This 3D Indian model is made of cold-cast poly-resin and fibre-glass, he has a great deal of decoration including a full head dress. He is an ideal and interesting model for theming a Wild West area, for advertising or drawing attention to your business, or even as a great gift! It can be used in any themed area or in shops, businesses, pubs, restaurants, coffee shops, adventure golf courses, zoos, theme-parks or even in your own home.


Most articles that cover recruiting trends highlight what I consider to be obvious approaches that many firms have already adopted. But my perspective on trends is unique because I am focused on what I call the "bleeding-edge trends." These trends are unique and rare because they have been adopted by less than 5 percent of the major firms. However, they are still important for all recruiting leaders to know and watch because they signal the path that all progressive firms will eventually have to follow. The top bleeding-edge trends are listed below in an easy to scan format.
The shift in power to the candidate means current approaches will stop working – 83 percent of recruiters report that the power has shifted away from where it has been for years, the employer, and toward the candidate. In a candidate-driven marketplace, "active-recruiting approaches" simply stop working. Now that top candidates are in the driver's seat, the best have multiple options, recruiting must dramatically increase hiring speed, offer a great candidate experience, and shift to an emphasis away from assessment and toward excellence in "selling candidates." Once candidates realize that the power has shifted to them, many will develop an arrogant "why-should-I-work-for-you?" attitude, which you must adjust to if you expect to land the best.
The mobile platform begins to dominate every aspect of recruiting – most firms have finally figured out that individuals should be able to apply for a job directly from their mobile phones. However the best firms are now realizing that the mobile platform should dominate every area of recruiting, because of its versatility and its incredibly high response rate (compared to other communications platforms). The mobile platform should be the primary mechanism for communicating with prospects/candidates, spreading your employer brand messages, to view recruiting and job description videos, and to push relevant open jobs to applicant communities. Eventually it will be used by most to offer live Hangouts/Meetups, for candidate skill assessment, for most candidate interviews, to find referrals, and finally to allow individuals to accept job offers directly on their phone. Recruiters and hiring managers must be able to approve reqs, post jobs, post videos, review resumes, schedule interviews, and other administrative tasks from their mobile phone. Employees must be able to do all referral administration and apply for internal openings on their phone.
Shifting to compelling offers becomes essential – during the down economy, almost any offer was accepted. However, in today's marketplace where top candidates get multiple offers, the offer generation process must be radically updated. That means that sign-on bonuses, exploding offers, and identifying and meeting an individual candidate's job acceptance criteria will become essential once again. In addition, hiring managers, compensation specialists, and recruiters will need to update their skills and approaches for creating compelling offers and selling in-demand prospects and candidates. Relearning how to successfully combat counteroffers from a candidate's current manager will also become essential.
Perhaps the biggest surprise will be the shortage of top recruiters – as recruiting volume and difficulty both ramp up, firms will begin to realize that there is a significant shortage of talented and currently up-to-date recruiters. Expect a bidding war over the few available top corporate recruiters. A lack of quality, leading-edge recruiter training will unfortunately also make the experienced recruiter shortage even worse.
Videos begin dominating recruiting messaging – Online video now accounts for 50% percent of all mobile traffic. So now that viewing videos (rather than static pictures or reading text) has become widely accepted, they must be used in every aspect of recruiting. If you're not already using video job descriptions, videos for employer branding, video employee profiles, video job postings and video job offers, you need to realize that authentic videos are an essential supplement to all traditionally print messaging. Videos make it easier to see and feel the excitement at your firm.
Turnover issues dramatically impact recruiting – turnover rates continue to spiral upward (they went up 44 percent last year). Increased turnover will mean that the volume of recruiting will increase significantly, but the firm's reputation for high turnover will also impact your ability to recruit new talent. Given the high impact of new hire turnover, firms will need to begin assessing candidates on their likelihood of an early departure.
Learning to hire whenever scarce talent becomes available — during periods when top talent is extremely scarce, the best targets enter and exit the job market over a matter of days. That means that recruiting functions must shift from their traditional recruiting model, where you hire only when a position becomes open, to a completely different approach, where you hire whenever top talent applies to your company. That means when a top talent applies for a critical high-volume job at your firm, you begin the hiring process immediately and make an offer quickly, even if there is currently no vacant position. Yes, this means that you will hire some talent a few weeks before you need them, but that results in a lower cost than being unable to fill jobs at all because no qualified talent is available when one of these high-volume positions eventually opens up.
Deemphasizing resumes and accepting online profiles — resumes have many weaknesses, but the primary reason that they need to be made optional is hiring speed. This is because few employed candidates have any interest in, nor do they have the time required, to update their resumes. They simply can't become a candidate at your firm until they update and submit their resume. Firms must learn to eliminate the "resume update wait" by instead accepting LinkedIn profiles for referrals and at least the initial application for regular job openings. LinkedIn profiles are generally more accurate than resumes because they are viewed by so many individuals that any misstatements would be instantly discovered.
Sourcing will add a "find-their-work" component – some of the most competent professionals have weak resumes. Fortunately, with the growth of the Internet and social media, it is now becoming possible to find the actual work of most professionals. And this is a good thing because an individual's work is almost always a better representation of their capability than their resume. Employees looking for referrals and recruiters need to also focus on discovering the great ideas and the writing, the pictures, and the video representations of their work and the actual work samples of "hidden individuals" who couldn't be found based solely on their resume. As an added benefit, your firm gathers information on new approaches, whether you end up hiring these individuals or not.
Boomerangs return as a primary source – boomerang rehires of previous high-performing employees have proven to be one of the highest sources of quality hires. Because so many have been released, there is an abundant talent pool to choose from. And in addition, keeping track of corporate alumni is now so much easier because you can find them easily on LinkedIn and on social media. Because of their speed, low cost, and high quality of hire, expect boomerang rehires to reach 15 percent of all hires at major firms.
Data-based decision-making in recruiting goes mainstream – recruiting leaders are finally realizing that all other business functions now make all major decisions based on data. Metrics-based decision-making will have a huge impact in recruiting because I find database decisions to be at least 25 percent better than intuitive decisions. Forget the low-value historical metrics and expect to see real-time and predictive metrics dominate. If you need increased budget resources, work with the CFO in order to assign a dollar value to how much recruiting results directly increase corporate revenue.
Referrals continue to dominate – spamming employee contacts for referrals has run its course. Referrals produce quality hires not because of who they know, but instead because your best employees far surpass even recruiters in finding, building relationships, assessing, and selling top people who are not active in the job market. At top firms, over 50 percent of the hires will come from quality employee referrals.
Personalization will become more common – top candidates will no longer tolerate a "one-size-fits-all" approach. In-demand candidates are now beginning to expect a unique and personalized recruiting approach (much like what occurs in executive recruiting). I call this approach "artisanal recruiting." And don't be surprised when top candidates begin to expect that even their job will be customized for them. Providing top candidates with choices that include who they work with, where and when they work, and even who their supervisor will be become more prevalent. And because the measured resources mean that you can't personalize every job or candidate experience, prioritization will become even more essential. Prioritization allows you to focus your resources on the jobs and the candidates that will have the most business impact.
Colleges and their students have changed dramatically, but college recruiting has not – unfortunately, corporate college recruiting budgets and processes have been stagnant for years, even though the demand for grads is now soaring. Unfortunately, during the slack college hiring period, colleges themselves, the visibility and the expectations of college students have changed dramatically. A reengineered recruiting model must move beyond a focus on career centers. Instead it must increase its capabilities in the areas of global college recruiting, remote college recruiting, recruiting students from online universities, recruiting "passive" students, and the use of market research to completely understand the job search process and the expectations of this new generation of grads.
Large firms will struggle to compete with startups for innovative talent – the recent lavish funding and the economic success of numerous startups will continue to make them attractive to innovators and top talent. Unfortunately, few major corporations have a market-research-driven strategy or a set of tools that allows them to successfully recruit against startups for these valuable innovative prospects with a startup mindset.
Workforce planning returns as a hot issue – recruiting shortages and high turnover rates have historically forced executives to focus on developing dependable talent pipelines. Expect an increased emphasis in all aspects of workforce planning, including talent pipelines and talent communities, supply/demand forecasting, succession planning, predicting employee turnover, and leader development. Don't expect much success in this area because of the volatile VUCA environment and the fact that professionals in each of these workforce planning areas have almost universally failed to produce the promised results because they do not use data based decision-making.
Unfortunately, you won't find any predictions of dramatically new recruiting technologies on this list because our technology sector has continued to disappoint by providing only incremental changes.
Also don't expect any new innovations in recruitment process outsourcing, in truly global recruiting approaches, in executive search, on corporate career websites, and from those who push recruitment and employer branding advertising. And finally, although these areas are getting more attention, expect little major innovation in the candidate assessment, diversity recruiting, and automated employee referral areas.
Many industries are finally experiencing dramatic growth, and as a result, their executives are clamoring for the talent that is required in order to continue that growth. And as the world moves faster, these executives are also expecting a continuing increase in corporate speed.
Meeting these high-level growth, speed, and innovation needs is difficult enough during normal times. But the escalation of turnover rates combined with vicious competition for top talent has produced a level of difficulty and challenge that recruiting leaders haven't faced in years. Firms that expect to simply meet those challenges will obviously need some new recruiting strategies, tools, and approaches. However, if the goal of your firm is to go the next step and to dominate your industry, you will need to be on the bleeding edge of recruiting practices. This is because you can't expect to provide your firm with a competitive advantage if you simply copy the recruiting practices of your talent competitors.
Capturing the lion's share of top talent and becoming an elite recruiting leader in a highly competitive talent marketplace requires the foresight and the courage to implement the bleeding-edge approaches that are listed here.


