An index divisor is a number chosen at the inception of the index which is applied to the index to create a more manageable index value. When an index is created, be it a price or market cap weighted index, the prices of the index constituents are added together to create the initial starting value of the index. The divisor is applied to bring the seemingly random number that is the sum of all the constituents to a round, memorable number which is easier to remember and track, such as 100. Once the index divisor is established, it is not changed. This allows the observer to easily track the value of the index by looking at the quotient of the index value divided by the index divisor. However, the divisor may need to be adjusted if there are material changes to the index which affect its value, such as if a constituent leaves the index or the company repurchases shares or has a rights offering.
An index divisor gives an investor or observer an easy way to track the value of an index over time. There are different ways an index can be constructed. In a price weighted index, the price of a single share of each constituent is added to the index. The individual share prices of all constituents added together create the initial starting value of the index. If it is an index of large pharmaceutical companies, there might be 20 companies and each of their share prices when added together might equal 476. This is an awful number to remember. An index divisor of 4.76 is created to bring the trackable value of the index down to 100. Over time, it is easier to remember an index starting value of 100 and judge whether or not the value of the index has risen or fallen.
A market capitalization weighted index computes its value by taking the share price of a constituent and multiplying it by the number of shares outstanding. The resulting product values of all constituents are then added together. Once the process is complete, the resulting index value may be an odd and unmemorable number such as 6,873. This would be assigned an index divisor like 68.73 or 6.873 to bring the trackable value of the index down to a round 100 or 1000.
An unweighted index is comprised of securities of equal weight; in other words, an equivalent dollar amount is invested in each of the index components.
The unsold inventory index details the number of unsold homes expressed in the time (in months) it would take to sell them based on the current month's sales rate.
The Russell Microcap Index is an index of almost 1,550 small cap and micro cap stocks that captures the smallest 1,000 companies in the Russell 2000.


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MicrobrandMonday: Hands On With The Audric SeaBorne 500 M Dive Watch
This week, #MicrobrandMonday returns, as we turn our focus to a new Singapore-based start-up, Audric. Last time, we had the opportunity to go in-depth with Brew Watch Co. and some of its most popular models; today we'll be sitting down with Akshay Solomon of Audric and taking a closer look at his brand's debut model, the SeaBorne 500 M.
Audric and Its Founders
Audric is led by friends and founders Solomon and Niranjan Parulekar, who have bonded over their shared love of watches, officially founding the company at the start of 2020 after about a year of design prototyping that began in 2019. Parulekar is a Ph.D student studying environmental science; his background in watches comes from being a part of the watch modifying ("modding") community since 2011 and making custom watch parts since 2013. Solomon's background is in computer science and leadership acquisition, and his initial appreciation for watches began when he was a boy, looking up in fascination at "the sweeping seconds hand of my grandfather's watch," which inside housed a hand-wound Citizen movement.
Parulekar, with his background in modding, also shares the title of designer at the brand, working with Solomon to prototype and produce the first of Audric's watches. Solomon leads the company's marketing and communication, reaching out to a vast swath of watch influencers and journalists to generate buzz around the start-up. Like many microbrands, Audric is working to build up its initial following via a Kickstarter campaign, focusing on a general English-language market rather than any specific geographic region.
As Solomon explained, the Audric name is unique and holds a double significance. In the tradition of many young companies, the first meaning is aspirational; "Audric" means "old and wise ruler," a term of French origin that speaks to the ambitions of the start-up. The other is more personal for Solomon, being the name of his first-born son.
Though the name implies prestige, Solomon finds his greatest interest in more "utilitarian" timepieces. "Every watch should serve purpose," he told me, which is why he's often drawn to divers, chronographs, field watches, and aviation pieces rather than the more formal models available. It's also likely why the first of the brand's watches, the Seaborne 500 M, is a sturdy steel dive watch rather than a more delicate timepiece.
The SeaBorne 500 M
Taking a closer look at the upcoming SeaBorne 500 M, we find a chunky diver with a lot of personality. According to Solomon, the model takes its foremost inspiration from sea turtles, both in terms of physical appearance in the "angular and aerodynamic design" of the animals' shells, and in what they represent: in his words, "patience, wisdom, endurance, and good luck."
The new watch uses a large 43-mm brushed steel case, standing prominently on the wrist at 15.4 mm and featuring angled, faceted lugs on its top and bottom, while trapezoidal guards protecting a screw-down crown stands alert on its right side and a helium escape valve lay within a stylized left side of the case. Surrounding the dial is a thick unidirectional bezel with a printed white 60-minute diving scale. The bezel insert is made of domed sapphire crystal rather than the more common aluminum or expensive ceramic we frequently see on dive watches' bezels.
Moving to the dial of the SeaBorne 500 M, which is available in a sunburst gray, green, blue, or matte black, we find an angled outer minute ring which hints at a functional dive computer with its coloring, but actually is fixed to the dial. This feature offers an interesting burst of contrasting color, but without any additional usefulness unless a dive is launched at the top of the hour. Deeper on the dial, we see a textured background with applied, rhodium-plated indices, alternating between circles and pentagonal shapes for each hour, while a date window lay at the 3 o'clock position. While sweeping over the face, and consequently the subtle printed Audric logo and watch descriptions on the top and watch of the dial, are two wide sword-style hands for the hour and minute with a stylized arrow pointer serving to count the seconds. The dial throughout features lume-filled accents to assist in timekeeping at deeper depths.
Inside the upcoming SeaBorne 500 M is the Sellita SW 200-1, a relatively common Swiss automatic movement capable of a 38-hour power reserve. The movement is protected via a solid screw-down case back engraved with a sea turtle image as well as some more of the watch's descriptors. As the name of the watch indicates, it is water resistant to 500 meters, secured to the wrist for deep dives via a metal bracelet with a diving buckle and extending mechanism for easy adjustment.
The SeaBorne 500 M is uncommon.
Using a thick, heavy construction, it is certainly more a rugged tool watch than a more fashion-forward model, and likely will only appeal to a very specific group of collectors looking for an interesting — and colorful — heavy professional-grade dive watch.
For all its utilitarian elements, however, Audric has made a clear effort in giving the model some luxury intrigue as well. For example, the watch uses an uncommon sapphire bezel insert, rhodium plating throughout, a dial unlike any other I have seen in a dive watch, and some perlage finishing on its bracelet clasp, all alongside a well-constructed 500-meter water resistant case with a helium escape valve. Whether Audric's new watch will thrive in the already crowded market of affordable divers remains to be seen, but with a solid resume and a lot of enthusiasm behind it from the brand's principals, it certainly has better odds than most.
Following the SeaBorne 500 M, the forward-looking Audric has plans for a follow-up mechanical chronograph as well as a time-only field watch, both likely to launch within the SeaBorne collection and to share a number of design traits with the initial diver. Details on these models are limited, and will likely come pending the success of the SeaBorne 500 M.
The Audric SeaBorne 500 M launched on Kickstarter last week on June 2. The watch will be priced initally at $600 during the Kickstarter campaign, with regular retail price to start at $1,000.
To learn more and to sign up for the brand's newsletter to stay informed on the launch and any updates, you can also visit the Audric website, here.
Manufacturer: Audric Watches PTE. Limited, 77 High Street, #09-11, High Street Plaza, Singapore (179433)
Reference number: N/A
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds and date
Movement: Sellita SW 200-1, automatic, 28,800 vph (4Hz), 38-hour power reserve, Incabloc shock protection, elabore finish, diameter = 25.6 mm, height = 4.6 mm
Case: Stainless-steel case with solid caseback, screw-down crown, rotating dive bezel, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, water resistant to 500 m
Bracelet and clasp: Stainless-steel bracelet with a diver Ratchet buckle and extender
Dimensions: Diameter = 43 mm, height = 15.4 mm
Tags: Affordable Watches, Dive Watches, Sports Watches, Steel Watches
No Responses to "MicrobrandMonday: Hands On With The Audric SeaBorne 500 M Dive Watch"
Ian mccormack July 14, 2020
Hi guys. Love the look of Audric watches but I'm confused. Got an ad on Facebook advertising the Seabourne 500 and I have purchased one for less than 60GBP.
Andrew callen June 9, 2020
Good quality watch seaborne 500 please email me about this watch many thanks andy callen
Jon Sigurd Smith Johnsen June 9, 2020
Hm. So a dive watch which can't fill its primary function; dive time and decompressing time. Not very «utilitarian».
Hermit58 June 9, 2020
That's just the inner bezel. It has a unidirectional outer bezel, which can easily fullfil the timing functions which you describe.
Cameron Ingles June 9, 2020
Absolutely gorgeous. I'm a watch collector and I'm getting this one
Marcus E Mckay June 8, 2020
Great looking watches
Richard June 8, 2020
very nice watch

