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It is inspiring to note the many contributions CUTS has made to actively promote human development, social justice and good governance. The Vision Document is in line with the Agenda 2030 and I am confident CUTS will continue to play an important role in advocating for and achieving the Agenda 2030.
I have known CUTS almost since it's inception in my SBI days and later while with the TRAI and have all along been highly appreciative of the role it has been playing in raising awareness about consumer rights and welfare. The different programs it has been running underscores it's holistic approach which is what distinguishes it from other organizations claiming to serve the same or similar objectives. It is for this reason, I believe, that CUTS stands out and enjoys a very special position nationally as well as internationally. The list of contributors to "Better Governance for Inclusive Growth" is certainly a testimony to the high esteem it is held in by the national and International thought leaders.
My best wishes for the continued success and growth of CUTS.
Many thanks for the effective support and cooperation from CUTS and yourself.
CUTS is a leading non-government organisation based in India and focused on public interest issues. Its work with partners from government to grassroots covers trade policy, economic development and governance, human development and social policy. CUTS is active across South Asia and has links with many other research institutions around the world. The Australian Government has a long and productive relationship with CUTS, in the policy and development fields. I am confident that this will continue, through current engagement and as new opportunities for collaboration emerge.
I would like to appreciate what CUTS in Geneva is doing to assist the EAC countries in developing trade related issues like capacity building.
UNCTAD cooperates closely with civil society to increase awareness of the benefits of competition policy for consumers and for economic development in general. In this respect, CUTS and UNCTAD have a long history of collaboration on creating a competition culture in the developing world. It is, thus, a pleasure for me to commend the long term efforts undertaken in this field by CUTS.
I congratulate my colleagues at CUTS for high quality analysis and publications for their exemplary work in social field, trade and economics and openness to disclosure with all sectors of society in India and abroad.
The Consumer Unity & Trust Society, based in Jaipur, has been in the forefront of efforts by means of well-documented studies and purposefully organised workshops to evolve policies and measures bearing on the process of liberalisation, demands of competitive environment and consequences of globalisation, with consumer interests as its primary focus. With its constructive spirit, it has been able to forge fruitful relations with official agencies, corporate enterprises and other players and stakeholders, and establish productive links with kindred organisations abroad. One of the most notable contributions it has made is to prepare, based on a series of seminars, a set of recommendations for ensuring the autonomy, credibility, effectiveness and accountability of regulatory bodies, particularly in the infrastructure sector so vital for faster economic growth.
We very much value our partnership with CUTS, and the close and regular contact you maintain with us. I am aware, for example, that staff in International Trade Department recently participated in your excellent conference on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Aid for Trade in Nairobi.
I truly believe that this organisation will be helpful in making the society more aware by publishing articles and views of experts and dynamic writers on various issues. This will help in finding solutions of various problems pertaining to the common man, eradication of poverty and corruption, good administration, etc. On the part of my government, I will extend full support.
CUTS has contributed a great deal towards strengthening the democratic processes and structures of our country by enhancing people's involvement and voice in determining their future, on the one hand, and by promoting debate and discussion on government policies and programmes, on the other.
CUTS, a leading nongovernmental organisation in Jaipur, has long experience of over 25 years of working on economic policy issues. In this area they have also achieved considerable reputation nationally and globally.
CUTS emerged from Gram Gadar, when they found many of our rural folk complaining about consumer abuses, such as burning out of electric motors due to voltage fluctuations; short weighing at fair price shops etc. CUTS is working vividly on these issues, in as much as they remain consistently engaged on grassroot issues. This linkage is one of the greatest strength of CUTS.
CUTS has now become an internationally recognised NGO speaking for the interests of consumers in developing countries. It has further expanded its horizon by conducting studies and capacity building programmes in African countries with the establishment of the Africa Resource Centre in 2001, a milestone in CUTS' history as it serves to strengthen and facilitate cooperation among developing countries.
I was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March for a conference to discuss the findings of a research project on the environment for competition in Africa. It was organised by Consumer Unity &Trust Society of Jaipur, a consumer activist and research organisation, perhaps the only Indian non-governmental organisation with offices in Nairobi and Lusaka, collaborative African research institutions and a substantial information base about laws and practices in competition. Also engaged in research, advocacy and consulting, CUTS had local research teams in many African countries to study competition law, policy and regulation.
Congratulations on the launch of a series of training programmes for the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. This time trade capacity building is in action.
I have been seeing a variety of CUTS. publications, especially the one which is in the form of a wall newspaper called the .Gram Gadar., which has been helping our rural folk in a big way by its regular columns, such as on women's rights. CUTS has rapidly diversified its work areas and the need of the future is that it should set goals according to the needs of a common man, maintaining its identity.
Despite the enormity and gravity of the deep rooted problems existing in rural areas, efforts are being made to empower weaker sections, through a process of education, training, networking, and building up grassroots and community action groups. And therefore there is hope. I witnessed at close range, through CUTS Centre for Human Development, the extraordinary spirit and relentless efforts by the team at Chittorgarh and got ample evidence of the fruit of that labour. It was tremendous – the progress and the achievements made with children in these backward areas was indeed phenomenal.
India needs more groups such as CUTS and that is the challenge for CUTS to replicate and multiply all over the country. CUTS is a professionally managed and organised group and government can usefully utilise their talents and skills in the cause of the consumer.
The Monopolies and Prices Commission (MPC) of Kenya acknowledges the significant contribution of CUTS in fostering competition culture in Kenya through its advocacy, training and networking activities. CUTS has assisted the Commission and its staff by regularly providing competition-related literature which has helped its staff in building their capacity.
CUTS is the first NGO to have stepped out of its boundaries to work in a poor country in Africa to extend its knowledge and experience on economic policy issues as an 'appropriate technology'. The Zambia Competition Commission (ZCC) has benefited from its association with CUTS, which began in 2000; and has commended CUTS for providing assistance to other developing countries in Africa and Asia on the subject of competition policy and law.


