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Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. It is an adaptive, iterative, fast, flexible, and effective methodology designed to deliver significant value quickly and throughout a project. Scrum ensures transparency in communication and creates an environment of collective accountability and continuous progress.
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This post was contributed by a community member. With over 49 hits songs and over 40 recordings, Gold City has earned numerous awards including Album of the Year, Song of The Year, Group of the Year.
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Mike Rogers, Cathy Minehan Elected to MITRE's Board of Trustees
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MITRE Corp.'s board of trustees announced Nov. 10 Mike Rogers and Cathy E. Minehan have been elected to the board.
"Mr. Rogers and Ms. Minehan have distinguished themselves as leaders in their respective areas," MITRE President and CEO Alfred Grasso said. "The insights Mr. Rogers brings to MITRE from his experience in cybersecurity and intelligence will strengthen our ability to serve the public interest and our sponsors."
"We are privileged to welcome Ms. Minehan back to the board," Grasso said. "Her strong background in business and management will be enormously valuable in supporting MITRE's mission."
A former member of Congress, Rogers represented Michigan's eighth congressional district for 14 years. He was a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and also chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. While chairman of the HPSCI, Rogers oversaw a budget of $70 billion that provided funding to the nation's 17 intelligence agencies and collaborated with the Senate Intelligence Committee to include provisions in the fiscal 2013 intelligence authorization bill to crack down on national security leaks.
Prior to serving as a member of Congress, Rogers was an officer in the U.S. Army and an FBI special agent. He also held a seat in the Michigan State Senate. He founded the Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence and Global Affairs, which works as part of the Global Digital Challenge Initiative to bring together leaders in policy, business and technology to discuss issues relevant to the U.S. and the global digital economy.
Rogers sits on the board of directors for IronNet Cybersecurity, the board of advisers for Next Century Corporation, the board of trustees at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and the Cybersecurity Industry Advisory Council for Trident Capital.
He is also a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute and a graduate of Adrian College.
Cathy E. Minehan
Minehan is managing director of Arlington Advisory Partners LLC, in Boston. She was the dean for the School of Management at Simmons College from 2011 to 2016. She previously served for 13 years as the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., form the Federal Reserve System. Minehan was a member of MITRE's board of trustees from 2009 to 2012.
In total, Minehan served 39 years in the Federal Reserve System. She also served on the Federal Open Market Committee and Financial Services Policy Committee. She is also a member of VISA Inc.'s board of directors and Becton, Dickinson and Company. She has taught at Northeastern University's School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Minehan is also active in nonprofit charitable entities, chairing the board of trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Massachusetts Governor's Council of Economic Advisors.
A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she earned an MBA from New York University. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester and is currently chair of the executive committee of the university's board of trustees. She has received numerous civic awards and honorary degrees.
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El lago Bear (, literalmente, «lago del Oso») es un lago natural de agua dulce ubicado en la frontera entre los estados de Utah e Idaho en el Oeste estadounidense. Con 282 km², es el segundo lago natural más grande de agua dulce de Utah pero como su nombre lo dice hay vive un oso Rocosas» (Caribbean of the Rockies), por su singular color azul turquesa, resultado de los depósitos de caliza en suspensión en el agua. Esas propiedades del agua han llevado a la evolución de varias especies únicas que viven, naturalmente sólo aquí, en el lago. El lago Bear tiene más de 250.000 años. Se ha formado por una falla de subsidencia, que continúa hoy en día, profundizando lentamente el lago a lo largo de la parte oriental.

Donald Mackenzie, un explorador de la Compañía del Noroeste, descubrió el lago en 1819 y lo bautizó como Black Bear Lake [lago del Oso Negro], nombre que cambió posteriormente al del actual lago Bear. El lago es un destino popular para turistas y deportistas y el valle que lo rodea se ha ganado una buena reputación por sus frambuesas de alta calidad.

De acuerdo a la leyenda, el lago Bear tiene un monstruo: el llamado monstruo del lago NES. A pesar de que la historia fue originada por Joseph C. Rich, quien luego admitió que fue inventada, la gente sigue informando de avistamientos del monstruo del lago nes hoy en día.

Historia
Los primeros habitantes conocidos del valle del lago Bear son tribus shoshone, pero la zona era conocida por muchas otras tribus nativas americanas. El primer registro de blancos que vieron el lago es a partir de 1818, cuando tramperos francocanadienses al servicio de la Compañía del Noroeste siguieron el río Bear aguas arriba hasta el valle. Más tarde, entre 1825 y 1840, otros muchos hombres de montaña, incluidos Jedediah Smith y Jim Bridger, se reunieron en la costa sur con los indígenas americanos para intercambiar pieles, bienes y relatos. Este es el origen de los rendezvous de las Montañas Rocosas, encuentros que continúan hoy día a mediados de septiembre en Rendezvous Beach. Esos tramperos que recorrieron las riberas y arroyos de la región son los que le dieron al lago Bear recibió su bien merecida fama de duros inviernos.

A pesar de que el lago se encuentra relativamente cerca de la ruta del Oregon Trail, que discurre al norte y al este del lago, y que muchos pioneros viajaron por él entre 1836 y 1850, parece que ninguno de ellos fue lo suficiente al sur para asentarse en el lago. En 1863, pioneros mormones liderados por Charles C. Rich se establecieron en el valle del lago Bear mediante un acuerdo con los nativos, que dejó la mayoría del valle en el actual Utah de posesión india. Los mormones gradualmente se desplazaron hacia el sur y establecieron las localidades de Garden City, Pickleville y Laketown, siguiendo a lo largo de la orilla del lago.

En años posteriores la zona del lago se convirtió en un área de recreo, tradición que ha crecido con los años con muchos desarrollos en el lago y con vistas a las montañas. Las playas de Lakota e Ideal fueron promocionadas por particulares en el decenio de 1970, incluidos los desarrollos de Blue Water y Sweetwater. El estado de Utah compró el extremo sureste de la playa para su uso como parque estatal, y también opera un puerto deportivo en el lado oeste del lago.

Con el desarrollo continuo de la zona han surgido preocupaciones ambientales. El lago está represado en Idaho, en la vertiente de Idaho y los usuarios aguas río abajo en el río Bear lo utilizan como un embalse.
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Formado en un valle medioa half graben valley straddling la frontera entre los estados de Idaho-Utah, el lago tiene un área aproximada de 282 km² y está a una altitud de 1.806 m. En el lado nororiental discurre la cordillera Wasatch y en el oriental las montañas Bear River (Bear River Mountains).

El lago y sus alrededores son un popular destino turístico de verano. El lago tiene muchos puertos deportivos, playas, y dos ciudades turísticas en Utah conocida como Ciudad Jardín y Laketown. También cuenta con dos parques estatales, cada uno de ellos llamado Parque Estatal de Bear Lake: uno en Idaho, y otro en Utah.