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


By seb, in DIY and Internet of Things, march 23,2016.
In the past weeks, we wrote many theoretical posts on serious topics, so this week, we wrote something more entertaining. We modified a barbecue to monitor the cooking of a spit roast. We also took this opportunity to use our new module: the YoctoHub-GSM-2G.
Measuring the temperature of a piece of meat in a kitchen oven is relatively easy: we have electricity not too far away, a wifi network, and the piece of meat doesn't move. On a spit, it's different. We don't necessarily have electricity or internet connectivity nearby, but above all, when you roast a large piece of meat, you use a spit! The meat is therefore rotating on an axle, very close to a very high temperature source. To measure the temperature changes with our modules, we must be cunning in order to keep the electronics far enough from the fire and to avoid the temperature probe winding up around the spit.
Let's start by solving the simple issues: network connectivity and power source.
To avoid being dependent on the wifi network, we used a YoctoHub-GSM-2G. It might seem somewhat of an overkill to use the phone network, and therefore a subscription with a provider. But at least, this project works everywhere! Even in your neighbors' garden :-) As power source, we used a USB battery. It's not expensive, you can find them everywhere, and it has enough autonomy to burn several roasts.
To measure the meat temperature, we used a Yocto-PT100 because we had a PT100 probe of the right size and supporting high temperatures at hand. But you could very well use a Yocto-Thermocouple or a Yocto-Thermistor-C instead. These modules are largely accurate enough to monitor the cooking of a piece of meat. But be careful to select a probe that supports high temperatures, because the probe is going to be very close to the embers.
So, we have the temperature measuring electronics which is completely autonomous. We "only" have to fix all this on the spit without the probe winding up around the barbecue. We had the temperature probe wire run along the spit and we fixed the electronics at the end of it. In this way, the electronics is far enough from the fire to avoid being damaged, but it remains attached to the spit. The electronics rotates along with the spit and the meat. We must however modify the spit motor to run the temperature probe wire along the axle. As the electronics works on a battery and communicates by GSM, the is no other cable that could wind up.
We disassembled the spit drive motor and milled the main gear with a Dremel to make way for the PT100 wire. The method is rather primitive but, with some dexterity, you can make a relatively straight and deep enough groove for the cable to run along the spit.
The YoctoHub-GSM-2G, the Yocto-PT100, and the battery are assembled at the end of the spit on a small platform made of acrylic glass. To mount this platform on the spit, we used an accessory which is normally designed to hold a chicken on the spit.
As a result, we have the whole measuring system which is mounted at the end of the spit and which therefore rotates along with the meat. Now, we only need to build the web page displaying the meat temperature.
For this part, we simply configured the HTTP callback of the YoctoHub-GSM-2G so that it posts on Emoncms the measures of the Yocto-PT100. Using Emoncms dashboard, we created a basic web page displaying the temperature in real time as well as a graph of the temperature over time. Configuring the YoctoHub-GSM-2G is very simple and has already been described in a previous post. This step doesn't require more than 15 minutes nor any code writing.
So that any guest can monitor the cooking on his or her phone, we printed and posted a QRCode with the web page URL.
For this post, we kept the electronics visible because it looks prettier, but in real life it would be wiser to protect everything in a waterproof enclosure, and to have a jack socket to easily unplug the temperature probe.


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Horse racing in Delaware
Betting on horse racing online
Diciplines
Afleet Alex
Barbaro (horse)
Horsebreeds
Arabians
Learning how to ride
1 Short facts about Afleet Alex
1.1 Racing career
1.2 Pedigree
2 Afleet Alex as a foal
4 Racing career
4.1 2004: two-year-old season
4.2 2005: three-year-old season
5 Retirement
6 Stud career
7 Examples of accolades
8 The name
9 Pedigree
Afleet Alex is a throughoubred who, in 2005, won both the Preakness Stakes and the Belmost Stakes. His story is that of the "ugly duckling" who turned into a handsome bay colored 16 hands stallion with a commanding presence and $2,765,800 in race winnings.
In his short but amazing career, Alex started in 12 races of which he won 8, came second in two (both G1 stakes), and finnished third in one (the Kentucky Derby). Of his eight wins, three are G1 stakes and three are other stakes.
After being diagnosed with avascular necrosis in a leg, Alex was retired from racing in late 2005, and he has been enjoying a successful stud career since then.
Short facts about Afleet Alex
Foaled May 2002
Sex Stallion
Colour Bay
Breeder John Martin Silvertand, Florida
Owner Cash is King Stable
Trainer Tim Ritchey
Main jockey Jeremy Rose
Record 12:8-2-1
Earnings 2,765,800 USD
Major wins Hopefull Stakes (2004)
Sanford Stakes (2004)
Arkansas Derby (2005)
Preakness Stakes (2005)
Belmont Stakes (2005)
Sire Northern Afleet
Grandsire Afleet
Dam Maggy Hawk
Damsire Hawkster
Afleet Alex as a foal
Afleet Alex was foaled on May 9, 2002, at John Martin Silvertrand's farm in Florida.
24 hours after his birth his mother became seriously ill and could no longer nurse him. Fortunatelly, the illness didn't break out directly after foaling, so she had been able to give him colostrum.
Silvertrand's 9-year-old daughter Lauren fed Afleet Alex milk from a Coors Light bottle. The bottle feeding continued for twelve nychthemerons until a nurse mare had been located.
Silvertrand sold Afleet Alex at auction as a yearling. Allegedly, the price was $150,000, but this has not been confirmed.
A year after being sold for the first time, Afleet Alex was sold again in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May two-year-olds in training sale. The price was $75,000.
2004: two-year-old season
Broke his maiden by 11 ¼ lenghts on June 26.
Won an allowance race by a dozen lenghts on July 12.
Won the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga by 5 ¼ lenghts in stakes record time on July 29.
Won the G1 Hopeful Stakes
Placed second in the G1 Champagne Stakes
Placed second in the G1 Breeders Cup Juvenile
2005: three-year-old season
Afleet Alex commenced his three-year-old season by winning the listed Mountain Valley Stakes at Oaklawn Park, running six furlongs in 1:09.52.
His next race was the Rebel Stakes, where he – for the first time in his career – finnished out of the money. This soon got its explanation, when a veterinarian diagnosed him with a lung infection.
After healing from the infection, Afleet Alex ran the G2 Arkansas Derby and won by a record 8 lenghts.
On May 7, he finnished third in the Kentucky Derby, less than a length behind the winner Giacomo.
Two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, Afleet Alex won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. (This time, Giacomo came in third.)The Preakness Stakes race became very dramatic when Scrappy T, which was in the lead, received an aggressive whip smack from his jockey and swung out at the top of the stretch, veering into Afleet Alex's path just as he was making his move. The two horses clipped heels, and Alex stumbled and very nearly went to his knees. His jockey Jeremy Rose (which rode him in most races) was thrown far over his neck, and Alex's nose came within an inch of the dirt, but Alex did a remarkable recovery and continued the race, eventually winning it with a 4 ¾ length margin to Scrappy T.Alex's time for the Preakness Stakes (distance: 1 mile and three-sixteenth) was 1:55. He ran the final three-sixteenths faster than any other horse had done throughouth the history of the Preakness.
On June 11, Alex won the Belmont Stakes by seven lenghts. He rated behind the pace for a mile, but then sped up and passed everyone – including Giacomo – in the final turn. He ran the final quarter (:24 2⁄5) of that race faster than any horse since Arts and Letters in 1969.
In late July 2005, a hairline fracture was discovered in Alex's front cannon bone, near the ankle.
When the fracture was fully healed, Alex returned to the Breeder's Cup Classic where he put in two bullet works. After that, Time Ritchey decided to let the colt rest from races for the rest of the year to be on the safe side.
Later in 2005, Alex was diagnosed with avascular necrosis, which is a condition where tissue in the bone has died and become brittle. It is very possible that Alex sustained a deep bruise when he nearly fell at the Preakness Stakes, and that this injury eventually casued both the hairline fracture and the necrosis.
On December 1, Tim Ritchey and Cash is King Stable announced that Afleet Alex would retire from his racing career.
Stud career
After retiring from racing, Afleet Alex became a very sought after sire. When he started his new career at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky in 2006, the initial stud fee was $40,000. Ten years later, he was still working as a stud, charging $12,500 for each successful live cover breeding. By then, he had sired 13 graded stakes winners and 7 Grade I winners in the United States.
U.S. Grade I winners sired by Afleet Alex:
Texas Red (winner of Breeders' Cup Juvenile)
Materiality (winner of Florida Derby)
Sharla Rae (winner of Del Mar Oaks)
Afleet Express (winner of Travers Stakes)
Iotapa (winner of Vanity Handicap)
Afleet Again (winner of Breeders' Cup Marathon)
Dublin (winner of Hopeful Stakes)
Alex has also sired successful offspring outside the contiguous United States, including a Puerto Rico Champion colt and the Japanese Stakes winning mare Better Sweet.
Generally speaking, Alex's progeny have a high stamina but must be given time to mature to show their full potential.
Examples of accolades
2004 Florida Two-Year-Old Champion Male Award
2005 Florida Champion Three-Year-Old Male Award and Horse of the Year Award
2005 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse
His Preakness Stakes victory was voted "Moment of the Year" by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
Afleet Alex is named after his sire Northern Afleet and after the principal owner Chuck Zacney's son Alex.
Northern Afleetbay 1993 Afleet
chestnut 1984 Mr. Prospector
bay 1970 Raise A Native
Polite Lady
bay 1977 Venetian Jester
Friendly Ways
Nuryette
bay 1986 Nureyev
bay 1977 Northern Dancer
Stellarett
bay 1978 Tentam
Square Angel
Maggy Hawkbay 1994 Hawkster
bay 1986 Silver Hawk
bay 1979 Roberto
Gris Vitesse
Strait Lane
brown 1974 Chieftain
Level Sands
Qualique
bay 1981 Hawaii
bay 1964 Utrillo
Ethane
Dorothy Gaylord
bay 1972 Sensitivo
Gaylord's Touch
The multiple Grade 2-placed Unforgettable Max is a full brother of Afleet Alex.
Alex's paternal grandsire is Afleet, the 1987 Candian Horse of the Year.
Alex's maternal grandsire Hawkster is a world record holder on turft at a mile and a half.
Alex's maternal granddame Qualique won the 1983 Demoiselle Stakes (G1).
Qualique's sire Hawaii was a marathon turf specialist.
Through Qualique, Alex is a direct descendant of Sir Gaylord, a half-brother of the legendary Secretariat.
Through Afleet, Alex is a direct descendant of the outstanding breeding stallion Mr. Prospector.
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The Art of Politics in Line with the Teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah | Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi'nin sohbetleri.
Question: Certain persons are trying to justify their false statements and some illegitimate acts by claiming that they are acting in accordance with what politics requires. How should the art of politics be understood and practiced from the perspective of a believer?
Answer: The Arabic word for politics is siyasa, which means "governing." This word is used in two senses: the first is administering a system, group of people, or organization within a certain set of rules in an appropriate way; the second is "strategic management." This means treating everybody diplomatically, including those who display enmity, and taking the available opportunities to do goodness toward them, and thus trying to ward off their evil. Concerning this issue, Bediüzzaman relates the following words of Hafez of Shiraz: "The tranquility of both worlds lies in two things: magnanimity toward friends and the wise management of enemies." What is meant by magnanimity toward friends is valuing them, being kind to them, opening up one's bosom to them, and acting with humanity toward them. Since human beings are a manifest example of the best pattern of creation, it is necessary to be respectful toward them and treat them with humanity. No humanist movement has been able to equal the value Islam gives to humans, and to represent this in practical life.
Strategic management of enemies means handling them well. This means: not provoking the enemy with unnecessary demagogy and dialectics, employing diplomacy very well, and warding off possible attacks and damage from the opposite side with wise strategies. Namely, in the relations you establish with enemies, you will follow such a policy that on the one hand you will not provoke them and on the other hand, you will not receive harm from them. As it is seen, this diplomatic approach is very different from that of those who are two-faced; who have deviated from the Straight Path. Unfortunately, they have deviated so much as to see as normal the deception of those who are not one of them, and to see any kind of lying as acceptable. As for strategic management, it means trying to prevent hostile attitudes through patience and steadfastness, as well as by using reason and diplomacy.
By using brutal force to try and solve problems that could be solved using diplomacy, by not following a wise strategy toward enemies, and by immediately resorting to war in the literal sense, as some green Ittihadists once did during the Ottoman's final days, the country could be led down a blind alley where it could be shattered. The Ittihadists brought about the end of the great Ottoman state, which was unparalleled after the time of the noble Prophet's Companions, as a consequence of the war they declared against Russia. So, what we mean by strategic management is the policy and way of government to be followed for the sake of not leading the country to such dead ends.
When politics is mentioned in our time, it only brings to mind the activities of political parties that govern a society. However, the art of politics is not solely about governing a state. There is a certain policy or conduct everyone needs to follow in his or her individual, familial and social lives. When this is not observed, it causes unrest and conflicts. As far as a believer is concerned however, the ways followed in politics have to be acceptable according to religious criteria. Thus, it is necessary to point out that illegitimate acts, as well as attitudes and behaviors incompatible with Muslim identity, have nothing to do with the art of politics. This concerns all levels from the most basic office to the highest level of state administration, regardless of the area of responsibility.
To give an example, a state has a set of targets, such as: achieving an important position in the balance of powers; continuing to command this power; making others regard it expectantly; and not letting others act without its consent. In order to reach these targets, states might be exploiting the resources of other countries under different pretexts, making relative enmities seem as definite conspiracies against themselves and thus invading a certain country, moving people away from their own spiritual heritage, and leaving them devoid of self identity. If they are oppressing others like that, violating rights and committing despotism, it cannot be called politics. This is state terror with no fairness or conscience.
While certain countries that want to retain their position can follow such illegitimate policies, certain people that gained control of the administration in a certain country might also commit such lawlessness for the sake of their own prosperity and future. Not acting just for themselves, they try to guarantee the future of even their grandchildren by continually hoarding, trying to bring their own supporters to positions of authority, not allowing anyone except their own supporters to be successful, and finding some pretexts for making their vices acceptable to the wider masses. They sometimes lie, sometimes talk about good intentions, sometimes try to present their oppression as a necessity of politics, and sometimes they even besmirch the people they oppress for the sake of justification. No matter how religious they try to appear however, even if they keep talking about faith and making sanctimonious shows of being Muslim, those who commit these oppressions are so far away from the politics practiced by the noble Prophet and his Rightly Guided Caliphs.
Besides this, illegitimate acts are also being carried out with the impression that they are legitimate and innocent. Let's imagine that someone is responsible for giving sermons at a mosque. When he has completed his duty of service and retires, he wishes for one of his relatives to inherit that position and identifies a certain relative as eligible for preaching. Afterwards, the retired preacher ignores the rules and regulations for appointing that position and instead follows his own method in order to realize his aim. This means straying to an illegitimate path unawares. In other words, this means using illegitimate means in order to reach a legitimate end.
In the same way, some persons, who took over the state administration and who have been filling their pockets with the people's money they have misappropriated, may say for instance: "We must be strong. If we somehow lose these opportunities tomorrow, we should be able to straighten up again, and revive the organization we are affiliated with." All these things are the treasonous machinations of false innocence that underlie the behaviors harming the country. Since outwardly these seem like innocent behaviors, even religious people might resort to such ways. However, this is blatant deviation and a betrayal of trust. Those who resort to such means, build with their own hands unawares the disgraces they will experience in the future.
If they, and the masses supporting them, consider all these as a necessity of political affairs and call it the art of politics, they are suffering under a gross delusion. First of all, politics must be compatible with ethical and religious principles. A Muslim politician has to follow the way of God's Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, and his inheritors in administration and politics. The Pride of Humanity and his true inheritors spent their lives being totally scrupulousness about lawful and unlawful things, and they never took a step toward the forbidden zone. In this regard, it is necessary to act with the utmost scrupulousness regarding the legitimacy of the means as well as the ends. If people, particularly those in positions of authority, act carefully in this respect, they both inspire trust in those around them and present an exemplary model for others to follow.
Actually, this is the secret that underlies the fact that the devoted ones have been welcome in the four corners of the world. They succeeded because they never gave up behaving in an upright manner, because they did not attach the services they carry out to any worldly or otherworldly expectations, and because they act in accordance with religious teachings. If they keep acting with the same determination, resolution, scrupulousness and patience, God Almighty will open for them the way that leads to hearts.
I do not have any worldly property. I never wished to have. Not just for myself, I prayed so that even my siblings do not own such worldly wealth. I never thought of favoring my relatives and bringing them to certain positions. I recommended my friends in the close circle not to own a house and to lead a modest life to meet their basic needs.
To conclude, what underlies this beautiful picture of serving faith and humanity is our people's trust. For this reason, as has been the case up until today, and as is necessary from now on, it is necessary to avoid like the plague every kind of attitude and behavior that might harm it.
 Nursi, Bediüzzaman Said, The Letters, New Jersey: The Light, 2007, p. 286.


