CX Journey™: Have Your Journey Maps Failed You?
Have Your Journey Maps Failed You?
Have you gone through some journey mapping exercises, only to find that the maps don't deliver what the experts said they would?
Have your maps failed you?
What happened? Did you pick a scenario, put some paper on the wall, distribute Post-It Notes, and tell people to start writing down the steps to for said scenario? And then said, "Now what?"
It's really a shame that so many people experience and tell this same story, which ends in frustration and disbelief.
Done right, though, journey maps are powerful tools to help you understand the customer experience, identify painpoints and moments of truth, and prioritize redesign elements that matter most to the customer.
Customer journey maps are useless because they're just not actionable. They don't allow the customer experience professional to identify and to improve those items or areas that have the greatest impact on the customer and his experience.
Of course, you know how I feel about journey mapping by now, so I hope you'll take a moment to download the whitepaper, read it, and use the tips I provide to make sure your journey maps are not a waste of time.
Each segment lasts 15-20 minutes, so if you can't listen to them all now, please bookmark these and come back to finish listening later. Mirza asks me some great questions and probes deeper into some of the content in the whitepaper.
Remember: You can't transform something you don't understand. Journey maps are a critical tool to help you understand the current state of the customer experience. And they can do so much more.


Children and young person regional summit Inverness.
Over a 100 young people from all across Scotland ( from Arbroath to Orkney) took part in a Youth Summit to give their views about the future of Scotland and take part in the campaign #bestplacetogrowup launched by the Scottish Executive.
Katie Higgins, Morgan Nicolson and Marcus Spence represented the youth of Lochaber during this day. The day kicked start with young people sharing their views about the important topics they would like to discuss. They then were given the opportunity to hold votes about the most urgent areas to address in order to make Scotland a better place. They also got to share their #wish for Scotland before listening and asking question to Angela Constance the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning.
After a nice lunch, full of animated discussions Katie, Morgan and Marcus received this special visit thanks to an invasive Twitter campaign inviting the First Minister to their table. They got to briefly discuss their ideas. The First Minister declared being " overwhelmed" by the ideas and the enthusiasm of the children and was henceforth made late for her Cabinet meeting.
On Friday the 20th, pupils at Kinlochleven saw the eclipse. They learned about the process and ventured out to spot the phenomenon in between the clouds. How exciting!
Congratulations to Tammy Cooper, Jodie Daynes, Leia Small and Freyja Ward from Kinlochleven High School for winning their qualifier race at Glencoe on Monday. Part of the Scottish Schools Snowsports Association Alpine Series of races which attracts young skiers from all over Scotland the girls took 4 out of the top 5 places in some very challenging conditions and poor visibility. They will now going onto represent their school at the finals on Friday at Nevis Range. Thank you to the parents who are helping with transport and supervision up the hill, fingers crossed for Friday!
At Kinlochleven we take great pride in working with our local primary schools. Our PE, Music, French and History Departments are some of these subjects that visit the primaries on a regular basis and help with the transitional progress of pupils coming from these areas into our high school. Recently, Mr Heron visited Ballachulish Primary, where he spoke with some of the pupils about a Trench they had built using materials and where he spoke about Warfare that happened in World War One. See the pictures for a closer look.
Well done to Rebecca Small, Leia Small and Freyja Ward for taking part in the Junior Coe Cup Freeride competition on the 08th of March. Junior riders from all across the UK glided through the snowstorm all day.
Freyja got 1st place in the under 15 and Rebecca was second overall. Well done!
19 pupils took part in this bake off earning a total of 300 house points. With their cakes being sold, £49 was raised for Comic Relief.
Thanks to all our bakers and to those who bought their cakes.
On Thursday 5th March, S1-3 stopped all scheduled classes to read for enjoyment. Pupils had the opportunity to talk about reading, by discussing extracts and reviewing favourite books in the form of 'book tweets' which are displayed on the literacy board. It was great to hear so many bookworms talking enthusiastically about their love for reading fiction. Hopefully through this activity some of the less eager readers will become tempted to enjoy a new book. Happy reading!
Kinlochleven High School was awarded 1st place in the Junior Jazz Dance category at Inverness Cheer Festival last month (26th Feb).
After just 3 weeks of practices the 5 x S1 pupils together with P6 pupil Mya Horn from St Brides put on a stunning performance in front of the inverness crowd. Schools from throughout the Highlands came together to celebrate and perform a variety of cheer, jazz and pom dance routines at this annual event. This was the first time the girls had entered, although initially fearful having seen the competition rehearse, the girls stepped up their performance and put on a great show to "Lips are Movin'" by Meghan Trainor. The judges combined score of 211.50 (70.5%) has encouraged them to carry on with their dancing and they are already practicing a pom rouitine, under the guidance of local dance tutor Vicky Horn, at the regular after school & lunch time practices, for the next festival in May.
S3 Hospitality and Geography pupils worked hard to create a cake and chocolate fountain stall to help promote 'fairtrade' and how it helps farmers in developing countries. The local CO-OP in the village generously donated the fairtrade ingredients for the group to raise £55 in total. This money will be used to buy farm animals from the 'Send a Cow' charity where a donkey, goat and two chickens will be bought. Thank you to all the S3 pupils who helped out and thanks also to everyone who bought our yummy cakes!
Six third year pupils took part in the Scottish Finals of the Real Business Challenge sponsored by Coca Cola. The event was held at Murrayfield Stadium in February and included the top 10 qualifying schools from all over Scotland. A total of 170 Scottish schools entered, so to even reach the top 10 was a huge achievement. In order to get to this stage, pupils had to design and market a healthy juice drink which would be sold to raise money to send athletes to the Special Olympics in Los Angeles this year.
On the day of the finals the minibus left at 630 am from Kinlochleven and arrived at Murrayfield 3 hours later. Pupils had to get stuck straight into designing an app to raise awareness of the games as well as a bus stop poster. They also had to put together a fundraising idea. All of this was supported by a mentor from Coca Cola. The teachers were kept apart from their pupils and they took part in the challenge too.
Competition was fierce and although unsuccessful, the team had a great experience. On the away out we had some photos taken on the turf at Murrayfield, then we headed home, stopping at Callender for some well-deserved fish and chips.


