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Mr. Claus Hefner, Head of Group Human Resources encourages and congratulates the Clariant Participants
IGTC conducted a nine-month Executive Business Management Programme for Clariant Chemicals, specially customized for 26 of their high performing managers from diverse functional areas and business divisions of the organization. The objective of the programme was to equip them with a holistic and cross-functional exposure to all aspects of management and the essential thought process and skills required to assume leadership positions in the future within the organization.
Lectures sessions were conducted by senior IGTC faculty who engaged participants to build knowledge, create understanding in core business principles, nurture sound thinking by providing challenges and opportunities to explore. The participants also interacted activelywhich made learning more enjoyable. To culminate their learning's of the past nine months the programme was concluded with a final Capstone Project where the participants took extra efforts to present significant business plans which could be taken up by the organization in the near future. The projects were evaluated by a panel of distinguished faculty along with Business Heads from the organization.
The programme ended with a huge success due to perseverance, determination, time management and complete dedication of the participants. The commitment and hard work of the participants were acknowledged by Dr. Deepak Parikh, CEO and Managing Director of Clariant Chemicals India Ltd. and Mr. Claus Hefner, Head of Group Human Resources by presenting them with certificate of successful completion of the programme and a small trophy which served as a symbol of achievement. Mr. Pravin Kalawar, Head HR, Clariant Chemical India Ltd., Ms. Radhieka Mehta, Director, IGTC Mumbai, a few business heads,faculties and other facilitators were all present to encourage and support the participants in their moment of glory.
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Our family went to the breakfast area of the hotel and I immediately declared to the rest of the family following behind me to retreat - that we were all going to McDonald's. The breakfast area was packed with a bazillion people, the noise level was incredible, people were eating on every available surface, including the floor. Even if there was an available table, there was not a single table that was compatible with a wheelchair. I can spot a disaster before it happens and this would have been one for our family. So we did an About Face.
The sweet woman who was tending to the breakfast buffet saw us leaving and stopped us in the hallway to offer to us the use of the conference room to eat our breakfast. We went into the conference room to see a table perfect for the size of our family and perfect for a wheelchair and it was perfectly quiet. Everyone brought their breakfast into the conference room and we had a delightfully quiet breakfast with Bridger contentedly eating his waffles. Starting the day off quietly for Bridger will ensure that his behavior will continue to be manageable a little longer into the day.
Just the simple little gesture of the breakfast buffet attendant noticing us and offering the conference room had a huge impact on our life that day.
I went to the hotel manager and expressed my appreciation to him for that employee. Later that employee came back and told us that the manager said that we can use the conference room as our private dining room the remainder of our stay.
I love and appreciate people that live life with such a keen peripheral vision.
Because of that, our 4th of July in Utah started off great so we began our morning by going up with Alan's brother, his wife and cute kiddos to Bridal Veil Falls. It is a beautiful little walk up to a stunning waterfall. There is a shallow pool at the base of the waterfall that the kids enjoyed playing in - despite the water being completely frigid! I sat by Bridger on the edge of the bridge, trying to shield him from the blazing sun. There were a dozen other families there with lots of children playing in the water and climbing around. Watching all of the kids playing in the shallow pool looked like fun to Bridger and he wanted to take part. So we removed our shoes and I carried his body into the shallows and let him "walk" around the pool while I held him. There aren't words to describe how painful it was to carry his 70 pound body as I stepped barefooted across the jagged stones of the shallow sub thermal water. I am pretty sure that could be used as a torture method in POW camps. My feet still have indentation marks from that experience. We found a large rock in the middle of the wading area that he was content to sit on where his toes could still skim the water and he and Ty played their favorite game of "Throw Rock, Fetch Rock, Repeat."
The other children loved exploring and climbing and didn't want to leave. Bridger couldn't take the sun any longer so I walked with him and Ty down the trail to a shady spot to escape the sun while the others finished up their fun.
Now for the confession that any reader of this blog without a special needs child probably won't understand, but every reader with a special needs child will shake their screen and scream "YES!". . .
That waterfall adventure was a stinging moment. There were dozens of picture perfect families having their quality family time, laughing and smiling together. Moms and dads were standing there or lazily sitting and watching their kids run around and play. We tried to fit in. Most of our children were running around and playing but there I was lifting and carrying Bridger, trying to hold him upright on a rock and make him feel like he was playing just like the other kids that he was watching while Alan was single-parenting the other four. I left the family fun early to go sit by myself (with Bridger) because of the intense sun that was knocking him out. Alan and I have our adventures and create our fun, but being in the company of dozens of families and their gaggles of children rubbed salt in our wounds of how easy it SHOULD be. Nothing is leisure in our world and the sight of leisurely family moments is a reminder of how hard we work - always. But for the sake of the other 4, we carry on.
We ended the evening with a fun dinner and some fireworks at Alan's brother's house and we returned to the hotel to put the little kids in bed and call it a day.
Alan was leaving the next morning to return home to Virginia to get back to work and live the bachelor life for the next three weeks while I will be on my own here with the kids. Vacation Chapter 2 is about to begin. The question is -- is it Alan or I that will be experiencing a vacation?
Don't think too hard on that, it was a rhetorical question.