Gerald "Jerry" Lewis, 68, of Charles City, formerly of Waterloo, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2018 at the Iowa City VA Health Care Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.
A funeral service for Jerry Lewis will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2018 at Hauser Funeral Home with Pastor Wendy Johannesen from Grace United Methodist Church and West St. Charles United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be at Sunnyside Memory Gardens in rural Charles City.
Visitation will be at Hauser Funeral Home from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 21, 2018 and continue one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Gerald Erwin "Jerry" Lewis, the son of Richard and Verla (Stocks) Lewis, was born on May 10, 1950 in Osage, Iowa. Jerry attended schools in Osage, and graduated from Osage High School. Jerry enlisted into the U.S. Marine Corp and served in Vietnam from 1968-1969. He was active in the service until 1972. In 1968, Jerry was united in marriage with Lorraine Blickenderfer, to this union two sons were born. The couple later divorced, but remained good friends.
Jerry was a pilot and a certified flight instructor. He had many other jobs including mechanic, tool and die maker, and electrician. His latest job was a maintenance supervisor at Tyson in Waterloo. He had a passion to fix, build, and fabricate anything he could.
Jerry enjoyed riding his motorcycle with his friends. He was a member of the local Harley-Davidson group (H.O.G.). He enjoyed traveling to Florida in the winters with Lorraine. He loved to spend time with his family. He also adored his two cocker spaniels, especially Buddy.
Living family members include his significant other, Lorraine Lewis of Charles City; two sons: Allen (Carolyn) Lewis of Eldridge, Iowa and Jason Lewis of Waterloo, Iowa; grandchildren: Nicholas, Carston, Collin, Madolyn, Dylan, Jackson, and Ashleigh; siblings: James (Norma) Lewis, Aline (Kenny) Schipper, Carol Irving, and Rita (Robert) Gardner; along with many nieces, nephews, other family members, and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Colwell United Church of Christ, West St. Charles United Methodist Church, or Grace United Methodist Church in Floyd.


This generator will generate a fairly random description of a battle in a random place, and between 2 random armies.
This description is probably a little less random than some others, but there are still a lot of details which change the overall feel of this short description.
In some one army is clearly winning, while in others it's uncertain which side has the upper hand. Some armies fight with courage and determination, while others fight in fear or with bloodlust.
Some aspects were kept vague on purpose, this way it's never truly clear in which era and what exact setting the battle takes place in. By doing this it'll be easier for you to fill in the details you've likely already thought about.
Like with all description generators, I hope this one helps inspire you or gets you over a potential writing block in terms of battlefields.


Wednesday, October 24th: 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Piano Etude *Scale requirement for piano will be the same as percussion. The following major scales should be played by memory: A, D, G, C, F, Bb, and Eb. They should be played with two hands, in two octaves, and in quarter notes with at a minimum tempo of 120 bpm.


Over 150 photographs from an extensive personal archive and chosen by railway photographer David Mitchell. A substantial part of the book covers the final years of main line steam in England, Wales and Scotland along with photos of Welsh Narrow Gauge in the 60s including our very own Talyllyn.
Austria & Portugal are also featured and the net is cast as far as Africa in this collection of fascinating scenes.


How to Tell What Large Dog Breed My Stray Dog Is?
A large mixed-breed stray suns himself.
DNA testing is the most accurate method of determining a dog's breed, or breeds. A veterinarian may also be able to help determine, however, determining a mixed breed's genetics by sight is often misleading and incorrect. DNA tests for dogs can be purchased online at various websites, and are also becoming available at veterinary clinics and humane shelters. Test kits generally cost just under $60.
Choose where you are going to puchase your test kit from. Several websites, including DNAmydog.com, Dog-DNA.com and HappyDogDNA.com, have test kits for purchase. You can also contact the local humane shelter or a veterinary office to inquire whether test kits are available for purchase there.
Read and follow all instructions when you receive your test. Dog DNA tests use a cheek-swab method, not blood. Follow the submission instructions so you may receive your results.
Carefully read through your dog's data. Several breeds may show up on his report, and it will generally break them down into levels. The levels show how dominant each breed is, for example, using the test from DNAmyDog.com, the breeds showing in level one are 75 percent of your dog's DNA; level two breeds are between 37 to 74 percent of your dog's DNA; level 3 breeds are between 20 to 36 percent of your dog's DNA; level 4 breeds are between 10 to 19 percent of your dog's DNA; level 5 breeds are less than 10 percent of your dog's DNA.
Different tests have different breeds in their database. Read through the websites of the test kits to find what breeds they encompass.