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Prominent members from the Manx community including MHKs and local business people will take part in a charity event next month.
"24 Hours in Police Custody" has been organised by the Isle of Man Police Youth Scheme.
Those taking part in the event will be arrested at their place of work by police cadets before transporting them to the Old Police Station at Lord Street in a van for "mugshots" and fingerprints.
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The Wild & Scenic Film Festival aims to inspire a new generation of conservationists
Nobody Dies in Longyearbyen is one of eight films playing at North Idaho College.
Sometimes the solutions to environmental problems aren't always so far out of reach. Sometimes it just takes the smallest inspiration to move us to take action to combat a daunting issue like climate change. And sometimes that inspiration can come from something as simple as seeing a movie.
"Solutions" is one of the main themes of the upcoming Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Coeur d'Alene. The Kootenai Environmental Alliance and the Lake Coeur d'Alene Waterkeeper program are bringing the festival to North Idaho March 7 to raise money for conservation efforts, and to inspire the next generation of activists to continue their work.
We talked to Kootenai Environmental Alliance board member Doug Fagerness about what Wild & Scenic is all about. Fagerness, a self-described "old guy," says getting young people on board is always an uphill battle, but he's been inspired by the energy of the next generation of conservationists.
"That's what I need at this point in my life," he says. "I need hope to hang my hat on."
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INLANDER: How would you describe the Wild & Scenic Film Festival to someone on the street?
FAGERNESS: The festival is an opportunity to see some creative, independent voices that use film to express themes that impact all of us who share this planet.
Is there an overarching theme to the films at the festival?
Connection(s) and relationship(s) are strong threads that run through the films. Conservation moves from an abstract to a reality of which we are all a part.
What are some of the challenges for conservation in North Idaho?
There's a point where all these various points intersect, and it has to do with water. It's a universal element and if we can't find commonality there, I don't know where we can. From an economic sense there is virtually no one in Coeur d'Alene and North Idaho that isn't impacted by water quality. It's important that we spend more time learning about that. I think the people who moved here and live here ... recognize the beauty of this place. Beauty is predicated on the natural environment.
Are there any films that you have personally enjoyed?
The second half of the film festival focuses on solutions. I am drawn to that because hope can be such a fragile tendril on which to hang our future. To see the opportunities and creative actualities strengthens hope for me and I believe it will have the same impact on festival participants.
What do the Kootenai Environmental Alliance and the Coeur d'Alene Water Keepers hope to achieve with this festival?
[The] Wild & Scenic Film Festival will support our Lake Coeur d'Alene Waterkeeper program by raising public awareness, recruiting volunteers and raising funds. The Waterkeeper program serves as an on-the-water advocate working to ensure that Lake Coeur d'Alene is swimmable, fishable and drinkable. The Waterkeeper program works to protect against threats to the public's water resources in the Lake Coeur d'Alene watershed through enforcement, community action, education, restoration and advocacy.
How do the event organizers feel right now about climate change and public opinion? Defeated? Inspired? Something else?
Public opinion seems to be shifting, as more people accept that climate change is here. Our work with engaging our youth to help identify solutions for the many challenges facing our home environment is not only important, it is urgent. We remain optimistic that many individuals, businesses and communities are taking innovative steps to adapt to the climate changes we are experiencing and we remain hopeful that government leaders worldwide will unify these efforts. ♦
Wild & Scenic Film Festival • Thu, March 7 at 6:30 pm • $10/$5/students/free for NIC students • Schuler Performing Arts Center, North Idaho College Campus • 880 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d'Alene • wildandscenicfilmfestival.org
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival will also be at Colville's Alpine Theater on Thursday, Feb. 28, and at Chewelah's Quartzite Brewery on Saturday, March 2. Both festivals are hosted by the Kettle Range Conservation Group. Visit wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/events to find others coming up this spring.
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The cultural center was created to help them understand their roots and foster a sense of pride in local indentity and thus to help preserve the beauty of local customs and culture. The museum has been divided into two sections. The front (eastern) part of the square-shaped building contains permanent exhibits. The rear section of the building has been dedicated to cultural activities, temporary exhibits, a souvenir shop, a lecture theatre, an exhibition hall for Lanna arts and an archive.
The Permanent exhibits are thematically divided into periods and topics which are shown in 15 rooms. They show the development of the region and the city from pre-history to its rise and decline as an independent capital.The city's history is illustrated up until present times.The system of administration, way of life, local wisdom and the culture that have created the city's proud identity are presented using a variety of media . Models, slides, pictures with text explanations, digital video presentations and graphic displays will impress visitors and help them understand the origins of the city.
The rear of the building and the enclosed open-air courtyard are reserved for a variety of cultural acitvities aimed at conserving and promoting the valuable traditions of the local culture.


