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Investing in Volunteers – an assessors' view
Fiona Liddell and Lorraine Waumsley reflect on the joys and challenges of assessing an organisation for the Investing in Volunteers award.
Assessing an organisation for the Investing in Volunteers quality standard is a taxing, sometime draining, but usually a rewarding and thoroughly inspiring process. It is always a privilege.
It requires the assessor to familiarise with details of an organisations practice as well as to meet with a selection of staff and volunteers to talk with them about their experience of volunteering.
The assessor must plan the logistics of the assessment days, including selecting a balanced sample for interview and drawing up a realistic schedule. They have to write up a report afterwards which is succinct and objective, satisfying the precise requirements of a UK Quality Assurance Panel as well as, most importantly, being useful to the organisation in its process of continuous improvement.
Most organisations assessed in Wales are small and the face to face assessment takes just one day. We recently managed the assessment of Royal Voluntary Service – for the 2rd renewal of its Investing in Volunteers Award. Operating in 3 UK nations, over the course of a year nearly 20,000 volunteers support the charity aided by its just over 1,000 staff.
Since the charity's head office is in Cardiff, WCVA took the lead in managing this UK wide assessment, which involved 7.5 days of face to face assessment, carried out by a team of 4 assessors across Great Britain.
Lorraine, one of our experienced assessors in Wales, took responsibility for coordinating the assessment and writing the report. I asked her what made this assessment special.
'Royal Voluntary Service is developing an interesting model of volunteering for the future'
'This was a 'marathon' assessment, for both the organisation and for me,' says Lorraine.
'Not only because of the numbers of volunteers and staff involved, but also because they were going through a period of major change.
'Many Royal Voluntary Service volunteers are involved in volunteer-led projects, with the charity providing a supportive rather than directive role, making it more of a challenging to contact volunteers and arrange interviews.
'In the event, many interviews were carried out by telephone, to get wide coverage. These and the fantastic teamwork from colleagues enabled us to get a real feel for the organisation and all its diversity. As an assessor I really enjoyed this collaborative approach.
'I was impressed by the willingness of Royal Voluntary Service to devote significant resources, of staff time and money, for the assessment process and how keen they were to take on board learning and development issues that were raised.
'I was impressed, too, by the strong vision leading the change process for the organisation, which came across as both determined and respectful of the long and valued history of the organisation, including the long service of many volunteers.
'The diversity and scale of the charity's volunteer offer and the extent of their collaboration with the NHS and the social care sector was so much more than I had realised – and greater than perhaps most people are aware of.
'I was particularly impressed for example, to discover that the profits generated by cafes, shops and trolley services within hospitals are used to fund care services which enable patients to have a supported return to home.
'Royal Voluntary Service is developing an interesting model of volunteering for the future. For example, Volunteer Led projects are just that. Someone sees a need in their community, it may be befriending, or setting up a lunch club or a community cafe.
'All of the organising and recruiting of volunteers is done locally, by the volunteers themselves, and the charity supports the project with compliance issues, insurance, training, resources and advice as and when it is called upon to help.
'Other services, such as the Positive Steps programme are funded or commissioned programmes which are managed more closely in order to deliver agreed outcomes.
'Another lesson I learned from Royal Voluntary Service, which is worth sharing, concerns the intelligent use of demographic information for marketing purposes.
'In London, for example, the charity has identified postcode areas which have a high percentage of younger people and has advertised, on radio and social media, volunteering opportunities which relate to these geographical areas, in an attempt to attract younger volunteers.
'There is a central, dedicated email and telephone line for compliments, complaints and comments from volunteers, staff or service users. This helps to identify good news stories as well as identifying potential problems at an early stage.'
'This award is even more precious because it recognises how much we appreciate and value our volunteers'
The Royal Voluntary Service assessment decision was validated at the October meeting of the Quality Assurance Panel and we are delighted to be able to congratulate the charity on their success.
Jennifer Codman, Volunteer Partner at Royal Voluntary Service said 'Coordinating the Investing in Volunteers renewal was a challenge at times given the size of our organisation and the multiple sites, staff teams and volunteers I had to liaise with to set up assessment visits and interviews. But it was also massively rewarding and we got some fantastic feedback from all of the people involved.
'This has allowed us to make some positive changes to how we do things and we have established a number of projects as a result, that we hope will further enhance and improve the volunteer experience here at Royal Voluntary Service.
'I would encourage any organisation thinking about going for this award to take the first step and enquire about it – the process has really helped us to review the way we work alongside, manage and empower volunteers to give the gift of time and support our activities in local communities.'
Laura Morgan, Head of Volunteering for Royal Voluntary Service said: 'Royal Voluntary Service is delighted to maintain its Investing in Volunteers (IiV) status for a further three years.
'For over 80 years our volunteers have been at the very heart of the organisation and this award is even more precious because it recognises how much we appreciate and value our volunteers.
'With mounting pressure on public services, now more than ever, we need people to step forward to lend their support and we have an ambitious target to grow our volunteers' numbers.
'But to achieve this, it is imperative we offer volunteers the best possible experience, meaningful roles and introduce newer forms of volunteering to make it easier for people to play their part, whilst also attracting people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
'As well as recognition of our extensive knowledge and expertise, the re-assessment process for the award and feedback from volunteers and staff, provided us with invaluable insight that will enable us to further perfect our volunteer offer.'
Lorraine Waumsley is an Investing in Volunteers Assessor.
Fiona Liddell is Helpforce Manager Cymru. Helpforce is working with Third Sector Support Wales (WCVA and 19 County Voluntary Councils) and other partners to develop the potential of volunteering in health and social care services. She is also a Lead Assessor, with responsibility for overseeing the quality of IiV assessments including that of Royal Voluntary Service.