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More steps a day keep the doctor away
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Landmark research by The George Institute for Global Health has found that exercise can save lives, with an increase in the number of steps walked each day having a direct correlation with long term mortality.
Study author Professor Terry Dwyer said this was the first time research had been able to make the link between exercise, measured directly through pedometers, and reduced mortality over time in people who appeared healthy at the outset.
"Inactivity is a major public health problem, with conditions like obesity costing the economy tens of billions of dollars every year," Prof Dwyer said.
"This shows more clearly than before that the total amount of activity also affects life expectancy.
"Previous research measured physical activity by questionnaire only, but these results are more robust and give us greater confidence that we can prevent death from major diseases by being more active.
"This study should greatly encourage individuals to ensure they do regular exercise and prompt governments to create more opportunities for physical activity in communities."
Professor Dwyer said the study monitored 3,000 Australians over 15 years and was conducted in collaboration with the Menzies Research Institute in Tasmania.
"The participants were given pedometers and data was collected at the beginning and again approximately five years later during the trial to measure the number of steps they took each day," he said.
"Participants were an average age of 58.8 years old at commencement and the major end point was death due to any cause."
The study, which was published in the journal PLOS ONE found:
A sedentary person who increased his or her steps from 1,000 to 10,000 per day had a 46% lower mortality risk
A sedentary person who increased his or her steps to 3,000 per day, five days a week had a 12% reduction in death
Professor Dwyer said the association between daily steps and mortality was largely independent of factors such as Body Mass Index (BMI) and smoking.
"Exercise should now be seen as a potential means of increasing longevity," he said.
"We know through this research, that daily step count is inversely associated with all-cause mortality.
"People who increase their daily steps appear to have a substantial reduction in mortality risk.
"Pedometers and activity devices are growing in popularity so the ability to measure and realise the benefits of exercise are at everyone's fingertips and we should all take advantage."
The full paper can be found at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141274
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Walkers Max teams up with KFC to launch two new flavours
Walkers Max is teaming up with the fried chicken restaurant KFC to launch two signature flavours, Walkers Max Kentucky Fried Chicken and Walkers Max Double Crunch Zinger
Flamin' Hot flavour joins the range of Walkers potato crisps
Walkers is introducing a new Flamin' Hot flavour across its core potato crisps range, rolling out from Monday 18 January.
CCEP and Monster Energy unveil new support initiative for convenience retailers
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) and Monster Energy have unveiled a new support initiative to help convenience retailers maximise energy drink sales.
Jailed shopkeeper has sentence extended for failing to pay confiscation order
A jailed shopkeeper, who smuggled, stored and sold thousands of illegal cigarettes, must serve a further three-and-a-half years in prison for failing to repay a £494,000 confiscation order.
Suresite Group appoints new CEO and invests in sales and commercial team
Suresite Group, the service provider for forecourt and retail, has announced the appointment of Steve Hoban as the company's new CEO, and several other senior appointments.
GripHero again offers free dispensers across the globe to help prevent Covid spread
GripHero, the maker of hand-protection and on-the-nozzle dispensers for fuel pumps and fuel bays, is to offer its dispensers free to forecourts across the globe.
Quavers brings back Prawn Cocktail and Salt & Vinegar to its line-up of flavours
Walkers' snack brand Quavers is bringing back two flavours to its line-up – Prawn Cocktail and Salt & Vinegar.
Police release CCTV images after armed robbery at forecourt in Eastleigh
Hampshire Police has released CCTV images of a man its officers want to identify following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Eastleigh.
Cadbury marks Creme Egg's 50th birthday with Golden Goobilee campaign
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Häagen-Dazs launches a 2-in-1 ice cream concept to satisfy demand for innovation
Luxury ice cream brand Häagen-Dazs is aiming to shake up the ice cream category by launching a 2-in-1 ice-cream, Duo; a multi-texture creation in three flavours: Belgian Chocolate & Vanilla Crunch, Dark Chocolate & Salted Caramel Crunch and Belgian Chocolate & Strawberry.
MFG acquires seven petrol stations and nine new to industry sites from BP
MFG has signed an agreement to purchase seven operational petrol stations and nine new to industry (NTI) sites from BP.
New lockdown having less impact on road fuel sales than first one
The lockdowns currently in place across England, Scotland and Wales appear to be having much less impact on road fuel sales than the first lockdown in March 2020, but more of an impact than the second lockdown in England in November, according to the latest figures from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Autonomous vehicle market in UK forecast to be worth £41.7bn by 2035
Forty per cent of new car sales could have self-driving capabilities, with a total market value of £41.7bn by 2035, according to a new report launched by transport minister Rachel Maclean.
ACS calls for rates relief to be extended in the next Budget due in March
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has submitted evidence to the Treasury ahead of the 2021 Budget, calling on the Chancellor to extend the business rates discount in 2021/22 to avoid a sudden shock of high rates bills while stores are still dealing with the impact of the pandemic.
Essar Oil UK unveils plans for £750m hydrogen production plant at Stanlow
Essar Oil UK has unveiled plans to build a £750m hydrogen production hub at its Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire in a joint venture with Progressive Energy, developers of HyNet North West.


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In case you missed it, 2014 was the year when everyone officially had to stop thinking about the digital world from a desktop perspective. For years, we've watched as smartphone and tablet online usage steadily gained ground on desktops. 2014 was the year that they pulled seriously into the lead. Desktop usage is well and truly lapped.
Take a look at this chart from comScore's Digital Future in Focus report for 2015.
See that sad little blue box that's been relatively unchanged since the end of 2010? That would be the number of minutes we've spent on desktops. A growth rate of 37% as compared to the 394% growth in smartphone minutes and the 1,721% growth of tablets.
Today, the share of U.S. consumers who use multiple platforms for online access is over 75% of the population. Even the generational divide has disappeared – with 74% of consumers 55+ now using mobile for online access. (Chart below). The fact is that if you are working in digital, your work will be seen on screens large and, especially, small.
Think small first. Whether you're designing a website, a page or a post, you'll deliver a better experience across all platforms if you prioritize content based on the smallest screens. This approach forces you to be disciplined about web design and marketing strategy. What do your visitors really want first? Second? Or maybe never… By the time you sort out the items most important to your visitors, you may be reminded that, sadly, much of your content is beloved only by you.
Put the good stuff up front. If half of your site visitors are coming from mobile, you'd better give them what they want to see first and fast. Sure, it's tempting to put that nice promotion at the top of your page. And it will make your product manager SO happy. But since you've got maybe three seconds before your mobile visitors give you the virtual Left Swipe, let's err on the side of giving your customer the gratification rather than your colleague.
Get responsive now. If you haven't already, it's time to stop procrastinating and get that responsive website done. You know you'll sleep better if you actually get it off your to-do list. And you won't have to fear the analytics reports that shame you with the steadily increasing number of visitors who are attempting to interact with you, but are either giving up or giving themselves eyestrain from trying to view your tiny little web pages.
If 2014 is the year that we gave up our desktop-centric thinking, what milestone will we see in 2016? Maybe the end of three tidy categories of Phone, Tablet and Desktop. Phones are shrinking to wearables and growing into 'phablets'. Tablets are becoming convertibles. And the screens formerly grouped into 'desktops' will have to cover everything from a modest PC to Smart TVs so big that people are knocking out walls to get back far enough to see them.
Whatever the eventual screen size, the days when the answer to "What should we put on our site?" was "Everything" are thankfully over. Think small first.