El lago Bear tiene una alta tasa de endemismos (especies que viven naturalmente en un único lugar). Varias especies evolucionaron en las aguas del lago, pero después del desvío del río Bear en el lago, muchos de éstas se han extinguido. El resto de las especies endémicas conocidas de peces incluyen el cisco Bonneville, blanco Bonneville , blanco del Lago Bear y esculpin del Lago Bear (Cottus extensus). A pesar de que otras especies se han introducido en el lago, pocas pueden reproducirse con éxito, por lo que el lago no ha estado tan afectado por especies invasoras como otros lagos.

El agua del lago se utiliza para el riego en el cercano Valle Bear, en el sureste de Idaho, y para la pesca recreativa. El lago drena a través del Canal emisario del lago Bear (Bear Lake Outlet Canal), completado en 1915 hacia el río Bear, que finalmente desemboca en la parte noreste del Gran Lago Salado.

El clima en el valle es cálido y seco durante el verano, con la caída de las primeras nieve en el otoño. La niebla y la nieve son comunes durante el invierno. El lago está helado durante la mayor parte de la mayoría de inviernos y primaveras en años fríos.

Muchos habitantes del norte de Utah, del sur de Idaho y del oeste de Wyoming pasan las vacaciones de verano en  el lago Bear, debido a su proximidad y la abundancia de actividades recreativas.

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Lagos de Idaho
Lagos de altitud de Estados Unidos

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A. Lien, whom we affectionately call Al, is definitely kitsch in Roswell, New Mexico. That city is pretty over the top with the little green men with big eyes. But Al takes it to another level of kitsch with his 1970s inspired Halloween suit.
Inspired by A Word in Your Ear.
One of my coworkers was his personal tailor. Leftover napkins from Halloween apparently make good clothing for balloons. Haha!
😀 He even have his own framed photo. What fun.


Markets were in rally mode to start the week, with the S&P, DOW, and Nasdaq rallying over 1% yesterday, putting all the indexes back over their 50 day moving average. Overnight Asia markets were mixed, while Europe markets opened in the green, and have been fading ever since. As I write this most of Europe…Please subcribe to read more.


Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, YB Dato' Sri Rohani Abdul Karim today launched a special art exhibition featuring close to 50 art pieces created by students with learning disabilities from non-profit organisation, Generating Opportunities for the Learning Disabled (GOLD) with managing director, Property Development Division – Malaysia and Singapore, Sunway Berhad, Sarena Cheah.
Themed "Beautiful Minds", the art exhibition has been brought together by Sunway Group, the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, Sunway University's Sunway Institute for Social Entrepreneurship (SISE), the Department of Art & Design of Sunway University, GOLD and Sunway Pyramid. It features the selected works by 15 students who were trained and taught by a team of Sunway University fine arts lecturers, including award winning artist Yeoh Kean Thai in an arts programme for students with learning disabilities.
Kean Thai is an internationally-renowned artist, and credited for being one of the very first few artists from Malaysia to be featured during the New York "Asia Art Week," with works exhibited in international venues including Hong Kong, Italy and even at the Beijing Olympics.
The arts programme was designed to improve the students' artistic skills as part of Sunway's corporate social responsibility effort to provide special students with skills that will help them self-sustain through life. The students were trained over a course of 20 weeks in drawing, colouring and self-expression through art.
Dato' Sri Rohani commended Sunway Group on its commitment to promote diversity and inclusiveness.
"The art exhibition celebrates diversity – the diversity of our nation, and the diversity of thought. It is a noteworthy endeavour to bring about inclusiveness that elevates all within our community," she said.
"The showcase is part of Sunway Group's ongoing efforts to enrich our communities in the many things we do. Beautiful Minds is an exhibition that is not only rewarding for the budding artists, and the mentors who trained them but also rewarding for our community who is given an opportunity to appreciate the students' distinctive view of the world," said Sarena Cheah at the event.
Among the students being showcased are 15-year-old Siti Nursaffura Akmam who was the first prize winner at the Leaded Education for Trust School Conference 2015 art competition, and 30-year-old Abu Qasim Mohd Ghazali whose work has been chosen as a gift to the Menteri Besar of Selangor.
Sunway Group has supported SMK Bandar Sunway, the Special Class at SMK Bandar Sunway and GOLD for 10 years as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative. The conglomerate has helped to build, and upgrade the school, provide job training programmes, and supported GOLD's social entrepreneurship by helping the NGO create a viable business model.
The "Beautiful Minds" exhibition will be showcased at Lower Ground 2, West Wing (between Guardian and Nando's) in Sunway Pyramid from December 17-20 during mall opening hours.


The Walking Dead season 6: Makers secretly casting brutal villain Negan's role?
Rumours of the brutal Walking Dead villain Negan showing up in the upcoming sixth season of the popular zombie drama, have been circulating ever since the show ended its season 5 run. While no official confirmation has been made about Negan's role in season 6, cast and crew members have certainly hinted at the character's inclusion in upcoming episodes.
"The show is quietly casting a Season 6 role that sounds a lot like Negan, the comic book character who ends up killing [Spoiler]. The breakdown describes 'Rich' as a fifty-something narcissist who has an angry streak, a 'Senator-like charm' and the charisma of a car salesman. Totally Negan, right?"
If this is true, it will of course mean bad news for Glenn! The Walking Dead comic readers would know that Negan is the leader of a ruthless group of survivors called "The Saviors". In the comic, Negan and his group appear at the Alexandria Safe-Zone soon after Rick takes over, and Negan brutally kills Glenn. Now, if the villain actually does feature in season 6, Glenn could be one of the major characters who could get killed.
Meanwhile, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd shed some light on Negan's debut on the show and has hinted that the makers might follow The Walking Dead's comic book storyline when it comes to introducing him on the show.
"The thing is, as you know, we are always inspired by the comic book. There are times where we bring an existing panel in the comic book to life exactly," she told Zap2it in an earlier interview, while talking about potentially introducing Negan in season 6.


Dr. Casey Paleos is one of the few psychiatrists to have worked with the Big Three: MDMA, ketamine and the psilocybin of magic mushrooms. In this interview, a day after his MDMA experience in Boulder, he shares what he's learned from his years of psychedelic research.
Posted in Future, Ketamine, Lex Pelger, MDMA, Medicine, Psilocybin, Psychedelic Research, Psychedelics.
Excellent podcast. Nice to have a trained medical person be so open in discussing his clinical and personal experience.