Coal's retreat in the US continues at a faster pace than ever before, according to a new analysis in the wake of after another of the country's biggest coal firms applying for bankruptcy protection.
It is becoming ever harder for US coal-fired power plants to be profitable, and 2018 is set to become a record year in terms of the number of coal plants being decommissioned, a new report on the coal sector from US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis reveals.
The report says that US-based energy producers have retired and announced the decommissioning of coal-fired power plants at a total capacity of 15.4 GW this year. That is almost twice as much as last year and 700 MW more than the previous record of 14.7 GW. The institute's calculation shows that 44 units at 22 power plants in more than 12 states will be closed.
The reasons for coal power's retreat are well-known. In part, the prices of the US' reserves of natural gas will apparently remain low in the coming years, and in part because the price of renewable energy from sources such as solar panels and wind turbines has plummeted.
And the tendency is not merely evident from the retirement of coal-fired power plants.
Earlier in October, US-based Westmoreland Coal became the most recent major coal companies to file for bankruptcy. The company thus marks the fourth bankruptcy among major producers in just three years.
The other bankrupt coal producers are Peabody Energy Corp., which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2016 but was saved with an IPO the next year. Arch Coal filed in 2016 but later won a court case, which allowed the company to eliminate debt worth USD 5 billion and stock trades could therefore continue. In 2015, Alpha Natural Resources filed for bankruptcy protection, but two capital funds steered the company back into operations.
Besides the fact that major players in the coal industry have clearly found it difficult to cover debt and costs, nothing indicates that the earnings capacity will grow in the years to come. At the beginning of October, a German environmental organization published research indicating that there are currently no plans to build any coal-fired power plant in the US.
IEEFA concludes that so far closures totaling 36.7 GW have been planned between 2018 and 2024. This is equivalent to roughly 15 percent of the total installed capacity of 246 GW, but the number of retirements is expected to grow significantly in coming years.
This article is from AMWatch's sister site EnergyWatch.


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Q: parameters in the EM algorithm I  have been learning about the EM algorithm by using the material of Andrew Ng from Stanford, the link is here:
http://cs229.stanford.edu/notes/cs229-notes7b.pdf
And I have been trying to understand the implementation of the EM by using a Python library, and specifically to work with the Old Faithful data set. The link is the following:
https://mixem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/old_faithful.html
This data set has approximately 272 observations with two variables that are the eruption time and the waiting time; which has information of the timing between eruptions.
I have a couple of questions about the following lines of code:
weights, distributions, ll = mixem.em(np.array(data), [
    mixem.distribution.MultivariateNormalDistribution(np.array((2, 50)), np.identity(2)),
    mixem.distribution.MultivariateNormalDistribution(np.array((4, 80)), np.identity(2)),
])

That is related to the following part:

and the questions that I have are:

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*Why do I have to created two  arrays for mu and why to consider those dimensions? I suppose the first one (2,50) the first 2 refers to the number of variables (eruption and waiting), but why to put 50 as a second dimension. Also, why do I need the array of (4,80) and the two identity arrays with dimension 2?

A: You are trying to cluster data points in your problem. So, how do you do it when you don't know how many clusters are there or which points belong to which cluster. This is where EM comes in.
You make a few assumptions to solve the clustering problem. You assume that there are possibly 2 clusters. Now each point has two dimensions (eruption, waiting) so you would need a 2D gaussian to describe a cluster of such points. Since you assumed that there are 2 clusters so you create 2 multivariate gaussians.
In the example you create Gaussian1 with means (2,50) and identity covariance matrix (given by identity(2)). Similarly you create Gaussian2 with means (4,80).
Why did you choose values 2 and 50 for first gaussian? These are arbitrary numbers and you normally choose something reasonable here. So what you are saying is that the initial value of the mean of the component that refers to eruption is 2 and the mean for waiting is 50. If you looked at the dataset, you would find that these are reasonable initial estimates.
Rest of it is standard EM.

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Following the arrival of railways in c.1840 Ireland developed a very detailed railway infrastructure and network that spread into all 32 counties over the following c. 60 years. For example County Donegal, now without a single operating railway (apart from a 3-mile 'tourist' line!), had no less than three different railway lines systems with stations in most large and small towns and villages in the early 1900's – then bringing the convenience of such transport to over 90% of the county's population.
Many other counties had similarly good railway networks at that time. However, by the mid 1900′s much of Ireland's rail network, particularly in the rural areas, no longer operated. County Donegal's last train ran in 1958. Sadly, much of the human traffic carried by these trains carried our native people to the various Irish ports – to board the emigrant ship to UK, USA and various other far-off lands…many never again to return. Today, all that remains of our once proud railway network in many parts of Ireland are the traces of where trains once traversed.
Olde Ireland's 'Old Irish Railways' shows Ireland's extensive railway network in its heyday in 1906. Laser engraved onto old roof slates, onto various old hardwoods, onto cork tiles or on a variety of other materials and completed as one map or enlarged to any size in 'tile' format, these laser engravings make for a unique and beautiful gift or keepsake – for a variety of occasions or purposes.


Few books have so seized the public imagination as Bram Stoker's Dracula, even more popular now than when it was first published in 1897. This critical work represents a rereading of the horror classic as a Christian text, one that alchemizes Platonism, Gnosticism, Mariology and Christian resurrection in a tale that explores the grotesque. Of particular interest is the way in which the Dracula narrative emerges from earlier vampire tales, which juxtapose Apollonian and Dionysian impulses. A strong addition to vampire and horror scholarship.
Noël Montague-Étienne Rarignac has worked as a musician, filmmaker, video artist, traveling fellow for an art museum, and composer. He has studied at la Sorbonne Nouvelle, l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Tufts University, and Keele University (U.K.), earning degrees in art, cinema, English and philosophy, and iconography. He lives in Bordeaux, France.
"quite an entertaining read…a great book to add to your library"—Examiner.com; "recommended"—The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture; "valuable"—Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts; "Rarignac…probes the story's sources and its themes of the mysteries of death and resurrection, communion rituals, and veneration of the Virgin and the Cross"—Reference & Research Book News; "Stoker enthusiasts will certainly want to give it a look"—Critical Mass.