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Ordinarily, the sight of Commander Shepard roaming the corridors of the Normandy wearing nothing but a white t-shirt and boxer shorts would have been the talk of the ship. But as he made his way down to engineering, not a single member of the crew took notice as they were all dressed in some variation of the same outfit. It was the new ship uniform, at least among the humans: shorts, shower shoes and t-shirts, all drenched with sweat, hair matted and disheveled, eyes ringed black from lack of sleep.
The heat in the air would have been enough to keep everyone awake, but as the saying went, it was the humidity that was driving Shepard crazy. Throughout the ship, the ventilation system worked overtime to move the air, but it was just circulating the same steamy mess over their skins providing no relief. Fortunately, the overpowering smell of smoke from fire damage and constant welding in what seemed like every corridor masked the biological odors that emanated from everyone aboard the ship.
It was just one more indignity the crew had to suffer. The Normandy's crash landing on the collector station had destroyed over half the radiator elements in the ship's hull and ruptured the liquid lithium heat exchange system. The coolant held out long enough to allow them to escape from the blast that irradiated the base, but soon after emergency cutoffs left the Normandy crippled and drifting in the vast wastes of the accretion disk the Collectors used as a minefield to protect themselves from intruders. It was bad enough that the ship could not maneuver without effectively roasting its inhabitants like an oven, but even running the reactors at their minimum levels generated more heat than the poor, overworked air conditioning units could handle. So the crew wore as little as modesty allowed and managed the best they could in the miserable conditions.
Maybe that's about to change, Shepard thought as the lift opened to the engineering deck. They were going on fourteen hours without propulsion or air conditioning. Fortunately, there had been no counterattack by collector forces. If enemy ships did come looking for revenge, all the Normandy could do was incinerate itself out of spite.
He paused to look through the window overlooking the hangar where crews in environment suits worked to repair the breaches left by the oculus. The emergency barriers were off to conserve power and the deck depressurized but there was no shortage of volunteers to work on the damaged hull. As cramped and uncomfortable space suits could be, they were at least air conditioned. Arc welders and plasma cutters sparkled in silence in the windows as he continued towards his final destination, down the port stairs to the bottom-most deck of the ship.
The chamber was awash with bright white light from work lamps, revealing in full the grunge and grime of the below-decks maintenance crawlspace. Tools, fabrication equipment and pipe sections formed a technological nest in the compartment surrounding Ken and Gabby, both dressed in full hazmat gear, as they hovered over an open access panel in the floor.
"This doesn't fill me with hope," Shepard said as he glanced down at his plain white T-shirt and then back to the protective suits worn by the engineers. "Uh, should I be wearing one of those?"
Ken shook his head. "No sir, as long as you stay up here you're fine. But you'll probably want to put a mask on. The coolant's solidified and oxidized. You don't wanna get the dust in your lungs."
"Here ya go, sir," Gabby said, handing a respirator from her kit up to the Commander. He slid it over his sweaty scalp, thankful only his face would be covered. He could see sweat dribbling down behind Gabby's face mask. He hoped for her sake, her suit had some kind of cooling capacity.
In spite of her discomfort, Gabby grinned. "Like your shorts, by the way."
Shepard looked down at his boxers. They were bright blue and ringed with snowflakes above a snow-capped mountain range that ran all the way around his hips. "Thanks! Got these on Noveria. I used to think that place was too cold. Now I'm thinking about retiring there."
"Take us with you, sir," Ken said. "Please!"
Soft clanking erupted from the crawlspace. The two suited humans each lowered an arm into the hole, and when they stood they pulled a light gray ghost of a figure from within. Fine powdered soot fell from it in clumps to the ground. It wasn't until a light at the front of its head flashed as it spoke that Shepard realized he was looking at his chief engineer. If not for her voice, he could have almost confused her for Legion.
"Well, we've definitely found the source of the blockage," Tali said and brushed dust from her arms and shoulders. She picked up a can of compressed air and blew her faceplate clean. A cloud of lithium-oxide drifted down to the deck.
"Good. Can you fix it?" Shepard asked.
"Oh! Commander! I didn't know you were here! Um, I think we can reroute the lines, and that should be enough to restore maneuvering. But..." Tali stopped short once she got a look at Shepard in his undergarments and a gas mask. She giggled. "Nice respirator, Shepard."
Shepard stood shoulders wide, his fists on his waist, elbows out in his best heroic pose. "I look awesome. That's an order. Look at you, though. Standing naked in front of your commander like that."
Tali's hand shot to the back of her helmet. Because of the conditions in the ducts, she was without the scarves and wraps she usually wore over her head and around her body, leaving exposed the hoses and tubes that ran the length of her environment suit. "Well, I- it's very cramped down there. And all the coolant's oxidized and flaking off everywhere, and I didn't want to get them dirty so I took them off -"
Shepard shielded his mask with his hand. "Tali, please, cover yourself."
"I- right away, Commander," Tali said and darted across the compartment and picked up the satchel which contained her personal belongings.
"That was a joke, Tali," Shepard laughed.
Tali still held her bag in front of her as she looked at the three humans. Shepard and Ken were both laughing an grinning like idiots. Gabby, however, looked at her with a sympathetic expression.
Shepard saw Tali wasn't laughing and his smile faded as took a step towards her. "Sorry, the heat's making me a little bit punchy. Wear what you need to get the job done. So, where to we stand?"
Tali sighed and jabbed a key on her omnitool and the display shifted to a see-through 3D schematic of the Normandy. "Well, we knew there was damage to the lines on the ventral side fore and aft. But what took the cooling system down was a restriction in the lines just forward of the hangar deck."
"But we didn't take a hit there," Shepard said. "Did we?"
"Not from weapons, no." Tali zoomed the image of the superstructure on the area she had just inspected.
The wireframe representation had a small kink which to Shepard looked like a rendering glitch on the display since the rest of the lines were all clean and straight, but he knew better. "Dammit. Is that what I think it is?"
Tali hated giving bad news. "Compression fractures, structural deformation... She just wasn't designed to take the stress of a belly landing. Had the coolant lines not gotten crimped and the reactor overheated, we might not have known about it at all until we had... Well, it's a damn good thing we found it."
Shepard sighed. "Is the frame broken, or just bent?"
"Bent, from what we can see on the scans. Not by much, either. There's only minor buckling in that section of the hull. But the structural damage is definite."
"We OK to fly like this?" Shepard braced himself for the answer.
Tali nodded. "I think so. Joker put us through some pretty extreme maneuvers to get us away from the collector base and she held. And I had EDI run through some simulations. We can jump, but any high stress combat maneuvers are probably a bad idea until we make repairs. We need to do a complete teardown before we can be sure. There are probably micro fractures all through the spars, and it may not just in this one segment."
"Teardown?" Shepard asked hesitantly.
"Drydock," Tali said.
Shepard closed his eyes. Delays had not been part of his schedule, even though the fact they had all escaped the collector base meant they had the extra time to begin with. "How long?"
Tali thought for a moment. "Ten to twenty days, depending on the extent of damage... and the skill of the Cerberus engineers."
"Buncha bullshit," Gabby said and angrily flipped the lid on a tool chest open.
"What was that?" Shepard asked.
"Sorry sir," Gabby said, facing them. "I didn't mean- I just can't believe we're kicking the Chief off. She knows this ship better than the guys who designed it."
Tali turned toward her but Shepard held up his hand. "They're kicking everybody off for the duration of repairs, not just Tali. Since that includes me, there's not much I can do. The Illusive Man doesn't want the location of his shipyard compromised. At least he's granting all of you leave until repairs are done."