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The 2017 China Equestrian Festival was held in Wenjiang district, Chengdu, on Nov 10-12.
The Wenjiang district has made great progress in promoting innovation and medical integration over recent years.
With the weather being scorching at the moment, it might be wise to avoid being out. However, there are a whole host of places in Wenjiang to enjoy the cool.
The second Chengdu Dubai International Cup will take place on April 3 in Wenjiang.
Wenjiang district, a newly urbanized area west of downtown Chengdu, is now seen by locals as a model of how to create a better life for residents.
Royston Ffrench, a jockey from the United Kingdom, won the 2,200-meter Chengdu Dubai International Cup, the richest race with a total purse of 1.5 million yuan ($241,500).


Erin Bates, the second oldest Bates daughter, recently sat down for an interview with ET and spoke about her miscarriage, pregnancy, and the possibility of a future Duggar-Bates wedding. Erin recently found out she was pregnant following a devastating miscarriage. Erin was beaming with excitement as she shared a sonogram photo of her new bundle of joy with fans on the first episode of Bringing Up Bates on UP television.
With Erin admitting that the bond shared by the Duggar and Bates family could likely end with the family joining together as one with the marriage of members from both families, fans have already begun speculating which two are the most likely to pair up for the big day. In fact, the Inquisitr previously reported on the possibility of Joseph Duggar And Tori Bates entering into a courtship.
If you are a fan of either show, what do you think? Would you be excited to see a Duggar-Bates wedding?