By the middle of the century the number of Americans 65 years and older will nearly double, according to Census Bureau statistics.
With these burgeoning numbers come challenges, like meeting the multi-faceted needs of a greying population, 20 percent of whom will experience some kind of mental health concern, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
LifeSpring In Home Care of Eastern PA, which provides services to individuals in Northampton, Lehigh and surrounding counties, is addressing those issues by adding a full-time, board-certified behavioral health registered nurse to its staff.
William Wise, the nurse who works as LifeSpring's director of behavioral health, said there is an increase in depression across all demographics and behavioral care services are in short supply.
"So few agencies in the area provide such services," he said.
Wise, who has 33 years of experience in the field, worked at St. Luke's before accepting the job at LifeSpring.
Wise first meets with each patient to create an individualized plan of action.
"I'll go in and do an assessment, observe their interactions and review their medications," said Wise, adding that medications often are to blame for adverse behavior. He tells the story of an elderly patient who was spitting while eating dinner at a facility. It turned out that a change in medication was enough to stop the behavior.
Wise works with patients and their families to create short- and long-term goals, which often include socialization.
"I meet with those who are having adjustment problems moving into a facility and the worst thing about isolation is that it leads to negative thinking," said Wise. For those patients, Wise might enlist the assistance of a gregarious resident to draw out a new resident during the dinner hour to make him or her feel more comfortable.
Wise said he feels as if he's providing an important service to his patient, from offering guidance, to lending an ear, to helping them cope. He recognizes that it's all part of treating the whole person. "We at LifeSpring have a commitment to dealing with mental health and the owners really put together a good team of professionals," said Wise.
At the moment, approximately one third of LifeSpring's 100 patients receive behavioral health services and Kay said he is hoping to offer more services to the community in the future.
Behavioral care services are a godsend to many, said Kim Garrison, president of Lehigh Valley Aging in Place, a coalition of nonprofits and businesses that work with seniors.
"Families who are dealing with crisis situations with their aging parents and are missing work know that it doesn't just affect the caregiver of the senior, but the entire family. It's a huge benefit to be able to get mental health support," she said.
For those who choose to remain in their homes, the services can extend to helping an individual by noticing trip hazards, or pointing out food in the refrigerator that's past its expiration date, according to Garrison.
Garrison also works as admissions and marketing director at Abington Manor Senior Living in Easton, and witnesses firsthand the benefits of behavioral services and the peace of mind they provide.
"Sometimes family members live across the country, so these kinds of services are extremely important," she said.
Dennis Geiger, who is a board member for the National Alliance on Mental Illness of the Lehigh Valley, believes that the elderly, in particular, benefit immensely from behavioral health services.
"They have specific psychological and behavioral needs as they age. Chronic health conditions, reduced ability to function as they did as independent adults, becoming dependent on others – all are major stressor," he said.
Geiger said general practitioners typically only go as far as providing medications, though more may be needed.
"Sometimes seniors need guidance that only a licensed therapist can provide," said Geiger, who works as a psychologist with the elderly.
Seniors also may need encouragement to find new ways of feeling meaningful to their family, or the community at large. One of his patients, who was in her 90s, felt as if she didn't have much of a future.
"I encouraged her to write to her grandchildren and her great grandchildren so they could feel connected to the aging process. She took me up on it. She said it helped her feel as if she had more of a purpose," said Geiger.


Last year in January, Intevation invited the KDE PIM team to a meeting for a hackfest to their offices at Osnabrueck. This was such a great success, that everyone was glad Intevation invited several European KDE PIM team members a second time exactly one year later to polish and fix up Kontact and its components for the upcoming KDE 3.2 release. Last year the big decision was to make Kontact the successor to KolabClient. This year the plan was to make a a roadmap for future KDE-PIM Development. The developers took the opportunity to discuss complicated issues in detail and sit together for brainstorming or in order to fight evil bugs.
staff for hosting the meeting.
Kontact most of all has seen a lot of polishing to make sure it shines in its initial release. Several bugs have been tackled, KNode is now a true Kontact part, Kontact replaces all PIM applications seamlessly when running. Furthermore work has been put into speed improvements with ICal and IMAP and stability. GUI consistency fixes were not, of course, forgotten.
In order to be able to commit new features and ideas that arose during the meeting, osnabueck_branch was created. This branch will be merged back to to main development line ("HEAD") after the freeze for 3.2 is over. Improvements in this branch include the port of many config dialogs to KConfigXT and KCModules to allow for a smoother integration of config options in the next version of Kontact. KPilot integrates into Kontact and wishlist items have been implemented. For those interested in details, the developers summed up their activities during the meeting.
The developers decided on a seperate release for the KDE PIM applications. Cornelius Schumacher of KOrganizer and KitchenSync fame will act as release coordinator for KDE PIM 3.3. The developers agreed on a set of features (HTML composing, KitchenSync integration, Kolab and eGroupware Integration and Client-side IMAP filtering) as well as on a release schedule. Of course, features not listed on the release plan can also be added if they are mature enough.
To speed up compiling, Stephan Kulow and Michael Matz from SUSE generously provided an early version of icecream, a distcc-based tool for centralized distributed compiling which proved to be really helpful.
The KDE PIM Team will meet again in March at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 for a meeting with developers of groupware server projects to discuss and implement Kontact integration to enable you to make Kontact the best-connected groupware client available!
My employer uses MS Exchange (which seems to be very popular at least in the USA). Unfortunately I am unable to schedule meetings with KOrganizer in KDE 3.1.4 (although I have been able to download my calender from the Exchange serve! Great Job!), nor have I been able to use The Exchange Server's Global Address Book.
Does anyone know the state Exchange/webDAV support in 3.2, is anything being planned for 3.3? Currently Evolution + Connector seem to be the only option.
Thanks. You guys are doing a great job!
for what I've read, there is partial Exchange support, but it will be disabled in 3.2. coming for 3.3, probably.
Yaaay! I can't wait to finally ditch Mozilla mail. I don't care if it's off by default, as long as it's an option!
Also: I'm assuming it'll send multipart/alternative with plaintext. Much as I like HTML mail, HTML mail without a plaintext fallback is evil.
Your assumption is correct. KMail will never send HTML only messages.
What about displaying incoming HTML messages with embedded images?
It's on our todo list. It's more likely that we'll simply change the cid: URLs in the DOM tree to local file: URLs than that we'll solve this with a kioslave.
Will this feature use the HTML WYSIWYG editor being developped for Quanta (I don't remember its name... Kafka ?) ?
No. At least not at first. A new Komposer framework is in development which will allow to plug several editor parts into the composer.
> Last year the big decision was to make KolabClient the successor to Kontact.
should have been some of the European members of the KDE PIM team.
Note that we had to pay all our expenses (travel, accommodation) ourselves. Also note that members of the KDE PIM team came up with the idea for this meeting and just asked Intevation to host it (because of the good experiences of the first meeting in Osnabrück). So you could say that we invited ourselves. ;-) Intevation generously agreed to host the meeting and I take this opportunity to thank them for this.
So it's not Intevation that excluded anyone from the meeting. Instead the organizers of the meeting (maybe falsely) assumed that non-European members of the KDE PIM team wouldn't have had the resources (money, vacation from work) to participate.
The kdepim team of course consists of many more people than those present at the Osnabrueck meeting and we actually did ask some key non-european kdepim developers if they would like and be able to join us.
One of the great things about KDE is that it is a working virtual community which brings together people from all over the world. As nice and useful personal meetings are, we shouldn't forget that this is only one small piece of what makes KDE successful.
Kontact will be enabled to act as a Kolab Client.
Will the separate PIM release really be called KDE PIM 3.3? IMHO that's a bad idea. If the PIM apps will still be released with KDE, then when KDE 3.3 comes out there could be version confusion ("Are you using KDE PIM 3.3 or KDE 3.3 PIM?"). If they will no longer be a part of normal KDE releases, then they should take their own version numbers and not try to stay in sync with KDE's.
It's unfortunately the best of the bad cases. If we chose anything else, it would be a problem to later decide we would come back into the KDE release cycle. It's also possible that we decide to keep releasing kdepim separately from the other KDE parts.
It's quite uncertain wether there will be a KDE 3.3 release or it will be 4.0, so it might not be a problem at all. Should there be a KDE 3.3 release in, say, august, kdepim will most likely not be released with it.
Why not merge the KDEPIM 3.3 stuff into kde 3.2.1 and then you don't have to call it anything?
The naming issue will be very confusing. Waiting a month or 2 won't kill anyone and will allow it to settle in.
Read http://pim.kde.org/development/meetings/20040102/release.php (especially "Versioning scheme for separate kdepim release").
Also we are talking about 4-5 month, not about 1 or 2 month.
> Also we are talking about 4-5 month, not about 1 or 2 month.
So why not wait some more and release it with kde 3.3?
btw, a shorter release-cycle for kde, about 6-9 month, would be nice!
KE should have a release cycle no longer than 6-7 months for intermediate releases. Only big point releases like 4.0 should take a year.
We don't want to release in 6-9 months and KDE 3.2 is still not released after almost 12 months. Currently nobody knows when KDE 3.3 will be released (if ever because maybe we directly go for KDE 4.0).
Then why not 3.2.01? Then when KDE 3.2.1 is released kdepim can still release 3.2.1 which will just be a more stable 3.2.01 and wont confuse people. Besides there is nothing more fun then a very minor version bump that has major functionality. It is like winning free stuff for a user.
You mean winning free bugs, don't you?
My opinion is that KDE 3.3 will turn into KDE 4 like you suggest, so I agree it probably won't be a problem. It could still be confusing anyway, but I guess your reasoning makes sense. As long as people realize it could be a problem, that's fine.
I'm glad knode will be integrated. I would love to be able to mix and match my mail folders and news folders. Even if this is not in this release, it will likely push it towards that capability.
I just got an iPaq. I've been kicking around trying to get it to sync (I don't own a Windows machine - just various *nix). Raki, the KDE sync tool for SynCE almost works, but it would be ideal if it was built right into KDE PIM. Any idea if there has been any work on syncing Windows PocketPCs?
I'm also a owner of a Windows Mobile 2003 pocket pc (Dell Axim X5).
There is only one f#cking need, to keep windows xp running on my system!
Is there any plan or at least motivations, to integrate Pocket PCs also into KDEPIM ?
if anyone succeeds, please email me!
Can I upload my KOrganizer schedule/calender to KPilot to my Palm and vice versa?
Yes, with kpilot, were you can active and configure the KO rganizer Calendar and Todo conduits. It's working fine with me.
I got to know that a parallel event, the LinuxInfoTage(?) in Wilhelmshafen will be videoconferencing with Chemnitz.
Different is the Same ?
Can someone tell me the differences between Kolab & Kroupware ?
What about Kontact & KDEPIM ?
These apps look the same to me, but have different websites. If they ARE the same, why have different name ?
Re: Different is the Same ?
Kolab is the new name for Kroupware since it was criticized before. KDEPIM is the respective module in KDE CVS which includes all the PIM applications like KMail, Korganizer etc. and Kontact. Kontact is a shell integrating many of the stand alone PIM applications.
by Intevation, Erfrakon and Klarälvdalens Datakonsult.
Kolab is the Free Software project which came out of it.
It has a server and a client component.
Some KDE's PIM applications can act as a Kolab Client.
Kolab is the groupware server. Kroupware was the name of the project to write a KDE client for Kolab based on the existing applications from the kdepim CVS module (KMail, KOrganizer, KAddressBook). The result of this project is in the kroupware_branch in CVS. It never got released as part of KDE.
With KDE 3.2 kdepim will include Kontact which integrates KMail, KOrganizer, KAddressBook and more into a single application. In the next release Kontact will include the Kolab client functionality.
Kolab is the name of the Free Software project.
There are implementations of the server and clients.
Kontact will become the KDE Kolab Client.


