Zekry helped me study it. Even though I only did a few scenes in this show it holds a special place for me.
How would you say you've changed as an actor from your first ever role up until now?
I remember the first time I went to an audition, the first time I stood in front of the camera and the first time I was on stage. Ever since then, I did a lot of workshops alongside work, I also studied Acting and Directing at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in 2012.
I think with time you gain experience, especially after studying, working on yourself and being in contact with your inner self. I've changed a lot and I've seen this development through the roles that I portray. So yeah, I've had a pretty big journey.
What makes you love what you do?
You just get to live so many lives, and yet, you're just you. You get to experience a lot of emotions and be several people in just one lifetime. Alaa Arafa
From the many actors that you've worked with, who did you enjoy working with the most?
All of them. I have amazing memories on set with each one of them. I remember this one incident when I was doing a scene with Shereen Reda in La Totfea El Shams; it was my fourth TV show I think.
We were dancing at a party and the cameraman was moving around us, I was standing with my side to the camera and Shereen Reda asked me to face the camera and she said; "Show your face! I've been there already, they know me". These kinds of moments are what really make me appreciate those humble stars.
How was the experience being buried up to your neck in the sand in Del Ragel? Were you scared?
I wasn't afraid because I put all my focus in the acting, so I wasn't very aware of what was happening around me. Nonetheless, it was one of the hardest scenes I've had in the past few years because I was buried up to my head in the ground. I had to act and do everything with just my face and my eyes and I couldn't move.
In addition, Yasser Galal was throwing sand at me and the funny thing is that right before we started shooting, I had told him to do whatever he wants. I said, "Just do it. I'm fine with it", but I didn't know that it would be this intense. Also, it was the last scene in the whole show, and everyone went "Ferkesh!" and they left me in the sand and ran to take a picture and I kept calling after them to come help me out. Alaa Arafa
Any advice for upcoming talents?
Keep pushing, keep grinding, keep developing and working on yourself. Always be ready because you never know when a role might hit you and if you're not ready you will ruin it. And believe in yourself, it will happen at the right time.
What do you do in your spare time?
I like to travel, go fishing, draw, try new things and develop new skills. Lately I've been doing kickboxing and shooting guns.
Where do you like to travel?
I love Paris, I've been there many times; I always say just put me there and let me walk in the streets, I'll be happy. I've been to many places but some cities really take your heart. Alaa Arafa
Spain was really cool, so was Russia during the world cup. Russia has a fascinating mix of architecture. It feels as if you're walking in multiple places around Europe like Amsterdam, Paris and Rome all in one place. Plus, they have their own unique heritage.
Would You Rather:
Go to the future or back to the past?
Would you choose to have unlimited money, power or time?
Be able to talk to animals or speak all languages?
Talk to animals so that I would understand what my dog Cleo is saying!
Have a pause or a rewind button?
Pause, so that I could pause certain moments to recollect my thoughts.
Be super smart or super popular?
Super smart
Be stuck on an island completely alone or with someone who talks 24/7?
Totally alone
Read a very good book or watch a very good movie?
Watch a very good movie. I'm a very visual person, one of the reasons why I love cinema.
Would you prefer getting a present or money on your birthday?
To always be super late or super early?
I'm always early and everyone else is late so please have mercy on me!
What's the one thing you can't live without?
Quickfire round:
Hot or cold?
Sweet or savory?
Sweet. No! Savory.
Live forever as an adult or forever as a kid?
Cake or biscuits?
Favorite holiday?
Favorite and funniest accent?
Italian and Indian
Pizza or burger?
Pizza, a million times pizza
To have a boat or a plane?
To be Superman or Spiderman?
I'm already Superman!
Cook or have your food cooked for you?
Cook it myself
Lose your sight or your hearing?
Sight. Because if you lose your sight all the other senses will be sharper
Texting or calling?
Calling, I hate texting
English or Arabic
Would you propose in front of a huge crowd of people or in a very private setting?
It depends, but privately
Receive good news first or bad news first?
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The NEW Byzance Foundry Reserve collection is a limited selection of cymbals that showcases the stunning, sonically rich works of art that our cymbalsmiths create with layers of tonality and nuance; however, that is only half of the beauty, as they are visually striking from the one-of-a-kind hand-hammered marks. The extra hammering creates many deep craters across the surface. When this hammering is coupled with the fully lathed top and bottom, it produces a clear, dry stick-attack note over a lush bed of low undertones – otherwise known as "the roar." This exact cymbal is 2614 grams.