STAMFORD, Conn., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Green Earth Technologies (Pink Sheets: GETG - News), announced today that revenues for the nine months ending March 31, 2009 totaled $2.2 million. Sales of the Company's products including bio-based and bio-degradable performance and appearance products for the home, lawn care and automotive markets commenced in March 2008, with additional product lines being introduced to the marketplace. Adjusted EBITDA loss for the nine months ending March 31, 2009 was $4.7 million which covers costs for research and development and cost for testing G-OIL® SAE 5W-30 motor oil to apply for the American Petroleum Institute (API) certification, which was achieved in March 2009, becoming the first and only bio-based motor oil to receive such distinguished honors.
G-OIL(®) motor oil was named the official oil of the American Le Mans Series.
We obtained the SM rating from API for our G-OIL(®) 4-Cycle lubricant and the API "Donut" service symbol for the SAE 5W-30 weight of our ultimate biodegradable green motor oil. We believe we are the only bio-based motor oil to receive these designations.
We established a worldwide distribution agreement with Techtronics Industries Inc., which is now our largest customer, including G-OIL(®), bar and chain lubricants and G-CLEAN(TM) biodegradable detergents.
We introduced G-CLEAN "ultimate biodegradable" dissolvable detergent pressure wash pouches which are now exclusively available at The Home Depot. Just one 1.5 oz dissolvable detergent pouch has the cleaning power of a full gallon of concentrated pressure washing cleaners.
Through a licensing deal with TTI, G-CLEAN Injector was specifically made to be used with all pressure washers, allowing detergent to "go through" the pump, lubricating it while cleaning @ 4,000 PSI.
We formed strategic relationships with two suppliers, Bio Tec and Inventek, to produce "G"-Branded performance and appearance line of products. The partnership also outlined exclusive licensing agreements with respect to those products.
We formed a strategic relationship with KPP and Olympic Oil Ltd. for bottling, packaging and other services.
We entered into a sales and marketing agreement with Marketiquette to develop a sales and marketing strategy which is currently being applied to our business model.
We launched a sales and marketing program utilizing product and corporate branding, promotional and advertising campaigns, point of purchase marketing, push-pull strategy, and public promotions..
Our G-OIL(®) achieved the highest biodegradability ranking - Ultimate Biodegradable -- as determined by ASTM Standards (2.1 ASTM D-5864).
We signed master distribution agreements with Steel City Products, Do Cut Sales and Service, Rotary Corporation and Sustainable Earth Products International, Ltd., securing distribution in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and certain Caribbean Islands.
Jeff Marshall, Chairman and CEO of Green Earth Technologies stated, "We have embarked on creating a powerful consumer brand which is becoming top of mind for consumers seeking products that are both green and effective. Our current product lines focus on categories considered to be among the biggest contributors to environmental damage and are combating these issues with innovative technology and bio-degradable performance. This will have an immediate positive impact whereby lowering carbon emissions and lessening the pollution of our land and waterways."
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For the nine months ending March 31, 2009, the Company reported net sales of approximately $2.2 million. As mentioned above, sales of the Company's products commenced only in March 2008. Net loss was $10.4 million, or ($0.14) per share which includes $5.1 million, or ($0.07) per share, in non cash stock-based compensation. The common shares and stock options were issued in exchange for royalty-free licenses and exclusivity rights, patents, certain intellectual property and for services and compensation to various parties, including employees and non-employees.
At March 31, 2009, cash and cash equivalents totaled $2.1 million, inventory totaled $2.2 million and total stockholders' equity was $4.3 million. During the year the Company did not capitalize any costs for research and development or costs for testing its motor oils.
To obtain a copy of the company's March 31, 2009 unaudited financial results and its June 30, 2008 audited financial statements go to www.getg.com or www.pinksheets.com (ticker: GETG).
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Home Moving Forward in Hope Today's Catholic Sisters
By Br. Paul Bednarczyk C.S.C.
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In dedicating the Year of Consecrated Life, Pope Francis called on the Church to celebrate the legacy of religious life and to renew the Church's appreciation for this unique form of discipleship with a hope that others may join its ranks in the future. Religious sisters, in particular, have had a remarkable legacy in the United States, for they were some of America's first pioneers who quickly became the backbone of the Catholic hospital and health care systems, parochial schools, and social services agencies that have been integral to the health, education, and welfare of generations of Americans and helped ensure the strength and endurance not only of the Church in the U.S. but the nation itself.
Recognizing the unique and significant gifts of women religious, NRVC sponsored the Today's Catholic Sisters gatherings to provide a greater awareness and more informed understanding among laity, clergy, media, and other interested parties about women's religious life today and why a younger woman would consider being a part of it.
The participants' positive response to these gatherings affirmed that the faithful witness and selfless service of religious sisters continue to inspire and have a positive impact on our Church and world. Undoubtedly, there is a need to continue to tell this extraordinary story of faith, love, and service.
NRVC hopes that these gatherings will spur other church constituencies (especially Catholic colleges and universities) to engage in similar projects supportive of women religious and their unique and essential vocation, which in turn will contribute to an environment more conducive to religious vocation discernment among young women and men. The future of religious life depends on the efforts of an entire Church that benefits from the lives, works, and prayer of those who choose religious life.
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SEC Issues Rules Establishing Whistleblower Program
Day Pitney Author(s) James E. Bowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has recently adopted rules implementing the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. The new rules direct the SEC to pay awards to whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information leading to the recovery of monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million.
The most contentious part of the rules is their likely impact on internal compliance programs. The business community has expressed concern that the rules will undercut the reporting requirements of corporate compliance programs. Notwithstanding this concern, the SEC has decided against requiring whistleblowers to report internally. Instead, it has determined whistleblowers are in the best position to know which reporting avenue to pursue.
As a result of the newly established bounty program, companies should be prepared for a flood of complaints. Below is a summary of key concepts under the new rules.
Defining a Whistleblower
The rules define a whistleblower as a person who provides to the SEC information relating to a possible violation of the securities laws that has occurred, is ongoing or is about to occur. A whistleblower must be an individual; companies are not eligible.
To be considered for an award, the rules require a whistleblower to do the following:
(a) Act voluntarily
A submission is deemed voluntary if a whistleblower or a representative provides information to the government, a self-regulatory organization or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board before the issuance of a request, inquiry or demand for such information.
(b) Provide original information
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information obtained through attorney-client privileged communications or obtained through a whistleblower's legal representation of a client; and
information obtained by individuals, including officers, directors, trustees and partners: (i) in connection with a company's internal compliance program, (ii) involved in a company's internal audit functions, (iii) conducting investigations into possible violations of law, or (iv) associated with public accounting firms who learn of a violation while performing audit procedures required by federal securities laws. The rules create a limited exception to this requirement for individuals acting in compliance or governance roles in cases where there is likely to be no independent disclosure.
(c) Provide sufficient information leading to a successful enforcement action
Information can be deemed to have led to a successful enforcement action if it is sufficiently specific, credible and timely to cause the SEC to open a new examination or investigation, reopen a closed investigation, or enhance prosecution in an existing examination or investigation.
(d) Facilitate a recovery totaling more than $1 million
The rules permit aggregation of multiple SEC cases arising out of a common nucleus of operative facts as a single action to meet this requirement.
Whistleblower Protection from Retaliation
Under the rules, it is unlawful for anyone to interfere with a whistleblower's efforts to communicate with the SEC, including threatening to enforce a confidentiality agreement. In addition, the rules do not require an actual violation or the successful receipt of an award for the anti-retaliation protections of the Dodd-Frank Act to apply. In an attempt to deter both bad-faith and frivolous reports, the SEC has imposed a "reasonable belief" standard that requires an employee to hold a subjectively genuine belief that the information demonstrates a possible violation and that this belief is one a similarly situated employee might reasonably possess.
No Internal Reporting Required
The new rules present challenges to established internal compliance programs because they do not require whistleblowers to first report internally before turning to the SEC. However, the SEC has attempted to incentivize utilization of internal compliance programs in three ways:
The rules make a whistleblower eligible for an award if the whistleblower reports internally and the company informs the SEC about the violations. This works as an incentive because if the company reports, the SEC attributes to the whistleblower all of the information provided, not just the information reported by the whistleblower. This increases the amount of information provided by the whistleblower and will likely increase the award amount.
The rules allow the SEC to increase the award for whistleblowers who first report internally. The criteria for determining the amount of the award, which ranges between 10 percent and 30 percent of the penalties collected, provide that (i) a whistleblower's voluntary participation in a company's internal compliance program is a factor that can increase the amount of the award, and (ii) a whistleblower's interference with internal compliance and reporting is a factor that can decrease the amount of an award.
The whistleblower has 120 days to report to the SEC after first reporting internally. If the company does not report the information, a whistleblower reporting to the SEC within this time frame will still be eligible for an award.
Companies need to recognize that compliance risks are not caused by whistleblowers. Instead, they are generated by weak compliance programs that fail to identify, assess and control risks before violations are discovered by whistleblowers or regulators. Therefore, companies must make compliance risk assessments an integral part of compliance programs.
Further, an essential part of an effective compliance program is a process that encourages employees to report possible compliance violations without fear of retaliation. In fact, companies should find creative ways to reward employees who come forward with a good-faith belief that compliance violations are occurring. In the end, the quality of internal programs will impact a whistleblower's decision to report to the company as opposed to the SEC first.
For more information about how to appropriately respond to the whistleblower rules, please contact our director, Compliance Risk Services, Jim Bowers, at (860) 275 0339 or jebowers@daypitney.com, or any of the individuals listed above.
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Singapore Airlines Issues Odd Statement On North Korea
April 11, 2012 by flyingfish 5 Comments
Earlier today Singapore Airline's Facebook page posted an unusual warning on its Facebook page. Around 4:00pm Singapore time the airline posted the following:
North Korea is reportedly planning a rocket launch in the coming days. We wish to reassure our customers that none of our flights will be operating in airspace that may be affected by the planned launch.
Singapore Airlines' warning is unusual for a number of reasons. The first and foremost reason Singapore Airlines passengers have little reason to worry about North Korea's rocket launch is that Singapore Airlines flies around North Korean airspace rather than through it, as do most airlines, except those flying into North Korea.
The airspace around North Korea is restricted and considered hostile, causing the majority of the airlines around the world, including Singapore Airlines, to create flight plans ensuring their aircraft stay out of North Korean airspace.
The second factor that stands out about Singapore Airlines warning is this … North Korea is launching a satellite into space atop a Unha (Galaxy) 3 rocket. While the Unha 3 rocket based on the Taepoding 2 intercontinental ballistic missile, the rocket itself and its payload are of no danger to any airliners. The only real risk to aircraft in the area … and there is not much air traffic in the vicinity of the Musudan-ri launch site, in the North Hamgyong Province, along the Sea of Japan … is the rocket coming down. In North Korea's last attempt to put a satellite into space, with Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, the Unha rocket failed to reach orbit, with the rocket's first stage falling into the Sea of Japan and the remainder of the rocket falling into the Pacific Ocean, roughly 2,390 miles from the launch site.
So … if you are planning to fly with Singapore Airlines this week, expect your flights to arrive and depart on time, likely with no diversions to avoid rocket parts falling from the sky.
If you are flying any airline from Japan, know that Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are adjusting their flight paths, and plan to operate normally, with no delay and no cause for alarm.
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It's the closure of Philippine air space that's behind the airlines announcement. "The CAAP will temporarily close three northeastern air corridors."
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=795857&publicationSubCategoryId=64
Davis says:
Actually will be flying south – towards South China Sea and Philippines. Don't think North Korean airspace is the problem – it's between there and the Philippines that people are avoiding.
Roguerobot says:
Fish:
Singapore Air is right in issuing this alert, as the rocket trajectory does indeed cross directly into the flight path of many of their scheduled flights. This is unlike other tests before, as this is a launch to achieve orbit. The most important reason for concern is that this is a two stage rocket, with the first stage planned to be dropped near Taiwan and Philippines. This is a significant danger, in addition to the entire rocket simply failing.
For the flight path, refer to this image:
http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/N.Korea2012launch.png
and a fascinating analysis and discussion on this launch:
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/09/11101174-nbc-space-expert-on-north-korea-satellite-launch-its-not-a-military-missile-but-its-darn-close
og says:
According to the North Korea, they are not planning on launching over the Sea of Japan, but actually south, west of South Korea for a "sun-synchronous" orbit. to reach a sun-synchronous orbit they would have to launch directly toward the192.3 [degree] azimuth. (north koreas published flight path http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ak871bmq1qbnrqd.jpg) in actually its been calculated that the real flight path to actually get to the 192.3 azimuth will lead a flight path of http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2012/04/tumblr_m1t63655h51qbnrqd.jpg, much closer to western south korea and east of shanghai
I think you may have your launch sites mixed up since this is a new site.
I do think Singapore's announcement a bit off, but nice to get out infront of something that could be misunderstood by people not very familiar with the situation. As such, north korea did raise a "NOTAM" (notice to airmen) for both shipping companies and airlines warning them of the flight path, which could be misconstrued by the general public…..
Singapore airlines says:
partnership between north Korea and Singapore will be very comfortable and useful for passengers and in general for population. I love this idea and agree with them.