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Uribe Peralta announces his retirement as a professional player
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Uribe Peralta He announced his farewell from the courts next WednesdayOnly when he turned 38 and after his separation from Chivas did not find a good option to continue his career.
The historic Mexican striker, who made his debut in the ring on February 22, 2003 with Monarcas Morelia, nearly 19 years ago, They announced the official announcement on their social networks, as advanced ESPN.
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"19 years of professional poncho wearing, plus a lifetime of dedication and devotion. This is my way of saying goodbye and above all thanks to you, my hobby and everyone who made this dream possible. ¡Valen Oro!", a message accompanied by a touching video.
The 2:22-minute video begins with a series of caricatures from the beginnings of Uribe Peralta In football and his first experiences with the ball, which made him realize his dream of becoming a professional.
"I was always tied to the ball. If you ask me, this has been a huge success in my life. Football depends on the ball so that I can be able to, and that's how I stuck to it, as if my existence depended on it too."
19 years of professional poncho wear, plus a lifetime of dedication and devotion. This is my way of saying goodbye, and above all, thanks to you, my hobby and everyone who made this dream possible. They deserve the gold!https://t.co/T1IDpzDThd
Oribe Peralta January 12 2022
In the clip, the striker now reveals that although the ball gave him moments of joy, when he played until the night with his friends, he was also present in the difficult moments of his professional career.
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"The ball has been my unconditional friend and company. He has shared both of the shirts I have had the honor to wear, remaining faithful and sober while listening to me speak of my happiness. The same was when I told him of my frustrations and battles."
"In his role as a teacher, he was tough. He defied my resistance like no one else, he is also the cause of the most painful blows my body has ever received, the most serious fall I have ever had, which far from being the one that fell on the field, were the products of that weakness. , which sometimes allows you to materialize as you see and makes you see what it is really made of."
Peralta has played in Morelia, Leon, Monterrey, Santos, Jaguares, America and Chivas, although this last stage in the flock was the worst of his career, scoring just one goal from the penalty spot in 33 Liga MX matches played for Guadalajara. Another much more in the defunct Copa MX.
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Peralta ended the letter by thanking the ball, in addition to being with him for a large part of his life, for being his inseparable friend who has brought him closer to millions of people in the 19 years his career has lasted, which has added four MX Leagues, an MX Cup, two CONCACAF Champions Leagues, a Gold Cup and a Cup CONCACAF, Pan American Games and a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Uribe Peralta The two goals he scored against Brazil in the final as Mexico beat Amazon 2-1 at Wembley Stadium to win the gold medal in 2012 will always be remembered, as well as the mark he left especially among the Santos Laguna and America fans. Where he lived the best phases of his life as a football player between 2010 and 2018.
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On Labor Day, Rightbloggers Denounce Labor Day, Unions, Minimum Wage, Etc. | Village Voice
On Labor Day, Rightbloggers Denounce Labor Day, Unions, Minimum Wage, Etc.
by Roy Edroso
Happy Labor Day! You're probably thinking about picnics or sales, rather than about Joe Hill, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, strikes, solidarity, and such like.
That's okay. Enjoy your day off — which, like any other days off you may have, was won for you long ago by union people getting their brains beat in by cops.
Besides, rightbloggers are happy to pick up the slack on the history front, and tell you that Labor Day honors the thugs and parasites who destroyed America by fighting for the five-day work week and child labor laws, thus leading to our current recession which is Obama's fault.
Michelle Malkin opened the Labor Day festivities by celebrating "Big Labor's Legacy of Violence."
Malkin predicted that on Labor Day President Obama and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, with whom he would be spending it, would "cast Big Labor as an unassailable force for good in American history." She might have left off "unassailable," as she didn't mention any good that had come from unions, choosing to focus instead on "the union movement's violent and corrupt foundations."
The long struggle for workers' rights has been violent — think of Federal troops mowing down railroad workers in the 1894 Pullman Strike, or the Ludlow Massacre, or the Ford Hunger March, or any other of a host of other attacks on unions.
Malkin was not concerned with these, however, but with Eddie York, a non-union worker shot dead during a United Mine Workers strike in 1993, presumably on suspicion of scabbing. "He was a workingman whose story will never scroll across Obama's teleprompter," said Malkin. But readers of rightbloggers got ample opportunity to hear his tale as Gateway Pundit, RedState, Prairie Pundit, and several others also took up his cause — in a very, very rare case, for most of them, of reportage on union affairs. Well, that's what Labor Day does to people — gets them interested in history!
Since Trumka was head of the UMW at the time, and used some ass-kicking language during the strike, rightbloggers raced to the inevitable conclusion. "Obama Backs Violent Labor Leader," roared Men's News Daily. "Obama, the self-styled man of peace, the reconciler, and the hope of mankind, is cozy with violence, from Islam to labor unions."
Men's News Daily didn't leave it there, though. "Labor Day should be a reminder," they wrote, "that labor unions are quintessentially socialist organizations, taking their origin and character from the Marxian doctrine of class struggle. Employers are the enemy, to be hammered into submission without regard for the destructive effect on everyone else…"
There ya go — enjoy your day off, parasites! Though, at RedState, Mike gamecock DeVine (no, honestly, he says that's his name) didn't understand why you even had a holiday to begin with.
Back in the days of the Mayflower, DeVine wrote, "those that labored to found a nation that would become wealthy enough to indulge Jimmy Hoffas didn't insist on a day celebrating the work that made non-farm subsistence possible in the first place, much less UAW-GM pensions at age 52 that minimum wage Waffle House employees are now taxed to provide."
Yeah, we know — his poeticisms sometime make DeVine difficult for us squares to understand. His meaning eventually became more plain, though: "I have called for Labor Day to be abolished as a national holiday every year since 2006," he wrote. If anything ever gave him pause in this crusade, it was that Ronald Reagan had once served as president of a union; but, DeVine explained, Reagan only did it to "save the Screen Actors Guild labor union he led as President from Communist infiltration" — certainly not to get those pinko actors better wages!
Eventually DeVine did allow a toast for "responsible labor unions" — that is, "those that created the jobs and the companies through their unsung labors in the first place," and no, he didn't explain it any better than that.
You will be unsurprised to learn that DeVine thought organized labor's depredations have gotten infinitely worse under Obama. The President was also a Labor Day target for several rightbloggers who generally give the impression of spending many long, sleepless nights stabbing an Obama doll. (e.g. Freedom Eden on the President's Labor Day remarks: "Obama opens up his Saul Alinsky playbook… Obama sets himself up as the champion of the middle class when in reality he's destroying it. There's no unifying message in Obama's remarks. It's divisive. It's class warfare," it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap, etc.)
Take poor Debbie Schlussel, who found what she must have thought was a ripping news hook: "'Labor Day': Obama Used Illegal Aliens to Clean The 'Other' Oil Spill." Maybe, in retrospect, she shouldn't have linked to the actual background story, which revealed that a horrible 800,000-gallon oil spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River this summer required 1,500 workers to clean it up, and that a government subcontractor had employed 42 illegal aliens in the cleanup, and been nailed for it by the diligence of the Federal Government.
Because when you know that, Schlussel's interpretation — "Sorry, but I just don't buy that cleaning up oil spills is 'the work that Americans won't do'… It's ironic, as we approach Labor Day, that actually the major labor unions in America protect this kind of job predation by illegals, and it's part of the death of those unions… The companies will get away with it because Barack Obama has ended workplace enforcement operations" — sounds kind of insane.
Those conservatives who, for reasons lost to history, like to call themselves libertarians also gave tributes to labor at their flagship publication, Reason magazine.
Tim Cavanaugh, for example, defended those brave economists who felt that extended unemployment benefits just gave lazy looters an excuse to stay jobless.
When former of U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich sarcastically rejoined that "it's also true that if we got rid of lifeguards and let more swimmers drown, fewer people would venture into the water," Cavanaugh grabbed a paddle: "Beach patrols are a cheap way for municipalities to claim the right to restrict access to public beaches," he wrote. "The city takes on liability on behalf of the shoobs, and in exchange the shoobs have to pay to get on the beach." Cavanaugh failed to explain why anyone, even a shoob, would make such a deal with Big Gummint, rather than hire his or her own private lifeguards.
"It's a nice racket," Cavanaugh continued, "but you would not see a large increase in drownings if all the lifeguards were sent back to their sandy shacks. You would see some!" (He generously admitted.) "But if saving lives were the only benefit, and maintaining lifeguards were the only cost, nobody would maintain lifeguards." Indeed, why would anybody go to all that trouble to save other people's lives? Haven't they read Ayn Rand?
Finally Cavanaugh got to the real reason Gummint shouldn't extend unemployment benefits: "We're out of money. So yes, as heartless as it sounds, we should be cutting unemployment even to those fantastically goodhearted people throughout this stout land who are pure as the unsunned snow yet really can't find a job. It's not tough love; it's sad love." But don't worry: As soon as we drown Gummint in the bathtub, jobs will pop up all over the place, just like in Red China. (Elsewhere at Reason: "More on the dangers of the minimum wage here and here.")
It's really pretty amazing when you think about it. Once upon a time, on Labor Day we celebrated the advances unions had won for us — you know, the right to buy things elsewhere than at the company store, to eat lunch during a workday, to not have black lung, etc. — along with our ever-higher standard of living: Two-car garages, single-incomes families, and all that. And we expected that it would just get better.
But since the collapse of manufacturing in the 1960s, and the decline of the unions shortly thereafter, our standard of living has been edging backwards — no one expects to feed a family on one income anymore, and the dream of a shorter work-week — let alone the guaranteed income envisioned by Glenn Beck's new best friend, Martin Luther King — is just a bitter memory.
Today when we open our papers, or our browsers, we read that this state of affairs is intolerable — not because workers have too few rights, but because they have too many. "Labor unions are a relic, a unique product of 19th-century demographics," says the Washington Times, because now workers "are more mobile, change jobs often and serve an increasingly service- and information-driven economy" — that is, will move where and when they're told, have learned not to expect job security, and mostly push papers, which makes them interchangeable and thus expendable.
At TownHall, Steve Chapman tells us our employment problems are caused by the curse of the minimum wage. "When inflation screeches to a halt," he says, "many workers will be compelled to accept lower pay than they once would have taken." He sounds very excited by the prospect. Others talk about the "once-justified organized labor," and inveigh us on Labor Day to "return freedom to American free enterprise," as if free enterprise (i.e., bosses) ever did shit for workers without being forced to do so by years of tough, painful resistance by labor unions.
Well, thank God we've got the Tea Parties — that's the sort of solidarity that ought to make a real difference! We can hardly wait till this ridiculous Democrat phase is over, and the triumphant TP people parley with the forces of free enterprise, and learn just what advantages they may expect from them. It ought to be an education for all concerned — excluding, of course, that substantial portion who never learn.