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The city of Boulogne-Billancourt is a big french city located north central of France. The city of Boulogne-Billancourt is located in the department of Hauts-de-Seine of the french region Île-de-France.	The city of Boulogne-Billancourt is located in the district of Boulogne-Billancourt. The area code for Boulogne-Billancourt is 92012 (also known as code INSEE), and the Boulogne-Billancourt zip code is 92100.
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The altitude of the city hall of Boulogne-Billancourt is approximately 33 meters. The Boulogne-Billancourt surface is 6.17 km ². The latitude and longitude of Boulogne-Billancourt are 48.84 degrees North and 2.242 degrees East. Nearby cities and towns of Boulogne-Billancourt are : Saint-Cloud (92210) at 2.46 km, Sèvres (92310) at 2.70 km, Issy-les-Moulineaux (92130) at 2.74 km, Meudon (92190) at 3.12 km, Paris 16e Arrondissement (75016) at 3.56 km, Suresnes (92150) at 3.65 km, Vanves (92170) at 3.84 km, Ville-d'Avray (92410) at 3.97 km.
(The distances to these nearby towns of Boulogne-Billancourt are calculated as the crow flies)
Population and housing of Boulogne-Billancourt :
The population of Boulogne-Billancourt was 106 316 in 1999, 110 251 in 2006 and 111 045 in 2007. The population density of Boulogne-Billancourt is 17 997.57 inhabitants per km². The number of housing of Boulogne-Billancourt was 61 462 in 2007. These homes of Boulogne-Billancourt consist of 54 824 main residences, 2 373 second or occasional homes and 4 264 vacant homes.
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Departement : Hauts-de-Seine (92)
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Saint-Cloud (92) at 2.46 km Sèvres (92) at 2.70 km
Issy-les-Moulineaux (92) at 2.74 km Meudon (92) at 3.12 km
Paris 16e Arrondissement (75) at 3.56 km Suresnes (92) at 3.65 km
Vanves (92) at 3.84 km Ville-d'Avray (92) at 3.97 km
Garches (92) at 4.20 km Paris 15e Arrondissement (75) at 4.24 km
Malakoff (92) at 4.58 km Clamart (92) at 4.66 km
Marnes-la-Coquette (92) at 4.72 km Rueil-Malmaison (92) at 5.06 km
Puteaux (92) at 5.06 km Châtillon (92) at 5.06 km
Chaville (92) at 5.75 km Neuilly-sur-Seine (92) at 5.82 km
Paris 7e Arrondissement (75) at 5.99 km Nanterre (92) at 6.15 km
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Decimal geographical coordinates : Latitude: 48.84 degrees (48.84° North)
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Set 2 km from Stade de Roland Garros, Boulogne Résidence Hotel offers self-catering accommodation, a continental breakfast, a front desk, and Wi-Fi is available throughout for f...
Address : 32 rue des Longs Prés 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Distance Guest accommodation - Boulogne-Billancourt : 0.97 km
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Situated in Boulogne-Billancourt in the Ile de France region, Appartements Paris Boulogne provides accommodation with free WiFi. The metro station Jean Jaurès is 550 meters away...
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Residence AURMAT offers self-catering accommodation with free WiFi access, 2.6 km from La Seine Musicale Cultural Centre. The apartments and studios are located in either the no...
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Distance Apartment - Boulogne-Billancourt : 0.23 km
Hotel : Hôtel De France
Set just 2 km south-west of Paris, this hotel offers soundproofed rooms with flat-screen cable TV and en suite facilities. It is 270 metres from Pont de Sèvres Métro Station and...
Contact : 112, Avenue Du Général Leclerc 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Distance Hotel - Boulogne-Billancourt : 1.15 km
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Located in a residential area in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hotel Paris Boulogne is just 10 minutes from Paris. It offers en suite rooms, a fitness room and a lounge bar. It is also...
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Located in Paris, MGallery Molitor is 700 metres from the Roland Garros Stadium and 600 metres from the Parc des Princes Stadium. It offers a 1700m² Clarins© spa, a heated, outd...
Prices : from 230.00 € to 1498.00 €
Contact : 13, rue Nungesser et Coli 75016 Paris
Apartment : At Home in Paris
Located in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the outskirts of Paris, At Home in Paris is a self-catering accommodation featuring free WiFi access throughout. The apartment is made up of...
Contact : 60 rue de la Tourelle 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Apartment : CMG Roland Garros II
CMG Roland Garros II offers accommodation in Boulogne-Billancourt, 1.9 km from Stade Pierre de Coubertin and 2.7 km from La Seine Musicale Cultural Centre. Guests can enjoy the ...
Price : from 120.48 €
Contact : 15 Boulevard Jean Jaurès 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Hotel : Hotel B Paris Boulogne
Hotel B Paris Boulogne provides soundproofed, en suite accommodation in Boulogne Billancourt, an 11-minute drive from Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre and a 5-mi...
Address : 210, bis boulevard Jean Jaurès 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Hotel : Radisson Blu Hotel, Paris-Boulogne
Located just a 5-minute walk from the Parc des Princes Stadium, the Radisson Blu Hotel Paris-Boulogne features contemporary design with a wine theme. Guests can relax on the ter...
Contact : 33 Avenue Edouard Vaillant 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
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Q: how to execute custom javascript code in webdriverjs how to execute custom javascript code in webdriverjs ( https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/WebDriverJs )
I found execute method but it`s purpose is completly different.

A: Here you go:
var yourClientJSFunction = function (param1, param2) {
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driver.executeAsyncScript(yourClientJSFunction, param1, param2).then(function (res) {
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A: If you're using camme/webdriverjs on node, you can use the following snippet:
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Here, we are getting the number of list-items using jquery. We handle the result in the callback function, by accessing result.value.
It's also available as a gist here: https://gist.github.com/ragulka/10458018