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Diagnostic medical sonographers operate sonographic equipment, which collects reflected echoes and forms an image that can be videotaped, transmitted, or photographed. The imaging results are then interpreted by a physician and used in diagnosis. Sonography uses sound waves to create images used in obstetrics as well as in many other areas. Sonographers take patients' medical histories and then explain the procedure to them . They then select the correct equipment and position the patient in the appropriate position. They usually spread a gel on the patient's skin and then use a transducer to transmit sound waves in a beam to the area of the patient's body being imaged. They search for differences between healthy and unhealthy by viewing the image on a screen.
Diagnostic medical sonographers may specialize in different areas of the field. Obstetric and gynecologic sonographers study the female reproductive system and use sonography to examine the fetuses of pregnant women. Abdominal sonographers specialize in conditions of the gallbladder, bile ducts, kidneys, liver, pancreas, and spleen. Neurosonographers specialize in the nervous system, which includes the brain. They focus on neurological disorders in premature infants and scan blood vessels for abnormalities. Ophthalmologic sonographers study the eyes, aiding in the insertion of prosthetic lenses, diagnosing tumors, and identifying other eye-related ailments.
Diagnostic medical sonographers should have a solid background in science and mathematics. They also need to have good communication and interpersonal skills because of the sensitivities involved in explaining procedures to patients who are nervous about the test and their diagnosis.
In 2002, diagnostic medical sonographers earned a median annual salary of $48,660. Earnings ranged from the lowest 10%, who earned less than $35,800, to the highest 10%, who earned more than $66,680.
Diagnostic medical sonographers receive their training from hospitals, vocational-technical institutions, colleges and universities, or the Armed Forces. High school graduates are usually considered for admission into programs, while some programs prefer applicants who have some training in science or experience in the field of healthcare. Formal training in a college or university setting usually lasts between 2 and 4 years and results in the granting of an associate or bachelor's degree. 2-year programs are the most common form of training. More than 100 programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs, and most include courses in anatomy, physiology, instrumentation, basic physics, patient care, and medical ethics.
Some nurses and technologists choose to train in sonography in order to increase their marketability. This training usually takes the form of a 1-year program resulting in a certificate. Sonographers are not required to obtain State licenses, although they can become registered through the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS). This greatly increases their chances of employment because employers usually prefer to hire applicants who are registered. In order to become registered by ARDMS, applicants must pass a general physics and instrumentation exam, along with an exam in a specialty. Diagnostic medical sonographers must renew their registration by completing continuing education courses.
In 2002, diagnostic medical sonographers held about 37,000 jobs. More than 50% worked in hospitals. Most of the rest worked in offices of physicians or in medical and diagnostic laboratories.
Between 2002 and 2012, employment of diagnostic medical sonographers is expected to increase faster than the average. This will be mainly due to a growing and aging population, which will increase the need for diagnostic imaging services. Sonography is becoming a more attractive field than radiologic procedures, due to patient safety concerns. Employment will grow fastest in offices of physicians and in medical and diagnostic laboratories, although hospitals will continue to be the major employers.


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George McCranie, Georgia DUI Attorney, is one of the Producers of a new documentary recently filmed in Acapulco, Mexico.
Douglas, GA – March 19, 2013 – George McCranie is serving as a Producer of an upcoming documentary film from CelebrityFilms®. The film, a documentary about the Casa Hogar children's home in Acapulco, Mexico, launched production in early January, 2013. Emmy® Award winning Director, Nick Nanton, is directing the film.
The documentary will reveal an in-depth look at the incredible story of the Casa Hogar children's home in Acapulco, specifically how the home is providing a nurturing environment with a focus on education in this economically disadvantaged region. Casa Hogar is a children's home that provides care, shelter, strength, love and hope in a Christian environment for orphaned and abandoned children in Acapulco, Mexico.
The work that the orphanage is doing "is changing the lives of these kids. They are bringing in kids from the streets and providing them with not only food, shelter and education, but most importantly the love of a family environment," said Director Nick Nanton. "We are excited that we got to film a movie as well as renovate their library and computer center with hundreds of new books and 10 new computers," Nanton continued.
Acapulco started out as a place where George McCranie took his mom, dad and family on a trip since his parents honeymooned in Acapulco and Danielle's grandparents had been there also on vacation. I thought of it as a neat trip to take them to a "where it all began". Then on the way to see the famous cliff divers we saw an overwhelming number of young children begging and selling trinkets in the street. We always knew we wanted to do something for these kids we just didn't know how! Later, when we were asked about producing this film, Danielle and I didn't even have to ask each other, we just knew it was what we had to do to help the children.
George McCranie is joining The Emmy® Award winning team to help bring this film to full production.
Douglas, Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer George McCranie has gained fame throughout Georgia for his success in DUI defense. Whether defending professional athletes or college students, his aggressive style of defense has made him the "go to DUI attorney" in his area. George has been named a Best-Selling Author for the book Protect and Defend and has received a Superb rating on AVVO.com. He is the author of the upcoming book on DUI in Georgia titled Down and Dirty DUI Defense. George recently completed the filming of the television show "America's Premier Experts" which will be seen this spring on ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates around the nation. A former Georgia Assistant District Attorney, a husband and father, George has earned the respect and confidence of his clients through hard work and his aggressive defense tactics.
For more information on George visit https://www.mccranielawfirm.com, email him at georgemccranie@mccranielawfirm.com, and follow him on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.