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Ford flips switch on GT350, GT350R configurators
Shelby GT350 Starts At $48,695
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Aug 11th 2015 at 1:26PM
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You can design your ideal GT350 or go hardcore and build an R model. It's all there, including exterior colors, stripe options, and the limited array of optional packages. Everything has prices, with the GT350's starting price coming in just a smidge above what we reported in late May. The base model kicks off at $48,695 while the R adds $13,500 to the total.
That means both versions of the Shelby significantly undercut more mainstream and more hardcore competitors. For example, you can get into a GT350R for $62,195, or $3,000 less than a completely basic BMW M4 and $12,805 less than a Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. In fact, even a fully loaded GT350R, with stripes, a painted roof, and the $3,000 Electronics Package (Sync 3, dual-zone climate control, rear-view camera, a seven-speaker stereo, and SiriusXM satellite radio) and you'll still come in at over $8,600 less than the Z/28. As for the GT350, its $48,695 starting price should give pause to anyone thinking of purchasing a high-priced Germans while also stealing some Camaro 1LE customers.
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Taylor Issues Performance Audit of Vermilion Local School District
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Auditor of State Mary Taylor released the performance audit of the Vermilion Local School District. The audit identified potential savings of more than $2.5 million annually to help the district address its financial condition.
"This performance audit is a valuable resource for Vermilion Local School District leaders as they make important decisions about their operations and finances," Taylor said. "The audit will assist school officials as they work to ensure fiscal stability while continuing to provide important educational services to area children."
The performance audit was conducted in response to the district's financial condition. The Vermilion Local School District is projected to have a deficit of approximately $4.5 million and $12.7 million for fiscal year 2010-11 and fiscal year 2011-12, respectively.
The audit examines the district's financial systems, human resources, facilities and transportation operations. The audit also notes that the district should be commended for using web-based purchasing software. The software allows the district to take advantage of cooperative purchasing and competitive bidding and to review historical purchases and trends.
The audit provides a series of options for Vermilion Local School District officials to consider in their efforts to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Some of the recommendations include:
• Reducing the number of teachers and educational service personnel could save $1,804,500.
The Vermilion Local School District employs more teachers than peer districts and state minimum standards. The district also employs more educational service personnel than minimum standards (counselors; nurses; elementary art, music and physical education teachers; library media specialists; visiting teachers; etc.). Reducing staffing closer to state minimum standards may be necessary to address the projected general fund deficit.
• Requiring all staff to enroll in the new health care plan and changing the rate of employee contributions to health insurance benefit premiums through negotiations could save $160,000.
A negotiated increase in employee contributions for all staff would reduce the impact of health care costs on the district's general fund and bring employee contribution rates in line with statewide averages.
• Limiting bus purchases could save $151,000.
Based on industry guidelines, the district should postpone replacing two buses per year over the forecast period.
• Reducing retirement payouts through negotiations could save $95,000.
The district provides severance payouts that are significantly higher than state minimum requirements, especially for staff that retire in their first year of eligibility.
• Reducing the number of supplemental contracts and related pay could save $59,400.
The district has twice as many supplemental contracts when compared to nearby districts. Additionally, based on a sample review of supplemental positions, the district typically provides higher compensation.
A performance audit reports on the efficiency and effectiveness of government agency or program operations. This is achieved through comparing and benchmarking the agency or program to similar agencies and relevant standards. The results of a performance audit can be used to improve the effectiveness of operations, save taxpayer dollars and make better use of existing resources.
Since taking office, Taylor has released 68 performance audits outlining more than 2,400 recommendations for improvements. Those recommendations, if fully implemented, could result in potential cost savings and revenue enhancements of more than $122.7 million annually.
A full copy of the report is available online at www.auditor.state.oh.us.
The Ohio Auditor of State's Office is one of the largest accounting offices in the nation. The office strives to ensure that all public funds are spent legally and appropriately and works aggressively to root out fraud, waste and abuse in public spending. Taylor encourages anyone suspecting fraud or misspending of public dollars to contact her office toll free at 1-866-FRAUD-OH (1-866-372-8364). Since taking office in January 2007, Taylor has identified more than $20.4 million in public funds that were spent illegally and must be repaid.