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C. S. Lewis on Homosexuality
Arthur Greeves In light of recent developments in the United States on the issue of gay marriage, I thought it would be interesting to revisit what C. S. Lewis thought about homosexuality. Lewis, who died in 1963, never wrote about same-sex marriage, but he did write, occasionally, about the topic of homosexuality in general. In the following I am quoting from my book, Mere Theology: A Guide to the Thought of C. S. Lewis . For detailed references and footnotes, you may obtain a copy from Amazon, your local library, or by clicking on the book cover at the right.... In Surprised by Joy , Lewis claimed that homosexuality was a vice to which he was never tempted and that he found opaque to the imagination. For this reason he refused to say anything too strongly against the pederasty that he encountered at Malvern College, where he attended school from the age of fifteen to sixteen. Lewis did not rate pederasty as the greatest evil of the school because he felt the cruelty displa
Fact, Faith, Feeling
"Now Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. For moods will change, whatever view your reason takes. I know that by experience. Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks very improbable: but when I was an atheist I had moods in which Christianity looked terribly probable. This rebellion of your moods against your real self is going to come anyway. That is why Faith is such a necessary virtue: unless you teach your moods 'where to get off', you can never be either a sound Christian or even a sound atheist, but just a creature dithering to and fro, with its beliefs really dependent on the weather and the state of its digestion. Consequently one must train the habit of Faith." Mere Christianity Many years ago, when I was a young Christian, I remember seeing the graphic illustration above of what C. S. Lewis has, here, so
The Shepherds' Perspective on Christmas
On December 21, 2015, the following headline appeared in the International Business Times: "Bethlehem Christmas 2015 Cancelled". To be fully accurate, religious celebrations of Jesus' birth went forward last year in Bethlehem, but many of the secular celebrations of Christmas that usually surround it were toned down due to instability in the area. Looking back a decade, there was even one year when Christian Arabs canceled community celebrations of Christmas in support of the Palestinian uprising. However, the Jewish government would have no part of that, so the Israeli military sponsored its own holiday celebrations in the area. It is also interesting to note who celebrated the first Christmas and who didn't. The first Christmas was not celebrated by the emperor Caesar Augustus, nor Quirinius, the governor of Syria, nor was it celebrated by the lowly innkeeper. But Christmas was celebrated by a few lonely shepherds along with Joseph and Mary and the angels of heaven. How
A Prayer at Ground Zero
C. S. Lewis Tour--London
The final two days of our C. S. Lewis Tour of Ireland & England were spent in London. Upon our arrival we enjoyed a panoramic tour of the city that included Westminster Abbey. A number of our tour participants chose to tour the inside of the Abbey where they were able to view the new C. S. Lewis plaque in Poets' Corner. Though London was not one of Lewis' favorite places to visit, there are a number of locations associated with him. One which I have noted in my new book, In the Footsteps of C. S. Lewis , is Endsleigh Palace Hospital (25 Gordon Street, London) where Lewis recovered from his wounds received during the First World War.... Not too far away from this location is King's College, part of the University of London, located on the Strand, just off the River Thames. This is the location where Lewis gave the annual commemoration oration entitled The Inner Ring on 14 December 1944.... C. S. Lewis occasionally attended theatrical events in London.
Christmas Day Thought from Henri Nouwen
" I keep thinking about the Christmas scene that Anthony arranged under the altar. This probably is the most meaningful "crib" I have ever seen. Three small woodcarved figures made in India: a poor woman, a poor man, and a small child between them. The carving is simple, nearly primitive. No eyes, no ears, no mouths, just the contours of the faces. The figures are smaller than a human hand - nearly too small to attract attention at all. "But then - a beam of light shines on the three figures and projects large shadows on the wall of the sanctuary. That says it all. The light thrown on the smallness of Mary, Joseph, and the Child projects them as large, hopeful shadows against the walls of our life and our world. "While looking at the intimate scene we already see the first outlines of the majesty and glory they represent. While witnessing the most human of human events, I see the majesty of God appearing on the horizon of my existence. While
C. S. Lewis on Church Attendance
A friend's blog written yesterday ( http://wesroberts.typepad.com/ ) got me thinking about C. S. Lewis's experience of the church. I wrote this in a comment on Wes Robert's blog: It is interesting to note that C. S. Lewis attended the same small church for over thirty years. The experience was nothing spectacular on a weekly basis. For most of those years Lewis didn't care much for the sermons; he even sat behind a pillar so that the priest would not see the expression on his face. He attended the service without music because he so disliked hymns. And he left right after holy communion was served probably because he didn't like to engage in small talk with other parishioners after the service. But that life-long obedience in the same direction shaped Lewis in a way that nothing else could. Lewis was once asked, "Is attendance at a place of worship or membership with a Christian community necessary to a Christian way of life?" His answer w
Does the Bible mention treating animals with kindness?
When I solicited questions to be addressed in this series, a member of the congregation wrote this to me: "Animals are mentioned in the Bible as beasts of burden and sacrificial animals. Is there any mention of treating animals with kindness?" The short answer to that question is: yes. However, it is important to note that what the Bible says about caring for animals comes in the midst of a great narrative. It is a narrative of Creation, Fall, and Redemption. Let's look at these three great acts in the narrative play of world history one by one. First, let's look at creation. Creation At the very beginning of the Bible, in the book of Genesis, chapter 1, verses 26 through 28, we read this: Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
Sheldon Vanauken Remembered
A good crowd gathered at the White Hart Cafe in Lynchburg, Virginia on Saturday, February 7 for a powerpoint presentation I gave on the life and work of Sheldon Vanauken. Van, as he was known to family and friends, was best known as the author of A Severe Mercy , the autobiography of his love relationship with his wife Jean "Davy" Palmer Davis. While living in Oxford, England in the early 1950's, Van and Davy came to faith in Christ through the influence of C. S. Lewis. Van was a professor of history and English literature at Lynchburg College from 1948 until his retirement around 1980. A Severe Mercy tells the story of Davy's death from a mysterious liver ailment in 1955 and Van's subsequent dealing with grief. Van himself died from cancer in 1996. It was my privilege to know Van for a brief period of time during the last year of his life. However, present at the White Hart on February 7 were some who knew Van far better than I did--Floyd Newman, one of Van&
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How to talk to kids about upsetting things they see on TV
Despite the best efforts of parents, it's never been easier for kids to stumble upon sights that may disturb them. While the internet is a huge reason for this, a routine trip through the channels in your TV lineup can be littered with images that may confuse and shock a young mind.
Countless studies, going back decades, have found a correlation between TV viewing in children and levels of aggression and tendencies toward violent behavior. Scientific research has shown that exposure to violent imagery on TV causes kids to feel numb to the upsetting effects of violence, accept it as a way to solve problems and imitate what they see violent characters doing.
All that doesn't even factor in the general distress it can cause in developing brains. A study of 1,700 kids done by Nemour Children's Health, one of America's largest pediatric health systems, found that "scary movies and TV shows" was the thing that most children picked when asked what frightened them most in the world. It ranked well ahead of things that really could hurt them, like violent storms, war and terrorism.
This isn't surprising when you understand that kids, especially those under the age of 8, have a difficult time distinguishing fantasy from reality. To their minds, a destructive battle between superheroes and monsters on the TV screen may as well be a news report.
Finding Family-Friendly Content With Your OTA Antenna
The shows and movies your child is likely to see on over-the-air broadcasts are generally tame. If you've already gotten yourself set up with the right OTA antenna and are ready to start watching TV for free, the biggest thing to make sure your kids don't watch alone is the news, especially coverage of breaking stories. Watching the news with an adult always helps add context to stories that can seem really threatening to a little one.
We've put together a list of quality family-friendly programming that you can watch with your kids that will hopefully keep everyone entertained and feeling safe. When in doubt, consult the nonprofit website Common Sense Media for reviews of shows and movies aimed at telling parents whether they are appropriate for kids of various ages.
Talking To Your Kids About Upsetting Images On TV
If, despite your best efforts to prevent it, your kids have witnessed something on TV that has left them shaken, here are some of the ways you can help them get past the trauma that upsetting imagery in the media can cause in children.
The first thing to know is that if your child tells you directly that they've seen something that has bothered them, that's a positive. It's much worse for a child's overall mental health if they feel unable to talk about what bothers them with the adults in their lives, which can lead to repression.
"It is good that he is able to talk to you about what happened and to share his fears with you," Dr. John Sharry, a social worker and psychotherapist based in Ireland, told a parent in the Irish Times who had written to him asking for advice after their son saw a scary image from a movie and couldn't sleep well for weeks.
Sharry said it's important to let the child know they shouldn't feel silly for being scared of images on TV and that they should "be patient and compassionate" with themselves. He said they should be told that lots of people would be bothered by what they saw and that the lingering fear of it is to be expected.
The more details they can share with you about what has bothered them, the better, Sharry said, as talking to an understanding ear can curb the tendency to repress and turn that understandable fear into something deeper.
Make sure your kids know they will never get in trouble telling you about upsetting things they've seen, even if they've seen it by breaking a rule you've established. Australia's ABC Everyday said this will help ensure that they are comfortable telling you when they've seen something that's disturbed them. Remaining calm during your talk with them can also encourage them to be open if it happens again in the future, which it likely will.
If what's upsetting your child is a frightening character from a fictional TV show movie, you should explain to them that there is no way for it to hurt them in real life, and Sharry has some great tips for those cases.
Since the child's vivid imagination is what's causing most of the lingering fear, he suggests having them imagine the character being locked in jail or destroyed somehow. He also said it can be helpful to make the character seem as ridiculous as possible, by having the child imagine them speaking with a silly, squeaky voice, for example.
When the source of the distress is coming from images from real events, whether a news broadcast about something scary or a documentary airing on TV, it's important to ask your kids exactly what they know about what they've seen, according to NPR. It's vital for kids to understand how rare the extremely violent events they may see on the news are — such as catastrophic storms or mass shootings — which is why they are reported on so heavily in the first place.
Rosemarie Truglio, senior vice president of curriculum and content at Sesame Workshop, told NPR it's not helpful to label the perpetrators of violent acts as "bad guys" or "evil," as these abstract labels can sound concrete and only increase fear and confusion. She also said not to be afraid to tell your kids, "I don't know," when they ask why something bad has happened in the real world.
Also, be sure to tell the child about all the people who are helping to make the situation better. Knowing about these helpers can make the world feel less frightening to a child, Truglio said.
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Celebrating Women in Sales Month: 36 Sales Leaders You Should Know About
By Andrea Lydon
This post is brought to you by Sendoso Director of Sales Development Andrea Lydon.
My first job after college was in door-to-door sales. Most weeks, I'd canvas hundreds of businesses, sparking conversations with CEOs and collecting their business cards as I went.
Almost immediately, I knew this was the profession for me.
But like many women in sales, I've become accustomed to being one of the only female voices in the room. That's why I wasn't shocked to learn that women occupy less than one third of B2B sales jobs.
While that might be disheartening, we cannot change a problem that we don't know exists.
So how do we eliminate the obstacles prohibiting women from entering the sales profession? An important first step is to amplify the female voices of our colleagues and industry peers because like Marian Wright Edelman once said, "you can't be what you can't see."
I'm extremely passionate about getting more women involved in sales because I truly believe that engaging, creative, and unique salespeople come from all walks of life.
And guess what? Our buyers don't fit one mold either.
October is National Women in Sales Month and we're celebrating by recognizing 36 incredible female sales professionals (in no particular order) who are breaking down barriers and paving the way for future saleswomen. So without further ado…
36 Women in Sales You Should Know About
Lauren Bailey
Founder and President, Factor 8
Founder, #GirlsClub
https://www.linkedin.com/in/insidesalesadvisor/
Rosalyn Santa Elena
Head of Revenue Operations
Clari
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosalyn-santa-elena/
Sr. Director, Sales Development
Brex
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-kelly-mealy/
Penelope Yamauchi
Partnerships Account Executive
Vendition
https://www.linkedin.com/in/penelope-yamauchi-34185740/
Chaniqua (Nikki) Ivey
Emtrain
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-ivey/
Ashley Hansen Grech
Global Head of Sales
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyhgrech/
Jaclyn Butia
Senior Director, Enterprise Sales
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaclyn-butia-77b9b65/
Chantel George
Account Executive, LinkedIn
Founder and CEO, Sistas In Sales
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantelgeorge/
Emilie Maheu
Senior Vice President of Sales
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiliemaheu/
Kelly Flowers
Senior Manager, Customer Success, Enterprise Renewals
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kflow/
Hilary Headlee
Head of Global Sales Ops and Enablement
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilaryheadlee/
Nancy Nardin
Smart Selling Tools
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancynardin/
Lori Richardson
B2B Sales Growth Strategist
Score More Sales
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scoremoresales/
Anna Baird
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-baird/
Linda Fitzek
Head of Sales and Marketing Operations
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindafitzek/
Allison Raymond
Gainsight
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Gabrielle Blackwell
Sales Development Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielleblackwell/
RaeAnne English
Senior Inside Sales Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raeanneenglish/
Rakhi Voria
Director, Global Digital Sales Development
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakhivoria/
Claire Lepore
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairelepore/
Jen Spencer
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
SmartBug Media
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Megan Williamson
https://www.linkedin.com/in/megankwilliamson/
Rosin Hughes
Area Vice President, Financial Services
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughesroisin/
Katherine Ternes
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
AgencyZoom
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-ternes/
Tanya Adair
SDR and Sales Operations Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/atanya/
Kaytlin Eck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaytlinboyd/
Lisa Hubbard
Vice President, Digital Sales and Marketing
Premier Safety
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-hubbard-7a083b14/
Kelsie Milligan Stricker
Commercial Sales Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelsie-milligan-stricker/
Emmy Johnson
Sales Development Leader
ZeroFox
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmyschaaf/
Jessica Shapiro
Customer Account Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicashapiro6/
Natasha Narayan
CEO and Co-Founder
IcebergIQ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashanarayan/
Caroline Celis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-celis/
Caroline Kossek
Extole
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinekossek/
Jillian Worswick
Director, Strategic Accounts
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jzona/
Andrea Jackson Garcia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamjackson/
Katelyn Martin
Senior Manager, CRM Strategy & Engagement – Revenue Operations
Jellyvision
https://www.linkedin.com/in/k5martin1/
Selling Sales to Women
I'm often asked how we can empower more women to embark on a career in sales. My response is always the same: Be your true, authentic self; find a mentor; and be mentored. That means trusting your instincts, learning from rejection, raising your hand, and applying to jobs—even when you don't think you meet all of the qualifications.
As Sheryl Sandberg says in her book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, "Women need to shift from thinking 'I'm not ready to do that' to thinking 'I want to do that—and I'll learn by doing it.'"
Take it from a gal who started her career in door-to-door sales: You can achieve anything you set your mind to. Happy Women in Sales month!
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Kingdoms of Life
Authored by: Phill Jones
From the Series: Science Foundations
Trim Size: 7 x 9-1/4
Imprint: Chelsea House
Reading Level: Grades 6-12
Earth teems with life, supporting an estimated 30 million different types of organisms. So far, scientists have discovered less than two million. Our world not only has an abundance of life forms, but also a great variety of living things, from one-celled microbes to the humans who study them. Kingdoms of Life surveys the six basic types of organisms that share this world: eubacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. The book explores the differences and similarities of these life forms, and the strategies that organisms use to eat, reproduce, and survive. Along the way, readers will see how different types of organisms interact to support life on the planet. In addition to exploring Earth's biological diversity, this new title investigates how human activities threaten biodiversity.
Full-color photographs and illustrations. Sidebars. Further reading. Web sites. References. Glossary. Index.
Phill Jones earned a Ph.D. in physiology/pharmacology from the University of California, San Diego. After completing postdoctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine, he joined the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky Medical Center as an assistant professor. There, he taught topics in molecular biology and medicine and researched aspects of gene expression. He later earned a J.D. at the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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Q: Displaying image in MFC method that is not ONPaint I am trying to display an image in a dialog dynamically, it works no problem if I put the code in the on paint method and use the dc from there, I can't do this though I need to display after the window is shown, the code I am using is as follows, I am getting the dc of the client window creating the bitmap from a resource and "trying" to display it in the window but nothing displays, Any suggestions what might be wrong?
void CProcessSteps::OnShowWindow(BOOL bShow, UINT nStatus)
{
    CDialog::OnShowWindow(bShow, nStatus);