"Buncha bullshit," Gabby repeated and continued to gather her equipment.
"Maybe they could route us to a private shipyard," Ken ventured hopefully as he assisted Gabby with the cleanup. "Or an Alliance dock, even? Someplace out of the way?"
"Not likely," Shepard said. "He's not going to let anyone outside of Cerberus strip his ship to the bone, especially considering the damage we've got. But don't anybody worry about it, all right? I'll make sure everybody who wants to come back gets to come back. I need all of you."
"Yes sir," both of the human technicians responded.
Tali's voice sounded tired. "You two go up and start pulling up the procedures for coolant system repairs. I'll be up in a few minutes."
"Aye, ma'am." Ken and Gabby walked silently up the stairs to the main engineering deck.
Tali leaned against a bulkhead and sighed.
"Sorry about before," Shepard said. He knew Tali was especially susceptible to becoming flustered when teased. "Since we came out on top against the Collectors, and with the heat and all, I'm a little... well, I'm sorry."
Tali waved dismissively. "Oh, it's not that. It's just that it's going to take them weeks to get the repairs done. Maybe longer. They almost need to rebuild the ship. I should really be here."
Shepard leaned against the wall opposite, arms folded across his chest. He knew where this was going. "Nuh-uh. You and Legion have a date and you're not getting out of it this time. You're going home, Tali. Accept it."
Tali looked briefly his way, then back to the floor with a nod. After the past two days of battling their way to the Collector base and then back again, she was too tired to fight. They all were. A forced separation from the ship would do the entire crew good. But no one was sure that once dispersed, that they'd be brought back together again now that the mission was complete. Especially those whose contracts with Cerberus expired with the defeat of the Collectors.
Garrus was going home to see his family. Thane was going to be with his son on the Citadel. Grunt was going back to Tuchanka. Kasumi, Jack, Samara and Zaeed were all moving on, wherever their lives were going to take them. Miranda and Jacob would muster out with the rest of the human crew.
But none of them mattered as much as the man in front of her. "I don't suppose this means you'd be able to come with me now?" Tali asked hopefully.
Shepard exhaled deeply in his respirator. "As soon as I'm done briefing the Illusive Man, I'm heading straight to the Citadel with Mordin. We've got to make them listen about what's coming. We don't know how much time we have before the reapers show up."
"I know, I just..." Tali cleared her throat. How ridiculous it was that she feared going back to the Migrant Fleet more than making the jump through the Omega Four relay. But that was the truth. After her trial and exile from the flotilla, she almost welcomed death at the hands of the Collectors. Almost. She looked at the human before her; dirty, disheveled, drenched with sweat and wearing a gas mask and boxer shorts decorated with a wintry mountain scene. It was definitely not what the galaxy would imagine of a savior, provided any of them even knew what he had done. But as long as this crazy human was alive, she would follow him. "It's not going to be easy," she finally said.
"Why not? Seems like peace is a no-brainer. And from what Legion's said, the geth just might let you go home."
Tali grunted, then sat down on the floor and leaned against the wall. "Shepard, the admirals had almost six days after your diplomats arrived to get anything done. You ordered Legion and me to be on call to assist in the negotiations. How many times did they contact us?"
"That would be zero," Shepard said. He was disappointed in the lack of communication as well. "But they're waiting for you and Legion to get back. I understand that. This started with the two of you. Having you participate is important."
"No. That's got nothing to do with it. It's fleet politics, nothing more. Don't you see? They're waiting to select a new admiral to the Board."
"Well, I can understand that too. They should have a full roster. That has to take time, right? It's a big decision."
Tali rolled her eyes. "That's the problem. They're deadlocked right now. Xen and Gerrel don't want any part of the negotiations, while Raan and Koris are open to talks. They're squabbling over selecting a replacement for my father so they can sway the decision their way. Instead of talking peace, they're having endless hearings and interviews and all manner of political... what's your word? 'bullshit? And everyone in the Fleet will be thriving on the drama. It makes for great vid ratings. But do you know the real problem?"
That sounds like enough problems as it is, Shepard thought, but he was trying hard not to be negative. "No, what?"
"No one outside of the Admiralty Board knows the peace negotiations even exist." Tali said, her voice quivering with anger. "They've kept it a secret, and your Alliance has agreed to abide by it. None of the captains in the Conclave who will actually select the new Admiral know what's really at stake. They don't know what they're voting for. They think it's all just the standard nonsense that happens any time there's a new appointment."
"Politics as usual, huh?" Shepard ran his hand through his sweaty hair. He looked in vain for a dry spot on his shirt on which to wipe it.
Tali looked down in despair. "Four people shouldn't have that much control over the destiny of our entire species. This should be brought before the entire Conclave, in open talks, for everyone to hear."
Shepard crossed the compartment and sat against the wall next to her. "That's a not a bad idea. Maybe you should be the one to do it."
"Oh right," Tali sighed. "And get myself exiled even more."
"My point exactly. What else can they do to you now?" Shepard smiled. It faded when it wasn't returned. "Tali, listen to me."
Tali turned her head and faced Shepard mask-to-mask. Ordinarily, she welcomed his pep talks and appreciated his efforts to understand quarian politics. But he wasn't quarian. Sometimes, human perspectives just didn't apply.
Shepard's eyes narrowed. "You're not the same kid that needed to be rescued from Fist and his flunkies when we first met back on the Citadel. You've come a hell of a long way. I've faced some of the hardest, toughest situations in the galaxy, but I was never alone. You've been there every step of the way. I know what you can take, and I know what you're capable of. And there is no way any four admirals can stand in the way of this... unless you let them. There's nobody else in the galaxy that your people should listen to right now. Quarian, human or otherwise."
Tali looked away, even though Shepard could not see her blushing behind her mask.
Shepard nudged his shoulder against hers, his voice lowered as if trying to prevent anyone from overhearing. "Hell, you even stand up to me, and I don't take crap from reapers."
Tali laughed and looked back at him, her glowing eyes smiling behind her faceplate.
"You got something else going for you," Shepard smiled back.
"Yeah, what's that?"
"You're friends with him," Shepard pointed to the open access panel in the floor. An elongated metal structure, shaped similarly to Tali's helmet, complete with a glowing white light and coat of dull gray dust, poked up from the hole. "Which means you're friends with all of them. Isn't that right, Legion?"
The geth's camera eye swirled as it looked between Tali and Shepard. "Affirmative, Shepard-Commander."
Shepard patted Tali's thigh as he pushed himself to his feet. "How many admirals can say that, huh?"
Tali looked up at Shepard as he stood, her eyes edged with tears. He had a way of delivering the kindest compliments as the most basic facts. No matter what, talking to him always made her feel better. And no matter what, she could only manage to say the same tired thing. "Thank you..."
Shepard looked at his dust covered hand from where he contacted Tali's suit. He shrugged and wiped it on his shirt. Hopefully it wasn't toxic. "Well, I've got to go give the Illusive Man a status update. You can be damn sure I'll let him know how hard you've been working. Good job, both of you."
"Shepard-Commander," Legion said to acknowledge Shepard's passing. It turned its camera back to Tali, who still slumped against the wall. "You are concerned that the Creator-Admirals will not be able to reach a favorable consensus?"
Tali's eyes fell from the stairway Shepard had just ascended back to the geth's head sticking up from the access panel. Legion could be quite sneaky when it came to eavesdropping. "Were you listening the whole time?"
Legion's head flaps twitched minutely. "We did not wish to interrupt your exchange."
"Let's just say it's not going as well as I hoped," Tali sighed. "I should be more positive. Maybe by the time we get back, they'll have decided what color the ballots will be."