Marussia Virgin Racing Reserve Driver Robert Wickens will take part in the first Free Practice session of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (11-13 November) as a reward for winning the 2011 World Series by Renault Formula Renault 3.5 Championship.
Robert's FR3.5 challenge was supported by Marussia, who decided that his success in securing the title was deserving of the opportunity to test the MVR-02 in a race weekend environment.
Robert took part in a straight-line test for Marussia Virgin Racing in September in Vairano, Italy, where he helped the team gather data for its aerodynamic evaluation programme. His role next Friday (11 November) will provide a continuation of this experience but in the more critical context of a Grand Prix, where his feedback will have a direct benefit on the team's race weekend performance.
Robert will run in car number 25 alongside Timo Glock and in place of Jérôme D'Ambrosio. It will be business as usual in the afternoon as Jérôme returns to the cockpit at a track he is very familiar with.


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Cedric, Tracy, & Shamim for School Board
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Tracy Magnotta
Cedric Dettmar
Tracy Magnotta is a Shareholder at the law firm of Anapol Weiss. Throughout her professional career, Tracy has been recognized for her outstanding legal work. From 2005 through 2012, Tracy was named a Pennsylvania Rising Star, which recognizes the top 2.5% of attorneys 40 years of age or younger, and from 2013 through 2019, she was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.
Tracy received her bachelor's degree from Bloomsburg University and then earned her law degree, cum laude, from Widener University School of Law. She and her husband Carmen settled in Lehigh Valley, where she grew up, since 2007. They have raised their family including 4 boys as residents of Lower Saucon.
Tracy is firmly committed to ensuring that Saucon Valley School District remains a top school district in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. It's a well-known fact that a top school district attracts new residents, increases property values and brings the community together. Tracy herself is a first-generation college graduate in her family, and believes that education is the great equalizer, and every student in our district should be given the opportunity and tools to reach and unlock their highest potential.
Tracy is very sensitive to the large financial burden that school property taxes place on our local residents, especially the senior citizens. She is committed to to continue to leverage all available free resources and do her best to increase opportunities for our students without increasing the financial burden on our local taxpayers.
Tracy is running for reelection based on her record of the last 4 years. During this time she consistently voted to keep the school taxes low while making sure the district has resources to provide an excellent education for all kids. Tracy is proud of the fact that Saucon Valley was the only public school in this area that provided an option to all families to participate in 5-days a week school through this school year. She firmly believed that this happened because of the quality teachers, administrators, and support staff that are the backbone of our school community, the great facilities that have been well-maintained and are appropriate for our students, and the leadership of the district that made sure this option remains available to our kids.
In 2019, Tracy voted to approve a contract with the teachers and support staff. After decades of contentious negotiations in the past, the district and the staff came together to agree on an early bird contract. Tracy is proud of her role and is looking forward to provide critical contribution to the next round of contracts.


Introduces a new recycling concept, where the citizens become part of the recycling process.
It stimulates the correct citizen's recycling actions, adding them value.
The platform encourages citizens to create groups, with shared objectives, building a participative recycling game.
Teach new generations, the concept of recycling in a natural and funny way.
Adding value to the recycling actions, allows citizens to share that value with associations, groups and solidary causes of your community.
Go to any of your community registry points, create groups with your friends and choose your goals! Will you be able to get them all?
Go to your nearest RecircUP container, identify and drop your empty packages to be recycled in the proper container.
Do it correctly to get many "BYNs"
Your actions will be valuable!
You BYNs will allow you to share them and promote initiatives, organizations and groups of your community.
New and thrilling scenario for the citizens committed with the environment.
Monitor the container status (Fill level, temperature, humidity, vandalism...).
Get complete and powerful analytics about your citizen's recycling uses and habits.
Help recycling correctly sending news and alerts.
Teach kids how to recycle in a natural and funny way with our virtual pet "bYn"™.
You will be able to promote solidarity actions in a collaborative way, involving your community.
In this section you can find our application and all the information you need to start playing.
Don't wait for them to tell you!
Download the app in Play Store.


"The government will remain in position, it is not affected by this. As for the IMF and EU requirements, we are in conformity with everything and the credit ratings are going up," said Inese Vaidere, an MEP from the ruling centre-right Civic Union.
Calling the Latvian president's move "historic" and "statesman-worthy", Vaidere argued that the national legislature can only back electoral and party financing reforms when confronted with a crisis such as the current one.
It is the first time in the history of independent Latvia that the president has used his power to dissolve the parliament, elected only seven months ago. The decision needs to be confirmed in a referendum likely to take place in July.
Meanwhile, presidential elections are due on 4 June prompting some critics to say that President Valdis Zatlers' motives are purely electoral to get himself re-elected again.
Ainars Slesers, the MP targeted by the prosecutors' anti-corruption probe, on Monday said he would not step down and claimed the move was aimed at giving Zatlers, a surgeon and independent candidate, the platform for his own political party.
However, if the referendum turns negative, even if re-elected, Zatlers would have to step down.
"This gives another chance for the electorate to see who's who. A lot of people don't consider corruption and oligarchs controlling policy-making such a big problem. But it is. Investments are slower, red tape is more cumbersome and this needs to change," says Krisjanis Karins, an MEP from the right-wing New Era party, also part of the coalition government.
As for the impact on the economy, both MEPs felt confident that there would not be any immediate negative consequences from the political turmoil.
"What can affect our country are any major economic developments in Portugal, Ireland and Greece - which would be a shock for Europe as a whole," Vaidere said.
Latvia has been on an EU-IMF lifeline of €7.5 billion since late 2008, with the IMF agreeing to disburse €121.3 million just two days before President Valdis Zatlers' decision to dissolve the parliament.
"Strong policy actions (...) have helped restore confidence, contributed to economic recovery, and enabled significant progress toward Latvia's goal of euro adoption," the IMF said in a press release.
Latvia had to stomach painful budgetary cuts following the financial and economic crisis. It was the hardest hit country in the EU. The economy contracted by over 10 percent and the unemployment rate topped 20 percent.
"We need a law on fiscal discipline to oblige all next governments to respect the three percent deficit threshold, so as to prevent situations like in 2008, when we suddenly discovered we were on the brink of bankruptcy," Vaidere stressed.