What is so special about Slack?
The other day it went through the news , that slack's Valuation is now at 2,8$ Billion.
They say, they do have 135.000 paying customers paying $6,67 per month making an average revenue of $900k a month.
In the table above I put in their prediction, to add $1 mio in ARR every 11 days (which is roughly $3 mio. per month) – though I am not quite sure about them using the term "ARR" which is defined as Accounting Revenue Rate and is more a Return on Investment figure than a figure average revenue return, which would be my interpretation.
That translates to roughly 4,65 mio paying customers and $704k revenue per employe – not that bad.
Given a continous growth, that might even justify the valuation of $2.8 billion as the multiple of 16 would fall throughout the next 4-5 years.
– they serve a very fast growing segment of business apps: that is, in contrast to the big payers like yammer etc. small and mid-sized companies . These customers typically use other "semi-professional" apps like Dropbox, Google Apps, Skype and so on. they are in a segment between the typical freelancer and the big corporations. This segment in general, will explode in the upcoming years adding more and more developers and freelancers in always changing (project-wise changing) combinations in the "services-industry". Btw: all "old-economy" industries are being disrupted and becoming service industries.
– these customers are the real cloud customers: they want to move fast and flexibel – and they are willing to pay for stable solutions.
– Slack has integrated with the most important other cloud services, and with one click, they are fully integrated.
– Their native clients are fast, stable and of a very nice and intuitive interface – the hashtag style channeling is known by every private twitter user.
So, slack is doing many things right – and I am really looking forward to see them moving in the future.
From time to time I am invited as public speaker – and at the beginning of this year I was invited to the "new year" event of the Sparkasse Worms-Alzey-Ried. I spoke in front of 400 bankers (with ties) about our digital classical music magazine VAN and how it transforms media of the past (age old classical music) to todays digital reading, listening and reception habits. There are similiarities to the Sparkasse, because it's quite an old german bank – the first one was founded in 1778 in Hamburg and with their core business model (being a public-near institute) hasn't changed much ever since. So they ask themselves how their brand should conduct a change (or more an adaption to new habits and needs), but also the core business model is at stake, due to shrinking interest rates together with rising labour cost.
As Sparkasse traditionally is a very regional (and personal) bank my advice was to be the central, personal partner, regarding everything money: this includes crowdfunding for regional projects, all in one API for everything online, and a "genius / sales" approach: Have a "product genius" help you with everything you need, but you do "sales and business" with a different guy. This eases the tension of having bankers, trying to sell you something.
Thanks very much for the organizers for having me – it was really exciting getting an inside view of their business and needs.
Seit der Gründung der motionet AG in 2007 haben wir verschiedene Frameworks und collaboration software tools erst für die B2C Kommunikation (facebook hat uns dann irgendwie überholt) und dann für die B2B Kommunikation entwickelt: hubber.it ist eine der beiden Plattformen, die wir sowohl selber hosten, bei Partnern hosten als auch auf dem Telekom Business Marketplace. Doch tools sind nicht das Einzige: die Frage ist doch: wer braucht collaboration tools wirklich und isses dann eher ein Slack oder so etwas wie ein facebook-nahes hubber.it wie von uns gebaut. Mit dieser Präse gehen wir manchmal auf Kundenfang: viel zu viele Buzzwords, aber: was drin steht is nicht ganz blöd und wenn man genau hinschaut sieht man, dass es nicht nur um die Tools geht-die sind im Zweifelsfall nämlich eher unwichtig.
Ich selber finde das Thema collaboration im Unternehmenskontext wirklich spannend, gerade wenn man es nicht nur als "was gibts heute in der Kantine" Austauschtool integriert sondern mit anderer Software über API's verzahnt: "Weil Maschine XY gerade das Produkt fertig gestellt hat, kannst Du jetzt mit einem Klick hier den Versand triggern und die Kollegen informieren". Dafür muss man aber verstehen, wie das eigene Unternehmen funktioniert und tickt. Das immer wieder herauszufinden und die wirklichen Mehrwerte zu finden macht mir dann in einem Beratungsprojekt Spaß.
Freeletics: old wine in new, shiny, polished, stylish bottles.
Last summer I was looking for some new sports, helping me to get fitter again, as biking and running got a bit boring by the time.
I then stumbled upon freeletics and I have been sticking with it ever since.
What got me in the beginning were not the fancy "transformation videos" one can find here and there on the net, but the simplicity of the exercises: sit ups and "burpees" are nothing fancy new, but they managed to build a good looking and efficient package they are calling Helios or Dione and like other greek gods.
Since then I really have to say that I got a _lot_ fitter and that it still is fun to plan your day around the exercises. For me it's the "i don't want to, but I will" – motivation part, that gets me going with it.