    SetupInstructions();<-----------------Call To Method
}

void CProcessSteps::OnPaint()
{
    CPaintDC dc(this);
}

void CProcessSteps::SetupInstructions()
{
    CDC *pDC = new CDC();<------------------------------Problem starts here
    CFontUtil cfu;
    cfu.SetFont(&LineFont,30);

    CDC memDC;
    memDC.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC);

    int stepTop = 10;
    int stepEnd = 230;
    int imageLeft = 30;
    STEP_STRUCT* step;

    CBitmap iconImage;
    iconImage.LoadBitmap ( IDB_TID_CHECK );

    memDC.SelectObject(&iconImage);

    CRect iconRect;
    BITMAP bmInfo;
    iconImage.GetObject ( sizeof ( bmInfo ), &bmInfo );
    iconRect.SetRect ( imageLeft, stepTop, imageLeft+bmInfo.bmWidth, stepTop+bmInfo.bmHeight );

    pDC = this->GetDC();
    pDC->BitBlt(imageLeft, stepTop, imageLeft+bmInfo.bmWidth, stepTop+bmInfo.bmHeight, &memDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);

    //RedrawWindow();<-------- tried this here no luck

    int stepCount = m_pageStructure->PageSteps.GetCount();<----------------------------Bellow this works correctly

    POSITION pos = m_pageStructure->PageSteps.GetHeadPosition();
    while (pos)
    {
        step = m_pageStructure->PageSteps.GetNext(pos);

        CStatic *label = new CStatic;
        label->Create(_T( step->StepInstruction ),WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, CRect(80, stepTop, 480, stepEnd), this);
        label->SetFont(&LineFont, true);

        label->GetWindowRect(rect);
        ScreenToClient(rect);

        pDC = label->GetDC();
        pDC->SelectObject(&LineFont);
        pDC->DrawText(step->StepInstruction, &rect, DT_CALCRECT|DT_WORDBREAK);
        label->ReleaseDC(pDC);
        label->MoveWindow(rect);

        stepTop += rect.Height();
        stepTop += 30;
        stepEnd += rect.Height();
    }
}

A: Reasons why you can't use OnPaint() are not clear.
The usual strategy when one needs to redraw all or part of a window upon some event is to call InvalidateRect().
Windows will in turn send WM_PAINT (handled by your OnPaint() method) to your app, specifying which part of the window should be redrawn.

A: I think there's more in the BeginPaint-function than just giving you the CDC. And BeginPaint can only be called from the OnPaint-method.
To solve your problem, use the Invalidate-functions to force a repaint from your "SetupInstructions" method. Then do the drawing inside the OnPaint function.

A: I suppose CProcessSteps derives from CWnd, perhaps a CDialog?
If you want to draw in the client area of a CWnd derived class you have to get the DC using the CWnd GetDC method. I don't understand why you create your own CDC, you should get the CWnd DC at the beginning of SetupInstructions and use this DC everywhere, also to create your memDC.
Also you should be careful when you allocate memory (new CStatic) if you don't call delete for this variables you will have memory leaks. If you really need to create this CStatics dynamically you will have to keep a pointer to all of them in order to delete them before closing the dialog/view.
As people suggested, I don't think you are following the right way by drawing using OnShowWindow. You should use OnPaint to make your drawing stuff, if you don't want to draw the image until the window is fully initialized you should use a member variable of the window (for instance a bool) initialized to false in the constructor and set it to true when you are ready to draw the image. Then calling Invalidate will draw the image. Something like:
In the .h:
class CProcessSteps : CDialog
{
   ...

private:
   bool m_bReadyToDraw;
};

In the .cpp:
CProcessSteps::CProcessSteps() : CDialog()
{
   m_bReadyToDraw = false;
}

BOOL CProcessSteps::OnInitDialog()
{
   CDialog:OnInitDialog();

   m_bReadyToDraw = true;

   return TRUE;
}
void CProcessSteps::OnPaint()
{
    CPaintDC dc(this);

    if(m_bReadyToDraw)
    {
       CFontUtil cfu;
       cfu.SetFont(&LineFont,30);

       CDC memDC;
       memDC.CreateCompatibleDC(&dc);

       ...

    }
}

Hope it helps.
Javier


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import tape from "tape";
import {
  AstNode, isAstNode,
  LineColPosition, lineColPositionFromOffset,
  LineColRange, Location,
  SourceMappings, sourceLocationFromAstNode,
  sourceLocationFromSrc
} from "../src";
import node from "./resources/newAST";

tape("SourceMappings", (t: tape.Test) => {
  const source = node.source;
  const srcMappings = new SourceMappings(source);
  t.test("SourceMappings conversions", (st: tape.Test) => {
    st.plan(9);
    const loc = <Location>{
      start: 32,
      length: 6,
      file: 0
    };

    const ast = node.ast;

    st.deepEqual(lineColPositionFromOffset(0, srcMappings.lineBreaks),
      <LineColPosition>{ line: 1, character: 1 },
      "lineColPositionFromOffset degenerate case");
    st.deepEqual(lineColPositionFromOffset(200, srcMappings.lineBreaks),
      <LineColPosition>{ line: 17, character: 1 },
      "lineColPositionFromOffset conversion");