Once you've taken care of the engagement ring and mastered the art of getting down on one knee, it's time to check off another important milestone in the wedding process. Yep, it's time to go back to the jeweler. But don't pass out just yet, guys. This time it's all about you, and it most likely won't be your pocketbook that's taking the hit. Generally, if you've paid for your fiancée's engagement ring and wedding band, the common etiquette suggests that she'll cover your wedding band.
But before you start thinking you don't really need a wedding band, think again. Although women understand that most guys aren't crazy about jewelry, your bride-to-be probably won't let you off the hook without a wearing one after you're married. Once you understand that, it's time to start looking for the ring that's right for you.
First, it's important to select your band at least one month before your wedding, so there will be plenty of time to deal with any problems related to size or availability. Before you head to the jeweler, it's helpful to research the types of bands you're interested in before you step in a store so you won't be overwhelmed by all of the different options. Believe it or not, there are many different kinds of men's wedding bands available. Some have different metals, different fits, grooves or engraving, or inset stones. You should also discuss this with your fiancée to decide whether it's important that your band should match hers. The more knowledge you have before heading in the jewelry store, the better.
There are several different types of metals that wedding bands are made from, and each has its pros and cons. While it often comes down to personal preference and price, probably the most common type of metal used is either white or yellow gold. Gold has several benefits, including its light weight. If you've never worn a ring, gold might be a more comfortable option for you. Another popular option is platinum, which is one of the most expensive metals available. However, another caveat is its weight. You'll definitely remember it's on your finger. Other options include titanium, sterling silver and palladium. All of these options have their advantages, so it's important to discuss them with your jeweler before making your decision.
In addition to the metal you choose, some guys like to add diamonds or other gems to their rings. This is another area where it helps to do some research before hitting the stores. Your jeweler should be able to offer you several different options to compare.
Another important decision is the fit of the ring. There are several options ranging from classic to what's called a "comfort" fit. The main difference between the fits is whether or not the edge of the ring is rounded or straight cut. We recommend at least trying on a comfort fit band, which are popular because they truly are comfortable and don't dig into your skin, making it easier to get used to your band if you typically don't wear jewelry.
TMR Recommendation: Choosing your wedding band is one of the major decisions you'll make during the engagement process. So it naturally pays to do some research. Make your trip to the jeweler as painless as possible by talking with your fiancée and picking out a couple of different ring options ahead of time. That way, the decisions at the store will be much easier. Finally, as with your fiancée's ring, it's wise to look into ring insurance. You'd be amazed at how many guys tend to lose them as early as on their honeymoons (while swimming, etc.).


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At Military's 'Turning Point,' Panetta Avoids Bold Moves By Greg Jaffe
Instead of pushing changes, defense chief emphasizes consensus
For most of the past year, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has stressed that the vast military complex over which he presides is at a "strategic turning point."
A decade of grinding guerrilla war is drawing to a close. Defense budgets are shrinking. The implication is that major changes are coming to the military .
So far, however, Panetta has cut few major weapons programs and steered clear of any bold moves aimed at remaking the military for this new era. The watchword for Panetta's tenure, senior defense officials said, has been "humble."
"He's told the service chiefs to be humble in their predictions of warfare," one senior official said.
Panetta's approach reflects a management style that throughout his career has placed a premium on consensus over major reforms and collegiality over bold thinking, said officials who have worked with him. "He has always run a happy, productive shop," said former ambassador James Dobbins, who worked closely with Panetta in the Clinton White House.
Because he has not spent his career in the national security realm, Panetta has tended to rely more heavily on the Pentagon's top generals for advice than his predecessors did, senior military officials said.
In an interview describing his defense strategy, Panetta said he has helped craft an approach that hedges bets against a range of potential enemies. "It really does provide maximum flexibility," he said. "The military is going to be smaller, but it is going to be more agile, more flexible and more deployable so that it moves fast and stays on the cutting edge of technology."
Panetta's vision is notable for some of the big questions left unanswered. A highly touted promise to shift the military's focus to Asia has produced little in the way of major new deployments. Nine months after it was unveiled, there is scant evidence of how it will be implemented.
"This is a time when you would expect an intense focus on where we want to go and what we want to be," said Andrew Hoehn, a senior vice president at the Rand Corp. and a former Pentagon strategist. Hoehn said such a debate does not appear to be happening inside the Pentagon or in the presidential campaigns , which have largely ignored national security issues.
Although the war in Iraq has ended and troops are being withdrawn from Afghanistan, Panetta has not pressed the ground forces to conduct a tough and detailed examination of their performance in the two long and costly wars, said Eliot Cohen, a military historian at Johns Hopkins University and an adviser to Mitt Romney's campaign.
In recent years, Army and Marine Corps officers have tended to blame their struggles on the State Department and other federal agencies, which were unable to provide the necessary help to rebuild the war-torn countries' governments and economies.
Cohen said the finger-pointing has prevented the ground services from acknowledging their own shortcomings, such as their inability to produce a core of experts in the culture, politics, history and languages of the two countries where they have spent most of the past decade fighting.
Panetta said he would like to see the military do more in this area. "I think we have to look at the lessons that we draw, particularly from these last 10 years of war," he said. "I'm not satisfied. I think more needs to be done."
The Obama administration's defense strategy, meanwhile, plays down the likelihood of the military fighting major counterinsurgency wars in the coming years. To that end, Panetta has ordered the Army to shrink to about 490,000 soldiers by 2017, a reduction of about 80,000 that will leave the force slightly larger than it was before Sept. 11, 2001.
A leadership contrast
A surprise pick to run the CIA in 2009, Panetta had spent most of his career as a congressman from California and a deficit hawk in the Clinton administration, including a stint as White House chief of staff.
Even after 21/2 years at the CIA and 14 months at the Pentagon, Panetta's speeches tend to steer clear of the kinds of detailed policy prescriptions and tough questions that were routine under Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, his immediate predecessor.
"Do we really need 11 [aircraft] carrier strike groups for another 30 years when no other country has more than one?" Gates asked a Navy audience in 2010. He also challenged the Marines to consider whether, in an era of increasingly precise cruise missiles, they would be called upon again to storm an enemy's shore — a question that cuts to the core of the Marines' identity. Gates's goal was to encourage lower-ranking officers to challenge military pieties.
By contrast, Panetta sometimes sounds more like a congressman representing the "Pentagon district" than the leader of the world's largest military. He talks frequently about his parents, who immigrated from Italy. And he regularly rails against the possibility that the Pentagon will have to absorb $500 billion in automatic cuts if Congress cannot agree on how to trim $1.2 trillion in government spending. The cuts, triggered under an arcane process known as sequestration, would come on top of an already mandated $487 billion in reductions .
"It's mindless, and it will … do incredible damage to our national defense," Panetta said last month in a speech in New York.
As he did during his days as a congressman, Panetta spends most weekends in California, commuting home on a military jet at a cost of more than $800,000 as of this spring, the latest figures available.
In the interview, Panetta played down the value of speeches that question the military's most prized programs or press its officers to embrace new or unpopular ideas.
"I don't think it's smart to challenge the services publicly," he said. "My style has always been to basically work with a team and have everybody feel part of the team."
Generals approve
The Pentagon's top generals say they appreciate Panetta's less-confrontational style.
"Gates was trying to challenge all of us," Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army's chief of staff, said in an interview. "Secretary Panetta just operates differently. He has been very transparent with the chiefs and allowed us to participate much more than we have in the past."
Panetta's backers note that he is leading the Pentagon at a different time than Gates, who presided over a growing defense budget and could afford to raise tough questions without worrying that they would be used as fodder for cuts.
Panetta also faces a greater array of threats than did Gates, whose time in the Pentagon was dominated by Iraq and Afghanistan.
The current list of crises stretches from growing unrest in Syria and Iran's nuclear ambitions to a new leader in North Korea and rising tensions between China and its neighbors around the South China Sea . He's overseeing the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan amid unrelenting Taliban attacks.
"For the first time in a decade, the urgent priority mission is not staring us in the face," said Michele Flournoy , who recently stepped down as the Pentagon's top policy official.
Panetta acknowledged the challenge of confronting myriad threats in an era of diminished resources. But he rejected criticism from those who say he lacks a vision or hasn't pressed hard enough for change.
"What kind of world are we going to be dealing with in the future?" he asked. "I think it's going to look a lot like what we're looking at now."
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"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" é o primeiro episódio da primeira temporada da série dramática Mad Men. Ele foi ao ar pela primeira vez nos Estados Unidos no dia  pela AMC. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" foi escrito pelo criador e produtor executivo da série Matthew Weiner e dirigido por Alan Taylor. O episódio se passa em março de 1960 na cidade de Nova Iorque, onde o renomado publicitário Don Draper luta para criar uma campanha para a companhia de cigarros Lucky Strike. Em sua vida pessoal, Draper, apesar de casado com Betty Draper, tem um caso com a pintora Midge Daniels. Enquanto isso, Peggy Olson, em seu primeiro dia como a nova secretária de Draper, é instruída pela gerente do escritório Joan Halloway, antes de ter uma recepção hostil por parte de seus colegas. O executivo júnior Pete Campbell acaba gostando de Olson, indo perseguir uma relação com ela.