As usual, Legion did not laugh nor comment on the sarcastic remark. Its claws clanked against the edge of the hatch as it pulled itself up from the hole in the deck. Oxidized coolant dust dropped all around it.
Tali cocked her head at the geth. "What about you? Do you think we have a chance?"
Legion's head flaps cycled in unison, one of the clearest indications that Legion was seeking a consensus amongst its internal programs. It walked to stand before her and offered its outstretched hand. Tali grabbed it and pulled herself to her feet. She now looked the geth right in its eye.
"Peace between geth and creators is beneficial for both factions." Legion's aperture widened in front of her face. "We are hopeful."
Hopeful, Tali thought. Was Legion simply conveying odds in a way it knew organics would comprehend, or was there something more it was trying to express? Even for someone as practical and logical as Tali, it was getting harder and harder for her to tell. Either way, she couldn't help but feel the same. There was always hope.
"Come on," she told him, brushing excess soot from Legion's shoulders. "We've got a lot of work to do."
"Nice to see you dressed for the occasion," Miranda said as Shepard entered the briefing room. Unlike the rest of the crew, she still wore her regulation Cerberus uniform, though because of the extreme heat she did allow herself the luxury of pulling her hair back into a ponytail. At first she was against Shepard's relaxation of the dress code, but there was no denying it was hot. Though her hopes that Shepard would at least try to keep up appearances when talking to the Illusive Man vanished with the arrival of his walking winter wonderland.
She had to admit it did a lot for morale that the captain of the ship wasn't lounging about in one of the scarce environment suits while his crew sweltered in the heat. The arctic theme was just a nice touch. Everyone had to comment on it, which was the point. Anything that got the crew's mind off their troubles was a good thing, especially when it was a laugh at the expense of their commander. And, as usual, he thrived on the attention.
Shepard stared at her in disbelief. "How the hell can you not be burning up in that thing?"
"I am," she shrugged. "I just don't let myself show it."
"You're a better woman than I," Shepard said. He pointed to the data pad in her hand. "You got everybody's travel requests?"
"Yes, Commander."
"Tali's engineering update?"
"Mordin's notes and logs?"
"How about an ice-cold six pack?"
"Back ordered," Miranda said, fighting back a smile. "But you're first on the list."
"Don't make any promises you can't keep. Hook us up."
The room faded to darkness as the quantum entanglement grid enveloped them and the conference table retracted into the floor. The blackness gave way to the familiar sight of the Illusive Man sitting in his chair with the unnamed red star boiling in the background. His cigarette glowed in the darkness, and ice cubes clanked in his half full rocks glass.
Shepard wondered what comment the Illusive Man would have about his boxer shorts. It was probably the first time such an image had been transmitted over the two-of-a-kind communication device. In spite of all Shepard accomplished, this somehow made him the most proud, but then he was half crazed from heat stroke. Regardless, in his mind it was funny as hell.
"Shepard," the Illusive Man said in his usual, stoic fashion. He didn't blink a glowing eye at what he saw. "I've got news for you."
Shepard resisted the urge to bring up his attire. He could ignore it as long as the Illusive Man could. "I've got some status updates for you as well."
The Illusive Man shook his head. "Later. First, you need to know that your peace negotiations between the geth and the quarians have failed."
Shepard blinked, then looked at Miranda, who returned his gaze with a confused expression. He turned back to the Illusive man and raised his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"
"I mean that talks have broken down between the Migrant Fleet and the geth collective. Don't insult my intelligence by pleading ignorance. We don't have time."
Shepard crossed his arms, his face twisted into a thoughtful expression. No one aboard the ship outside of Tali, Legion or himself knew of the negotiations. Keeping secrets aboard the Cerberus ship was near impossible, but up until this point he thought they'd managed it. He wasn't sure how best to proceed now, but wasn't something he had to ponder long.
"How did I find out?" The Illusive Man answered the unspoken question and tapped his cigarette over an ash tray. "The same way everyone else in Council space did. It's all over the networks. Imagine my surprise when I consulted our intelligence division and discovered that these talks originated with a series of encoded transmissions from one of my own ships."
Shepard's expression was now completely blank. He ignored Miranda's stunned look and instead concentrated on the glowing eyes of the virtual figure seated before him.
The Illusive Man's stare was just as calm and unflinching. He took a deep draw from his cigarette, causing its end to spark brightly. When finally spoke, there was an edge of irritation in his voice. "Your silence is telling, Shepard. You and I have something in common. Neither of us care for surprises."
2. Heat Wave
1 A Human Problem
2 Heat Wave
3 The New Problem
5 Fond Farewells
6 Conference II
7 Ignition
8 Detonation
9 Casualties
10 Infiltration
11 Trying to Help
12 Four People
13 The Wounded
14 Exiles
15 Tug of War
16 Battle Stations
17 The Battle of Sahrabarik
18 Officially Charged
19 Cooler Heads
20 Who Are You?
21 Breakthrough
22 The Survivors
23 Deal with the Devil
24 Rayya
25 Why?
26 Dispatches
27 Dispatches II
28 Next Moves
30 Parting Ways II
31 What Goes Around
32 Omega's Revenge
33 Omega's Revenge II
34 Repel Boarders
35 Fulcrum
36 Those Responsible
37 Being Quarian
38 Good Deeds
39 A Beacon in the Dark
40 Welcome Aboard
41 The Messenger
42 There Was a Hole
43 Sins of the Mothers
45 The Measure of a Man
46 All in the Family
47 Collision Course
48 Devastation
49 Breaking News
50 No Help Coming
51 Soul Searching
52 Ulterior Motives
53 Walk Away
54 Crossing Lines
55 The Rounds
56 The Rounds II
57 Final Preparations
58 What the Future Will Bring
59 The Face of the Enemy
60 Endgame
61 Endgame II
62 Keelah Se'lai
63 Diatribes and Dialogue
64 Jump Ball
65 Xenophon
66 For Tomorrow
67 Denoument
68 To Fight Another Day
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He didn't even know what he was doing. His body was like his mouth, it seemed--it ran with whatever idea came to it. That spelled a certain level of trouble. She needed to get his voice out of her head. It was like a godsend that when she pulled, she felt that imbalance, that wavering feeling of leaning and falling. She had expected to end up landing on her own back, or perhaps on her side, but that wasn't in the cards. It happened to fast to think, to analyze, to realize what exactly had happened. She was now laying atop him in the water. It didn't even register at first. All she could think was that she had won. She got him down in the water with another large splash. He spoke, and a proud smirk played at her lips. "And if I do?" Awareness began to set in, of her laying atop of him, of the closeness of their bodies, and her hands, trapped between his arms and sides. Her thumbs gently slide across his skin as she watched him, mind going in a hundred different directions while remaining silent somehow all at the same time. What was it about him? That drew her in, that kept her pushing, rising to every challenge, reacting to every small thing he said or did? There were so many different pieces he was already showing her, parts of his personality, but spoken and not. What would the finished puzzle look like? She tilted her head. She was still determined not to give him any satisfaction. She was going to win..whatever it was they were doing. "Got you back down into this fountain, didn't I? That's a victory. "
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Q: VBA create new Worksheet if not exists I am currently working on a VBA macro, that takes data from a Worksheet and copies it to another.
If the destination Worksheet does not exist it should create it and than write the data from my array.
Problem:
I have a function to test if the worksheet already exists.
If it is the case my macro will successfully write the data i want. But if the worksheet doesnt exist VBA is displaying the error you can see below.
In the list Workbook.Worksheets is no Sheet named like this but I get that error anyway.
Here is my relevant code:
(If something is missing for understanding the problem I can fill in the missing part in too)
Function sheetExists(sheetToFind As String) As Boolean
    Dim Sheet As Worksheet
    For Each Sheet In Worksheets
        If sheetToFind = Sheet.Name Then
            sheetExists = True
            Exit Function
        End If
    Next Sheet
    sheetExists = False
End Function