    /* Typescript will keep us from calling sourceLocationFromAstNode
       with the wrong type. However, for non-typescript uses, we add
       this test which casts to an AST to check that there is a
       run-time check in walkFull.
    */
    st.notOk(sourceLocationFromAstNode(<AstNode>null),
      "sourceLocationFromAstNode rejects an invalid astNode");

    st.deepEqual(sourceLocationFromAstNode(ast.nodes[0]),
      { start: 0, length: 31, file: 0 },
      "sourceLocationFromAstNode extracts a location");
    st.deepEqual(sourceLocationFromSrc("32:6:0"), loc,
      "sourceLocationFromSrc conversion");
    const startLC = <LineColPosition>{ line: 6, character: 6 };
    st.deepEqual(srcMappings.srcToLineColumnRange("45:96:0"),
      <LineColRange>{
        start: startLC,
        end: <LineColPosition>{ line: 11, character: 6 }
      }, "srcToLineColumnRange end of line");
    st.deepEqual(srcMappings.srcToLineColumnRange("45:97:0"),
      <LineColRange>{
        start: startLC,
        end: <LineColPosition>{ line: 12, character: 1 }
      }, "srcToLineColumnRange beginning of next line");
    st.deepEqual(srcMappings.srcToLineColumnRange("45:98:0"),
      <LineColRange>{
        start: startLC,
        end: <LineColPosition>{ line: 13, character: 1 }
      }, "srcToLineColumnRange skip over empty line");
    st.deepEqual(srcMappings.srcToLineColumnRange("-1:0:0"),
      <LineColRange>{
        start: null,
        end: null
      }, "srcToLineColumnRange invalid range");
    st.end();
  });

  t.test("SourceMappings constructor", (st: tape.Test) => {
    st.plan(2);
    st.equal(srcMappings.source, source, "sourceMappings object has source-code string");
    st.deepEqual(srcMappings.lineBreaks,
      [15, 26, 27, 38, 39, 81, 87, 103, 119, 135, 141, 142, 186, 192, 193, 199],
      "sourceMappings has line-break offsets");
    st.end();
  });
  t.test("SourceMappings functions", (st: tape.Test) => {
    st.plan(5);
    const ast = node.ast;

    const loc = { start: 267, length: 20, file: 0 };
    let astNode = srcMappings.findNodeAtSourceLocation('ExpressionStatement', loc, ast);
    st.ok(isAstNode(astNode), "findsNodeAtSourceLocation finds something");
    astNode = srcMappings.findNodeAtSourceLocation('NotARealThingToFind', loc, ast);
    st.notOk(isAstNode(astNode),
      "findsNodeAtSourceLocation fails to find something when it should");
    let astNodes = srcMappings.nodesAtPosition(null, loc, ast);
    st.equal(astNodes.length, 2, "nodesAtPosition should find more than one astNode");
    st.ok(isAstNode(astNodes[0]), "nodesAtPosition returns only AST nodes");
    astNodes = srcMappings.nodesAtPosition("ExpressionStatement", loc, ast);
    st.equal(astNodes.length, 1, "nodesAtPosition filtered to a single nodeType");
    st.end();
  });
});

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Today, Medicaid is the nation's largest health insurance program, covering 74 million, or more than 1 in 5 Americans. Over the next weeks, Kaiser Health News will explore the vast reach of the program. Twenty-five percent of Americans will be on Medicaid at some point in their lives — many are just a pink slip away from being eligible.
While all states rely on Medicaid, it's used more in some places than others because of varying state eligibility rules and poverty rates. As of August, about 44 percent of New Mexico residents are insured by Medicaid. In West Virginia and California, the rate is nearly 1 in 3.
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"My NFL friends and family and just my regular friends and family, they know who I am – I'm an innocent guy. I'm an innocent man," Winslow, 35, said walking out of the courtroom.
When asked about how he processes the allegations, Winslow said,
"It's a money grab. Unfortunately, that's the society we live in now."
In September, a judge was set to hear evidence against Winslow, but his hearing was pushed back until October 15th so he could recover from a surgery, a judge said.
On the delayed date, a woman, identified as Jane Doe in court, testified that Winslow raped her one night in June 2003.
She remembered seeing a man standing in front of her while Winslow had sex with her, she testified. A third person was filming.
During that hearing, the judge said Winslow would be formally arraigned on October 30th.
His arraignment is now scheduled for November 15th.
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Diamond Ranch Academy is located between St. George, UT and Zion National Park. To insure I didn't get lost once I made the turn onto a red, rutted road, Dan Borchardt from Admissions met me in Hurricane and I followed him to the property. The program is tucked between Gooseberry Mesa to the north and Little Creek Mesa to the south.
Founders Rob Dias and his wife Sherri dreamed for years about starting a boys ranch. Rob grew up in a family that generously opened their home to foster kids. Once Rob started teaching in southern Utah, he began volunteering at local programs serving troubled teens. In 1999, the dream became a reality when Rob and Sherry opened a small program near Boise, ID. The next year, he found the property in southern Utah and moved DRA to its present location.
I was greeted by three inquisitive alpaca...one brown, one black and one cream-colored...part of the small animal care program. I could see several neat rectangular buildings -- dorms, academic buildings and the cafeteria...and a decorative stone wall bisecting the area. The dorms are clean and comfortable, housing up to 4 students per room. Students are invited to decorate their bunk area with pictures from home.
Dan and I met with Fotu Soliai, Executive Director, Ephraim Hanks, Clinical Director and Maurie Simons, Admissions DIrector in the cozy Administration Building. We reviewed the basics -- DRA is a SEVIS approved RTC (residential treatment center) serving boys and girls 12 - 18 on four separate areas of the property that are both age and gender specific. 48 boys ages 12 - 15 live on the Stone Ridge Campus. Another 48 boys --16 to 17 -- live at Lava Falls. The comparable girls campuses are Crystal Springs and Whisper Creek. There are 25 girls on each campus. The stone wall mentioned earlier separates the boys and the girls.
Recently, DRA opened Sage Canyon, a fifth campus for students who turn 18 before they complete the 8 to 10 month program. Currently, Sage Canyon serves only DRA students...but that may change in the future. As of this writing, there are 3 girls and 8 boys.
Students come with a variety of problems including depression, anger issues, ADHD, impulsiveness, oppositional behavior, low self esteem, issues around adoption, divorce and grief/ loss, broken family relationships, communication difficulties, academic struggles and substance abuse. Using a cognitive behavioral therapeutic model (CBT) with an emphasis on choice and accountability, DRA has fine-tuned a token economy using a "sophisticated extrinsic reward system" that runs through every aspect of the program.
Every student has a job -- school. In addition to the clothing, bedding and the like that students typically get upon enrolling in any program, students here also receive a checkbook ledger to record the "wages" they receive for meeting their academic expectations. Students also receive wages for participation in therapy and for residential life.
To simulate the "real world", students must use their earnings to support themselves -- first for basics like rent. Only if they have "savings" can they buy snacks or pay for extra activities like the movies. There's a place for altruism -- students with large savings accounts can "sponsor" other students without savings enabling the latter students to enjoy an activity they cannot pay for out of their own funds.
Just as students meeting or surpassing expectations are rewarded, students falling short are issued citations. One can simply pay the citation or one can go to court. The court has several levels...just like the real world...or the Real Life Transition Program as it's known at DRA.
Students start at minimum wage and get raises based on achievement. The better the student is doing in academics, therapy and residential life -- the more likely they are to be able to apply for additional jobs that range from kitchen helper to serving as a judge on the peer court.
There are ongoing activities in the lives of the students at DRA that do not "cost" the student anything...like birthday celebrations or scheduled weekend outings. The Real Life Transitions Program is designed to offer students a normalizing experience while emphasizing personal accountability.
There is also a level system at DRA. Each level has a series of requirements with staff and peers collaborating on the decision to move each student up. New students start on "O & A" or Observation and Assessment. Student is the next level...followed by Supervisor, Manager, Director and, finally, Graduate. 75 % of DRA students successfully navigate each level.
Students who are not meeting the requirements to receive the salary minimum and have no savings wind up on "unemployment." When you are on unemployment, you get assigned tasks to complete while other students have free time. Tasks can be as simple as completing missing homework assignments or may involve an additional writing assignments regarding an inappropriate behavior or therapeutic lesson. Tasks may also include campus maintenance and beautification.
There are ten members of the clinical team, each with a case load of 12 - 15. All are licensed as professional counselors, family therapists or social workers with areas of expertise including play therapy, equine therapy, sexual identity issues and reactivity, trauma and substance abuse. A therapy session can happen on the basketball court or during a walk or under a shade tree on campus. Bilingual staff can work with parents who speak only Spanish.
The academic program is accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS) and the Utah State Office of Education. Using an individualized approach that helps students "own' their learning process, students are supported by certified teachers in traditional classroom settings. DRA can manage IEPs and offers special education assistance and support for mild to moderate learning disabilities. DRA can accommodate a few students with Asperger's but these students must be able to comprehend the token economy.
An appealing aspect of life parents and students alike is the school's commitment to sports and other extra-curricular activities like dance, speech and debate, music and drama. Remember the alpaca? Small animal care is a club offering. Clubs meet every weekday for 3-month blocks. Students get to choose their club activities. I had the pleasure of talking with several girls who had just completed the 4-H block and loved it. They were articulate as they described the service work 4-H involved.
Both boys and girls also have the opportunity to participate in competitive athletics including football, baseball and basketball. A sanctioned AA high school, DRA boys and girls take on other local schools -- and sometimes take the trophy! (Cheerleading is one of the club activities that supports the DRA teams.) I met several young athletes and was impressed with how they interacted with one another and with me, too.
The DRA motto -- healing families, one youth at a time -- speaks to the value they place on parents. DRA offers several parent seminars throughout the year to help parents understand their role in creating and sustaining long-term change in their son or daughter.
If you are looking for an RTC that serves a broad spectrum of issues but still feels very much like a traditional high school that offers normalizing sports and club experiences, take a look at Diamond Ranch.