Weiner criou o roteiro em 2000 enquanto trabalhava como roteirista na série Becker. Antes de escrever o roteiro, ele estudou a literatura e o cinema norte-americano das décadas de 1950 e 1960 para conhecer melhor a cultura da época. O roteiro foi enviado para David Chase, que acabou chamando Weiner para trabalhar em The Sopranos. Weiner arquivou o projeto por sete anos para se focar no programa; seu interesse em Mad Men não voltou até o fim da última temporada de The Sopranos. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" teve um orçamento de US$ 3 milhões, com as filmagens ocorrendo em Nova Iorque e Los Angeles.

De acordo com a Nielsen Media Research, o episódio teve 1.4 milhões de telespectadores. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" foi bem recebido pela crítica, que elogiou a exatidão histórica da série e o desenvolvimento dos personagens.

Enredo
Don Draper, diretor criativo da agência publicitária Sterling Cooper, pergunta a um garçom em um bar qual cigarro o homem fuma, querendo ter uma melhor ideia da percepção pública da Lucky Strike. O garçom afirmar preferir fumar cigarros Old Gold. Mais tarde, Draper discute com sua amante Midge Daniels sobre sua reunião com os executivos da Lucky Strike. No dia seguinte, Salvatore Romano lhe mostra um rascunho inicial de uma nova propaganda para a Lucky Strike. A Dra. Greta Guttman, pesquisadora médica da Sterling Cooper, envia uma pesquisa a Draper revelando que parte da população fuma por desejar a morte. Indiferente com os resultados, ele joga a pesquisa no lixo.

A próxima reunião de Draper envolve Rachel Menken, dona de uma loja de departamentos. Apesar de Menken querer que sua loja seja tão renomada quanto a Chanel, Draper sugere que ela distribua cupons para as donas de casa. Menken crítica sua retórica sexista e antissemita, fazendo com que Draper saia da sala furioso. Enquanto isso, os executivos da Lucky Strike chegam na agência. Draper se junta a Roger Sterling, presidente da Streling Cooper, para recepcioná-los. Na reunião, os executivos oferecem poucas propostas acerca do futuro da companhia, fazendo com que Pete Campbell intervenha citando a pesquisa de Guttman. Chocados, os executivos da Lucky Strike começam a se retirar. Em uma última tentativa, Draper afirma: "Publicidade é baseado em um coisa: felicidade. Os cigarros de todos os outros são venenosos, mas a Lucky Strike é tostada". Os executivos ficam impressionados com suas ideias. Depois da reunião, Streling diz para Draper reconsiderar a propaganda para o candidato a presidência Richard Nixon.

Produção

Criação
Matthew Weiner escreveu o roteiro de "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" em 2000, enquanto ainda trabalhava como roteirista da série Becker. O primeiro rascunho do episódio foi escrito como um roteiro especulativo chamado The Division. Dois anos depois, Weiner enviou o roteiro para David Chase, criador da série The Sopranos, apesar dos agentes de Weiner terem insistido para que ele não fizesse isso. Chase gostou do roteiro e o chamou para trabalhar em The Sopranos. "Era aquilo que você sempre espera ver", ele lembra, "Era vívido e tinha algo novo para dizer. Aqui estava alguém que havia escrito uma história sobre publicidade nos anos 1960, e estava olhando para a recente história americana através daquele prisma". Weiner arquivou o roteiro nos sete anos seguintes para se focar em The Sopranos. A HBO e a Showtime não se interessaram no roteiro até o começo da última temporada de The Sopranos. Nesse tempo, a AMC começou a olhar o mercado televisivo para encontrar novos programas. "A emissora estava procurando uma distinção ao lançar sua primeira série original", de acordo com Ed Carroll, presidente da AMC Networks, "e apostamos que qualidade venceria as fórmulas de apelo popular".

Antes de escrever o episódio piloto, Weiner estudou a cultura norte-americana das décadas de 1950 e 1960, analisando trabalhos literários como The Feminine Mystique e Sex and the Single Girl, enquanto assistia a filmes como The Apartment e A Guide for the Married Man. Ele continuou seus esforços quando o conceito da série começou a se materializar, recebendo uma cópia do romance Revolutionary Road vinda dos executivos da AMC. Weiner discutiu o visual de Mad Men com o diretor de arte Bob Shaw e o diretor de fotografia Phil Abraham, com quem Weiner já havia trabalhado em The Sopranos. Abraham queria estabelecer uma abordagem genuína ao mostrar a sociedade da década de 1960, ao invés de "simplesmente fazer referência ao período como visto nos filmes da época"; "Conversamos não apenas sobre fazer referência ao período como visto nos filmes da época. Queríamos ser mais genuínos do que aquilo. Filmes foram uma influência" Ao invocar a exatidão histórica em coisas como a arquitetura e o desenho gráfico, Abraham se inspirou nos prédios projetados pela firma de arquitetura Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Ele disse, "Percebemos que em todos os desenhos de prédios contemporâneos da Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, o teto – a rede de luzes – era um elemento gráfico forte em todos os espaços comerciais. Em um desenho que amamos, todo o teto era como uma caixa de luz. Era uma época de alto modernismo, e abraçamos a ideia de apresentar o mundo daquela maneira. Eram novos espaços de trabalho – lustrosos, não abafados.

Seleção de elenco

Jon Hamm conseguiu o papel de Don Draper, o personagem principal da série. Hamm, que era desconhecido na época, competiu contra outros oitenta candidatos no processo de testes. Weiner afirmou que Hamm interpretou precisamente o personagem, dizendo que ele era "a única pessoa que realmente tinha a exelente mistura de empatia, masculinidade e inteligência. Tanto Don quanto Jon tem uma vida interior. Contanto que você tenha essa profundidade em um ser humano, as pessoas vão torcer por ele [...] Jon saiu da sala e eu disse, 'Aquele cara já viveu'". Hamm admitiu achar ter uma desvantagem considerável em relação a seus competidores, e inicialmente achou que Thomas Jane ficaria com o papel. "Eu comecei, literalmente, bem lá em baixo", ele disse, "Ninguém sabia quem eu era. Os diretores de elenco não sabiam quem eu era. Eu não estava na lista de ninguém. Mas o engraçado foi, eu acho que eles ofereceram o papel para Thomas Jane, e receberam a resposta que Thomas Jane não faz televisão". Hamm fez sete testes, com o último acontecendo Hotel Gansevoort em Nova Iorque. "Quando estávamos descendo pelo elevador, a mulher encarregada da decisão do processo de seleção disse, 'Você conseguiu o papel'".