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Roy Cooper's lonely and courageous battle
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It's a difficult and sometimes nasty job, but somebody's gotta' do it
One of the hard and often underreported truths of American politics is the role that both luck and timing play in the perceived successes and/or failures of elected officials – particularly chief executives. Enter office at just the right moment – when, say, the economy is humming along and one's political party enjoys a large majority – and elected office can be a lot of fun. Chances are you'll have strong approval ratings, considerable clout in legislative decision making, lots of invitations to speak to large and friendly audiences and an opportunity to leave a significant imprint on your city, state or nation.
For a classic example of such a rosy scenario, witness the final two terms served by North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt from 1993-2001. During his second pair of terms (he also served from 1977-1985) Hunt enjoyed Democratic control of both houses of the General Assembly (except for a two-year period in which Republicans controlled the House), a mostly healthy and growing economy, solid popularity ratings and some real chances to make a positive difference in state policy. Add to this Hunt's own generally sunny and optimistic personality and formidable skills in working with progressives and conservatives – not to mention the less-divided nature of the times – and the picture gets that much brighter.
For the flipside to the cheerful Hunt setup, consider the presidency of Barack Obama. The nation's first president of color (a daunting reality in and of itself) entered office in the depths of the worst economic crisis in 75 years. Add to this the fact that he never really enjoyed real, working majorities in either house of Congress (except for a brief period at the very outset of his presidency) and that he had to preside over a divided nation while being ceaselessly pummeled by a multi-billion dollar propaganda machine on a daily basis, and it's a wonder he was able to serve the full eight years. That he actually left office with high public opinion ratings is a testament to his uncommon character, integrity and tenacity.
Cooper's challenge
In 2017, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper can be forgiven if he sometimes finds himself longingly contemplating the environment in which Hunt served, while also feeling enormous kinship with President Obama. Think, for a moment, about what he is and has been up against.
Cooper entered office 80 days ago under enormously difficult circumstances. First, was the matter of his own narrow electoral victory. Though he never relinquished the lead of several thousand votes that allowed him to claim victory on election night, it took him more than a month to be formally declared the victor by elections officials after a series of delaying actions by Pat McCrory. This, in turn, allowed Cooper an extremely narrow window of just over three weeks in which to effect a transition of power – a period during which lawmakers called themselves back into an unprecedented special session to pass laws undermining the powers and authority of the governor's office and in which McCrory did little, if anything, to help.
Next, is the unprecedented national political environment in the era of Trump. At the same moment that Cooper has been trying to secure the reins of power in Raleigh, the nation has been rocked by repeated political earthquakes spurred by a corrupt, dishonest and quite possibly illegitimate administration in Washington. Add to this the fact that many of the highest profile policy proposals emanating from that administration would fundamentally and negatively alter the relationship between states and the federal government (all while undermining North Carolina's fiscal policy wellbeing) and the situation becomes all the more vexing and challenging.
And then there's the economic situation that Cooper has inherited. It's not the unrelenting horror show that greeted Obama, but it could be a lot better. While things are in decent shape in some urban and suburban areas, the latest numbers show that, on the whole, North Carolina has not participated nearly as fully in the national recovery as it might have. As the N.C. Budget and Tax Center noted just last Friday:
"The first economic reading for 2017 shows an alarming number of areas across North Carolina either moving in the wrong direction or not making solid progress. Most communities still have more people looking for work than before the Great Recession, and several counties that clawed their way back to pre-recession employment levels have lost ground."
The economic situation is made all the worse by the stain of HB2, which continues to tarnish the state's "brand" and send a loud and clear message to modern corporate leaders, professionals and academics that North Carolina is a place to be avoided.
And, of course, we haven't even addressed Cooper's greatest challenge – namely, an unremittingly hostile legislature led by lawmakers, particularly in the Senate, who revel in doing their utmost to channel and replicate Trump's bullying bravado, all while operating behind the shield of veto-proof majorities. Not only are these legislators attacking Cooper over policy matters; they're firing constant personal broadsides and aggressively pushing the constitutional envelope in order to pilfer and diminish his powers.
Add to all of this a hostile and well-funded bevy of right-wing think tanks that know few bounds and that emit a steady barrage of personal attacks, and it's impressive that Cooper still gets up and comes to work each day. Recently, the reactionary Pope-Civitas Institute absurdly accused Cooper of "playing the race card" when he argued that putting LGBTQ protections up for a popular vote would equate to putting the civil rights protections of the 1960's on the ballot.
In such a toxic environment, the instinct to find any small sliver of "compromise" or, at the very least, a chance to avoid conflict for a few hours is understandably attractive. For Cooper – a politician who spent many years as a legislator getting things done – it must be especially difficult to operate in the current environment. At last Monday's State of the State speech, he used the phrase "common ground" no less than 13 times as he sought to extend an olive branch and find at least some areas of agreement with Republican lawmakers.
Unfortunately, if not unsurprisingly, Cooper's offer was met with a rude slap to the face. Senator Phil Berger, the legislature's de facto leader, responded to Cooper's speech even before he delivered it with a pre-recorded barrage of attacks in which, as Chris Fitzsimon noted last Thursday, he claimed "that Cooper squeaked into office and had become the Left's new champion who was trying to force the state to 'retreat to its troubled past.'"
So, what can and should Cooper do? Give up on most issues in order to win a few crumbs here and there? Follow Pat McCrory's lead and become the legislature's errand/whipping boy? Pack it in and stand aside as Dan Forest sweeps into office in 2020?
In a point-counterpoint discussion she and I did on WUNC radio last week, Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation indicated that Berger was understandably grumpy because Cooper hadn't been sufficiently complimentary of the supposed "successes" achieved by conservative lawmakers in recent years. Must Cooper look for ways to praise Berger in order to win his favor?
Here's another suggestion: Cooper should continue to fight like heck. As was explained in this space last November, the painful truth of modern day North Carolina politics is that leaders on the Right are in no mood to compromise. They are on the attack at all times and will, whatever the content of their public pronouncements, treat gentle efforts at compromise from progressives as a sign of weakness and, whenever possible, an opportunity to pull back the proverbial goalposts further still.
None of this is to imply that Governor Cooper should not attempt to govern or find common ground. It is to say, however, that, wish as he and we might that things were different and more like they were in the 1990's, they aren't. In 2017 North Carolina, a progressive governor will only wrest victories away from his opponents on the Right – even small ones – by doing just that: wresting them. For now, the days of common ground policy achievements born of good will and patient dialogue are over.
In other words, in 2017 North Carolina, being a progressive governor is a difficult and sometimes nasty job, but somebody's gotta' do it.
Rob Schofield, Director of NC Policy Watch, has three decades of experience as a lawyer, lobbyist, writer and commentator. At Policy Watch, Rob writes and edits daily online commentaries and handles numerous public speaking and electronic media appearances. He also delivers a radio commentary that's broadcast weekdays on WRAL-FM and WCHL and hosts News and Views, a weekly radio news magazine that airs on multiple stations across North Carolina.
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Every Monday, Terry Gruley spends a few hours at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital brightening the day of patients and families.
She doesn't do it as a physician, nurse, therapist or support staff member. In fact, she's not an employee at all. Gruley is one of thousands of volunteers who donate their time and effort across the organization each day.
"I take a cart filled with books around to three intensive care units for patients and their families to read and keep," Gruley said. "To see a patient's eyes light up when I come into the room, it makes my day. And I think it makes their day too."
Gruley is part of Volunteer Services, a dedicated and diverse group that strives to make Michigan Medicine a more welcoming place for patients, families and staff members.
At any given time, there are approximately 2,200 active volunteers at Michigan Medicine, both on the main medical campus and at ambulatory care sites around the region. They make a commitment of 2-4 hours per week for at least six months.
"Volunteers come from all walks of life, all parts of the world and are people of all ages," said Pam Fogarty, one of the coordinators of Volunteer Services. "Most just want to be here for people in need and give back to the community."
That's certainly the case for Gruley, who began volunteering at Michigan Medicine nearly a decade ago.
"I grew up with a sister who went in and out of the hospital quite a bit," Gruley said. "So I have a lot of empathy for families going through a health crisis — I was part of a family like that growing up."
Gruley first started volunteering with Michigan Medicine in 2007 at the Giving Library, which offers donated books for patients to read or have read to them. It's one of hundreds of volunteer opportunities across the organization.
Volunteers also help with wayfinding, run the registers in the Friends Gift Shop, take the art cart to patient rooms, and even help support labs and research areas.
On top of wanting to help others, many young adults volunteer at Michigan Medicine to gain exposure to health care.
"I'm a pre-med student and hope to eventually become a physician," said Brandon Coy, a senior at U-M who volunteers once a week at University Hospital stocking shelves with supplies. His tasks take place both behind-the-scenes and in individual rooms where he can interact with patients and families.
"While I know that I will contribute to medicine as a doctor down the road, volunteering here is a way I can contribute now," Coy said. "It may not be the most exciting work, but it's work that must be done to make the whole health system run smoothly. It's a nice feeling to know that I'm making a difference."
Michigan Medicine volunteers must be at least 18 years old — or 16-17 years old if participating in the summer Teen Program. Volunteers must each attend an information session, fill out an application, go through an interview, general orientation, unit orientation and provide two references along with their health records. If chosen, they will be placed in a position based on availability and program need.
"We may not be able to change health outcomes directly, but we can improve someone's experience here," Gruley said. "That's what keeps me coming back."
The next Volunteer Services information sessions will be held on Sept. 5, 6 and 7. Click here or email umhs.volunteer@umich.edu for more information.
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This article reveals the grounds on which individuals form perceptions of disorder. Integrating ideas about implicit bias and statistical discrimination with a theoretical framework on neighborhood racial stigma, our empirical test brings together personal interviews, census data, police records, and systematic social observations situated within some 500 block groups in Chicago. Observed disorder predicts perceived disorder, but racial and economic context matter more.
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In recent years, there has been increasing attention focused on the spatial dimensions of residential segregation—from the spatial arrangement of segregated neighborhoods to the geographic scale or relative size of segregated areas. However, the methods used to measure segregation do not incorporate features of the built environment, such as the road connectivity between locations or the physical barriers that divide groups. This paper introduces the spatial proximity and connectivity (SPC) method for measuring and analyzing segregation.
Modified Brave Spaces: Calling in Brave Instructors
In recent years, instructors teaching about controversial issues such as race and ethnicity have drawn increasingly on the ideas of "safe" and "brave" spaces to encourage and facilitate dialogue during class discussion. Unfortunately, these concepts have limits when taken out of the dialogic social justice workshop and course contexts where they were initially developed—contexts with very different power dynamics than those in conventional college classrooms.
Trust in the Bayou City: Do Racial Segregation and Discrimination Matter for Generalized Trust?
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Commercial judge places Correo Argentino under trusteeship
Decision followed a writ filed by Attorney General Carlos Zannini and commercial prosecutor Gabriela Boquin.
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A commercial judge Marta Cirulli has ordered that the Correo Argentino post office be placed under trusteeship and that its administrators be removed from their posts. | NA/Marcelo Capece