Newsletter, May 2017. An update on what we've been up to, and some upcoming events you might be interested in.
The day after MEG decided to join in protests at Westpac branches over their coal funding policy, Westpac announced a new policy that they would not invest in new coal basin developments - so the protests are cancelled! QLD Nationals Senator and leading light Matt Canavan, who apparently never saw a coalmine he didn't like, responded that "It seems to me that some corporations unfortunately are wimps when it comes to standing up to the activists". We like the sound of that!
This is an important step in the campaign, although we haven't won yet, with the Federal government still promising a billion dollars of taxpayers' money in subsidies to Adani's Carmichael coal mega-mine in western Queensland. The mine is scheduled to begin construction in August.
If you're on facebook, "like" us and share our posts to help get our message out to a broader audience.
Please share this newsletter. Pass it on to friends in and around Moorabool shire. If you received this from a friend, you can subscribe directly from our website.
Has your baby tried cloth nappies?
The Bacchus Marsh Cloth Nappy library has now been operating for over a year and is going very successfully. It's a FREE service for families who are interested in trying Cloth Nappies but not quite sure where to start. The modern cloth nappy is funky, easy to use and can save thousands of dollars not to mention significantly reducing the environmental impact of using disposable nappies.
For more info, check out the MEG website or the Bacchus Marsh Cloth Nappy Library Facebook page for more information.
MEG member Mara was concerned last year when the REDcycle plastic packaging recycling bin dis-appeared from out the front of Coles in the plaza at Bacchus Marsh. After a few pointed letters to Coles management, the bin was returned to its position! Thanks Mara. Soft plastic packaging (plastic bags etc) can be left and is recycled into plastic boards to make park benches and the like.
You can check online if there's a REDcycle bin near you (and what is acceptable to put in it).
Moorabool council is currently consulting with the community about allocating large areas at Parwan, Merrimu and/or Hopetoun Park for new suburban development after currently zoned areas in the Marsh are filled up. In other proposals, council is suggesting somewhere in the area between Geelong Rd and Merrimu that a new truck bypass be put in (exact route to be determined); and an area of land adjacent to Geelong Rd near the airfield is to be zoned as a new industrial estate. Residents in these areas, including MEG members, are engaging robustly with the process to try and make sure that if we do get Melbourne's growth spilling over into the shire even more, that it's done in the best way possible. If you missed the council's initial consultations with the community, feel free to get in touch with MEG and we'll put you in touch with other local residents so your voice is heard.
The Bacchus Marsh produce swap happens on the first Saturday of every month at the Darley Community Art Garden. What is it all about? Well we now have this excellent video to explain! Once you have watched it, come along with your excess garden produce to meet, chat and swap!
You may have missed the news, but over Easter, fires broke out twice at an indoor coal stockpile in the industrial estate at Rowsley Rd south of Bacchus marsh. A large CFA contingent attended to put the fires out. We don't know much more than that at this stage, but will try to keep everyone informed of concerning events like this.
After years in planning limbo, it appears our shire's three wind farms are set to go. GoldWind Australia have bought the Moorabool Wind Farm project from WestWind Energy, who did the planning work for it. Construction is expected to start in early 2018. Meanwhile, WestWind's Lal Lal wind farm project won its application to amend their planning permit and use fewer, but larger and more up-to-date turbines. Lastly, the Yaloak wind farm is also going ahead. Here's a map of where wind farms are built or being developed in the state.
Ballarat council just made it policy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, adopting a motion put by councillor Belinda Coates by a margin of 2-1. Will Moorabool join in this sensible ambition?
MEG meetings are at 7:30pm on the last Thursday of the month, alternating between Ballan (In the back room of the Commercial Hotel) and Bacchus Marsh (in the Lerderderg Library). Next meeting (May) is at Ballan. All supporters welcome to join us! We are currently working on a reachout effort to take to local markets and the like; organising MEG social events; and the campaigns and issues above if you want to be more involved. Email us for more information.
Friends of Werribee Gorge and Long Forest Mallee are making a big effort to plant an old, until now weedy paddock next to the carpark at Meikles Point in Werribee Gorge. Meet Saturday 20 May and Sat 24 June, 9:30am at Meikles Point carpark, wear appropriate work clothes, and bring lunch and water. Tools provided, or BYO if you have favourites! Myrniong Primary will also be planting the area on Friday June 23. For more info, contact co-ordinator Bob Reid on 5367 2462 or mobile 0427 564 021.
Film Screening: Stop Adani! As mentioned above, MEG will be screening this in Bacchus Marsh on the evening of June 22. Please come along to see the film, ask questions, and find out how you can get involved. We'll send a separate email with the exact details of time & venue.
Grow West tree planting day: This year's big tree planting day is July 16 at Telford Park, in Darley (Bacchus Marsh). Save the day! Information will be available at growwest.com.au.
We have probably missed events! Let us know if you want your group's events added to future calendars.


CHAPIN Jr., R[obert] M[acfarlane] Chapin.
42 x 30 ¾ inches, Offset print in black and red. A few mends at fold intersections, else excellent.
In keeping with Henry Luce's and Time Magazine's strenuous support of American war efforts, this poster utilizes bold red strokes to alert its readers to Japanese gains in China in the latter part of the war. Specifically, the map illustrates a major operation called Ichi-go in which the Japanese sent a half million troops along the route of the Pinghan Railroad from Beijing to Wuhan in southeastern China. One purpose of the operation was to establish a direct route to resource-rich Indochina, which the map shows to be imminent. The other was to capture U. S. air bases from which bombers were pummeling the Japanese home islands. Although as the map shows, several U. S. air bases were captured, most bombers were either moved further inland or, primarily, to the Marianas Islands, allowing the bombing of Japan to resume with minimum disruption. "Chungking" (Chongqing) is at the center of the map, and Hong Kong is at bottom right.
This is an enlarged version of a map that originally appeared in the December 11, 1944 issue of Time Magazine. It is apparently rare in this large format: OCLC lists four institutional copies, and there are none in map market records.
Chapin, who was with Time from 1933 to 1970, is considered a true pioneer in the use of maps in magazine illustration. "American cartographer Robert M. Chapin Jr. revolutionized journalistic cartography with his innovative technique of adding visual information to the maps… 'I try to dramatize the news of the week, [Chapin has said] not just produce a reference map like those in an atlas'…Chapin's journalistic cartography became world renowned because of the rigorous geographical details of his maps, and it was (and still is) regularly used as reference material by the American National Library, NASA, the Army andthe Navy, as well as by foreign governments, American and international schools and history book publishers."
Elson, R. T. TIME: The Illustrated History of the World's Most Influential Magazine (Beaux Arts Editions).


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Q: Append to sed output UNIX
I want to append to my sed output. For example the output is:
"/dir1/dir2/file"
I want to output "/dir1/dir 2/file is missing"
I have:
diff -rq $1 $2 | grep "^Only in " | sed -e 's/Only in //g' -e 's,: ,/,g' -e 's//* is missing/g'
which outputs "/dir1/dir2/file" and not "/dir1/dir2/file is missing."

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Cast Offs
A darkly comic drama series telling the story of six disabled characters sent to a remote British island for a fictional reality TV show. Six disabled people. 90 days. One barren island. Will they survive? The reality TV show is fictitious, but Cast Offs, a comedy drama about the making of a disabled take on Survivor, is about to become one of the most talked about programmes of the year. Disability is one of television's last taboos and Cast Offs tackles it head on, with a script stuffed with sex and politically incorrect jokes by writers from Skins, Shameless and The Thick of It. Each of the six episodes is from the viewpoint of a different character in the fictional show: a blind man, a deaf woman, a paraplegic man, a woman with dwarfism, a thalidomide-affected man and a woman with cherubism.


April 2, 2013 -- Today, Minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency (WSA) Ken Cheveldayoff confirmed the government of Saskatchewan will continue to assist Saskatchewan residents faced with threats of flooding with the 2013 Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program (EFDRP).
The program provides engineering and technical assistance to municipalities while sharing the cost of permanent and temporary flood prevention works.
The EFDRP covers 100 per cent of costs for engineering assistance and purchase of sandbags by local governments.
The program also reimburses individuals for 85 per cent and communities and businesses for 75 per cent of the cost of approved, permanent flood protection works built to provide protection from imminent flooding in 2013. These include projects like berms, culverts and lift station work.
The program will also cover 50 per cent of the cost for temporary flood protection measures such as purchase of sand for sandbags and pumping.
Projects must be approved by the WSA in order to qualify for funding. Requests for assistance under the program should be directed to the nearest WSA regional office or by calling toll free at 1-866-727-5420.


If you look at the number of spa visits that are being done across the globe, it records more than a hundred million each year making spa treatments one of the essentials in life. And yet, you have to save up some money if you want to enjoy the luxury of spa treatments. When it so happens that you are currently on a spa budget and cannot afford getting spa treatments weekly, worry not as there are some things that you can do to make your own home spa. There are actually a few simple tweaks that you can do at home to have your own spa.
For some people, their most valuable sense will have to be their sense of smell. For these people, the sense of smell is able to associated with emotion and memory better in comparison to touch, hearing, and taste. The thing about using scents to set the mood is that you are easily transported to someplace you have never tried going to.
One of the key factors to achieving success in your home spa is to use some fabrics. One of the best ways to recreate the surroundings of a professional spa is to set up some terry cloth and thick warm fabrics inside of your home. The feel you get of your skin after a hot shower or steamy bath lets you really feel as if you are getting a spa treatment.
Consider getting lots of new towels for your home spa. The use of worn out towels will just not give you the kind of feeling of getting out from the spa. Fluffy and dense are the two important characteristics that you must make sure to keep in mind when looking for terry cloth towels for your DIY home spa. Do not forget to also get a big and fluffy bathrobe.