John Slattery, que mais tarde foi escolhido para interpretar Roger Sterling, originalmente fez teste para Don Draper. Slattery achou que Draper era o personagem mais atrativo do programa, e ficou desapontado ao descobrir o curto tempo em tela de Sterling. Ele lembra, "Eu realmente preparei a coisa, fui lá, trabalhei duro e li para Don e eles me deram alguns ajustes e eu fui e fiz de novo. E então eles meio que disseram, 'Bem, veja, é o seguinte. Temos um cara. A razão pela qual pedimos para você vir e ler para Draper é porque achamos que você não viria para ler Roger porque não há muito de Roger no roteiro'". Durante a produção de "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", Slattery admitiu estar inseguro sobre continuar em Mad Men. "Eu estava um pouco em cima do muro, mesmo durante as filmagens. Eu acho que Matt [Weiner] finalmente disse, 'Veja cara, não estamos brincando com você. Estamos falando sério sobre isso e eu realmente pensei no assunto. Prometo a você que este será um grande personagem e que será uma parte importante do programa'".

Os produtores de Mad Men ofereceram o papel de Betty Draper, esposa de Don Draper, a January Jones. Jones a interpretou de modo que o público conseguisse ver seu lado sombrio. Ela originalmente fez teste para o papel de Peggy Olson, que mais tarde foi entregue a Elisabeth Moss. "Ficou entre Elizabeth Moss e eu, e ela é obviamente mais adequada, porém Matthew disse, 'Sabe, tem esse outro papel, da esposa'". Jones assinou um contrato de sete anos, apesar de seu personagem ter apenas duas falas em "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". Weiner adaptou o roteiro para acomodar os desejos da atriz. Christina Hendricks foi trazida para interpretar Joan Halloway, a gerente do escritório e secretária chefe da Sterling Cooper. Apesar de Hendricks anteriormente ter feito aparições recorrentes em ER antes da série, ela atuava pouco. O agente de Hendricks pediu para ela não participar do projeto. "Ele me disse, 'a AMC [...] não tem outros programas grandes – por que você faria isso se pode aceitar fazer algo que é uma aposta mais segura?' Eu disse, 'Olhe, já escolhi a que era a melhor aposta no passado – vamos com o roteiro bom dessa vez'".

"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" também tem as aparições especiais de vários atores e atrizes, incluindo Rosemarie DeWitt, Maggie Siff e Bryan Batt. DeWitt recebeu o papel recorrente da amante de Don, Midge, aparecendo em seis episódios. Ele inicialmente se sentiu deslocada enquanto interpretava a personagem, "Eles estavam no fim da seleção, e ainda não haviam encontrado a Midge certa. Originalmente eles tinham uma cena em que ela abre a porta usando um kimono vermelho, e lembro-me de pensar 'Não sou assim', então eu não sabia se era certa para o papel". Antes de atuar trabalhar em Mad Men, Siff havia trabalhado principalmente no teatro.

Ligações externas
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"  na AMC.com
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"  no Internet Movie Database
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"  no TV.com

Episódios pilotos
Episódios de 2007

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November 14, 2014 - As our colleagues with the Sisters of Mercy Institute Justice Team have said, it's been a week of rollercoaster emotions for those of us concerned about climate change. We learned on Wednesday (Nov. 12) that President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping had reached a historic agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Then later that day we learned that the Senate has agreed to take up a vote to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
Today we learned that the U.S. House has voted 252-161 to approve construction of the pipeline.
Please send a message to your senators urging them to vote "no" on the Keystone XL pipeline. (Senators in Delaware and Colorado, who are reportedly on the fence on this issue, especially need to hear opposition to the pipeline so please forward this alert to friends and family in those states.) At the same time, you will be able to send a message to President Obama thanking him for the agreement announced this week and urging him to move forward on those greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by vetoing approval of the Keystone XL pipeline if it reaches his desk.
Please personalize your message by substituting your own concerns about the pipeline and climate change and by including ways in which you or your community, ministry or institution have taken steps to reduce your own carbon footprint. If you have participated in any Keystone or climate change rallies or marches, please add that as well. Backing up your advocacy with the senators and the president with your own concerns and commitment will draw more attention to your message.
This may be the start of a very long period of advocacy to prevent erosion of environmental regulations, passage of environmentally destructive trade agreements, deeper legislative denial of climate change, and threats to the Environmental Protection Agency itself.


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The aim of this first event in January 2014 was to engage with the community, explain what a Neighbourhood Development plan was and what it could achieve and to ask the community to identify the key issues and opportunities for the settlement.
The second event was more 'low key' than the first event. The parish offices were opened on Saturday 15 March 2014. The aim of this event again, was to engage with the community, explain what a Neighbourhood Development plan was and what it could achieve and to ask the community to identify the key issues and opportunities for the settlement.
The results of the Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Survey delivered to every dwelling and business premises in Barrow upon Soar in September 2014. Responses could be returned to the Parish offices or completed on line.
This questionnaire sought the opinions of 346 young people between the ages of 10 and 16 years, who attend the Humphrey Perkins School in Barrow upon Soar. The young people were asked their opinions of the village currently and their ideas for improvement.
A workshop for parish councillors and key stakeholder was held on 24 March 2015 to look at the principle issues that the Neighbourhood Plan will need to address.
This looked at the key issues raised and options for the future of the village. A summary report was sent to all residents and businesses in December 2015 which invited people to respond to an on-line questionnaire survey.


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This week Eneclann's Research Director, Fiona Fitzsimons, explains why, when researching your family history, you have to allow that in times past social practices were very different.
In the 21st century our ideal is equality. We strive for egalitarianism on the understanding that we are all born equal. In the past however, social inequality was not only accepted as 'the way things are' but was even considered to be 'the way in which God has ordained society'.
However much you dislike this old class system, you can't discount it during your genealogical research. For instance, the family background of your ancestor(s) - whether they were small-holders, merchants, strong-farmers, gentry, or aristocrats - will determine which records you search to find relevant records.
Even more importantly, the economic class into which a person was born will often also determine their age at first marriage and when their children were likely to have been born. As a rule of thumb, genealogists and historians take a generation as being 30 years. However, among the aristocratic classes, the daughters that married and the eldest son who was due to inherit everything, usually married relatively early – in their early to mid-twenties. There was no reason for them to wait since they already had the resources to support a family either through marriage or inheritance and so they did not have to put off having a family until they had established a career.
Conversely younger sons who had to pursue a career would marry later, but many daughters of these families never married, because their family lacked the resources for a dowry.
The marriage pattern of the aristocracy contrasts with that of the merchant and artisanal classes who tended to marry later, the men in their early to mid thirties, and women in their late 20s.
In Ireland, in the aftermath of the Famine, the rural working classes married even later again, the men often in their late 30s, 40s or even older, and women in their 30s.
In Ireland the disparity in age at time of first marriage, between different economic classes, meant that as a rule of thumb you will find more 'generations' among the rich. To give a concrete example, when we researched " Where Was Your Family During the Famine?" we researched the different life-experience of a wealthy aristocratic family (the Guinness family), with that of a family of rural labourers (John Waters family). One of the unexpected things we found was that between the 1830s and the late 20th Century, the Guinness family managed to squeeze an extra two generations than the Waters family, simply because the Guinnesses married early and had their children young, and the Waters family married late.
Class can also be a useful signifier, helping you to distinguish one man from his doppelganger in a historic document or parish register. For example, in an 18th or 19th century record, the use of 'Esq.' (Esquire) after a man's name indicates he enjoyed a certain status above the mere 'misters'.
So, although the idea of a class system may not appeal to us nowadays, it is something that you need to consider during your research, and which can help you to understand more about your ancestors and their lives.