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Features of the 55cm HMS Victory model ship:
Overall dimensions of the model are 55cm L x 14cm W x 46cm H 1:154 Scale
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Entirely hand built from timber with high attention to detail
We use the quality wood and metal for all parts, NO plastic
Cannons, musket, anchors, decorative fixtures and intricate details are sculpted metal
Gun ports are actually cut into the hull
Lattice grates, rudder chains, wooden ladders and planked steps
Realistic lifeboats with oars and numerous other deck features
Sails are handmade with fine linen and rigging lines that vary in texture
Handcrafted according to scale through original plans and pictures of the actual Victory ship
This model comes with a solid wood base with nameplate and a laminated sheet of history of the Victory ship.
The HMS Victory wooden model is also available in bigger size 75cm and 95cm.
The HMS Victory is one of our most popular model ships thanks to its rich, articulate history. It came to be commissioned on the 7th May, 1765, and was first launched from Chatham Dockyard. The ship, from that date, became a crucial fixture of British naval warfare for the next two centuries. The person given command of the ship for the first time, in March 1778, was that of the famous Captain John Lindsay. That tenure, though, lasted but two months; in May 1778, Lindsay was transferred when Augustus Keppel decided to raise his flag aboard the Victory instead. In 1778, she was fully commissioned under Rear Admiral John Campbell, and Captain Jonathan Faulkner, as its respective two Captains. Flying under the flag of the famous Admiral Keppel, the ship became a well-respected veteran of the seas, among the most feared warships on the water.
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July 2, 2021 | Scott Frey | Community, Press Releases, Support Local
Norfolk, Va – Smiles for all. That's what Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics is hoping to bring to the #757 community with their new OnieTonie™ brand partnership.
As part of the Hampton Roads community since 1998, Hatcher & Frey knows a thing or two about smiles. They've successfully treated generations of families locally – as well as played a role in key community sponsorships with such organizations as the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, Chesapeake United Soccer Club and Coastal Crush Lacrosse. Their newest approach to smiles? Local art.
"As we approached the 1-year anniversary of our Norfolk Studio just outside the Norfolk Premium Outlets, we knew we wanted to do more than traditional marketing in that space," Nikki Zellner, Community Relations Director for the brand said. "It's been a really tough year for our community, and it was just really important for us to do something that not only supported our brand, but supported local business and our community."
Zellner, a mom of two boys, said when she thinks of the culture of the #757 – she thinks of public, accessible art – that's free for all.
"I wanted to take that same approach – what can we create for the community, not just for us. And that's when I approached the team about courting Troy Summerell."
Summerell, a local artist who goes by the name OnieTonie™ on his work, is known for his large, bold murals of sea life scenes across the Hampton Roads community.
"There isn't an OnieTonie™ mural or sculpture me and my boys haven't posed in front of – and when everything was closed during the pandemic – his art wasn't," Zellner said.
Summerell's original water-loving characters and scenes can be seen on ambulance wraps and walls for CHKD, and he has done creative, engaging work for the Roc Solid foundation, local schools, and the Smile Train Organization.
"OnieTonie™ has a commitment for kids, families and smiles," Zellner said. "There was only one name on the list for me."
The Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics partnership with OnieTonie™ will include many elements – some available for the community to experience, and some available exclusively to patients.
The first elements of the partnership were made public in late June, with more to follow. First, a billboard went up on Shore Drive just past the Lesner Bridge in Chix Beach, followed by two full-size mural installations at their Norfolk Premium Outlets office – both key tourist destinations for those visiting, as well as hot spots for the locals.
"What a way to welcome people to the area," Zellner said. "By putting a smile on their face, and showing them what the area is all about."
About Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics
Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics is a board-certified Orthodontic practice serving children, teens and adults at three convenient locations across Hampton Roads (Western Branch, Great Bridge, Norfolk Premium Outlets).
The Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics Observation Program currently provides free, regular orthodontic screenings for children 5 to 12, with no financial impact to families. This helps them keep an eye on developmental changes and assess the perfect timing for orthodontic treatment, if needed.
In addition to its Observation Program, Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics also offers free, virtual or in-person consultations, as well as a variety of treatment options for children, adults and teens including braces and Invisalign.
Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics is a Top 1% Invisalign Provider, achieving successful treatment outcomes across the largest patient base, at the highest level. In addition, it is rated as a VIP Diamond Plus rated Invisalign provider – the highest rating available by the internationally recognized brand. It is also only one of a handful of practices providing Invisalign First treatment options for tiny mouths in Virginia. Virtual care and weekend appointments are also available through the practice.
Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics was originally founded in 1998 by Dr. William Hatcher, a former high school teacher and coach at Great Bridge High School. In 2018, Dr. Scott Frey, an international lecturer and member of the Invisalign faculty, signed on as an official partner. Learn more at Smile-365.com.
About OnieTonie™
Troy Summerell, aka OnieTonie™, is an International, Virginia Beach-based artist who strives to positively impact the community with happy, playful designs that feature bold colors and crisp black lines. Inspired by the ocean and surf culture, OnieTonie™ has hand-painted a number of large scale, exterior murals throughout Hampton Roads including the ViBe Creative District. In addition to Hatcher & Frey's partnership, his artwork can also be found in CHKD's Health Center at Landstown as well as decorating CHKD's Transport Ambulances, bringing smiles to young patients who need positive imagery during uncertain and challenging times. Learn more at www.OnieTonie.com
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How a Women's Magazine Course Is an Inspiration to Young Female Writers
This fall, former editor-in-chief of The Boston Globe Magazine, Susanne Althoff, left her career in publishing to teach students at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Althoff had been teaching part-time at Tufts University, and she realized that she had a passion for sharing the skills necessary to work in publishing and editorial as she had for twenty-two years.
As a first-year student in Emerson's graduate program in Publishing and Writing, I was enrolled automatically in two courses that fit into my schedule. One of those two courses had an intriguing title: Launching a Women's Magazine or Website.
Susanne Althoff / photo via Emerson College
This special topics course is one of the two courses that Althoff is currently instructing, along with Principles of Management for Publishing.
Over the summer, prior to my first semester, I would talk to my high school best friend, Desiree, who is just as passionate about women's equality as I am. "I'm really excited by this women's magazine class," I said. "I wonder what it will be about. Feminism? Women's issues in the media? Women's-specific genre magazines? How to make sure a new publication doesn't fail?"
The answer, it turned out, was all of the above. Althoff's class offers an in-depth look into the history of women's magazines, their current place in the market, topical issues that go along with targeting a publication for women, and problems related to launching any new publication, whether it is print or online.
Althoff went to Loyola University for her undergraduate degree in Writing and Media and then attended Columbia University's graduate program in Journalism. Her journey into the world of writing and publishing began while she was still at Loyola, when she pitched an article to the Vegetarian Times. She began freelancing for the magazine shortly thereafter.
Her biggest tip for people interested in journalism, writing, and publishing? It's never too early to start.
"Read the magazines on subjects that you love, and start pitching them right away," says Althoff, who notices that many young professionals don't realize they can write for publications while they're in college — or even in high school. "You don't have to wait until you receive a degree or have special qualifications. You have to start putting yourself out there and trying."
Althoff cites Rookie as one of the more well-known online magazines that accepts submissions from younger writers. Rookie was started by a woman named Tavi Gevinson as young as age 12.
"She is such a wonderful role model for women interested in publishing," says Althoff. Her passion for women in publishing and journalism shines through while she's engaged in conversation about Gevinson, as well as when she's commanding topics of ethics in women's media — such as how women are treated as sports writers. She leans forward with her palms pressed together and with a curious look as her students share clips that they've found from the previous week's media landscape relating to women's publications.
Althoff was inspired to share her passion and knowledge of the industry because of a series of articles that began populating in 2013 in reaction to a cover story in Port Magazine about the top editors in magazine publishing — all of whom were male. The articles begged the question: "Do women's magazines produce serious journalism?"