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Compare Colombia to other countries
Show the size of Colombia compared to Bolivia Hide the map
If Colombia were your home instead of Bolivia you would...
live 6.7 years longer
The life expectancy at birth in Colombia is 75.25 while in Bolivia it is 68.55.
make 2 times more money
The GDP per capita in Colombia is $11,100 while in Bolivia it is $5,500
spend 3.6 times more money on health care
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Colombia are $529.80 USD while Bolivia spends $148.70 USD
be 24.66% more likely to be unemployed
Colombia has an unemployment rate of 9.10% while Bolivia has 7.30%
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs.
be 61.1% less likely to die in infancy
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Colombia is 15.02 while in Bolivia it is 38.61.
be 2.6 times more likely to be murdered
31.80 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Colombia compared to 12.10 in Bolivia
be 76.87% more likely to be in prison
237 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Colombia compared to 134 in Bolivia
use 50.08% more electricity
The per capita consumption of electricity in Bolivia is 653kWh while in Colombia it is 980kWh
consume 19.23% more oil
Bolivia consumes 0.2184 gallons of oil per day per capita while Colombia consumes 0.2604
experience 18.94% more of a class divide
The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In Colombia it is 55.90 while in Bolivia it is 47.00.
be 66.67% more likely to have HIV/AIDS
The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Colombia is 0.50% while in Bolivia it is 0.30%. 6,500 people in Colombia and 1,300 people in Bolivia die from AIDS each year.
have 28.14% fewer babies
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Colombia is 16.73 while in Bolivia it is 23.28.
More Information about Colombia
With its 46,245,297 people, Colombia is the 29th largest country in the world by population. It is the 26th largest country in the world by area with 1,138,910 square kilometers.
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A nearly five-decade long conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups, principally the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) heavily funded by the drug trade, escalated during the 1990s. More than 31,000 former paramilitaries had demobilized by the end of 2006 and the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia as a formal organization had ceased to function. In the wake of the paramilitary demobilization, emerging criminal groups arose, whose members include some former paramilitaries. The insurgents lack the military or popular support necessary to overthrow the government, but continue attacks against civilians. Large areas of the countryside are under guerrilla influence or are contested by security forces. In November 2012, the Colombian Government started formal peace negotiations with the FARC aimed at reaching a definitive bilateral ceasefire and incorporating demobilized FARC members into mainstream society and politics. The Colombian Government has stepped up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, and now has a presence in every one of its administrative departments. Despite decades of internal conflict and drug related security challenges, Colombia maintains relatively strong democratic institutions characterized by peaceful, transparent elections and the protection of civil liberties.
Languages spoken: Spanish (official)
Reading about Colombia
Check out the recommended reading list below for great sources of information on Colombia


"The silver fish leapt from the water from his gurgling mouth came a bubble that solidified and dropped into my lap. Just as quickly as he had emerged, the fish plopped back into the water, leaving me to puzzle over this mysterious orb."
Curious about what element of narrative analysis might apply to a paragraph like that?
It may be time to go visit the Proppian Fairytale Generator (v 1.0) and explore the universality of "branding," "villainy," "receipt of a magical agent," "liquidation," and "absention" in fairytales. Once you're done there, learn how to build a better Dungeons and Dragons game from it.


I tried to convert the below 4.x irule to 9.x but i am getting error.Please help me in converting the same.
Still waiting for help on this ?
I'm almost positive we can optimize it but I'll have to dig through it to see how the logic flows and make sure all the cases are covered.


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\section{Introduction}

Searching for iron in PG1159 stars poses a difficult problem. The atmospheric
parameter range (\mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\,=\,75\,000 -- 200\,000\,K, \mbox{$\log g$}\,=\,5.5 -- 8.0
\cite{we06}) requires to look for lines from high ionization stages, at least
\ion{Fe}{vii}. Numerous \ion{Fe}{vii} lines are seen in UV spectra of hot
hydrogen-rich central stars of planetary nebulae (e.g., \cite{scho85}),  but the
search for these lines in PG1159 stars was unsuccessful. Model calculations show
that \ion{Fe}{vii} lines with detectable strength can only be expected in the
cooler PG1159 stars. They vanish with increasing \mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\ because the ionization
balance of iron shifts to higher stages. The same tendency is seen with
decreasing gravity (i.e., increasing luminosity).

Based on the lack of \ion{Fe}{vii} lines, Fe-deficiency of $\geq 1$~dex was
concluded for four stars: PG1424$+$535\ (\mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\,=\,110\,000\,K, \mbox{$\log g$}\,=\,7.5
\cite{rei08}),  the hybrid-PG1159 stars (i.e., H-Balmer lines are visible)
NGC\,7094 and Abell\,43 (both have \mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\,=\,100\,000\,K, \mbox{$\log g$}\,=\,5.5
\cite{zi09}), the PG1159 -- [WC] transition type star Abell\,78
(\mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\,=\,110\,000\,K, \mbox{$\log g$}\,=\,5.5 \cite{we03}). Currently, these stars
represent the strongest cases for Fe-deficiency.  Also, Fe-deficiency was
claimed in some [WC]-type central stars, the putative progenitors of PG1159
stars. This finding is not explained by evolutionary models. We speculated that
Fe nuclei could have been transformed to heavier elements by excessive
s-processing.

\begin{figure}[t]
\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{werner_poster_fig3.ps}
\caption{\label{fig:ion}
Vertical run of iron ionization fractions in a model atmosphere with
\mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}=\,170\,000\,K and \mbox{$\log g$}=5.8.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t]
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{werner_poster_fig4.ps}
\caption{\label{fig:var}
Dependence of \ion{Fe}{x} $\lambda$979.3 on
  atmospheric parameters. \emph{Left and middle panels:} \mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\ variation at two
  fixed surface gravities.  \emph{Right panel:} variation
  of iron abundance at fixed \mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\ and \mbox{$\log g$}.
}
\end{figure}

\section{Discovery of Fe\,X lines}

Two \ion{Fe}{x} lines were discovered in FUSE spectra of the very hottest PG1159
stars (Fig.\,\ref{fig:fe}, left panels). They are most prominent in the
high-luminosity central stars of K\,1--16, NGC\,246, RX\,J2117+3412.1, and
Longmore~4.  Fig.\,\ref{fig:ion} shows the ionization stratification of iron in
the model for RX\,J2117+3412.1. \ion{Fe}{x} is the dominant ionization stage
throughout the line-forming regions.

Iron abundances were determined by performing Fe NLTE calculations in our grid
of line-blanketed model atmospheres. Fig.\,\ref{fig:var} displays the behaviour
of one of the \ion{Fe}{x} lines when temperature, gravity, and abundance are
varied.  As a result of our analysis, we find solar iron abundances in the
hottest PG1159 stars \cite{we10}.  This contrasts with our above-mentioned
detections of Fe-deficiency in the four relatively cool PG1159 stars, based on
the absence of \ion{Fe}{vii} lines. At present, we do not see why the Fe
abundance determinations would be in error for the cooler stars; however we will
re-address this issue.

A scatter in Fe abundances among PG1159 stars would be difficult to
explain. However, there is one significant difference between the four putative
Fe-deficient stars and the four Fe-solar central stars. Comparison with
evolutionary tracks \cite{al09} shows that the former have masses in the range
0.53 -- 0.56\,M{$_\odot$}, and the latter 0.71 -- 0.82\,M$_\odot$. Is this
correlation between Fe abundance and stellar mass relevant?

\begin{figure}[t]
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{werner_poster_fig5.ps}
\caption{\label{fig:pgelf}
Identification of four \ion{Fe}{viii} lines in PG1159$-$035.
}
\end{figure}

\section{Discovery of Fe\,VIII lines}

In a recent publication, Landi \& Young \cite{la10}  were able to identify four
\ion{Fe}{viii} emission lines in the $\lambda$1000 -- 1200 region of the quiet
Sun, in spectra obtained with the SOHO/SUMER instrument. This prompted us to
look for these lines in FUSE spectra of PG1159 stars. Indeed, they are seen in
several objects with \mbox{$T_\mathrm{eff}$}\,=\,110\,000 -- 150\,000\,K. In particular, all four
\ion{Fe}{viii} lines are present in the prototype PG1159$-$035\ (Fig.\,\ref{fig:pgelf}).
These detections will be an important tool to extend our iron abundance analyses
from the hottest objects to the more cooler stars.