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White House Lashes Out At Rachel Maddow After She Announces She Has Trump's Tax Returns
March 14, 2017 by Samuel Warde No Comments
In a bombshell report, Rachel Maddow releases Trump's 2005 tax returns on her show Tuesday evening.
With only 2 hours to go until show time, Maddow tweeted that she had the returns setting off an explosion social media.
In her first tweet she wrote: "BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC. (Seriously)" and followed that up by another tweet about an hour later clarifying that "What we've got is from 2005… the President's 1040 form."
BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC.
(Seriously).
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 14, 2017
What we've got is from 2005… the President's 1040 form… details to come tonight 9PM ET, MSNBC.
Conservative website Forbes reports that "the White House responded before the show even aired, noting to MSNBC that the network is 'desperate for ratings' and that the network was 'violating a law to push a story.'"
CNBC reports that "Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston obtained a copy of President Donald Trump's 2005 federal tax returns, and exclusively shared those findings Tuesday evening with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow."
Below is the full statement from the White House:
"Before being elected President, Mr. Trump was one of the most successful businessmen in the world with a responsibility to his company, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required. That being said, Mr. Trump paid $38 million dollars even after taking into account large scale depreciation for construction, on an income of more than $150 million dollars, as well as paying tens of millions of dollars in other taxes such as sales and excise taxes and employment taxes and this illegally published return proves just that. Despite this substantial income figure and tax paid, it is totally illegal to steal and publish tax returns. The dishonest media can continue to make this part of their agenda, while the President will focus on his, which includes tax reform that will benefit all Americans."
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As my colleagues and I prepare for an upcoming visit to Seattle as part of The Silicon Valley Organization's 2018 Study Mission, I am pleased to offer some thoughts on San José State University and its key stakeholder role in San Jose.
SVO's goal on this trip is to learn how the Emerald City has dealt with "The Amazon Effect" while reshaping its downtown core.
The City of San Jose, of course, has its own sizable, impactful organization right in its backyard: With 41,000 students, faculty, and staff populating our campus, San José State University is and will continue to be an enormous asset for the City of San Jose and Silicon Valley.
SJSU occasionally has been less prominent than others when it comes to having a voice on key issues facing the region. No one is to blame; if anything, SJSU itself may have gotten complacent over the years. We may have come to accept the "younger sibling" status conferred upon us by others in relation to institutions like Stanford and UC-Berkeley, despite our being older than both of these esteemed institutions and producing more alumni who drive our region's workforce needs than any other single institution.
Having recently just embarked on a new school year, I believe that 2018-2019 will witness the continued transformation of both San José State University and the City of San José, and the growing and reciprocal relationship between the two.
For those of us at SJSU, that transformation starts with our students. A more engaged and well-prepared student population at San José State, we believe, will go a long way toward connecting us more closely with Silicon Valley and our surrounding communities.
This university must, in my view, be seen as the lifeblood of its community. The City of San Jose should want to invest its time, energy and resources into San José State. But why?
SJSU has nearly 8,900 California employer relationships. Of those, nearly 1,700 are tech employers.
SJSU has nearly 21,000 global employer relationships. Of those, nearly 3,100 are tech employers.
Last year, over 200 tech employers came on campus to recruit thousands of Spartans through job fairs and other recruiting events.
At the same time, we serve diverse employers, not just technology. The top industries that represent over half the registered area employers include internet and software; non-profit; K-12 and other education; healthcare; computer hardware; manufacturing; food and beverage; construction; and advertising/PR/marketing.
The SVO gets it, which is why partnering with them makes sense. For the last year, our career center has partnered with The SVO to ensure that our students have access to quality, high-paying jobs at some of the Valley's largest employers. This first-of-its-kind partnership is just one example of how SJSU finds, and gives, value through local collaboration.
In addition to developing the next-generation workforce, San José State is working to be a robust 'player' in downtown's ongoing development, the anchor institution that brings expertise, vibrancy, diversity, and energy to our downtown community.
There are several tangible examples of how our commitment to local collaborations are benefitting both the university and the City. I will mention two.
Many readers will be familiar with the unprecedented partnership between the City and University on the Dr. Martin Luther King Library. It has been a tremendous success and a model for other municipalities. In late August, I was honored to help celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the King Library, a vitally important facility that serves as a connector between SJSU's campus and the City of San José.
An alliance between the university and the City was also the driving force behind the resurrection of the Hammer Theatre.
I don't think it is a stretch to say that this theatre was not being used to its full potential prior to 2016. But look at it now! It no longer is just a venue for the occasional play. Instead, diverse audiences from across our city and our region are enjoying regular student productions. They are coming for poetry readings. They are seeing vibrant multi-cultural events.
Like all effective partnerships, this one has benefitted both parties.
engaging our students and introducing to many of them the wonder and excitement of theatre and other live performances.
Downtown—our college town—is vital for our 35,000 students, more than 6000 faculty and staff, and for the many friends and alumni of the University, so we need to be active participants in, contributors to, and shapers of what is going on here.
We, San José State University, consider ourselves one of Silicon Valley's biggest assets. As a strong, dynamic institution committed to robust partnerships, student success, faculty excellence, and intellectual vitality, San José State is focused on becoming an exemplary 21st century public urban university.
We strive to be part of every meaningful conversation that takes place in this region.
I am looking forward to SVO's visit to Seattle, as collaborating with The Silicon Valley Organization is key to SJSU's engagement strategy. I expect we will return to San José armed with fresh ideas, lessons learned, and renewed energy and enthusiasm for work ahead of us.
Together, we will continue to shape the future of San Jose and its downtown.