A commercial judge Marta Cirulli has ordered that the Correo Argentino post office be placed under trusteeship and that its administrators be removed from their posts.
The magistrate's decision followed a writ filed by Attorney General Carlos Zannini and the Commercial Appeals Court's chief prosecutor Gabriela Boquin. That move, which comes as the firm is locked in a "cram-down" (pre-bankruptcy proceedings) illustrates the new approach to the controversy surrounding the firm that has taken hold since the Alberto Fernández administration took office.
Boquin had requested that the administrators in charge of the company – who had been appointed by the Socma company, owned by the family of former president Mauricio Macri –
be removed from their posts and a new leadership be installed, accusing its previous owners, the SOCMA (Sociedad Macri) group of asset-stripping.
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The prosecutor alleged that the asset-stripping took place during SOCMA's time in charge of the firm (1997-2003).
The new imposed trustee will have full powers to administer and oversee Correo Argentino, including control of its accounts. Despite the intervention, Socma – which remains the property of the Macri family, with shares shared between late tycoon Franco Macri's five children – will retain the power to renegotiate its debt with the State, judicial sources told local outlets.
Zannini, in a letter submitted to the court in mid-February, alleged that the State has "a specific interest" in trustees overseeing Correo Argentino, saying there had been "a series of irregularities" at the post office.
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In June 2016, the Macri administration accepted an offer to end a two-year row between the company and the State over debts owed by the firm. It involved a giant haircut of Correo Argentino's debt, Perfil reported at the time, a move that Boquin later described as "abusive" and "detrimental to public administration."
When the conflict between the two parties began, back in 2001, Correo Argentino's debt with the State was for some US$300 million (then 300 million pesos), according to previous reporting. However, by 2017, the Public Prosecutor's Office established that, with interest, that debt had risen to four billion pesos.
Concerns, criticism
Last Sunday, Perfil journalist Ezequiel Spillman reported that the former president is concerned about the case and the possible damage it could cause to the extended members of his family.
Macri-aligned opposition politicians criticised the news. In a joint statement, ex-justice minister Germán Garavano, senator and former vice-presidential candidate Miguel Ángel Pichetto and national lawmaker Pablo Tonelli said that "since 2003, Kirchnerismo has been using the concession of Correo Aregentino to mount an operation of political persecution against Mauricio Macri and his family."
The trio also criticised Zanini's intervention and called for an end to "attacks" and "revenge."
On Thursday, Zannini said that the State "must recover" the money lost from the "huge debt" produced by Correo Argentino.
"What we are trying to recover there are state funds, our participation does not have any other implication," he said, adding that the case should be "resolved promptly."
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April 13, 2015 April 27, 2015 by Sarah Nechamkin
When I walk up the stairs to the third floor of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, I fall into a Mad Men lover's paradise. I am instantly teleported into a world of mid-day cocktails, gravity-defying hair, and suburban housewife disillusionment. This stimulation is enough to send me into a fan coma: Don Draper's mid-century modern office, Joan's signature pen necklace, and Megan's groovy thigh-baring frocks! Not only do the original props, costumes, and sets tickle my fancy, but I also pour over the dozens of scripts, character beats, interviews, and miscellaneous notes on display that offer a window into the mind of show runner Matthew Weiner, who curated the exhibit in anticipation of the second half of Mad Men's final season. The national hysteria over shows like Mad Men, with it's tightly-wound plotting, technical finesse, and complex characterization, makes it easy to forget that until recently, television was dismissed as the poor man's cinema—a wasteland for works deemed too trashy for the silver screen.
While this obsession was once reserved for movie franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter, and James Bond, high-quality television series have since seized audiences' attention. It's not about whether you're hooked on TV, but which show you're hooked on right now.
We are living in an era critics refer to as the "Golden Age of Television," which came about with the 1999 premiere of The Sopranos, inspiring a slew of anti-hero driven series, including Breaking Bad, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, Dexter, True Blood, and of course, Mad Men.
"The ambition and achievement of these shows went beyond the simple notion of 'television getting good,'" Brett Martin wrote in Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution. "The open-ended, twelve-or thirteen-episode serialized drama was maturing into its own, distinct art form. What's more, it had become the signature American art form of the first decade of the twenty-first century, the equivalent of what the films of Scorsese, Altman, Coppola, and others had been to the 1970s or the novels of Updike, Roth, and Mailer had been to the 1960s."
The unparalleled writing, acting, and cinematography of these shows gave new credibility to a medium defined by both the insipid feel-good comedy of domestic sitcoms (The Brady Bunch, Everybody Loves Raymond) and the brain-cell-dissolving, stereotype-inducing junk that is reality television (Jersey Shore, The Real Housewives, etc.) It's no longer just the ABCs, CBSs, and NBCs of the cable-verse that are dominating viewing habits. With Mad Men, AMC, once a destination for classic movies, has established itself as the leading network for premium dramas like The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and its spinoff Better Call Saul. This trend, like most of the modern era, is going digital. Netflix's success with its original programming (House of Cards, Orange is the New Black) brought its number of subscribers up to 54.5 million from 2013 to 2014, a 31.5 percent jump, according to Kitara Media. The company continues to capitalize on its success with an original children's series, All Hail King Julien, and Tina Fey's comedy, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Amazon is joining the ranks, following the critical acclaim for its new show, Transparent. The show received the Golden Globe award for best new TV series, musical or comedy, recruiting Woody Allen to write and direct an original series.
Now, the label, "TV addict" doesn't associate you with the Cat Ladies of yore, eyes glued to The Bachelor as you dig into a pint of Ben and Jerry's and down a bottle of white wine. Rather, being an active television watcher indicates cultural savvy and intellect—someone up-to-date with the zeitgeist.
Today's media obsession is undoubtedly a product of the times. For a generation coming into adulthood with the unparalleled resources and expediency offered in the digital age, it seems only fitting that we control our own television experiences, setting our own schedules to watch the shows we enjoy. For millennial viewers, the binge lifestyle feeds our need for instant gratification at our utmost convenience. With viewers now able to remember plotlines that may get lost in someone's week-to-week attention span, there is a sense of growing with the characters, being brought along on their tumultuous journeys and unable to get off the ride. For anti-hero driven television like Breaking Bad, this works especially well, as tantalizing moral corruption becomes too intimate to reject.
But because of this shift to cinematic TV, is there something lost in the great American tradition of television-viewing? Like all technological advancements, the convenience of the Netflix model means the sacrifice of the communal experience of TV—that warm fuzzy feeling you get when huddled around a television set with your family, bickering over the latest love triangle of your favorite drama. While film has tended to resonate more long-term with Rotten Tomatoes contributors and film majors than with audiences after they leave the theatres, TV has always been a favorite topic of dinner table discussion. The anticipation until next week was sometimes too much to bear, but good company helped keep us satisfied. After watching the latest episode, that interim period between episodes is a time to dissect the last episode with a community of fellow fans.
With message boards, think pieces, and countless TV recaps, that community is not hard to find. While once national obsessions coincided with mass appeal—140 million people watched the miniseries Roots and 35 million tuned into Twin Peaks— today's cultural touchstones are more fragmented, yet are designated a disproportionate amount of relevance by the digital media. While HBO's Girls drew fewer than 1 million viewers in its first season, The New York Times has published over 300 articles mentioning Lena Dunham since the show was released, from think pieces on Girls' perpetuation of white privilege to the Fashion & Style section's profiles of Dunham's veganite Bushwick set, according to the American Prospect. TV commentary is better than ever, easily accessible for the hungriest fans to devour. But why waste time reading recaps that you could be spending on watching the next episode in your queue? The average fan is too busy glued to his or her laptop screen to bother adding two cents to the blogosphere.
While television entertainment was once an opportunity to kick back and tune out, we now treat shows as marathons, demanding endurance and intense focus. Just as we seek the most efficient route from point A to point B in nearly all aspects of life, we race through the most buzzed-about shows to achieve the "most relevant" title.
Each season of House of Cards, which takes about a year to fully produce and involved over 320 people per episode in the third season, only takes a weekend to finish for the determined viewer. In fact, 670,000 people, or a whole two percent of Netflix subscribers, watched the second season of House of Cards in the first weekend it was released, according to a report by Procera Networks. It seems as though the pressure to check the latest show off the list overshadows the cinematic quality of these shows—that the subtleties of a great script, tinged with Shakespearian character arcs and symbolism, fly over the heads of mindless bingers in their quests to keep up with the latest and greatest. There is no time to pause, let alone rewind and ruminate.
As I look around at the Mad Men exhibit, seeing parents with their children marveling at Pete Campbell's tennis outfits and the original packaging of Bugles, I feel I have traveled back in time—when fans came together to watch, discuss, and anticipate shows, back before mass media became an individual experience.
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U.S. President Donald Trump confronted two deadlines in Congress on Sunday as Democrats ready to shift the focus of their impeachment question from fact-finding to the thought of possible charges of misconduct over his dealings with Ukraine.
The Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, tasked with considering charges called articles of impeachment, has awarded the president till 6 pm EST (2300 GMT) on Sunday to state whether he or his legal counsel will participate in an impeachment hearing on Wednesday.
The hearing, the first in a set of proceedings expected prior to the committee, will hear testimony about the impeachment process established under the U.S. Constitution by a panel of legal experts that has not yet been named.
Hearings before the committee, which has responsibility for crafting some other formal charges from Trump, are a significant step toward possible charges. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who will make the final choice, has not said yet whether the Republican president ought to be officially impeached. But in a letter to supporters last week, she called for him to be held accountable for his actions.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing as well as the impeachment question a witch hunt aimed at unseating a democratically elected president. The White House has not yet indicated whether it is going to take part in your House Judiciary proceedings.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler has set an 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) deadline on Friday for Trump to state whether he intends to mount a defence at further event expected next week which could examine the evidence against him.
Three exploring panels, headed by the House Intelligence Committee, are expected to release a formal proof report that week after lawmakers return to Congress on Tuesday from their Thanksgiving recess. The report will outline evidence accumulated by lawmakers on the panel, along with people on the House Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees.
Congressional investigators have been looking into whether Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to establish investigations of former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, who is running to unseat him in the 2020 presidential elections, and a discredited conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.
The president and his Democratic allies in Congress say the question was unfair, since it did not allow the White House to have legal counsel present or call witnesses through weeks of closed-door open and testimony hearings before the House Intelligence Committee.
"The president may well look at this, or his counsel may well look at this, and sayWhy would we would like to have in here and legitimize this procedure, when it had been created illegitimate at the start by shutting out us" Stated Republican Representative Tom Cole.
The House Judiciary Committee could vote on whether to recommend articles of impeachment within the next two weeks, putting the point of a possible impeachment vote by the full House before Christmas, according to Democratic Party.
If the House impeaches Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate would hold a trial to determine if he should be detained and removed from office.