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Posted March 7, 2014 · retraction on layer change.
If retraction is enabled, does Cura retract on EVERY layer change, or just when required.
It never retracts on a layer change AFAIK, only when doing other travel moves that fulfil the requirements set in the expert settings dialog.
Posted March 8, 2014 · retraction on layer change.
It sees that my Firmware has a limit of 25, which I can adjust with the ulticontroller.
so if I set Cura to 40, and it is set to 25 in firmware, is 25 the max it can go?
also would be REALLY keen to see what you guys have in your set up for xy speed, acceleration etc..
There was a bug in the firmware that meant that retractions happened at about half of the speed you asked for. So if you set it to 40, you ended up with 20. I fixed that bug about a year ago, and many people built their own firmware to get the fix - but the fix wasn't included in an official release with Cura until January this year. Now if you're using the latest firmware, you really do get the speed that you ask for. But if you have old gcodes where the retraction was coded at 40 or more, that's going to cause a problem with the new firmware because you'll actually get 40 now, and that's too fast.
So, the default max speed was reduced to 25, so that old gcode would still work - it would be capped at 25, even if you asked for 40. However, in practice, I find that 30 or 35 is a reasonable speed with the fixed firmware, so you can change you Vmax E speed to 35, and then set Cura to retract 4.5mm at 35mm/s.
I assume this is okay and has the bug fix.
I still get blobs which happens when the head lands on the next bit to print, or slightly before it.
I'm using faberdashery white at 230 c and tried lowering it to 220 slight improvement.
both machines are now using the v3 bolt, and one has the v2 hot end.
I've looked at your z settings, and will see what this will do. but the main prob is the ooze between places.
I've looked at your z settings, and will see what this will do.
Simply doubling the Z acceleration will make your blobs about half their current size. Some people call this "the Z seam" by the way.
Another fix is to print much slower - if you are really picky about how your surface looks you can get better results at massively slow speeds. Like say 30mm/sec.
Posted March 12, 2014 · retraction on layer change.
Should be only when required, except when combing is disabled.
But, the retraction code has seen a lot of changes. So it can also depend on your Cura version. When you want to retract and when not is quite a difficult thing to get perfected.


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author: mestery
Description: "Cloud-Native NFV: Where Art Thou?"
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categories:
  - Open Source
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  - Open Source
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  - Networking
title: "Cloud-Native NFV: Where Art Thou?"
date: 2018-06-06T11:54:36-05:00
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Cloud-native is the future of application development. It's the latest trend
in the technology industry, moving application developers towards a future
where applications are developed natively using modern methodlogies and
technologies. From a methodology perspective, this includes utilizing agile
development, which shifts the cultural aspects of an engineering organization.
From a technology perspective, this means using public and private clouds, as
well as being API-driven in your development. Pivotal [describes cloud-native
as the following][2]:

> Cloud-native is an approach to building and running applications that exploits
> the advantages of the cloud computing model.

In another corner of the technology world exists something called [Network
Function Virtualization][3], or as it's typically known, NFV. NFV is built
around the idea that service providers in the communications space can take
advantage of virtualization technologies. Instead of having to deploy physical
appliances for network services, they can instead deploy virtual machine images
of these appliances on commodity hardware. It's a huge shift for the service
provider industry.

As the world has moved forward with cloud-native development, NFV has just
caught up with the world of virtualization. All of those advantages of
cloud-native look pretty appealing to the NFV industry. It's inevitable that
the NFV and service provider industry would want to take advantage of what
cloud-native can provide, and in fact this is exactly what is beginning to
happen.

As these worlds collide, there is a disconnect around how the cloud-native world
has been building technology and what the service provider's interested in
extending NFV want to do. From a networking perspective, cloud-native has been
focused up the stack. In a typical [OSI model][1], this has meant focusing on
Layer 4 (Transport layer) and Layer 7 (Application layer). Service providers
looking to take advantage of NFV are focused more on Layer 2 (Data link layer)
and Layer 3 (Network layer).

This discrepancy has resulted in some difficult discussions between the two
camps. Kubernetes, the leader in container orchestration, and thus the leader
in cloud-native orchestration, has been loathe to integrate support for L2
and L3 networking. And rightfully so. Base Kubernetes was not designed for
this. Further, the concepts of NFV are not cloud-native by default, and come
from the virtualization view of the world. Objects like "ports", "subnets",
and "networks" have no place in a cloud-native world. Something has to give,
as the systems are not compatible.

But what if there was a way to build a trully cloud-native NFV platform,
something which could support cloud-native functions (CNFs) natively? Given
how extensible Kubernetes is with [custom resource definitions][5], this is
not only possible, it's being developed and worked on today. This project is
called [Network Service Mesh][4]. This project is an attempt to reimagine
NFV in a cloud-native way.

The image below shows the core concepts in Network Service Mesh. Note that the idea here is to abstract this into higher-level concepts which help to move NFV into it's inevitable cloud-native future.