Interestingly, these \ion{Fe}{viii} lines are also detected in spectra of
several of the hottest hydrogen-rich and DAO central stars, and hot DO white
dwarfs (Fig.\,\ref{fig:fe}, right panel). Together with previously identified \ion{Fe}{vii} lines,
they can be used as an independent temperature indicator.

\vspace{3mm}\noindent
{\bf Acknowledgements} \quad T.R. is supported by the German Aerospace Center
under grant 05\,OR\,0806.

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Try People-First and Diversity Will Follow - PQA Testing - Professional Quality Assurance Ltd.
At PQA Testing, we believe in a people-first mentality when it comes to career path and growth trajectory. By investing the time to have a solid and, most importantly, fair approach to titles and roles, we have found that a progressive approach for the protection of diversity has evolved.
Three years ago, we had a fairly standard set of titles and job descriptions that was relatively cohesive, as well as comprehensive, but didn't really address the issue of the Senior Plateau. The Senior Plateau is the idea that when a resource hits and spends some time at the senior level they come to their manager and ask how they are going to grow in their three R's. The three R's, respect, responsibility and remuneration, are widely believed to be the pillars of job happiness and satisfaction.
Traditionally in IT professions, this conversation with your manager has generally returned the answer that to move up you had to make the jump to management. There are any number of reasons that being a manager is unappealing to your average tech worker (managing people and their problems, dislike of paperwork and admin, etc.) but additionally, it just doesn't scale. There simply are not enough positions in management for all of the seniors out there. This does mean, however, that there's nowhere for that senior to progress in their career. As such, they are more susceptible to that inevitable phone call from a recruiter where they are offered a lateral leap to a company doing something new to them. A new challenge with interesting new things to learn is the best they can hope for in this scenario and, after all, being challenged at work is the fourth pillar to job happiness and satisfaction.
This creation of the technical nomad, as seniors move on in quest of the three R's, has numerous costs to the business they are leaving. Replacement costs are high, lost knowledge impact is immeasurable and cultural and leadership repercussions are felt for far longer than it takes to replace the individual.
At PQA, we believe in retention for more than protecting our investment in people, we believe that the longer employees are with a company, the more that they contribute and build the culture. In order to combat the Senior Plateau, PQA implemented a career path growth plan that includes a Tech/Guru Track, a way for seniors to grow their three R's without becoming management.
If you look at Figure 1 below, you can see the swim lanes that we've developed for our career growth. To be clear, someone entering PQA can join in the chart where their skills and experience place them but, for this conversation, let's discuss someone starting at the lower level. Starting from the bottom, every tester at PQA lives in the combined track, where they are learning the foundational skills necessary to work with a testing mindset making the right testing decisions.
When a tester is growing out of the intermediate level they begin to have conversations with their manager about where they feel their career should take them. They make a completely non-binding decision to follow either the Management or the Tech/Guru Track and, together, the manager and employee put together a growth and training plan that helps them learn the skills that they are going to need as they move up that track. At any time, they can initiate a conversation where they try to get flipped over to the other track. There's no penalty, your training plan will have to be updated and you might have to backfill some skills.
As you move up either side, there are parallels between the two tracks. For example, there is room for pay ranges to increase for each track as you progress past the senior/lead level. As you move up the Tech/Guru Track, your responsibility and respect grow: you are expected to be a technical leader, mentoring people below you on the chart, helping choose tools, guide technology and methodology direction for the company and begin to act at the process consultant level with clients.
Within the Tech/Guru Track, there also exists the notion of specializations, or as we often put it, 'commas'. By taking any title on the Tech/Guru track, adding a comma and then a specialization, such as automation, performance, security, data analytics or compliance, you denote that you have specialized in your skills. This helps in classifying the work you are best suited for and most appreciate doing. A non-comma'd person might have knowledge about automation or performance testing but not to the depth of capability that is required of the expert with the comma. As you move up the track, the skills matrix helps define the skills that you need to have within the specialization. For example, a Senior QA, Automation needs to be proficient with one automation framework while a QA Practitioner, Automation has to be proficient with three or more automation frameworks.
We talk a little bit at PQA about how Title and Role relate to different things. Title refers to who you are, what your skills are, what your general career path and goals are, any specializations you might have and the pay band that you fall into. Your role, conversely, refers to the group of tasks that are your responsibility in a current client engagement. A QA Practitioner might be doing a very technical engagement with a client but may have to do some of the Test Lead role tasks, such as status reporting and client communication for the team to ensure that things run smoothly.
Transparency is one of the key goals of the career path process. You know where you are, where you can go and what you need to do to get there. This protects diversity in that the criteria for having a title are clearly outlined and the same for everyone. A manager knows these criteria and can have growth conversations with their people to help them gain the skills to make it to the next title. People who are more assertive or extroverted are not rewarded with management jobs that restrict the growth of more reserved but just as talented individuals. At PQA, we also recognize the fact that there is as much value in core, foundational testing skills as there are in the specializations. This means that if you are not a coder but still have valuable experience that you can be paid comparably – I haven't been able to find a statistic to back this up but a quick look at my network indicates that male-female ratios in automation are a lot more male-skewed than in manual testing.
There are many factors contributing to diversity at PQA but it takes many factors to have a welcoming working environment for a diverse workforce. Having a modern approach to titling and roles is a fundamental cornerstone in your diversity strategy.
Want to schedule a meeting or learn more about diversity in the workplace? Contact us, we'd love to meet you.


"If that equipment is co-located where we have important American systems, it makes it more hard for us to partner alongside them".
He said that the U.S. was particularly concerned about a growing Chinese presence in the region and warned European allies against using technology from Huawei in their communications networks, saying it would make it more hard for Washington to "partner alongside them". The Trump administration, which wants to boost its partnership with Hungary and other central European countries, is warning that nations using Huawei equipment in critical infrastructure could open themselves to security risks. They get to make their own decisions.
Pompeo raised those concerns with Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been criticized for seeking closer ties with Russian Federation and China and for increasingly authoritarian rule at home. Both men have denied wrongdoing. Slovakia, which Pompeo visits before Poland, is looking to buy F-16 fighter jets.
Later in the day, the Chinese Foreign Ministry also refuted Washington's "China threat" statement, saying this behavior is "neither fair nor moral".
The "Family Protection Action Plan" also promises to extend home loans to families with at least two children, give women under 40 a preferential loan upon marriage, build 21,000 nurseries across the country in three years, and provide grandparents with free childcare if they are raising their children's children.
Pompeo said he hoped to reverse what he called a decade of USA disengagement in Central and Eastern Europe that created a vacuum Russian Federation and China have exploited.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Hungary on the first leg of a five-nation European tour during which he will raise concerns about China and Russia's growing influence in Central Europe.
"This does not endanger us from being an ally", Szijjarto said.
"Hungary's government and President Donald Trump's administration represent an identical, or very similar, approaches in both general political and numerous global political issues", he said.


Home others parenthood Happy Parent's Day!
This is the first time I heard about the Parent's Day. Usually kasi db separate ang celebration ng Mother's Day (May) and Father's Day (June) not knowing na meron palang Proclamation No. 58, s. 1998 signed during the Estrada administration that the first Monday of December is Mother's Day and Father's Day. Thank you Erap for proclaiming Parent's Day.
So to all parent's out there, let's enjoy the day with our kids and celebrate our special day with love!
The dad really is an Estrada. Just look at that Mustasche. Hehe. Happy Parents' Day to us and to our Moms and Dads.
Happy Parents' day to all the super moms and super dads!
Si Erap yung nasa picture ah. Hahaha. I didn't know about this but anyway, happy parents' day!
Wow! Did not know this! Sayang! Next year!
This is the first time I heard about this Parent's day too.
this is the first time i've heard about Parent's Day, too bad we were not able to celebrate it. would've been a perfect day to take a break from it all.