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Q: /etc/rc.d/postgres start vs rc.d postgres start What's the difference between those two commands?
/etc/rc.d/postgres start

and
rc.d postgres start

Aren't those interchangeable?
I tried starting PostgreSQL using the latter, but it only works with the first one.
I'm using Sys V init on Arch Linux.

A: It would appear that you have your your syntax a bit backwards.
rc.d
usage: rc.d action daemon ...

e.g: rc.d list
     rc.d help
     rc.d start sshd gpm

So you would want to do
rc.d start postgresql

The rc.d script is simply for convenience. It makes starting multiple services from the command line easier.  So you can do things like
rc.d start lighttpd postgresql

Instead of manually having to call both like
/etc/rc.d/lighttpd start
/etc/rc.d/postgresql start

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Classrooms in the Clouds
SI President's Appeal 2015-2017 , Year In Review June 2017
Classrooms in the Clouds (CITC) was established in August 2007, registered as a charity with the Scottish Charity Commission. Although UK based, CITC has supporters from many countries and the first CITC project was completed in the village of Lukla, a town in the Khumbu area of the Solu Khumbu
UN Financing for Development Forum 2017
New York , Year In Review June 2017
by Marie D'Amato-Rizzi, SI UN Representative, New York. "The second ECOSOC forum on Financing for Development (FfD) follow-up, met at the UN in New York for 4 days at the end of May this year. The annual forum was established in 2015 by the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and results
The Lost Children
Year In Review June 2017
SI President Yvonne Simpson and SIE Immediate Past President Ulla Madsen report. At the 26th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 2017, UN Vienna May 25, 2017, SIE Immediate Past President, Ulla Madsen was panellist at the side event, 'The Lost Children - Safeguarding unaccompanied migrant
SI President's Post: Celebrating many years of Soroptimist service
President's Message, Uncategorised
SI President 2015-2017 , Year In Review June 2017 , Yvonne Simpson
"The Soroptimist movement is heading for its centennial in 2021. Many of our volunteers have been members for a long time, and continue to give service to transform the lives and status of women and girls through education, empowerment and enabling opportunities. It is a privilege to acknowledge our wise
Entrance of Gender Issues into Global Environmental Development Agenda
Environment , Nairobi , Year In Review June 2017
By Alice Odingo, SI UN Representative to UN Environment, Women Major Group (WMG) Alternate Facilitating Committee member and NGO Major Group Organizing Partner, Global South. "There are many definitions of the term environment. One such definition is "The external physical, biological and socio-economic conditions influencing the growth and development of
SI President's Post: Promoting Awareness of Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking , SI President 2015-2017 , Year In Review June 2017 , Yvonne Simpson
Innovative education for effective crime prevention: the Alliance promoting awareness of human trafficking among flight crew. "Human trafficking is a heinous crime and one which affects women in greater numbers than men. Soroptimists worldwide raise awareness, and advocate for change to address this confronting issue. An event I attended aimed
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"It was my pleasure and privilege to attend the 51st Annual Joint North / South Conference for Irish Soroptimists and guests. It was held 19 – 21 May in Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Last year I attended the event in Mullingar, in the Republic of Ireland, when they celebrated