Mom told me one day why Dad's African Violet plants in his office flourished. "He talks to them," she said. "He teases them and tells them jokes." That was very Dad. Once, on a trip to Gloucester, we sat eating breakfast and were admiring a rowboat on the front lawn, planted full to the brim with pansies. Suddenly it began to rain. Big drops fell on the pansies and my father insisted he could hear the pansies giggling. It was then, I think, I thought about the interesting connection my father had with flowers. Mr. Macho Dad had a soft spot for the flowering plants, well, more than a soft spot, a communication.
Any doubts I had about trees communicating were put to rest when I read in this paper, in J.Gordon Douglas's column in the now defunct Dutchess CountyRegister Herald, about how trees in an area communicate with one another in planning their reproduction strategies for the season or warning each other chemically about caterpillar infestations. Scientists are not sure how. Maybe through the roots.
Of course, hearing them "talk" is a little different. However, Valerie Wormwood, one of the world's leading aromatherapists, in her book entitled The Fragrant Heavens, tells us not only does the earth hum but it emits a low frequency radio signal known as the 'Shumann resonance" and this signal can be detected coming off trees. She relays that researchers in America wanted to know if this signal could be altered by human thoughts or feelings. They had a group of people circle a tree and say Native American prayers, sending the tree love. They attached electrodes like those measuring human brain waves to the tree. A response not only registered but the sensors went off the scale. Clearly some form of communication went on, confirming my Polish friend's mother's belief and many others as well. When trees are cut down we are not only destroying the tree we are cutting down and giving it a terminal sentence as firewood or worse, but we are also upsetting all the trees around the "victim." The surrounding trees must witness their friend and neighbor being chopped down. Do they feel outrage, fear, sadness?
We do know now that they feel something. Wormwood tell us that in 1966 Cleve Backster, a lie detector expert in New York, had a group of students go into a room with 2 plants next to each other on a table. One of the 6 students was chosen to "murder" one of the plants, hacking it to bits and then they all left the room. After the attack Backster attached the lie detector to the "survivor" and had the students enter the room again one by one. The sensors were quiet as the "innocent" students entered but when the "attacker" entered they started jumping "wildly." I think of this as I weed the gardens in the summer. Sometimes we are forced to cut down a tree and we must pick vegetables to eat. And we have to weed the gardens. But perhaps it is in how we do it. If we can express gratitude and appreciation and maybe an apology. Or if we could ask permission perhaps, as the Native Americans do. When they take from the earth they give an offering as well.
The Native Americans had the real idea for giving thanks, for thanksgiving. It was not about stuffing oneself with sweet potatoes and gorging on gravy and turkey. They gave Thanksgiving to Spirit in the earth, in the trees, in the animals, for whatever they took. Flowers "giggle" and trees "talk". If only we would be attuned enough to listen. Sentient beings surround us and we must follow the lead of the Native Americans at Thanksgiving and give thanks for what we take from the earth, and, of course, from the animal kingdom, and give back something in return. Even if it is only words, but words with heart behind them, words that understand the sacrifice made by sentient beings for us, words that capture the true spirit of Thanksgiving.


>.< The MESA 9.1 driver DOES support g41 and 3D operations. Knoppix 7.2 uses an older version of xorg server as does Mandriva. Again, this is most likely NOT a driver issue. It's most likely an xorg issue. You can try creating an xorg.conf file via VASM to see if the issue corrects itself.
still no 3D for intel g41 chipset vga yet on vl7.1 -64?
This is something you'll most likely need to flesh out in xorg.conf. The mesa driver supports 3D operations on the G41 chipset, but you need to specify in xorg.conf how it's addressed. Be prepared for the day when xorg stops supporting that chipset as well. It's pretty old as far as intel graphics goes.
g41 is not old, many mb still embeded with g41 chipsets.
are you running vl7.1 b040 now , or some other platform,?
if you didn't run 040, how do you know there's vasm available?
Saying "it's broke" doesn't help fix things. What method of installation did you choose? File system? Disk space? Partitions? You need to provide details, not generalizations.
you should make test install of b040 on your PC, get real hanson experience, then you can advise better.
Burned DVD. GUI installer run smooth to the end.
All controls working except "Suspend" and "Shutdown".
Sound/Video OK. Checked quite a few applications, all working.
Rebooted 3 times and system holds as setup.
may be 1/6th of the time then when burning a CD.
Should I try the 32-bit version?
Booted with no problem. All controls working except "Suspend".
what's your MB chipsets?your hardwares of main boards?did you try making a unetbootin flash pendrive to boot and install?
did any user manage to install b040 on GA-G41MT-S2PT ?
did you try making a unetbootin flash pendrive to boot and install?
it jumps out with "not found kernel image install"
BTW the command is "vasm-legacy" not "vasm".
additionally, using unetbootin making usb pendrive boot disk, when booting, TYPING "INSTALL" CAN'T GO TO TEXT INSTALLER AT ALL.
Every single beta version that is released is installed and tested. In fact, I'm using B0.40 right this minute, and will continue to do so until .41 is released. Then I'll be using THAT release.
Key point to make as well. These are Beta releases. There will be issues to be ironed out and there are absolutely NO guarantees that it will work on every single system. Posting every 5 minutes crying about getting something to work doesn't cut it, nor is it appreciated.
must in line 106 and 120 (devices section) add :Identifier "Card0"
change-----Device "Card0" TO Device "Card1"
ho did you manage to install vl7.1 64 iso? burning a cd or unetbootin or vinstall-iso-ng?
did manage to install b040 under knoppix 's runlevel 2 as root with ./vinstall-iso-ng , but only text installer available then.
Thank you for posting a solution.
Do have a the xorg.conf before and after you edited the file?
That would be helpful in trying to diagnose the real problem.
on the before and after file).
needs to be run as root.