In my main Sub I used this code:
If sheetExists("SheetName") = False Then
    Dim newSheet As Worksheet
    With ThisWorkbook
        .Sheets.Add(After:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)).Name = "SheetName"
    End With
End If

The exact error:

1004 Cannot rename a sheet to the same name as another sheet, a reference object library, or a workbook referenced by Visual Basic

First it was executing successfully but after I deleted the sheet manually the error occurred.
Thanks for any help :)

A: Specify in which workbook to look at:
For Each Sheet In ThisWorkbook.Sheets

also not that it has to be Sheets and not Worksheets, because Worksheets only contains worksheets but Sheets also contains charts, etc. So we have to check these names too!
(Sheet then has to be Dim Sheet As Object)
You can make your function more flexible:
Function sheetExists(sheetToFind As String, Optional InWorkbook As Workbook) As Boolean
    If InWorkbook Is Nothing Then Set InWorkbook = ThisWorkbook

    Dim Sheet As Object
    For Each Sheet In InWorkbook.Sheets
        If sheetToFind = Sheet.Name Then
            sheetExists = True
            Exit Function
        End If
    Next Sheet
    sheetExists = False
End Function

so you can call it:

*

*sheetExists("SheetName") to use ThisWorkbook by default, or

*sheetExists("SheetName", Workbooks("MyWorkbook")) to specify a specific workbook.

Alternatively you can use
Function sheetExists(sheetToFind As String, Optional InWorkbook As Workbook) As Boolean
    If InWorkbook Is Nothing Then Set InWorkbook = ThisWorkbook

    On Error Resume Next
    sheetExists = Not InWorkbook.Sheets(sheetToFind) Is Nothing
End Function

which can be a bit faster if there are many sheets in a workbook.

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Q: How to position the timestamp with tikzpicture but not change the position of texts? I am using tikzpicture to put a timestamp in my article, and everthing seems to be good. However, once I compile the tikzpicture, the text would sink and I don't expect that such a blank at the beginning. How can I fix it or using an alternative rather than tikzpicture?
Here is my code:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[long]{datetime}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{graphs}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\usepackage{setspace}

\title{\textbf{Title}}
\author{\textbf{Name:} Alan}
\date{\textbf{Date of Meeting:} \formatdate{18}{2}{2021}}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{fancy}

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
    \node[anchor=north east, inner sep=0.5cm] at (current page.north east)
    {\fontsize{7}{7}\selectfont Latest edited at \currenttime \ on \today};
\end{tikzpicture}

\begin{framed}
    \noindent
    \textbf{ABC:} abcs.
\end{framed}

\section{11}

\end{document}

You may see the spacing between the date and the frame is different because of the tikzpicture.

A: In your case the simplest solution is to put the tikzpicture environment at the end of \maketitle. Put the code below in the preamble:
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\apptocmd{\maketitle}{
 \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
 \node[anchor=north east, inner sep=0.5cm] at (current page.north east)
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June 23, 2017, Amesbury, MA – The Provident Bank (NASDAQ:PVBC), headquartered in Amesbury, Massachusetts, today announced that Brent Mathews has joined its team as Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending Officer, Boston Region. He will focus on lending to commercial and industrial companies with an emphasis on providing debt financing for mergers and acquisitions and will be based in the Greater Boston Regional Office.
Mathews earned his MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia, and served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He brings nearly 20 years of experience in operations and finance, most recently as Vice President of Originations at PNC Business Credit in Boston.
"Bringing Brent aboard gives us a well-respected banker of high caliber in the Boston market. The lending Brent specializes in, leverage cash flow financing, is not normally available to small and medium-sized businesses. We have built a practice around that. Brent's extensive experience and the vision he shares with the bank makes him a perfect fit for The Provident Bank." President Chuck Withee said.
Mathews will work with private equity groups, family offices and independent sponsors that acquire lower middle market companies. The Provident has established a strong presence in several niche, specialty lending categories – particularly financing lower middle-market mergers and acquisitions.
"We've built a strong culture here at The Provident that continues to attract a high caliber of lending professionals, and Brent is a perfect example of that. He's a great cultural fit." Withee said.
Mathews lives with his family in Norwood, Massachusetts.