In future posts, I will go into some detail on Network Service Mesh. It's
very early in it's development lifecycle, but it's been exciting to see the
interest in this from both the Kubernetes community as well as the service
provider NFV community.

_Note: Pictures borrowed from the great presentation given to the Kubernetes Network SIG by Ed Warnicke found [here][6]._

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model
[2]: https://pivotal.io/de/cloud-native
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization
[4]: https://github.com/ligato/networkservicemesh
[5]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/api-extension/custom-resources/#customresourcedefinitions
[6]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vmN5EevNccel6Wt8KgmkXhAfnjIli4IbjskezQjyfUE/edit?usp=sharing

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The Charles Manson murders are probably one of the most horrific and well-known serial killings in history. In 1969, Charles Manson along with Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten and others participated in a series of murders. In total these individuals took the lives of 7 individuals over a few weeks time. Charles is serving nine consecutive life sentences in a California penitentiary.
Leslie Van Houten has been serving time in the California Institution for Women in Chino since their arrests and convictions in the early 70s. This now 66-year-old woman may be getting a second chance at what is left of her life. Leslie has been recommended for parole and will be released if the Governor of the state Gov. Jerry Brown signs off for her release when the paperwork hits his desk.
Meanwhile…. there are hundreds of thousands of individuals spending their lives behind bars for possessing and cultivating a plant that can save lives, not take them. The shocking truth is we would prefer to let murderers back on the street while continuing to incarcerate and ruin the lives of thousands every day over cannabis. If released, Leslie very well may be the only one of the Manson Family members to ever be released from prison.


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Jim Boeheim was on the podium to discuss his second consecutive loss against John Beilein. The Syracuse head coach had won the first nine head-to-head coaching battles, but Michigan outlasted Syracuse for a 68-65 win on Tuesday evening. Watch the full interview in the embedded media player below.


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Volon és un municipi francès situat al departament de l'Alt Saona i a la regió de Borgonya - Franc Comtat. L'any 2007 tenia 70 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Volon era de 70 persones. Hi havia 28 famílies, de les quals 8 eren unipersonals (8 homes vivint sols), 8 parelles sense fills i 12 parelles amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 44 habitatges, 30 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 6 eren segones residències i 7 estaven desocupats. 42 eren cases i 2 eren apartaments. Dels 30 habitatges principals, 27 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 2 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 1 estava cedit a títol gratuït; 2 tenien dues cambres, 1 en tenia tres, 8 en tenien quatre i 19 en tenien cinc o més. 26 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 13 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 16 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 55 persones, 42 eren actives i 13 eren inactives. De les 42 persones actives 40 estaven ocupades (23 homes i 17 dones) i 2 estaven aturades (1 home i 1 dona). De les 13 persones inactives 7 estaven jubilades, 5 estaven estudiant i 1 estava classificada com a «altres inactius».

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 3 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa extractiva, 1 d'una empresa immobiliària i 1 d'una entitat de l'administració pública.

L'únic servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009 era una agència immobiliària.

L'any 2000 a Volon hi havia 9 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 828 hectàrees.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Volon a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Volon a l'INSEE
 France par commune Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis de l'Alt Saona


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Claude Thélot, né le  à Paris, est un haut fonctionnaire et un sociologue français.

Biographie
Ancien élève de l'École Polytechnique (promotion X1965) et de l'ENSAE, administrateur de l'Insee, il a exercé des responsabilités au sein de l'Insee, notamment comme chef du service des études régionales de la direction régionale de Pays de la Loire, rédacteur en chef de la revue nationale de l'Insee Économie et Statistique, et chef de la division Emploi. Il a été nommé en 1990 directeur d'administration centrale au Ministère chargé de l'Éducation nationale et de l'Enseignement supérieur, où il était responsable de l'évaluation et des statistiques, avant d'être nommé conseiller-maître à la Cour des Comptes (1998). Il y a été trois ans de suite, de 1998 à 2000, responsable du rapport annuel de la Cour des comptes sur la Sécurité sociale.

C'est en 1982 qu'il publia son premier livre, Tel père, tel fils ?, étude de la mobilité sociale en France. Lorsqu'il était en poste à Nantes, ses contacts avec le jeune François de Singly, alors assistant en sociologie, ont été l'occasion de plusieurs collaborations dont un ouvrage co-signé, Gens du Privé, Gens du Public (1989).

À la suite de ses responsabilités au ministère de l'Éducation,il a publié plusieurs ouvrages  et a été professeur associé d'économie de l'éducation à l'Université Paris Descartes, de 1993 à 2002.

Il a présidé différents conseils d'analyse et de réflexion, en particulier le Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de l'école, placé auprès du ministre de l'éducation, de la mi-2000 à début 2003, et été vice-président du Haut Conseil de la population et de la famille, présidé par le président de la République, Jacques Chirac, de la mi-1999 à début 2003.

Il a été le président de Commission du débat national sur l'avenir de l'École qui a travaillé de la mi-2003 à la fin 2004. Cette commission a été chargée d'organiser et de faire la synthèse du grand débat national public sur l'avenir de l'école, voulu par Luc Ferry et Xavier Darcos. La synthèse des débats, remise au ministre de l'Éducation  en  et le « rapport Thélot », remis au Premier ministre le , avaient été commandés pour alimenter la réflexion sur une nouvelle loi d'orientation sur l'École. Ce fut la "loi Fillon" d'.

À la demande du gouvernement calédonien, il a refait la même démarche en Nouvelle-Calédonie d' à  : Grand débat sur l'École, miroir du débat, recommandations de politique éducative.

Claude Thélot est à la retraite depuis .

Il continue à assurer des conférences, et à écrire des articles et des ouvrages sur la politique éducative et sur la société française en général. Il a publié par ailleurs plusieurs ouvrages hors du champ de l'économie ou de la sociologie : un essai sur le théologien jésuite François Varillon (2011); sous le pseudonyme de Jean de la Fougère un portrait acéré du monde politique français, Les Jeux du Pouvoir (2011); deux livres de réflexion sur notre temps, Choisir sa vie-Déchiffrer notre époque (2018) et Jalons pour comprendre notre temps (2019).