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Altruistic actions may result in better mental health
People who offer love, listening and help to others may be rewarded with better mental health themselves, according to a new study of churchgoers in the September/October issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.
The study is one of the first to track the positive health benefits of altruistic behavior, say Carolyn Schwartz, Sc.D., of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and colleagues.
"The findings really emphasize how helping others can help oneself," Schwartz says.
Schwartz and colleagues analyzed data collected by the Presbyterian Church for 2,016 congregation members. The members were asked about how often they "made others feel loved and cared for" and "listened to others" in the congregation, and how often they received this attention in return.
The members also answered survey questions about their mental and physical health. Most of the congregation members were in good physical and mental health to begin with, experiencing only normal levels of anxiety and depression.
While the researchers did not find any significant differences in physical health specifically related to giving and receiving help, they concluded that giving help was a better predictor of good mental health than receiving help.
But feeling overwhelmed by others' demands -- giving until it hurts -- can have negative psychological effects, according to the researchers.
"Although our findings suggest that people who help others experience better mental health, our findings also suggest that giving beyond one's own resources is associated with worse reported mental health," Schwartz says.
Church leaders, older individuals, women and those who took satisfaction from prayer were more likely to be helpers rather than receivers, according to Schwartz and colleagues.
People who give help to others may be less likely to focus inward on their own anxieties and depression or more apt to see their own troubles in perspective, leading to better mental health, say the researchers.
Alternatively, it may be that "people who are functioning well psychologically are better able and hence more likely to give help," Schwartz says.
BY BECKY HAM, SCIENCE WRITER
HEALTH BEHAVIOR NEWS SERVICE
Health Behavior News Service: 202-387-2829 or http://www.hbns.org.
Interviews: Contact Carolyn Schwartz at 781-890 8882 x335 or Carolyn.schwartz@deltaquest.org.
Psychosomatic Medicine: Contact Victoria White at 352-376-1611, ext. 5300, or psychosomatic@medicine.ufl.edu. Online, visit http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org.
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How to Get Away with Murder Season One Review
shonaharding	 February 8, 2018	 1 Comment
Spoiler free!
You asked for it so you got it, a spoiler free review of HTGAWM (easier than writing the whole title I think you'll agree). All I can say is, if you haven't watched this show yet watch it! Go, go now! It is fantastic and you will not regret a second.
Anyway, onto the review!
HTGAWM follows a law class where students are learning how to be criminal defence attorneys. This is the class of Annalise Keating, a woman who is married to a man called Sam and works with Bonnie Winterbottom and Frank Delfino. But instead of just teaching her students in the classroom she takes a certain number and allows them to work for her, shadowing her as she fights real life cases including terrorism, murder, and even rape. As you know she defends the 'bad guys' or the ones set for jail so it's very interesting to watch how they get around the justice system and win their cases, often using tactics that aren't exactly legal.
But there's more to this story.
From affairs to student/teacher relationships and to a young woman who has gone missing and someone very prominent is the main suspect this season is a whirlwind of intrigue and mystery. Each episode makes you want to watch the next and when pieces start to fall together you'll wonder how you never saw it in the first place when so many clues were laid out for you. Believe me, this show had me screaming at my laptop.
But that's not the only way this show reels you in. It's not just about the court room debates, the show flashes backwards and forwards in time, filling in the blanks on what is happening around you while still keeping enough hidden so that you don't really know what's going on. Even at the end there was a twist which I never saw coming and believe me, I doubt you will either! That's what this show is about. Nothing is as it seems and even when you think you know everything, you really don't.
I can't recommend this show enough! From the interesting court cases to the character development and all the bits in-between this show will have you hooked from beginning to end. There are so many little storylines happening in the background you do have to wonder how they will develop in the future seasons and what will become of these characters we've come to love.
I have to give props to the people working behind-the-scenes, the writers, the directors, everything because the whole show is practically seamless. I can't think of a moment I didn't like or thought 'no that's not believable' each second is carefully crafted and much like Annalise's cases, no detail is overlooked.
I highly recommend this show and promise you, you will not be disappointed. It's absolutely fantastic and I hope you come back soon to read my spoiler review of this first season (because come on, there is far too much to talk about) once you have binge watched it like I did.
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Any type of white-collar crime is serious and when a person in Dayton is charged with this type of crime he or she needs to act fast and get prepared to fight the charges. In addition, when someone is charged with a white-collar crime that involves the federal government, then the situation can get even more serious. It's very important for anyone in this situation to seek the help of a criminal defense attorney who has experience defending people against federal white-collar crimes.
Four people are facing serious federal criminal charges after they allegedly bilked the federal government out of nearly $25 million. The three men and one woman are accused of manipulating business development programs created by the Small Business Administration office, which had been established to help companies owned by minorities to secure government contracts. The three men are all from Steubenville, Ohio, while the woman who has been accused is from West Virginia. They have all been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United Sates and its related offices.
According to court documents, the four defendants ran several different kinds of business endeavors, including a real estate company, multiple equipment companies, an electrical firm and a technology firm. The four defendants are accused of reporting false eligibility documents that claimed that veterans and minorities were running and controlling the companies. However, according to court papers, minorities or veterans were not actually running these companies. Because of the alleged false statements, the four people who are accused reportedly received federal contracts worth more that $140 million from several different government agencies.
Obviously, these four individuals are facing a very serious situation and if convicted they face heavy fines and lengthy prison sentences. However, they are still innocent until proven guilty, and things are not always as they first appear. Anyone in this kind of situation needs to seek the help of an experienced Dayton criminal defense attorney right away. Federal prosecutors will already be working hard to build their case against you. You can't afford to sit back and wait. You need an aggressive and strong defense attorney who understands how to fight federal criminal charges. At The VanNoy Firm we understand federal white-collar crime cases and we know how to defend people who have been charged with these kinds of offenses. Please contact our office in Dayton for qualified legal representation. Call us at 937-952-5043, or click here to contact us online.


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Q: GET.WORKBOOK function invalid on file reopen (excel) I currently have an excel file that uses the GET.WORKBOOK function, which excel told me to save as .xlsm and I did. However, every time I open the file for the day the function suddenly becomes invalid, error message "That function isn't valid".
I can open a new file and the function works.
Moving all the sheets to a new file also solves the problem until I reopen it again.
I have made the folder it lies in to be a trusted location to no avail.
Does anyone have any clues?