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Jamesena Talbott
Dr. Talbott is available to discuss eating disorders and her research via email at contact@eatingdisordersatmidlife.info or phone at 412-729-2692. Dr. Talbott's Oya-Pathfinding™ website.
Jamesena Talbott, Ph.D., NCC
Professor of Leadership and Community Engagement
Office: 1205 West Penn Hall
Email: jtalbott@pointpark.edu
Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Master of Arts, Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Master of Arts, Counseling, Waynesburg University
Master of Arts, Human Development, Fielding Graduate University
Doctor of Management, Organizational Leadership, University of Phoenix
Doctor of Philosophy, Human Development, Fielding Graduate University
Leadership, Governance, and Ethics
Social Entrepreneurship (masters and doctoral level)
Organization Studies and Ethical Considerations
Leader/Leadership Development
Team Building for Leaders
Organization Development
Community Networks and Leading in Diverse Communities
Decision Making for Leaders
Leaders as Partners and Mentors
Career Development and Succession Planning
Capstone, Directed Research Project
Capstone, Graduate Internship
Dissertation I, II, and III; and the Continuing Dissertation Research
Professor Jamie Talbott, Ph.D., has been in higher education for 30+ years. Throughout the years, she worked in various capacities including serving as director of special projects, division human resource liaison, capital and financial project director, director of retail services, assistant director for campus services. Dr. T had the opportunity to participate in the implementation of Oracle financials and served as an Oracle trainer on general ledger, purchasing and self-service applications. Other training development and professional development initiatives includes Fundamentals in Neuroleadership through the NeuroLeadership Institute, being a certified trainer in Leadership through Quality Strategy Train the Trainer Program (through the Xerox Corporation in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University) and emotional intelligence professional development seminars (Linkage, Inc. and Pittsburgh Family Services). After participating in Hosting World Café: The WC Fundamentals program, Dr. T serves as a host to World Café rooted initiatives, introduces masters and doctoral students to hosting principles, techniques and application, as well as the introduction and application of the World Café as research method. Dr. Talbott has studied in traditional and nontraditional modalities. Her learner and scholar-practitioner experience includes full-time traditional classroom format, evening part-time format, Pitt-Saturday College, external studies program format, and in online and hybrid online/distributed low-residency programs.
Dr. Talbott is available to discuss eating disorders and her research via email at contact@eatingdisordersatmidlife.info or phone at 412-729-2692. For more information, visit her Oya-Pathfinding™ website.
Hosting World Café, World Café Fundamentals PD Series, Fielding Graduate University (2016)
National Certified Counselor (NCC)—National Board Certified Counselors (NBCC); Status: Board Certified (2010-2015; 2015-2020).
Certificate, Fundamentals of Neuroleadership Program, Neuroleadership Institute, for the application of neuroleadership to counseling, coaching, mentoring, and integral leader/leadership development (2014)
NIH Protecting Human Research Participants Certificate, completed curriculum in history, codes and regulations, respect for persons, beneficence, and justice (October 2017)
CITI Human Research Participants Certificate; completed curriculum that included Basic Course Introduction and SBR Modules (April 2011)
Dreamfish Fellow (2010)
CPP Approved Assessments and Inventories MBTI® assessment (excluding Form J), Strong Interest Inventory® instrument, FIRO-B® instrument, CPI 260™ assessment, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Values Scale, and Problem Solving Inventory, Strong Interest Explorer, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, Parker Team Player Survey, Power Base Inventory, Stress Resiliency Profile, Coping Resources Inventory, Career Enrichment Report, Career Beliefs Inventory, and Career Factors Inventory and support materials such as the Introduction to Type® series.
QM Certified Reviewer, University Baltimore, University Maryland Online (2009-2010)
Certified Facilitator/Counselor (Certified 2003), Forté Interpersonal Communication System, Forté Institute
Oracle University Master's Certificate (1997-1999) in relationship with Carnegie Mellon University:
Oracle Financial Application Implementation
Oracle Systems Analyst
Oracle Web Developer
Certified Trainer with Carnegie Mellon University Oracle Financials Implementation for General Ledger Application(s) and Self-Service Applications
Selected Presentations
"Use of Self: Dialog and Deliberation," co-presented with Kendra Ross, ABD, Community Engagement Institute, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pa., September 2019.
Research presentation. Cultivating an Interprofessional Collaborative Ecology of Care research study presented for attendees from human development, human development and organization development, and clinical psychology. Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, Calif., October 2018.
Focus group member. Building Inclusion Collaborative. Host: Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, Calif. October 2018.
Guest speaker. Community Leadership: Spanning Generations. Presented World Café, J. Brown initiative, "Multigenerational Leadership: Wiser Together" and application for inclusive community engagement. For World Café and Wiser Together Community and Workplace Gathering. Contact: Dr. Jamie Talbott, Café and Summit Host Facilitator. May 2017.
Presenter. Essentials for Community Engagement at the Strategic Horizons Network Conference for Community College Presidents at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel. June 2016.
Presenter. "Social Entrepreneurs - Leaders Spanning Boundaries," The 16th Annual International Leadership Association Global Conference - Conscious Leading for Global Change: Emergence of our Collective Realities, San Diego, CA. Nov. 2014.
Co-presenter. "Emerging Leaders," Point Park University M.A. in organizational leadership program seminar for graduate and undergraduate students. March 2014.
Professional Memberships and Community Memberships & Affiliations
Penn Hills Community Development Committee and Garden Club
CMM Institute
The National Council for Dialog & Deliberation
The World Café Community
Research Interests in Human Development
Ongoing research in human development focuses on
… the systems, relationships, and processes created to enlarge people's freedoms and opportunities and those focused on human well-being, the real freedom ordinary people have to decide who to be, what to do and how to live. (Measure of America, a Project of the Social Science Research Council). From counseling psychology, this includes exploring human development through the lens of how and why human beings change over the course of their lifespan -- including physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality and emotional growth or dampening, as well as individual motivations.
Research enfolds examining:
Interprofessional collaboration: cultivating a collaborative ecology
Dimensions of leadership intelligence and human-literacy©
Eating Disorders — exploring impact of life transitions, career change and repositioning challenges, professional identity and dual identity conflict; stress and anxiety — lifeworld contexts; and the allopathic as well as complementary and alternative healthcare circles attending to women over 40 years of age coping with eating disorders.
Meaningfulness in human work--social entrepreneurship, creativeneurship and global care chains
"Eating Disorder Diagnoses Are Growing In Women Over 40," WESA 90.5 FM, Dec. 2, 2019.
"Dr. Jamesena Talbott On Eating Disorders Part 1 and Part 2," Lynne Hayes-Freeland Show, KDKA-TV, Oct. 6, 2019.
"Jamesena Talbott continues her research on women at mid-life experiencing eating disorders," New Pittsburgh Courier, Oct. 2, 2019.
Point Park Features
"Professor Talbott Continues Her Research on Women at Mid-Life Experiencing Eating Disorders," Point Park University website, Aug. 29, 2019.
"Business, Community Engagement Professor Presents Research on Interprofessional Collaborative Care," Point Park University website, Oct. 19, 2018.
"Point Park Professor Presents to Community College Presidents," Point Park University website, June 17, 2016.
"Professor Presents on Social Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership," Point Park University website, Dec. 23, 2014.
"Professor Jamesena Talbott leads efforts to foster diversity and inclusion on campus," The Point, Spring 2012 issue.
"Alum Profile; Jessica Hobson, Workshop Managing Change at Leadership Summit," Point Park University website, March 2, 2016; and Meet the Staff Cooperative Education Specialist, August 2017.
"Alum Profile: Alexis Pape, Alumna Presents Research on Millennials to UPMC WPI Leaders," Point Park University website, May 31, 2016.
"Alum Profile: Mychael Lee, UPMC Center for Inclusion and Engagement," Point Park University website, January 27, 2015.
"Alum Profile: Moriam Durosinmi-Etti, Internship: Regional Advisory, Development Planning and Statistics Intern for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,"Point Park University website, January 30, 2015.
"Alum Profile: Melissa Ferraro, Sister's Place Inc," Point Park University website, August 25, 2014.
"Alum Profile: Deirdre Kane, 52nd Street Market," Point Park University website, October 3, 2013.
"Alum Profile: Jennifer Burke, Big Brothers, Big Sisters," Point Park University website, July 1, 2011.


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import argparse
import glob
import os
import sys

from . import Command
from .server import main
from openerp.modules.module import get_module_root, MANIFEST
from openerp.service.db import _create_empty_database, DatabaseExists

class Start(Command):
    """Quick start the Odoo server for your project"""

    def get_module_list(self, path):
        mods = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*/%s' % MANIFEST))
        return [mod.split(os.path.sep)[-2] for mod in mods]

    def run(self, cmdargs):
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
            prog="%s start" % sys.argv[0].split(os.path.sep)[-1],
            description=self.__doc__
        )
        parser.add_argument('--path', default=".",
            help="Directory where your project's modules are stored (will autodetect from current dir)")
        parser.add_argument("-d", "--database", dest="db_name", default=None,
                         help="Specify the database name (default to project's directory name")

        args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args(args=cmdargs)

        project_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(args.path)))
        module_root = get_module_root(project_path)
        db_name = None
        if module_root:
            # started in a module so we choose this module name for database
            db_name = project_path.split(os.path.sep)[-1]
            # go to the parent's directory of the module root
            project_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(project_path, os.pardir))

        # check if one of the subfolders has at least one module
        mods = self.get_module_list(project_path)
        if mods and '--addons-path' not in cmdargs:
            cmdargs.append('--addons-path=%s' % project_path)

        if not args.db_name:
            args.db_name = db_name or project_path.split(os.path.sep)[-1]
            cmdargs.extend(('-d', args.db_name))

        # TODO: forbid some database names ? eg template1, ...
        try:
            _create_empty_database(args.db_name)
        except DatabaseExists, e:
            pass
        except Exception, e:
            die("Could not create database `%s`. (%s)" % (args.db_name, e))

        if '--db-filter' not in cmdargs:
            cmdargs.append('--db-filter=^%s$' % args.db_name)

        # Remove --path /-p options from the command arguments
        def to_remove(i, l):
            return l[i] == '-p' or l[i].startswith('--path') or \
                (i > 0 and l[i-1] in ['-p', '--path'])
        cmdargs = [v for i, v in enumerate(cmdargs)
                   if not to_remove(i, cmdargs)]

        main(cmdargs)

def die(message, code=1):
    print >>sys.stderr, message
    sys.exit(code)

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