Ouvrages
 Tel père, tel fils ? Position sociale et origine familiale (Dunod, 1982; réédité dans la collection Hachette Littérature en 2004)
 Gens du privé, gens du public. La grande différence, avec François de Singly, (Dunod, 1989)
Deux siècles de travail en France. Population active et structure sociale, durée et productivité du travail de 1800 à 1890, avec Olivier Marchand (Insee, 1991)
 L'Évaluation du système éducatif (Nathan, 1994)
 Le Travail en France, 1800-2000, avec Olivier Marchand (Nathan, 1997)
 Politique familiale : bilan et perspectives, avec Michel Villac (La Documentation française, 1998)
 Réussir l'école. Pour une politique éducative, avec Philippe Joutard (Seuil, 1999)
 Les Écrivains français racontent l'École. 100 textes essentiels (Delagrave et Maisonneuve & Larose, 2001)
 L'Origine des génies (Seuil, 2003)
 Débattre pour réformer. L'exemple de l'École (Dunod, 2005)
 Que vaut l'enseignement en France? avec Christian Forestier et Jean-Claude Emin (Stock, 2007)
 Anthologie de la littérature française sur la famille (Le Cherche midi, 2008)
Sous le pseudonyme de Jean de la Fougère : Les Jeux du Pouvoir. Portraits, mœurs et vanités politiques (Éditions de l'Atelier, 2011)
 François Varillon, éveilleur spirituel  (Éditions de l'Atelier, 2011), extraits en ligne
Les maximes éducatives et la politique qu'elles dessinent (Fabert, 2014)
Choisir sa vie-Déchiffrer notre époque. Les suggestions profanes de la Bible  (Éditions Lazare et Capucine, 2018)
Jalons pour comprendre notre temps. Démocratie, Éducation, Société (Éditions Lazare et Capucine, 2019)
Les rênes intérieures (publié par l'auteur, 2020)
Réexamen de la mobilité sociale sous le Premier Empire (ouvrage formant le numéro 2020/3 (38) de la revue en ligne "Napoleonica.La Revue", du site Napoleonica de la Fondation Napoléon, 2021)
Moi, libre et roi Dialogue sur l'estuaire (Éditions Lazare et Capucine, 2021)
*''Radioscopie du pouvoir'' ( Éditions Lazare et Capucine, 2022)

*''Et pourtant, j'y crois...! Religion, Science, Infox' ' (Éditions Lazare et Capucine, 2022)

Édition d'ouvrages

 Les ménages (coordonné avec P. L'Hardy). Mélanges en l'honneur de Jacques Desabie (Insee, 1989)
 Éducation et formation. L'apport de la recherche aux politiques éducatives  (coordonné avec J. Bourdon et F. Ouvrard (Éditions du CNRS, 1999)
 Les Français et leur École. Le miroir du débat. Ouvrage publié par la Commission du débat national sur l'avenir de l'École (Dunod, 2004)
 Pour la réussite de tous les élèves. Rapport de la Commission du débat national sur l'avenir de l'École (La Documentation française et Sceren-CNDP, 2004)
 Évaluer pour former. Outils, dispositifs, acteurs (coordonné avec G. Baillat, J.-M. De Ketele et L. Paquay) (De Boeck, 2008)
 Le Miroir du débat. L'expression des Calédoniens sur leur École. Ouvrage publié par la Commission du grand débat sur l'avenir de l'École calédonienne (2011)
 Quelle École pour mon pays? 60 recommandations pour la réussite de nos enfants. Rapport remis à la Présidence de la Nouvelle-Calédonie par la Commission du grand débat sur l'avenir de l'École calédonienne (2011)
La réception de Malraux aujourd'hui (coordonné avec J. Mossuz-Lavau) (Association Amitiés internationales André Malraux, 2017)
Malraux et l'Espagne. Réception, histoire, littérature, arts (coordonné avec Cristina Solé Castells (Association Amitiés internationales André Malraux, 2018 )
Mémoires d'Inséé. Des statisticiens racontent... (coordonné avec Françoise Brunaud et Béatrice Touchelay). Livre électronique, IGPDE (Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique), ministère de l'Économie et des finances, 2020

Liens externes

  Rapport officiel pour la réussite de tous les élèves, dit « rapport Thélot » (www.debatnational.education.fr).

Administrateur de l'Insee
Élève de l'École polytechnique
Élève de l'École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique
Sociologie de l'éducation
Naissance en avril 1947
Naissance dans le 10e arrondissement de Paris


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CD Medieval/European Geography Songs, 5th Edition
The Medieval Geography Songs CD contains 50 tracks for you to sing and learn!
The first 24 tracks are directly from the CCHappyMom songs featured on YouTube, sung without interruption!    Songs include Asian, African, North, Central, and South American locations, all of which played an important part in our world's medieval history!
The songs correspond with the FIFTH EDITION of Classical Conversation's new Foundations Guide.  If you are not familiar with Classical Conversations, please take a look at their website!  They provide a wonderful way to learn!
SPECIAL FEATURES:  The next 26 tracks include several of the same songs from above, but this time with either two voices singing in harmony OR one voice with a piano accompaniment!  The final 8 tracks present only the piano accompaniment for YOU to sing along, on your own!  You can do it!
LYRICS: The words to each song are included on the CD sleeve insert!


Like Transport Minister Mr Lui, I am extremely concerned. I am extremely concerned that mediocre engineering and management failures are accepted as the norm. These are how things are, and Singaporeans are expected to deal with them. Whatever has become of striving for excellence? Are we now more concerned about managing expectations, than to set performance targets to improve ourselves?
On the topic of the recent SMRT breakdown, the SMRT chief executive Mr Desmond Kuek had said that they will not be able to catch every potential fault in the system. In all fairness, that's quite true, and perhaps at some other time that is something reasonable, and acceptable, to say. However, at this inopportune time, we expect that they do their absolute very best to find and fix every flaw in the system. What kind of signal is he sending by announcing that it cannot be done?
This is coming from the same person who wanted to shorten the mean time between failures. Apparently the chief executive feels that the trains are not breaking down frequently enough. He wants it to happen more often. How does a person who doesn't understand MTBF, but wants to use such a buzzword, get to run an engineering and operationally intensive outfit like SMRT? Is transportation not quite a core business of SMRT anymore?
Never mind that the big boss is a little clueless. SMRT Trains' Managing Director Lee Ling Wee was apparently the Head of Air Engineering and Logistics at RSAF prior to joining SMRT. I'd imagine where flying machines are concerned, operations and maintenance procedures are very flawless. I mean, you don't want to be flying to your next holiday in an airplane that the airline has declared is impossible to be rid of all flaws eh? Might I point out that the root cause of the massive SMRT breakdown earlier this month has yet to be identified.
Perhaps the RSAF doesn't fly 200 fare paying passengers in their planes. But surely their F-16 and F-15 fighter jets are pricey enough that you don't want accidents to happen. In fact, I'd imagine that it was Mr Lee's position in the RSAF that helped land him his role when he first joined SMRT. If there was anything wrong with SMRT in the past, he would be the one to turn things around. Unfortunately, it looks like the trains have quite decided on the direction they're heading, and Mr Lee is simply riding along, and going on TV to talk about how they don't have the organic capacity to cope with their own problems.
Sounds exactly like an engineer trying to smoke and confuse his manager. In this case, it is the chief executive, no less, trying to confuse the public because he thinks he knows more than the public. When your sensors tell you that something has failed, then it is already broken. What kind of predictive model preventive action mumbo jumbo is he trying to smoke us with?
There's more to say, but I think this is enough of SMRT-bashing. It is not my intent to focus on SMRT, although admittedly they are a favourite target. But let's move on to SGX now.
You remember the SGX data centre blackout from last year? That they had also setup a Board Committee of Inquiry (BCOI) to investigate the outage? Well, the BCOI report was out earlier this year. Datacentre Dynamics reported on that report, and I am extremely concerned again.
In other words, SGX is not to be blamed at all. They don't know. They have no idea. It's not their problem. It is the third party who is at fault.
However, considering that IT is such a vital part of SGX's operation, I cannot believe they could have such a casual and nonchalant attitude towards their data centre facilities. IT is a critically strategic component of their core business. Look at how DBS outsourced their IT back in 2002 and then subsequently decided it was better that they keep it in-house. If SGX found it was better to outsource their data centre facilities, at the very least they must make sure they are capable of supervising and managing the outsourcing provider. Outsource doesn't mean you kick the problem out of your door and forget about it.
To SGX's credit, at least they accepted full responsibility for the outage. I don't know if they tried to make some excuse out of it, but it's strange to me that the BCOI should make excuses for them. I don't understand why the BCOI doesn't take issue with SGX's disinterest in properly managing a critical component of their core business.
In both cases, it seems the authorities are quite satisfied with substandard management and substandard engineering. Whatever happened to wanting to be world class? Best in the world? We're not going to be very world class if we continue to run our critical infrastructure this way.
Engineering industry is not well appreciated compared to financial or commercial. However, I believe engineer is the only sound base for all the others. If engineers are not well paid, why should people take up this career while they have other choices that committing less but earning more? Personally I have great passion in engineering. However, seeing many friends quitting their profession makes me feel bad. Yet I cannot help at all, because it is true that their new choices give them better life work balance. I hope I do not need to wait too long for society to realize that engineers deserve more than what they have been given. Because now I have doubts in my own engineering career as well.