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In Case You Missed It: San Diego Weekend News Digest for Saturday, August 10
Five local news stories from the previous week
By NBC 7 Staff	• Published August 9, 2019 • Updated on August 10, 2019 at 7:54 am
To help make sure you stay informed on the most shared and talked about stories in San Diego County, each Saturday we'll revisit five stories from the previous week and capsulize them in this digest with the most recent updates.
1. Family Keeps Fighting for Change After Son's Death
"We don't want anybody else to ever go through this kind of thing after losing anyone in their family, especially their child," said Antonee Harris, Trevon's father. NBC 7's Melissa Adan brings us the story of a Lemon Grove family who for the last three months, has been fighting to make San Miguel Avenue safer following the death of 13-year-old Trevon Harris.
For the last three months, a Lemon Grove family has been fighting to make San Miguel Avenue safer following the death of 13-year-old Trevon Harris. NBC 7's Melissa Adan has more.
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Ex-SD County Employee Charged With Profiting Off Wife's County Contracts
2. Unstable Sea Cave Prompts Emergency Road Closure in La Jolla
City of San Diego officials say the instability of a section of cliff along the shore of La Jolla has them "very, very concerned" as they launch a six-week plan to prevent a collapse. A sea cave called Cook's Crack, located underneath Coast Boulevard north of downtown San Diego, will be filled to help protect the road above along with a water main, a sewer main and a storm drain main.
NBC 7's Danica McAdam spoke to a business owner who fears the emergency road repair will impact traffic to his restaurant.
3. SDPD Sgt. Accused of Soliciting Minor for Sex Found Dead on Day of Arraignment
A former San Diego Police Department sergeant out on bond accused of soliciting sex from a minor failed to show up for his arraignment Monday afternoon and was found dead in his home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound hours later. NBC 7's Dave Summers shows us more.
Neighbors told NBC 7's Dave Summers that investigators asked them if they had heard a gunshot from the sergeant's apartment in the last week.
4. Former San Diego County Boy Scouts Say Sexual Abuse Went Unchecked
The Boy Scouts of America is facing sexual abuse allegations from hundreds of alleged victims across the country, including eight in San Diego County. San Diego law firm, AVA Law is working with those in the Abused in Scouting group who filed a lawsuit this week against the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). NBC 7's Melissa Adan has more.
Eight former San Diego County Boy Scouts have said that they are among the hundreds of people sexually assaulted by scout leaders. NBC 7's Melissa Adan has the story.
5. Infant Is First Measles Case Confirmed in San Diego County in 2019
The first case of measles this year in San Diego County has been confirmed in an 11-month-old infant, county health officials said Wednesday. The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency said the unimmunized infant recently traveled to the Philippines and is currently hospitalized. The county said the baby may have exposed others while seeking care at different Kaiser locations. NBC 7's Rory Devine brings us more information.
County public health officials are on high alert after an 11-month-old got measles While in the Philippines and brought the disease back to San Diego. NBC 7's Rory Devine spoke with a doctor who said there's a challenge with diagnosing measles.
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Hull City host Man Utd at the KC Stadium this Saturday and although we're only into week 3 of the Premier League season, both teams come into the game with a 100% record.
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Hull are back in the Premier League after missing last season's competition, and while they've had a strong opening run, Man Utd will be a tough team for them to beat.
Man Utd, 5th last season, are one of the favourites to take the 2016/17 Premier League title under Mourinho, and they've had a fantastic start to the season.
Hull vs Man Utd is live on BT Sport 1 at 17:30 on Saturday August 27th and is the perfect match to use some of the bonus bets that bookmakers offer new signups.
Bookmakers offer Man Utd as favourites and so Hull's odds are good, Betfair offers best odds on Hull registering a home win at 15/2.
Hull came back into the Premier League without a permanent boss and with only 13 fit players, yet they have managed victories in both of their games so far.
Mike Phelan's men beat Leicester 2-1 in the opening game of their Premier League campaign, and then went on to secure a 2-0 over Swansea in their 2nd match.
It may be a tough ask for them to beat Man Utd, but they come into the game on level points and Phelan will be determined to win against one of his previous clubs.
Unfortunately Hull are still without a number of injured players for the Man Utd match including Allan McGregor, Moses Odubajo, Michael Dawson and Alex Bruce.
If you're betting Man Utd will come away from KC Stadium on Saturday with all three points, PaddyPower offers best betting odds on an away win at 1/2.
Man Utd have had the strong start to their 2016/17 Premier League campaign that was expected under their new and special manager Jose Mourinho.
They beat Bournemouth 3-1 in their opening game, and secured a 2-0 victory over Southampton in their last match, and will be looking for 3 wins in a row on Saturday.
Online bookmakers offer Man Utd as favourites to win Saturday's match with Mourinho's men pretty much having a perfect record against Hull.
The last time that they lost to Hull City was back in November 1974, and they come into this game on the back of 11 unbeaten games against Hull in the Premier League.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has already made his mark, having scored 3 of their 5 Premier League goals so far, and Utd have a fully-fit squad to chose from for this game.
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Iconic symbol marks momentous occasion
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business
August 29, 2022 - Richard Dal Monte
The 2022 Victoria Forum opened on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, with a ceremonial canoe welcome at Victoria's Inner Harbour. Credit: UVic Photo Services
Some visitors to this year's Victoria Forum comprised a canoe family and they were welcomed in ceremony to the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən people. Moving through the waves required each of them to paddle in the same direction.
These included members of the Commonwealth Games Federation's working group on the Commonwealth lək̓ʷəŋən Sport Declaration on Truth, Reconciliation and Partnership with Indigenous Peoples. They paddled for a short distance across Victoria's Inner Harbour.
One specially designed paddle is at the heart of all. Hand-carved paddles will be gifted to each country and institution ratifying the lək̓ʷəŋən declaration. By accepting the gift, the signatories commit to the principles and actions of the declaration, which compels organizations to challenge the lack of Indigenous Peoples' participation at all levels of sport and dedicate resources in accordance with Indigenous needs and interests to increase the representation and visibility of elite Indigenous athletes and their culture.
"We selected the paddle because the work of reconciliation is a journey and, symbolically, when we paddle, we do better when we paddle together. It fits the metaphor of reconciliation being a journey."
- Carey Newman, Impact Chair in Indigenous Art Practices at the University of Victoria
Newman, who is Kwakwak'awakw from northern Vancouver Island and Coast Salish from Cheam of the upper Fraser Valley, and whose traditional name is Hayalthkin'geme, is leading a team of carvers who are fashioning paddles from a salvaged yellow cedar log.
It will then be painted with a design, titled "Conquest (Wolf Design)," by artist Darlene Gait of Esquimalt (Xwsepsum) Nation. Colours include red, green and black and the image, which "represents unity, family and protection, was created from a place of great pride for our Indigenous athletes, across Canada and beyond," Gait says in her artist's statement. "Both colours and animal are representative of Esquimalt and our 'Brother Nation,' Songhees."
Read the Honouring power of sport in Indigenous reconciliation news release.
Paddle forward together
Hand-carved paddles will be gifted to each country and institution ratifying the Commonwealth Games Federation's working group on the Commonwealth lək̓ʷəŋən Sport Declaration on Truth, Reconciliation and Partnership with Indigenous Peoples, which will be discussed at the 2022 Victoria Forum. The paddle is painted with a design, titled "Conquest (Wolf Design)," by artist Darlene Gait of Esquimalt (Xwsepsum) Nation. Credit: UVic Photo Services
Countries are going to be looking for ways to implement the sport declaration, says Lalita Kines, interim executive director, Office of Indigenous Academic and Community Engagement, at UVic. "We're all working together and we need to paddle together," she says.
A member of K'ómoks First Nation, Kines says the canoe and paddle are powerful symbols—the canoe a symbol of togetherness on water and relationship between all people and Mother Earth, and the paddle of the commitment to the declaration.
The commitment to truth and reconciliation is embedded in the striking, colourful paddles, she says. With guidance from Robina Thomas, UVic professor and vice-president, Indigenous, an adjudication committee sought input from the local First Nations communities and artists before deciding how to commission the paddle artwork. It did so through a competition open to Indigenous artists from lək̓ʷəŋən, W̱SÁNEĆ and other coastal First Nations The lək̓ʷəŋən Artist Collective was given the first opportunity, and six artists submitted their artwork.
"Getting that consultation and actually following that consultation is really meaningful to me. Even calling it the lək̓ʷəŋən declaration is really big. I think it has some big potential to be a learning tool towards ways to implement truth and reconciliation and inclusion of Indigenous People and communities and athletes. It's not just the declaration for the Commonwealth Games. it's the first Indigenous declaration for sports."
- Lalita Kines
Embody the commitment
Carey Newman, who is Kwakwak'awakw from northern Vancouver Island and Coast Salish from Cheam of the upper Fraser Valley, and whose traditional name is Hayalthkin'geme, holds a hand-carved paddle that features the design, titled "Conquest (Wolf Design)," by artist Darlene Gait of Esquimalt (Xwsepsum) Nation. Dame Louise Martin, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, looks on. Credit: UVic Photo Services