Wax moths have been one of my biggest challenges as a beekeeper, they've caught me out a fair few times. In my first season I listened to some advice that moths weren't attracted to honey supers because they didn't have the scent of broad in. That cost me stack of supers. Last year I extracted some honey and left two supers indoors, within two weeks the dreaded moths had made them their home.
However; now researchers from China and the United States have discovered that Wax Worms, the larvae of the Wax Moth, are capable of eating and digesting Polyethylene. Since the end of the Second World War Polyethylene (PE) has been used in everything from bubble wrap to bullet proof vests. Cheap to produce, flexible and adaptable PE is one of those ubiquitous substances of modern day life. Unfortunately it is also one of the World's most polluting substances.
Plastic pollution is a real environmental challenge. When you consider that we produce over a trillion plastic bags a year and despite PE being highly recyclable only about 5% of the plastic bottles produced are made from recycled material you can get a sense of the scale of the issue. PE also takes decades to begin to biodegrade. This discovery may eventually lend to processes that can break PE down into a more manageable by product.


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Q: MVC 3 - Actionlink - Show/Hide Register if logged in/logged out How do I:
1. Move the register link "@Html.ActionLink("Register", "Register")" to the home page
and
2. Show and Hide it based on if a user is logged in or logged out
I saw this tutorial awhile back but I can't find it again
-Jonny

A: 1: Move the register link "@Html.ActionLink("Register", "Register")" to the home page
Ans: no tutorials link given so i cant answer this
2: Show and Hide it based on if a user is logged in or logged out
inside razaor view do this
  @if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
  {
     //whatver
  }


Are you the kind of flyer who pores over the seat map before heading off on a long-haul flight, trying to choose between the bulkhead or the exit row?
Us, too. But the good news is that aspect of travel planning has just gotten easier, if you're flying with Emirates. The Dubai-based carrier has become the first airline to introduce a virtual reality service that lets you check out your seat of choice in full 3D glory.
The cool new feature is available on both the Emirates website and the app, and shows off the Economy, Business and First Class cabins of the airline's A380 and Boeing 777 jets.
You can even pop a VR headset on and explore the famous onboard lounge in Business Class, or scope out the First Class shower spa. Every feature is rendered in high-quality detail, from the little complimentary cakes served in the lounge, to the bathrobe hanging on the door of the shower spa.
"We are pleased to be the world's first airline to introduce this cutting edge web VR technology, which offers our customers an immersive opportunity to learn more about the fantastic Emirates experience before they step on board," said Alex Knigge, senior vice president of Emirates corporate communications, marketing and brand (digital).
We can certainly see this coming in handy. Now, the only question remaining is – window, or aisle? Discuss.


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Мюнхнер Хелес ( – в превод Мюнхенско светло (леко)), известна и като Мюнхенски светъл (лек) лагер и Мюнхенска светла (лека) бира, е традиционна светла баварска бира, в стил лагер, разновидност на вида светъл лагер със светъл сламено до светлозлатист цвят и характерни малцов вкус и лека хмелна горчивина.

История
Този вид бира е произведена за първи път на 21 март 1895 г. в Мюнхен в пивоварната "Spaten" от известния пивовар Габриел Зеделмайер (Gabriel Sedlmayr) с цел да конкурира бирите от типа пилзнер. На тази дата от Мюнхен за Хамбург е изпратена първата партида бъчви с "мюнхенско светло". На 20 юни 1895 г. новата мюнхенска светла бира започва да се продава в бутилки и в бъчви и в Мюнхен. От тази дата новата бира се утвърждава като една от най-популярните в Германия. В родината си Бавария тя успешно конкурира бирите от типа пилзнер и заема по продажби 25 % от пазара на бира, като отстъпва по популярност само на вайс бирата, която е с 33 % пазарен дял.

Етимология
В зависимост от пивоварната, която я произвежда, тази бира се предлага с различни наименования върху етикета. Като синоними в Германия се използват и обозначенията: Hell, Helles Export, Helles Lager(bier), Export Helles, Urhelles, Urtyp-Helles, Edelhelles, Spezial Helles. Ако бирата носи името Urhell или Urtyp Helles, пивоварната се опитва да се подчертае автентичността на напитката (ur означава "оригинал", а urtyp – "оригинален вид"). Spezial Helles е сезонна бира, а Edelhell (благороден Helles) напомня за благородния сорт на използвания хмел. В англоговорещите страни се среща и с имената "Munich Original Lager" и "Munich Light".

Характеристика
Мюнхнер Хелес е малцова, не много сладка бира, с акцент върху малцовия вкус и лека хмелна горчивина. Цветът варира от средно жълт до светлозлатист; течността е прозрачна, образува кремаво бяла пяна. Бирата е леко сладка, с малцов привкус и аромат. Алкохолното съдържание варира от 4.7 до 5.4 об.%.