Pakistan can be the world's number one tourism destination, says Polish vlogger Eva zu Beck | Emerging Pakistan - your gateway to Pakistan!
Pakistan is rich in culture, history, natural beauty. Many local and foreign tourists have been posting the mesmerizing scenes on their social media accounts to share their travel experiences.
Eva zu Beck, the young female Polish tourist has been visiting various cities of Pakistan for the past few time and she is in love with the breath-taking beauty of the region.
Recently, Eva shared an amazing video on her social media handle, expressing how she had felt living in Pakistan and also shared what she believes is the future of tourism in Pakistan.
She also came forward with a few arguments as to why she stands her ground and believes in Pakistan.
"And beyond that, looking at the beautiful landscapes views of Skardu and Hunza and Swat….. why can't Pakistan become the next Bhutan or Nepal?" said Eva.
Talking about the mesmerizing beaches in Sindh and Balochistan, the international vlogger shared that the entire coast of the Arabian Sea with the right attitude and vision could become one of the world's prime beach destinations for the seasons. "Imagine five-star resorts, private islands and beach shacks lining the beautiful coastline.
While going through Eva zu Beck's Instagram posts we can feel that she is having a great time in Pakistan. Enjoy your stay in Pakistan, Eva!


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The Coronation of Powhatan
by John Gadsby Chapman
The Coronation of Powhatan, painting by the American artist John Gadsby Chapman, 1835 CE.
Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina.
The painting depicts the 1609 CE event of the Jamestown colonists attempting to make Wahunsenacah Chief Powhatan (l. c. 1547-c. 1618 CE), the Native American leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, an English prince and subject of King James I of England. The actual event did not go well and Wahunsenacah did not recognize James I as his king. Chapman, however, presented the event as honoring Chief Powhatan and emphasized the good relations between the English and Native Americans as the romantic ideal of the "noble savage" was gaining popularity mid-19th century CE. The artist interestingly places a shadow figure, resembling a 19th-century CE frontiersman, directly behind Powhatan, suggesting how the world of the Native Americans gave way to the establishment of the United States of America.
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With the enactment of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, self-employed taxpayers who pay their own health insurance costs can now reduce their net earnings from self-employment by these costs. Previously, the self-employed health insurance deduction was allowed only for income tax purposes. For tax year 2010, self-employed taxpayers can also reduce their net earnings from self employment subject to SE taxes on Schedule SE by the amount of self-employed health insurance deduction claimed on line 29 on Form 1040.
• They received wages from an S corporation in which the taxpayer was a more-than-2-percent shareholder.
During tax year 2008, the most recent year for which data is available, the self-employed health insurance deduction was claimed on 3.6 million tax returns, reducing taxpayers' adjusted gross incomes by $21 billion.
In general, the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit is available to small employers that pay at least half of the premiums for single health insurance coverage for their employees. It is specifically targeted to help small businesses and tax-exempt organizations that primarily employ moderate- and lower-income workers.
The general business credits of eligible small businesses in 2010 are not subject to alternative minimum tax The new law allows general business credits to offset both regular income tax and alternative minimum tax of eligible small businesses as described in Section 2012 of the Small Business Jobs Act. The provision is effective for any general business credits determined in the first taxable year beginning after December 31, 2009, and to any carryback of such credits. For a list of the general business credits, see Form 3800.
For tax years beginning in 2010 and 2011, small businesses can expense up to $500,000 of the first $2 million of certain business property placed in service during the year.
In general, businesses can choose to treat the cost of certain property as an expense and deduct it in the year the property is placed in service instead of depreciating it over several years. This property is frequently referred to as section 179 property, after the relevant section in the Internal Revenue Code.
3. A facility used in connection with any of the activities in (1) above for the bulk storage of fungible commodities.
• Single purpose agricultural (livestock) or horticultural structures.
• Storage facilities (except buildings and their structural components) used in connection with distributing petroleum or any primary product of petroleum.
Section 179 property generally does not include land, investment property (section 212 property), property used mainly outside the United States, property used mainly to furnish lodging and air conditioning or heating units.
The Small Business Jobs Act (SBJA) of 2010 increases the section 179 limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets for tax years beginning in 2010 and 2011 and expands temporarily the definition of section 179 property, for tax years beginning in 2010 and 2011, to include certain qualified real property a taxpayer elects to treat as section 179 property. Qualified real property means qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.
The $500,000 amount provided under the new law is reduced, but not below zero, if the cost of all section 179 property placed in service by the taxpayer during the tax year exceeds $2 million.
For tax years beginning in 2012, the maximum amount is $125,000; before enactment of the 2010 tax relief legislation, it was set at $25,000.
The total depreciation deduction (including the section 179 expense deduction and the 50 or 100 percent bonus depreciation) you can take for a passenger automobile (that is not a truck or a van) you use in your business and first placed in service in 2010 is increased to $11,060. The maximum deduction you can take for a truck or van you use in your business and first placed in service in 2010 is increased to $11,160. If you do not take any bonus depreciation for the passenger automobile, truck, or van you use in your business and first placed in service in 2010, the maximum deduction you can take for a passenger automobile is $3,060 and for a truck or van is $3,160.
Generally, businesses can take a special depreciation allowance to recover part of the cost of qualified property placed in service during the tax year. The allowance applies only for the first year you place the property in service.
The allowance is an additional deduction you can take after any section 179 deduction and before you figure regular depreciation under MACRS for the year you place the property in service. The types of property that can be depreciated are described in the instructions to Form 4562.
The paper coupon system for Federal Tax Deposits will no longer be maintained by the Treasury Department after Dec. 31, 2010. Most businesses must now make deposits and pay federal taxes through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS).
Information on EFTPS, including how to enroll, can be found on line or by calling EFTPS Customer Service at 1-800-555-4477.