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Home » News » 2021 was 45th year in a row with an above-average global temperature
2021 was 45th year in a row with an above-average global temperature
"The last seven years have all been more than 1-degree Celsius above the 19th century — and that's large enough on a planetary scale to start showing up much, much more clearly in local and regional and extreme events," Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA, told CNN. "The global warming is now large enough that it's an indicator of all those other things that we're already seeing. So, we're now seeing global warming quite locally in ways that, a decade ago or maybe 20 years ago, was still unclear."
2021 brought heat waves and floods that became mass casualty events; rain fell at the summit of Greenland for the first time on record; and a historic drought plagued much of the Western United States and triggered large, destructive wildfires and never-before-seen water shortages.
Almost every corner of the world felt the effects of the rapidly warming planet last year. Schmidt said he expects weather and climate related disasters to carry into 2022, and for global average temperatures to be warmer than 2021.
"We will see instances of extreme precipitation that will break records or see extreme heat waves that will break records. We will see increased wildfires; we will see increases in coastal flooding; we will see increases in sea level; we will see increased mass loss from Greenland and Antarctica," Schmidt said. "These are very predictable aspects of the climate."
The reports also conclude that ocean temperatures were record-high in 2021, surpassing the previous record set in 2020. The past seven years have been the warmest seven on record for oceans, according to the latest findings.
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"Global warming is happening, and I always sound like a broken record because we've basically broken the climate," Schmidt said. "We need to keep tracking what's happening to the planet. And even though it's doing what we expect, it's getting warmer because we've got more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We don't get any satisfaction as scientists from being proven right on this. We would much rather have been wrong."
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Mathew Pruitt becomes City of Bothell's new Human Resources Director
Mathew Pruitt, a Kirkland resident with nearly 14 years of experience in human resources at a variety of levels of government, will become the City of Bothell's new Human Resources Director effective Dec. 27.
"Matt has a passion for local government service and human resources specifically," said Jennifer Phillips, City Manager at the City of Bothell. "He selected the City of Bothell because he could see the opportunity to lead change and continue to build a top notch Human Resources Department for the City."
Pruitt will oversee the City of Bothell's four-member Human Resources Department, providing centralized oversight and administration of City compensation and benefits, employment policies and procedures, and collective bargaining agreements.
"It's all about Bothell for me," said Pruitt. "I think what's going on in the City is really exciting. I want to be a part of that team and I know we will do a lot of great things together."
Pruitt is currently the Human Resources Manager at Alderwood Water & Wastewater District, where he has worked since 2009. His prior experience includes serving as HR/Risk Manager for the City Stanwood. He also spent almost three years in Washington, D. C. working for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as staff assistant to the Committee on Ways and Means for the U.S. House of Representatives. He began his career in public service as a legislative aide for the Metropolitan King County Council and the Washington State House of Representatives.
Pruitt earned a Bachelor Arts in Political Science from University of Washington and a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Seattle University.
The City selected Pruitt after a nationwide recruitment that netted 50 applications.
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In today's Journal, a Wisconsin woman explains her first-hand experience of the rising costs of food. A Labor Department report out Tuesday shows she is on to something.
What Americans paid for everything from haircuts to new cars barely rose, but the price of food alone was 0.4% higher in February from the prior month. Costs for meats, poultry, fish, dairy and eggs drove the gains. Most notably, beef and veal prices surged — just as Terri Weninger, a married mother of three in Waukesha, Wis., has learned.


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SOMA Global Deploys Ohio's First Native Cloud-Based Computer-Aided Dispatch System
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Guernsey County Ohio Deploys the State's First CAD, RMS, and Mobile CAD Platform Hosted on in the Cloud
TAMPA, FL – 04/11/2019 – SOMA Global, a leading provider of Public Safety as a Service (PSAAS™), has contracted with Guernsey County to deploy the Ohio's first cloud-based Computer-Aided Dispatch and Public Safety Solution, fully running on the AWS GovCloud..
"SOMA is grateful to partner with a forward-looking agency like Guernsey County Sheriff's Office to deliver mission critical public safety applications to the State of Ohio," said Peter Quintas, Founder and CEO of SOMA Global.
The SOMA Platform offers industry leading native cloud based solutions for law enforcement and first responders. Guernsey County is to be the first to fully run on the native cloud in Ohio, deploying robust features such as:
Dispatch and access from anywhere, on any device;
Fully integrated mapping and geolocation;
NG-911 solutions with rich sensor and geolocation data; and
Out-of-the-box data sharing to allow all units and responders involved to have the up-to-the-minute information.
"SOMA's Public Safety offering was heads-and-shoulders above the competition. They also have deep experience in law enforcement – they understand and service our needs better than anyone," said Guernsey County Sheriff Jeffrey D. Paden.
"We are honored to work with the Guernsey County Sheriff's office. With the SOMA Platform, the County can service their community efficiently and effectively," said Nick Stohlman, SOMA Co-Founder.
Guernsey County, Ohio joins a growing list of SOMA Global partner agencies. SOMA plans to onboard many more agencies to its PSAAS offering in the State of Ohio this year.


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Weekend Round-Up 26-29 September
Thursday 2nd October 2014
Wales squad named
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Wednesday 1st October 2014
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The River wedding special: designer flash facts & behind-the-scenes pics!
So The River's Zolani (Lawrence Maleka) and Tumi (Larona Moagi) are in the throws of their wedding celebrations, which fired-up last night (Wednesday 7 November).
Their extravagant union takes place over three nights - it continues tonight and tomozz.
The wedding was flilmed at Shepstone Gardens in Joziburg.
As you know, Tumi's dress was designed by Gert Johan-Coetzee.
How to keep your costume clean before the cameras roll.
Zolani's suit was designed by Linda Makhanya of LM Tailored.
The set was designed by The River's set designer Amanda Scholtz with Lunga Khabanyane and Given Mabena of Givy's Designer Events, who assisted with the decor, flowers and layout.
Lindiwe's (Sindu Dlathu) outfit was designed by Scalo Designer.
The cake was baked by Just Teddy in Newtown.
Lunga Khabanyane of Lungstar Creations designed the groomsmen's outfits and The River's Wardrobe Mistress Kgomotso Dipholo designed the bridesmaids' dresses.
Beautiful wedding aND ALL THE GARMENTS WERE TO DIE FOR.. WHT A LIT WEDDING.
Love the Deco, crew and the vibe.. that was the best wedding ever ..
Phenyo and Dineo's wedding still reigns supreme! No other tv wedding has come close since.
Its no longer playing on 103.
@QQ, did you upgrade to Premium sana?
@dezi...i beg to differ. The best soap wedding up to this time is that of Shakira and Daniel and/or Erin and Tino. from SCANDAL. So far nothing has surpassed that.
@pjvv,, i njalo sana..i joined the club.. kumnandi sana yiza..