Last week Apple Inc (AAPL) shocked the market when it said revenue in its holiday quarter would miss expectations. This news sent Apple shares down as much as 7% after hours and confirmed the market's biggest fear about the global economy — that trade is slowing down businesses around the globe.In a letter wrote to investors, Apple's CEO Tim Cook explains: "In fact, most of our revenue shortfall to our guidance, and over 100 percent of our year-over-year worldwide revenue decline, occurred in Greater China across iPhone, Mac and iPad. China's economy began to slow in the second half of 2018.
The government-reported GDP growth during the September quarter was the second lowest in the last 25 years. We believe the economic environment in China has been further impacted by rising trade tensions with the United States." Apple now expects revenue will total $84 billion in its fiscal first quarter, below its initial guidance for revenue of $89-$93 billion the company gave Wall Street back in November. Apple's stock price has already fallen 33% since the August high of last year, meaning AAPL is officially in a bear market. And there's no telling how low it will continue to slide.
But it's not only Apple that is facing headwinds. Alphabet is also playing in the slower growth environment. An increasing number of software companies are looking to bypass the dominant app store gatekeepers at Apple and Google — selling their services directly to consumers and undercutting the tech giants. This would change how most iPhone and Android users discover, download and pay for their apps. In 2016, music service Spotify ended its support for in-app subscription payments.
Most recently Netflix has been leading the charge on leaving Apple's platform. It plans to cut off a lucrative relationship for Apple when it confirmed that new customers will no longer be able to pay their monthly subscription fees through iTunes. Instead, subscribers are being redirected to make payments on Netflix's own website.


I'll be at the STAC Performance Summit this Thursday, June 4, in New York City. Carl Trieloff from my team will be delivering a keynote there and discussing new developments around AMQP and MRG as well as industry changes that we see coming as a result. He'll also be highlighting some interesting performance data and work that we're doing with STAC.
The STAC Performance Summit is free to attend for end-user firms--you can find more information and register at http://www.stacresearch.com/node/4904.


Anthem to Z..., uh, Wolf Among Us 2.
These are the new PC games we're looking forward to most in 2018.
Say what you will about 2017, it was one hell of a year for video games. PCWorld's annual Game of the Year awards and the accompanying list of the best PC games you might have missed were packed to the rafters this time, and there were even more superb games waiting in the wings. The most anticipated PC games of 2018 have a lot to live up to.
But you know what? They just might. There are already quite a few cool games on the horizon, be they games that meant to release in 2018 or games that slipped out of 2017 by accident. Monster Hunter finally comes to PC, Far Cry 5 finally goes to Montana, and Star Citizen—ha, just kidding. Star Citizen isn't releasing in 2018. Probably.
Below you'll find the titles we're most looking forward to though, with dates for those that have solid release dates planned, "release windows" for a few others, and hopes and dreams for the rest.
I'm listing this under its console release date, but it's a bit misleading—Monster Hunter: World is coming to PC, but nobody's said when yet. The console versions launch on January 26 with the PC release to follow.
Fingers crossed it doesn't take long though, because Monster Hunter: World looks like it might be a breakout hit. It's the first mainline Monster Hunter to come to non-Nintendo platforms in over a decade, and it looks stunning. Capcom recently ran a beta on PS4, and my favorite part: Someone was fighting a dragon in a pool and the dragon slammed into a nearby stone wall, which collapsed and sent a wave of water rushing out, sweeping both dragon and player over a cliff. It's the sort of easily shared and digestible moment that might convince people to check out and maybe stick with a series known for its high difficulty and impenetrable UI, because the rewards can be worth it.
There's a chance you've already played BattleTech. The backer beta for Harebrained's turn-based mech game went out last summer, and included a decent slice of the multiplayer side.
Singleplayer is what I'm most anticipating though, and it's what we're waiting on in the full release. In BattleTech you run a mercenary company, contract killers looking for the highest bidder. Like XCOM there's an element of persistence to grapple with—a destroyed mech is destroyed forever, a dead pilot is dead no matter how veteran he or she might be. But what makes BattleTech interesting to me is the risk/reward proposition. You can negotiate for better pay up front, or decide a mission's not worth it halfway through and jet out of there. It's an interesting twist, and I'm curious to see how the experience holds up when there's a whole galaxy to explore.
When no Civilization VI expansion materialized this past fall I was admittedly confused--for the past few years it felt like you could set your watch by Firaxis, they were so consistent at hitting that October slot. It's only four months "late" though, with the Rise and Fall expansion due to arrive in February instead.
It's an interesting expansion, too. Since Firaxis didn't really hold back any old systems to "add back in" to Civilization VI, Rise and Fall's challenge is to add something entirely new: Golden Ages and Dark Ages. Your Civilization can fall into either each era, resulting in bonuses or penalties to City Loyalty and other stats. And while a Dark Age might be a temporary setback, emerging from one can trigger a "Heroic Age," an era where all bonuses are tripled. An interesting twist on Civilization's tried-and-true progression.
The elevator pitch for Kingdom Come: Deliverance is easy: It's like an Elder Scrolls game, but set in a recreation of the Holy Roman Empire circa 1400, complete with period-accurate combat, a story about the political workings of the royal court, and a realistic approach to food/sleep/equipment durability/medicine.
Either that sounds great to you, or your eyes glazed over while reading. Personally I'm looking forward to it, though the verdict's out whether a small team can overcome the performance issues and bugginess that generally go hand-in-hand with Bethesda-style games.
It was my most anticipated game coming out of E3 2016. It remained my most anticipated game coming out of E3 2017. And now as we head into 2018? It's still my most anticipated game.
So after that recommendation...what is it? Well, Sea of Thieves is a pirate game as you might expect. The hook though (no pun intended) is that it's a pseudo-MMO, meaning you're a lone pirate in a world shared by fellow pirate-players. You can play alone, but the real draw comes from crewing up on much larger ships—at which point everyone takes on a roll. One person might occupy the crow's nest for instance, while another steers the ship and a third fires the cannons. Maybe one person just stands on the prow drinking beer and playing accordion.
It's up to you, and that's what has me looking forward to Sea of Thieves even though much of the game remains shrouded in mystery.
A Way Out is one of the most promising titles I played at E3 2017. A story about two convicts who break out of prison and go on the lam, the gimmick is that A Way Out is only playable in co-op, with each player controlling one of the characters. This allows for all sorts of asymmetric storytelling—for instance, in our E3 demo we robbed a gas station. I was deep in a Telltale-style conversation with the cashier while my partner wandered around the shop setting up the actual heist.
It's a fascinating approach, and director Josef Fares (who you might remember from his legendary Oscar-bashing speech at the Game Awards) told us his goal is a game that changes mechanics every few minutes to keep the experience fresh. If it works, it could set the standard for this sort of cinematic-heavy adventure.
We've visited tropical islands, contracted malaria in Africa, scaled the Himalayas, and now it's time to explore a place so exotic, so truly remote, it dazzles the mind: Montana. Yes, for Far Cry 5 we're headed to the state known for Glacier National Park, a very small part of Yellowstone, and also (mostly) because the western border looks like a face.
The E3 demo I played was Far Cry through and through, first scouting and then shooting my way through an outpost. Whether Far Cry 5 does anything more interesting with its setting, or just uses it as a backdrop for "Yet Another Far Cry Game"? We'll know in a few months, I guess.
If I were to predict any game slips out of 2018 and into 2019, it's Anthem. We've barely seen anything of BioWare's Destiny-style shooter so far—just an all-too-brief E3 demo and that's it. It's also made by BioWare, which historically has fallen prey to delays, and I imagine that's even more possible post-Mass Effect: Andromeda. They don't want to screw this one up.
But if Anthem does launch in 2018, well, I'm curious to see what comes of it. The game is centered around the same sort of co-op loot grind as Destiny 2, with a sci-fi universe that looks weirdly Mass Effect-like—to the point you wonder why BioWare didn't just make this the next Mass Effect game, or at least keep the branding. In any case it's also beautiful, with one of the most stunning Frostbite implementations I've seen to date.
After EA's missteps in 2017 it's hard to get too excited, but Anthem has piqued my interest at least.
Next page: New PC games we're excited about later in 2018.


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Q: Using MonoDroid, how can I open a dialog when an EditText field gains focus? I made the EditText clickable but you have to "double-click" to bring the dialog box up, which isn't really desired behaviour. How can I bring the dialog box up when the EditText is clicked / gains focus?
Bonus points for including a way to stop the keyboard popping up :)
        _createProfileDobEdtTxt.Clickable = true;

        _createProfileDobEdtTxt.Click += (sender, e) =>
            {
                ShowDialog(DATE_OF_BIRTH_DIALOG);
            };

A: I found it - use the .Touch event handler:
  _createProfileDobEdtTxt.Touch += (sender, e) =>
     {
        ShowDialog(DATE_OF_BIRTH_DIALOG);
     };