Newman says the paddles and their presentation to delegates represent more than just sport and art. In Kwakwak'awakw culture, he says, history isn't written down so much as it's preserved in oral form, and in the telling, "we keep it more alive because it's relationship based."
As well, in his people's history, "Art isn't seen only as an aesthetic. It's integrated into the practical parts of our lives, and that includes governance, law, agreements, commitments. So, accepting a paddle is similar, in Western terms, to signing a contract. The paddle is the embodiment of the commitment."
Indeed, Adel Guitouni, associate co-chair of the Victoria Forum, says, "accepting the gift of the paddle is, at the same time, accepting the responsibility for implementing the declaration, and that is a powerful symbol."
An associate professor with UVic's Gustavson School of Business, Guitouni hatched the paddle idea with Indigenous colleagues "to create a lasting symbol that would represent the declaration."
That declaration is an opportunity for one of the foremost symbols of colonization, the Commonwealth, to be an agent for change, he says, adding that it's also an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples in Canada to create a role model and empower their counterparts around the world.
In discussions at the recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK, Guitouni recalls leaders of the Commonwealth Games Federation are truly and fully committed to trying to right the wrongs of the past.
With the world watching, the paddle as an international symbol of truth and reconciliation is powerful. "The paddle is the symbol of our mutual commitment," says Guitouni.
That commitment includes a promise to pull in the same direction and to move forward, together.
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People: Carey Newman, Darlene Gait, Lalita Kines, Robina Thomas
UVic child care moves to $10/day
Some UVic families are now getting a break on their monthly expenses. The Province of British Columbia has announced that all University of Victoria child care centres have been approved to become $10 a Day ChildCareBC Centres starting this past December.
Exhibition celebrates great dance of life
A new exhibition at UVic's Legacy Art Gallery explores Indigenous Governance scholar Devi Mucina's roots as an Indigenous Chewa man while honouring his African ancestors and culture.
Order of Canada: Budd Hall
Budd Hall is a pioneer in the field of community-based research. Now the professor emeritus with the School of Public Administration and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education can add an Order of Canada Officer to his long list of accomplishments.
National day in honour of Dec. 6, 1989
On Dec. 6, UVic marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The annual event and walk starts at 11:30 a.m., with classes cancelled for an hour and flags lowered.
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B.C. Liberal Party MLA Linda Larson from the Boundary-Similkameen riding, spoke in a committee meeting in B.C. Legislature Tuesday afternoon on the issue of health care in the Osoyoos-Oliver area. (B.C. Legislature image)
BC MLA wants to abolish Daylight Saving Time
Okanagan-Boundary MLA Linda Larson put forward a private member bill
Kristi Patton
Next spring, it will be 100 years since we first had to set our clocks forward for daylight saving time. Boundary-Similkameen MLA Linda Larson thinks it is time to end it.
"It is something that is widely supported and was put on the floor at the 2017 UBCM by one of my communities, Grand Forks," said Larson. "It was supported by the members of UBCM and the premier just kind of ignored it. He did say people could contact him and he received so many emails that he had to close down that account because it was so overwhelmed."
Larson first introduced Bill M201 last Thursday at the end of the fall session and moved it be placed on the orders of the day for second reading at the next sitting of the House in February. She said there were claps of support from the other side of the House when she presented and that she will be reaching out to see if she can garner support from the government.
"I really do feel it has a fighting chance," she said, adding the purpose of daylight savings time has long since gone.
MLA Thomas Dang of Edmonton South West launched a similar bill in Alberta earlier this year.
"I have reached out by email to that member that introduced it but haven't heard back from him yet. It had failed and one of the reasons was B.C. wasn't doing it. So let's get it out there and get back on board," said Larson. "Finally people's clocks will be their clock. You won't have distraction twice a year that causes no end of issues … there is enough documentation and studies to show what it has done to negatively affect us."
According to the Canadian Press, public consultations in Alberta on the bill show people are divided on the issue and businesses such as WestJet said it could lead to economic losses. Although Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said there would be more debate on the issue, Dang believes if more jurisdictions brought the debate forward it could be a nationwide conversation
Larson said she hopes if her bill moves forward it would be debated on the floor of the house. She does not believe a costly referendum is needed when the public opinion can be taken through online surveys.
Jaret Blidook, a licensed practical nurse in Oliver, is fully supportive of moving the province to standard time year-round and asks that the issue receive non-partisan support.
"In my industry, I talk to shift work nurses that find it difficult for them. Even things as simple as administrating medication that people need at a certain time, people who are diabetic, or have a certain regime where we are waking them up an hour early to give their medication or an hour later, it does have an effect on them. It throws people off for days until their body can reset," said Blidock.
He said whether you like the time change or not, what is important is to objectively look at studies about how it affects people. In Larson's introduction of the bill, she noted studies have been published about the negative impacts including an increase in heart attacks and car accidents in the days immediately following the time shift. She noted that studies have also identified losses to the economy from lack of productivity directly related to the time shift.
Should the bill pass, changes would be required to the Interpretation Act and other consequential amendments.
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Federal Reserve Policy Remains a Headwind for Equity & Credit Markets
April was another difficult month for both stock and bond markets. The S&P 500 Index traded -8.8% lower during the month, while the Bloomberg Bond U.S. Aggregate Index traded -3.8% lower.
Federal Reserve policy remains the driving force as the central bank raises interest rates and prepares to shrink its balance sheet to ease inflation pressures.
It is a difficult and delicate balancing act to pull off.
Low interest rates and bond purchases stabilized the U.S. economy during the Covid pandemic, but removing the two pandemic-era monetary policies is proving to be enormously disruptive.
Interest rates rose again during April as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surged +0.57% to 2.89%.
While 0.57% may seem small on an absolute level, it significantly impacts how investors position portfolios.
So, why do rising rates impact portfolios?
Interest rates represent the cost of money and are used as an input to value company shares. A higher Treasury yield offers investors a higher rate of return.
To incentivize investors to own riskier assets, such as stocks, the expected return must increase.
Buying an asset, such as a house or stock, at a lower valuation should increase the expected return, which means the theoretical value of the asset should be lower as rates rise.
On a conceptual level, this is the messy valuation process the market is currently working through. It is trying to find the correct theoretical fair value of a company's shares as interest rates rise.
This is in addition to dealing with geopolitical tensions, new Covid lockdowns in China, and surging inflation.
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The largest city in China, Shanghai, remains in full lockdown as authorities try to contain yet another wave of COVID-19.
Those lockdowns have led to a major backlog of cargo and container ships around the Port of Shanghai—the busiest container port in the world.
Last year, over 47 million 20-foot equivalent units (unit of measure for container sizes) were handled there. For perspective, the largest container port in Europe, Rotterdam, had only 15.3 million TEUs.
U.S. trucking giant JB Hunt expects the delays that Shanghai is experiencing to spread to the US West Coast by July. Shelley Simpson, chief commercial officer stated, "We do forecast that [shipping delays] to get a lot worse as we come into the summer months."
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Each week we post notable changes to the various market indicators we follow.
As a reading of our Bull-Bear Indicator for U.S. Equities (comparative measurements over a rolling one-year timeframe), we remain in Cyclical Bull territory.
Counting up the number of all our indicators that are 'Up' for U.S. Equities, the current tally is that zero of four are Positive, representing a multitude of timeframes (two that can be solely days/weeks, or months+ at a time; another, a quarter at a time; and lastly, the {typically} years-long reading, that being the Cyclical Bull or Bear status).
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Exhibition design for "What's Happening?" at The National Gallery of Denmark (SMK).
The exhibition focuses on Danish and international experimental art between 1965 and 1975. A passage of laths and mdf invites visitors inside and displays news from the decade. Showcases are made using the same simple building materials inspired by the fast construction trend of the period. An open and clear layout of the exhibition supports a flat structure. Films which are a recurring element in the exhibition are projected onto hanging screens to achieve a light expression. Wall elements form a background and create rhythm through the space. Three-dimensional works are exhibited behind the walls and two-dimensional works on the permanent walls. A news paper handed out to visitors informs them about the background of the art pieces. The stringent exhibition design aims to set the expressive art pieces and give way to the contemporary viewer.