Типични търговски марки са: Hacker-Pschorr Munchner Helles, Paulaner Premium Lager, Spaten Premium Lager, Andechser Hell, Augustiner Lagerbier Hell, Weihenstephaner Original, Stoudt's Gold Lager

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Външни препратки
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How would you describe what you do on a typical day to a student?
Westinghouse designs, builds, and services nuclear power plants. I look at strategic opportunities of new technologies. What problems do our customers have? What issues does our industry need to solve? How can new technologies be developed and deployed to solve those challenges while making money for the company? I spend a great deal of time making sure I understand how electricity is made and used, where inefficiencies lie, and what policy makers are thinking of that could impact our industry. I use that information and lots of competitor analysis to guide investments and make sure that we have new products to offer. I get to think about battery technology, advanced robots, new materials, and even fusion!
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How did you become interested in this area of science/engineering?
I love complicated technology that is used in a system. There are always interesting problems to solve that require detailed understanding of how the technology works and how it is used. I have had so many wonderful opportunities to build upon earlier jobs and constantly learn and grow.
I took as many advanced science and math classes as possible in high school. I have a physics undergraduate degree. I decided on physics because it allowed me to learn about the theory of how things work. I think that is why I am a good manager, because I can understand the technology but also think beyond the equations. I have a master's degree in industrial engineering management, which gives me lots of insight into how to manage people, projects, and budgets. I have a masters and a Ph.D. in engineering and public policy, which is a degree that allowed me to design my own curriculum. This degree focuses on technology challenges that have big implications for people, society, or companies.
I work in an office most of the time. I travel to nuclear plant sites sometimes, where I get to see actual equipment and how the plants are constructed and how they run. I also travel to laboratories at universities and to government labs, where I can see really exciting research and talk to scientists. I travel all over the world to speak at meetings or meet with our team members. I have been to so many interesting places in four continents. The challenge to be in new countries and cultures is wonderful.
It is critical that you understand technical issues and that you can communicate extremely well. It is not possible to sell your ideas, lead people, or get funding if you cannot get others to understand the value of your ideas.
I have also found that being honest and candid is very valuable. Integrity and passion are two of the most important leadership characteristics to have.
I most enjoy working with really smart people that want to make a difference. I also enjoy that I get to learn new things all the time.
I wish that I could have more time to spend with younger coworkers and students.
I got to lead the development of a small nuclear power plant that is being designed to be built in a factory in modules or building blocks. This approach allows cost to be reduced and construction time to be much shorter. This plant is safer, easier to operate, and can help manage the wind and solar that is being connected to the electricity system.
I think the best preparation is to be skilled in a technical discipline, whether science or an engineering field, and to be well-rounded in other areas. Take English and history classes, understand the political environment, and understand the world around you. These broad skills are important.
When I started work as an engineer, I thought that every problem has a right answer, that the world is black and white. Actually, there are rarely clear answers or only one way to solve a problem. When a team is working to solve a problem, they look at the technical best answer, and then they must think about whether it is cost effective. If it is not, it must be changed somehow. Then we must comply with regulations such as environmental regulations or safety regulations. Once all those have been balanced, the idea can move forward. The "perfect" technical answer is usually changed quite a bit through this process.
I think that everyone has emotional feelings about the right energy choices. Many of these are based on inaccurate information. Comparing energy technologies and risks is really important if we are to have a safe, reliable, and cost-effective electricity system.
No. I never had the opportunity, but my daughters have participated and loved the experience.
I travel with my family. This past summer we went to South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. I got to dive with great white sharks. I spend time with my daughters and husband. I love reading, music, and museums. I run, ski, bike, hike and scuba dive.


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Q: Passing the errors to the outermost return I currently have a check I'm running to see if a username is taken or not.  I am querying to see if the username has been taken, and if so provide a value to my errors object.  I want to pass my errors defined within my if statement to the outer return statement.  Is there a way to go about this?? Im unsure of what to do here.
exports.reduceUserDetails = data => {
  let errors = {}
  const userRef = db.collection('users').where('username', '==', data.username)
  userRef.get().then(snapshot => {
    if (!snapshot.empty) {
      errors.username = 'username taken'
    } else {
      console.log('im not taken')
    }
  })
  return {
    errors,
    valid: Object.keys(errors).length === 0 ? true : false
  }
}

here is where I'm using the reduce user details:
exports.profileUpdate = (req, res) => {
  let userDetails = req.body
  const { valid, errors } = reduceUserDetails(userDetails)
  if (!valid) return res.status(400).json(errors)

  let document = db
    .collection('users')
    .where('username', '==', req.user.username)
  document
    .get()
    .then(snapshot => {
      snapshot.forEach(doc => {
        const data = doc.id
        db.collection('users').doc(data).update(req.body)
      })
      res.json({ message: 'Updated Successfully' })
    })
    .catch(error => {
      console.error(error)
      return res.status(400).json({
        message: 'Cannot Update the value'
      })
    })
}

A: May be abstracting the call in a new function and awaiting it in caller might work, otherwise you will need to add await before reduceUserDetails() wherever you will call
exports.reduceUserDetails = async data => {

        let check = await dupChk(data);
        return {
            check.errors,
            valid: check.result
        }

}

var dupChk = (data) => (
    new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

        let errors = {}
        const userRef = db.collection('users').where('username', '==', data.username)

        userRef.get().then(snapshot => {

            if (!snapshot.empty) {
                errors.username = 'username taken'
                resolve({result:false,errors:errors})
            } else {
                resolve({result:true, errors: errors});//console.log('im not taken')
            }

        })

    })
);

UPDATE:
Ok no need to do the above stuff just change the reduceUserDetails() like this
exports.reduceUserDetails = data => {

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        let errors = {}
        const userRef = db.collection('users').where('username', '==', data.username)

        userRef.get().then(snapshot => {
            if (!snapshot.empty) {
                errors.username = 'username taken'
                resolve({valid:false,errors:errors})
            } else {
                resolve({valid:true, errors: errors});//console.log('im not taken')
            }
        })
        .catch(()=>resolve({result:false,errors:errors}))
    })

}

And in profileUpdate() add await keyword before the reduceUserDetails() call
const { valid, errors } = await reduceUserDetails(userDetails)


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Before you can assert your rights, you must know what they are. Certain employment laws limit under what circumstances an employee may be lawfully terminated. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for example, outlawed discrimination based upon race, gender, religion, or national origin. In 1967, Congress passed the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to protect employees age 40 years or over from suffering unfair disadvantages and stereotypes. Decades later, in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed to ensure that qualified employees with disabilities are provided with equal opportunities to participate in the workforce. Pursuant to the Fair Employment Practices Act (M.G.L. c. 151B), Massachusetts has enacted similar laws outlawing employment discrimination based on race, gender, religion, or national origin, age, handicap, and sexual orientation. Under both state and federal law, it is illegal to terminate an employee for reporting unlawful discrimination.


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