She thought, Wouldn't it be great to have a college class that focuses on women's magazines?
During the first meeting of the class, students broke up into groups to debate about Photoshop and its place in modern publications. Each group was assigned a side — pro or con — and had to formulate rationale behind their stance. It was a lesson in collaboration, but more than that, it pushed students to think about everything that publications have at stake. As a member of the "con" group and as a person who has previously presented the project "A Graphic Designer's Role in Harm-Free Advertising" at a research conference, I felt torn. It was a firsthand look at what actual publications go through every day: weighing the options in front of them and making decisions.
There's something extremely valuable about dedicating a class to women's magazines and to the process of launching a new publication. As a final project, each of us is expected to propose our own new magazine or website, and I've already got some ideas brewing in my mind. What makes the course so valuable is how it brings together so many aspects of the publishing world.
One of those key aspects, of course, is technology and digital media. The fact that the course has the word "website" in its title speaks to the way that the publishing industry continues to change.
"Magazine editors and writers need to be so much more nimble now, because the technologies are changing so quickly," says Althoff.
The entrepreneurial aspect of the course is another aspect that's important, and that fits in with Emerson's dedication to promoting entrepreneurialism with its Accelerator and E3 programs.
Althoff stresses that many creative people don't think that they can own a company — but they can. She urges those who are interested in making their own publication or business to begin by practicing. Starting a blog, interacting with industry leaders online, and making a homemade newsletter are all good first steps. She also says, "Don't only read the things you think you're interested in. It's important to know all the kinds of publications that are out there."
As an aspiring publishing professional who frequently imagines her current self as Andy Sachs from The Devil Wears Prada, I wanted to know what the best part of being a magazine editor was.
"To see people read it and comment on it. Living in Boston, one of the biggest thrill's is being on the subway and seeing someone holding the magazine that I've created," Althoff says.
It's difficult sometimes, knowing that I'm still in the "getting someone an unpublished copy of Harry Potter" stage in my career, but that comment gives me hope and fuels my dedication to making it happen. I may be Andy now, but I can be Miranda Priestly someday — just kinder, and with more glitter.
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Alaina Leary
Alaina Leary, Germ's Style Editor, is a native Bostonian currently studying for her MA in Publishing and Writing at Emerson College. She's also on the creative teams at Luna Luna Magazine, We Need Diverse Books, Germ Magazine, and a few others. Her work has been published in Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Marie Claire, BUST, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, AfterEllen, and Ravishly. When she's not busy playing around with words, she spends her time surrounded by her two cats and at the beach. She can often be found re-reading her favorite books, watching Gilmore Girls, and covering everything in glitter. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter @alainaskeys.
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Artfest offers Delawareans with disabilities opportunity for creative expression
UD Center for Disabilities Studies
Shayla Bartoli and Brigitte Hancharick and last year's Artfest
For people with disabilities who lack fine motor skills, the simple act of drawing or painting can be a challenge.
Since the arts fulfill the basic human need for creative self-expression, advocates for inclusion stress that access should be available to all.
That's the goal behind "Artfest," an annual event in the First State for people with disabilities.
Saturday's day-long occasion will team individuals with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities with professional artists and University of Delaware volunteers.
The event's director Lisa Bartoli, says there's a range of ways people with disabilities can express themselves through art.
"There are all kinds of adaptive tools that are on the market or we create our own," she says. "It can be as easy as taking a styrofoam ball and putting it on the end of a paintbrush just to make it easier to hold."
Participants and UD volunteers will create a wide array of art from mask making to sculpture, and individuals in wheelchairs can spin paint on a giant canvas.
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Sean Guinivan, Artfest Director Lisa Bartoli and UD volunteer Anthony Monaco at 2015 Artfest
Photos of the art projects will be used by UD's Center for Disability Studies in their annual report and yearly calendar.
And while many inclusive community projects cater to school age children, Artfest is open to all people with disabilities.
"Last year I think we had a woman who was 82 and she had just as much fun as the younger participants, says Bartoli. "I'm always amazed at how the event reaches everyone."
Bartoli says that Artfest fosters opportunities for social inclusion and that the student volunteers get as much out of the event as the participants.
"Not too sound too corny but Artfest really is magical," she notes. "When people come together, they make masterpieces, not only in art but in life."
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We assess empirically the effects of the winner's curse which, in common-value auctions, counsels more conservative bidding as the number of competitors increases. First, we construct an econometric model of an auction in which bidders' preferences have both common- and private-value components, and propose a new monotone quantile approach which facilitates estimation of this model. Second, we estimate the model using bids from procurement auctions held by the State of New Jersey. For a large subset of these auctions, we find that median procurement costs rise as competition intensifies. In this setting, then, asymmetric information overturns the common economic wisdom that more competition is always desirable. Copyright 2002, Wiley-Blackwell.
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More Snow Before the Weekend is Over?
The low this morning was 9°. Let's put this into perspective. The record low was 19° and the average low is 37°. The average high is 56°. So, we are running close to 30° below average.
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The snow had hammered them through the night. If they had been in the open without a fire, things could have been close, which begged the question how would the next night go and how many more nights would there have to be?
Jack doubted anyone had gotten much sleep and as he kicked the snow off his backpack, he took in the mountain pass stretching before them. Maybe a foot of new snow had fallen. With the patches of ice concealed, the way could prove slow and arduous.
Turning back to his team, he found them clutching at their blankets while trying to hover as close to the fire as possible. Unlike him, they were all lowland jungle folk. He doubted any of them had even seen snow. They each looked equally miserable and he remained half surprised that they weren't already headed back to warmer climbs.
"Maybe we should just get going," Jack suggested. "The walking will help warm us up." With plenty of bell-aching and stiff movements, the small group wolfed down some cold jerky and gathered their meager gear in order to press on.
They had marched past midday. The toll on their bodies was epic. The higher elevation caused the air to thin and each footstep through the snow became more and more difficult. Shoulder straps and weapons weighed heavy on them. They rarely spoke other than to beg for a rest every hour or so. Still there was never any relief from the driving wilds and bitter chill.
They had just crested a ridge that had taunted then for the last two hours. As he reached the top, Jack was taken back to the massive valley the stretched between ice covered towers of black rock. It was beautiful in its own way, but might just be enough to seal their doom.
He was just searching for a place were they could try to survive the night, when Tynilia shouted his name and pointed ahead of them.
He hadn't noticed it before, but in the far distance inky smoke could be seen spiraling into the air. The mountains before them blocked any view of where the smoke might be originating from, but since the Lava Dragons must have gotten their name for some reason, he figured this had to be a good sign.
"Finally, we're catching a break" he said, but then, as if to contradict his words, the mountains began to move. At first he thought that if could be an avalanche or an earthquake, but then he saw living creatures emerging from where they had hidden within the snow.
They were tall fierce looking half-beasts. Long bone white hair hung from every inch of the forms. Fanged teeth the size of fingers protruded from their mouths when they opened to issue a terrible roar. Long raking talons topped their fingers and dug into the snow as the rushed toward them. He guessed that they could be as many as forty.
They remained quiet as they put the miles behind them. Jack felt cold for the first time since he had arrived on this strange world and could see thick lead colored clouds dropped waves of snow onto the peaks rising before them.
Within two hours they marched through an area that had received a light dusting of snow. An hour after that, snow began to fall upon them. The flacks were large and looked dry. Like feathers of ice, they drifted on the slight breeze. He still felt warm enough, but knew that once the sun set they could be experiencing new sets of challenges. Not the least of which was the very real danger of moving past the tree line and being in a region where making a fire would prove difficult.
The group came to a stop and some of them sat on the icy stones.
"As will I," Shadowknife said.
As Jack led them to a small cusp of wood, the snow increased. Soon they would be hard pressed to see the thin trail that led through the mountains. With a sigh he gathered more wood, but started to look for a shelter. I would be the first of many long nights.