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I find breakfast as an occasion that makes waking up so worth it and easy. There's simply nothing I love more than seeing my favorite happy foods sitting in one bowl, whether they are arranged in a clean and pristine fashion or just recklessly thrown in to make a beautiful scrumptious mess.
What I like about preparing breakfast is I get to keep adding various ingredients such as fruits, seeds, nuts, and grains all to my leisure and without guilt. This way, I am able to hit much of my daily nutritional needs during the very first meal and worry less about what I will be eating for the rest of the day.
One of my go-to breakfast recipes is this porridge that I'm sure you will love! It's a hearty start that will get you feeling amazing and light and ready for whatever battle a day of work or school shall give. This is also perfect for those who are new to healthy eating or have no idea at all on how to slide their way into it. It's deliciously filling, super easy, and totally inexpensive!
I mention below specific ingredients that I used in this very recipe but of course you have the freedom to play up with whatever you have at home or what works with your personal taste. You can also check out the guide to creating the best nutrition-packed porridge which I made last month.
1.) Put the oats, water, and milk in a saucepan over medium heat and cook for 3 minutes.
2.) Add in cocoa powder, sweeteners, almond butter, seeds, and a portion of the fruit slices. Continue cooking for another 2 minutes and mix until everything is folded in.
3.) Pour porridge into a bowl and top with the remaining ingredients.
4.) Serve and eat with delight.
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The DELIVER and B-PROTECTED Studies: Preventing HIV in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
Globally, more than half of all people living with HIV are women, and in sub-Saharan Africa, women are especially at high risk. While the development of safe and effective prevention methods for women has long been a priority, much less attention has been paid to women's HIV prevention needs during periods of pregnancy or breastfeeding, when women are at greatest risk.
It is estimated that women are 2-3 times more likely acquire HIV during pregnancy and 4 times more likely during periods of breastfeeding. For many women, the amount of time spent pregnant, breastfeeding, or both, represents a significant portion of their reproductive years when they are at heightened risk. Because HIV can infect babies during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding, protecting moms means protecting their babies, too.
Daily use of an antiretroviral (ARV) tablet called Truvada®, an approach often referred to as PrEP (short for pre- exposure prophylaxis) is now approved in many countries, but information about its safety in pregnant and breastfeeding women is limited. A monthly vaginal ring containing the ARV dapivirine is a new product under regulatory review – much less is known about its safety in these populations.
Knowing whether daily PrEP and the monthly dapivirine ring are safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding is vitally important. The Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) is planning two studies, DELIVER (MTN-042), for pregnant women, and B-PROTECTED (MTN-043), for women who are breastfeeding, so that regulatory authorities and national programs have the kind of information they need to consider making these HIV prevention methods available to pregnant and breastfeeding women.
The DELIVER and B-PROTECTED studies are funded by the US National Institutes of Health and will be conducted at trial sites in Malawi, Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Pending in-country ethics and regulatory approvals DELIVER could begin in December 2019 and B-PROTECTED sometime early 2020.
Two Studies: Protecting Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women Against HIV
Both DELIVER and B-PROTECTED are Phase IIIb open-label studies. Phase IIIb studies are conducted after a product has already been shown to be safe and effective in Phase III trials. In Phase III trials, participants are randomly assigned to use either the active product or a placebo, which looks the same but contains no drug. There is no placebo in a Phase IIIb study. This means that all women in the DELIVER and B-PROTECTED studies will use an active product – either oral PrEP or the dapivirine ring.
Both studies are designed to learn about the safety of PrEP and the dapivirine vaginal ring in the safest, most efficient way possible.
DELIVER (MTN-042) will enroll 750 women at different times during pregnancy, who will use either the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring or Truvada as daily PrEP until the time they deliver. Their babies will be followed for one year after birth. The study will be conducted in a stepwise, backward fashion, beginning with women late in pregnancy. Of the 750 women who will be enrolled, 500 will use the vaginal ring. The study is the first to be conducted of the dapivirine ring during pregnancy.
B-PROTECTED (MTN-043) will evaluate whether the dapivirine ring and PrEP are safe to use by women who are breastfeeding and will enroll up to 200 mothers and their breastfed babies between 6-12 weeks of age. Women will use their assigned product – PrEP or the dapivirine ring – for three months and be followed for an addition two weeks.
Why oral PrEP and the dapivirine ring?
Oral PrEP is approved for HIV prevention in many countries, but guidelines on its use in pregnant and breastfeeding women differ. The World Health Organization, while recognizing the need for more safety data, recommends PrEP during pregnancy and breastfeeding based on the view that the benefits of preventing HIV outweigh any potential risks. But in some countries, PrEP is contraindicated (not recommended) because relatively little is known about the safety of Truvada, the ARV used most often as PrEP, in HIV uninfected pregnant and breastfeeding women. Most information about its safety during pregnancy is in HIV- infected women using Truvada as part of treatment.
PrEP demonstration projects in which women who become pregnant may choose to continue using PrEP, are beginning to provide additional insight. Observational data from these studies, though limited, suggest PrEP is safe in HIV negative women. Only DELIVER and another study called IMPAACT 2009 are designed specifically to evaluate safety of PrEP during pregnancy. IMPAACT 2009 is taking place in the same countries and trial sites as DELIVER and will enroll pregnant adolescents and young women ages 16-24.
The dapivirine ring, which is used for a month at a time, contains the ARV dapivirine. Unlike Truvada, dapivirine is a new drug entity not used in the treatment of HIV. The dapivirine ring is made of flexible silicone that slowly releases dapivirine during the month that is worn. Women can insert and replace the ring themselves. In 2016, two large clinical trials — ASPIRE, conducted by the MTN, and The Ring Study, conducted by the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), a non-profit organization that developed the dapivirine ring — found the ring was well-tolerated and helped reduce the risk of HIV by approximately 30 percent. More recently, in 2019, results of two open-label extension (OLE) studies -- HOPE for former ASPIRE participants and DREAM for former Ring Study participants -- showed high adherence to the ring – indicating women want and will use the ring – and a strong safety profile consistent with the Phase III trials. Results also suggest greater reduction in HIV risk (about 50 percent) compared with the Phase III studies.
IPM is seeking regulatory approval for the ring's use by women 18 and older. If approved, the ring would be the first biomedical prevention option specifically for women – and the first long-acting method. However, regulatory authorities would need specific data on the ring's safety and use among pregnant and breastfeeding women before considering whether to expand approval to include this population.
Information about the safety of the dapivirine ring during pregnancy and breastfeeding is reassuring but still very limited. Animal studies indicate no concerns related to pregnancy, and among the approximately 250 women in ASPIRE and The Ring Study who became pregnant, there were no significant differences in pregnancy and infant outcomes between women assigned to use the dapivirine ring and those assigned to use a placebo. Because women stopped using the ring as soon as they learned they were pregnant, the information is useful for understanding outcomes associated with exposure during conception and early development only. A study called MTN-029/IPM 039 that involved U.S. women who were no longer nursing their babies but still producing milk, found dapivirine was absorbed at very low levels in breastmilk.
Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A History of Being Left Behind in Clinical Research
Pregnant and breastfeeding women are typically excluded from participating in clinical trials, especially from trials of new drugs. Though women of reproductive age may enroll, they often must use contraception throughout participation, and if they become pregnant, must stop using the study product immediately. Such measures are intended to protect the fetus and baby from potential harm, but they also make certain that a drug's safety cannot be determined in this population. As a result, a drug that receives regulatory approval will be contraindicated in women during pregnancy and lactation. Drugs are often used during pregnancy and breastfeeding anyway – without knowing if the drug will be safe or effective.
The body undergoes many changes during pregnancy that could affect how the drug gets a bsorbed and distributed; they may work differently or not be as effective as they were in a clinical trial with non-pregnant women or women not breastfeeding. Of great concern is that drug could pass to the placenta and cause harm to the developing fetus – the very reason for excluding pregnant women from participating in research in the first place; or that the drug that passes into breastmilk could affect the health of a baby.
As such, most of what has been learned about the safety of a drug during pregnancy and breastfeeding emerges after a drug is approved, through post-marketing surveillance registries that keep track of pregnancy complications and adverse outcomes. Studies of a drug specifically involving pregnant women, if conducted at all, may be years after its approval.
For more information about the dapivirine ring go to www.ipmglobal.org. For more information about the MTN and the DELIVER and B-PROTECTED studies involving pregnancy and breastfeeding women can be found at www.mtnstopshiv.org. For more information about the dapivirine ring go to www.ipmglobal.org.
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Q: most efficient ruby way to transform this array? I have  an array in the following form:
  [\"id\", 545, \"program_name\", \"VILLIANS MARATHON\", \"episode_name\", \"1-Season1:Ep.11\"]

I need to transform it to the form  below:
  [545, \"VILLIANS MARATHON\", \"1-Season1:Ep.11\"]

The way Im doing this is as follows:
    #Convert a Active record hash to a 2D array
def activerecord_hash_to_datatable_array(activerecord_resultset)
array_of_arrays = Array.new()
array_of_rs_hashes = activerecord_resultset.to_a.map(&:serializable_hash)

array_of_rs_hashes.each do |rs|
# {"id"=>1594, "program_name"=>nil, "episode_name"=>nil}
rs =  rs.flatten
#[\"id\", 545, \"program_name\", \"MARATHON\", \"episode_name\", \"1-Season1:Ep.11\"]"
rs_array = Array.new()
index = 1
while index < rs.length
    puts "index = #{index}"
    puts "\033[0;33m"+"#{rs[index]}"+"\033[0;37m"
    log_with_yellow("index[#{index}] " + "#{rs[index]}")
    rs_array << rs[index]
    index += 2
end
array_of_arrays <<  rs_array
end
array_of_arrays
end

I was wondering what the most efficient way to accomplish this is.
Clearly I need to retain only odd elements. But Id like to avoid iterating over all elements and comparing each elements index.
Is there a way to do this by skipping all the even elements ?
Thanks

A: You can do the following:
your_array.values_at(*your_array.each_index.select(&:odd?))
=> [545, "VILLIANS MARATHON", "1-Season1:Ep.11"]

A: require 'json'
arr = JSON.parse("[\"id\", 545, \"program_name\", \"VILLIANS MARATHON\", \"episode_name\", \"1-Season1:Ep.11\"]")
new_arr = arr.select.with_index { |x,i| i.odd? }
p new_arr
# >> [545, "VILLIANS MARATHON", "1-Season1:Ep.11"]

A: If array_of_rs_hashes is indeed an array of hashes, can't you just do:
res = array_of_rs_hashes.map(&:values)

A: Yep there is :
require 'json'
Hash[*JSON.parse(s)].values #=> [545, "VILLIANS MARATHON", "1-Season1:Ep.11"]

where s = "[\"id\", 545, \"program_name\", \"VILLIANS MARATHON\", \"episode_name\", \"1-Season1:Ep.11\"]"

A: Try:
your_2d_array.map {|a| a.each_slice(2).map {|key, value| value}}

If you ahve active support, you can write it slightly more readible:
your_2d_array.map {|a| a.each_slice(2).map(&:second)}