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// This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
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Another shooting in Melbourne triggered some brain deads to consider toughening up the 'watered down' gun laws. Why not go harder on cracking down illegal firearms and black market dealers? I know this is the general attitude of LAFOs towards this kind of events, but as there have been a few unconnected shootings concentrated in a short time span I fear that they might actually take action to disregard us once again for the sake of fame.
They know nothing about unregistered, unlicensed firearms, they are impossible to control.
Well I was shocked to hear about this since all these laws were supposed to prevent all these shootings. Instead it seems to be getting worse than ever.
But what is the alternative wanneroo ?
We follow the path of the US ? A school shooting every 8 days on average.
Hopefully the police on the ground dealing with this have a voice In how to respond to it. I think the premier has a good relationship with the current commissioner. Hopefully they have some very honest conversations because shootings in Melbourne make the news every night now. And they are isolated incidents.
I don't think Howard wanted this to be his legacy. So the pressure will be on.
Where do you get the figure of "every 8 days" for school shootings?
He meant every 8 school days. But it's a big country and lots of schools, plus total shooting was actually 23 in 2018. Many states only have 180 school days a year thus a shootings every 8 school days.
"Tough" gun laws are just bulldust. The Pollies and the Police are more interested in fining Joe Blow Shooter who has failed to secure a box of ammunition than tackling hardened criminals, they are enforcing their "tough" laws. Licensed legal shooters are a soft target. If you want tough laws consider the following.
Using a firearm in the commission of an offence-ten years-no parole.
Discharging a firearm in the commission of an offence-15 years-no parole.
Killing a person in the commission of an offence by using a firearm- life-no parole.
I will bet you every rifle in my gun safe that such laws will never be passed.
more than 40 years ago, it was "against there civil rights."
There isn't a school shooting every 8 days in the USA. That phony stat got debunked as it turned out things like people committing suicide in the parking lot or gangs shooting one another on a Saturday night near a school were included.
Actually I think the US is the solution. We had a significant crime problem that grew post welfare 1965 and that reached it's peak into the 1980's. At that time it was actually difficult to legally carry a firearm for protection. Finally states began passing concealed carry legislation and people started shooting back at the criminals. Personally I can remember in the 1980's and early 1990's how criminality and homicide were much more common than today. Then I remember the tide turning as criminals started to end up dead as people began shooting back. Since the early 1990's our homicide rate has fallen by more than half and the only places in the USA where homicide is common is in a few urban areas with very strict gun laws so the criminals still own the streets. The vast majority of the land mass of the USA is statistically some of the safest in the world. If you take my area for instance, we've got tons of guns everywhere and in most houses. If you decide you want a career as a house burglar, you might knock over one house and get away with it. But statistically by the second or third house your career will probably come to a swift end with lots of lead poisoning.
If you look at the crime wave that has been sweeping Melbourne over the past couple years, the reason it goes on is because it can. Criminals have no real penalty so they run wild and the governments response is to further attack law abiding people rather than the criminals. And it will get worse too. Until people can shoot back and they stack a few criminal bodies up, it isn't going to end.
The other thing that changed in the USA was the castle doctrine and other self defense laws governing use of force in public. Currently in Australia people do not have much in the way of legal options for self defense. Criminals obviously know that.
To me it's very simple. The police in Australia and New Zealand for that matter have way too much political power and say and from what I can tell little accountability to the public. Here in the USA just about every county and parish has an elected sheriff for instance. They are hired and fired by the voters every couple of years at the polls. Municipal Police departments are held accountable by elected city or town commissioners. If I have a problem with my town cops or police chief I have the opportunity twice a month to speak in front of the town commission and they can hire or fire any police officer including the chief. And if I don't like them I can vote them out or run for town commissioner myself.
Tell me if I'm wrong but all I see is these big blob organizations like the Victoria or NSW Police with no local accountability and a lot of political power in making laws.
"I'm not aware of any further request for additional gun law reform but, given recent events, if the police commissioner came to me and said he needed more, then of course we would stand ready to do that."
Mr Andrews said there has already been significant changes to the state's gun laws. Most notable was the introduction of firearm prohibition orders, which allow police to search anyone subject to an order without a warrant.
Since he was thwarted by the Nationals on a complete civilian ban in '96.
Realistically I don't think there's much more they can do to lafos.
Perhaps you are right wanneroo.
Perhaps we are on the up curve that you experienced 80's through 90's.
I do think citizens are more vulnerable to violent crime here. And it's easy to get the impression that the police forces are overwhelmed and under resourced.
People don't really fear or respect authority much here. And criminals don't have much fear of reprisal. We also have a massive meth problem which removes any inhibitions in criminal acts. Not unlike the crack cocaine epidemic from your time.
At the end of the day people will protect their families, legal or not.
But yes, perhaps we are indeed following the US trends going back 30-40 years.
Melbourne is starting to resemble east LA 1980's. A lot of wannabe gang bangers subscribing to that type of sub culture.
But then you can look to New York City from that time frame. I think most would argue the solution and subsequent success was brought about by aggressive policing tactics.
So I don't know if arming everyone is the solution we need. There are downsides to that.
And then if you go back in our short term history, we've experienced a trigger happy police force and obviously that had it's downsides.
I think things have changed recently, which had resulted in the discretionary power of the cops to give a little hiding to crims to be taken away (mind you that was abused a fair bit as well) plus the courts that have taken a very lenient stance towards young offenders and drug effected offenders. So in short there is no respect of authority.
wanneroo wrote: To me it's very simple. The police in Australia and New Zealand for that matter have way too much political power and say and from what I can tell little accountability to the public. Here in the USA just about every county and parish has an elected sheriff for instance. They are hired and fired by the voters every couple of years at the polls. Municipal Police departments are held accountable by elected city or town commissioners. If I have a problem with my town cops or police chief I have the opportunity twice a month to speak in front of the town commission and they can hire or fire any police officer including the chief. And if I don't like them I can vote them out or run for town commissioner myself.
I love that level of accountability you have over there! It makes a lot of sense, and keeps the police accountable directly to the people that they serve. We've got zip chance of that occurring over here. When the USA was set up, the lawmakers knew that big government caused for corruption and did everything they could see possible to try and keep the government, police, etc accountable to the people.
We never had that occur here - and there's no chance that anyone in power is going to want to willingly hand more power back to the people and away from the government.
I don't get shot at all that often here really.
I think that would take some getting used to.
Waneroo you are correct about Australian police but lets be completely honest about the US situation too.There are many LE departments not under county voting, FBI, ATF, state police, ICE, USSS, DEA, Marshalls, treasury, various individual state investigation beaureas,its a dazzling array a lot of countries don't have, even your game and parks are gun toting LEO's. I like the US constitution and interaction between your judicial systems and state powers etc but I think the wheels fell off the wagon a little for you guys in application. Your prisons and police have become big business for revenue, the US now has 5x the incarceration rate than the rest of the 1st world.


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Q: Can I permanently delete project data on Asana? I support a legal, security-conscious team migrating to Asana. One of the team members asked me to verify that we can permanently delete project data when we need to, so that it disappears forever and can't be subpeona'd. Asana appears to archive but not delete project data (I see task data can be permanently deleted).
Hence my question, is there a way to permanently delete project data? If not, I will have to abandon our migration.
Here is Asana's manual page about it, talking about "undo links":
https://asana.com/guide/help/projects/archive#gl-delete

A: This is kind of a legal question rather than a technical one (though I can say that undo links expire after 7 days, on a technical level).
I'd recommend reaching out to support, and note that this question may not be appropriate for StackOverflow (which focuses on coding rather than legal compliance issues, as far as I know)


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