Like boxed cheddar crackers? You'll love these homemade, healthier cheddar coins that taste exactly like Cheez-Its.
I think I have done it. I didn't think it would really turn out like I hoped. But, it did.
For this month's freezer cooking days, I experimented with a healthier cracker. I took the oh-so-addicting Cheez-It and turned it into real food. Yes, I am just as surprised as you are.
I took this recipe from Fine Cooking and tweaked it. I didn't want a spicy flavor and I wanted to avoid nuts due to a suspected nut allergy in our family. I also simplified the recipe immensely. No egg separating from this mama. And I whirred it all together in the food processor.
The end result was a crisp, salty, cheddary cracker that smacks of the "I-could-eat-the-whole-box-but-they're-so-bad-for-you-Cheez-It." I hope you like them.
In bowl of food processor, combine flours, cheese, salt, and garlic powder. Add butter cubes and pulse until crumbs are formed. Blend in egg until dough comes together around the blade.
Turn dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Form into 1 inch log. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 ° . Slice into thin coins. Bake for 15 minutes. Cool on rack. Package in airtight container.
What's your favorite salty snack?
I can't wait to try these – they sound yummy! My girls won't even eat bagged store-bought cookies since I've begun making all from scratch and I'll be they will be the same with crackers. Hmmm, maybe I SHOULDN'T try them LOL!
YUMMY! I can't wait to try these! Cheezeits are addicting and we love them in my house. I can't wait to try this healthier homemade cracker! I hope my kids love them! Thanks so much!
thanks for simplifying & sharing your recipe!! I can't wait to try these for my child care!
I certainly want to try this! About how many does this make?
Wow, I'm going to have to try these! They look very yummy!
YUM! I love, love, love that these are cut from a "log", rather than rolled out! They look wonderful! Do you think ww pastry flour would work for the unbleached, or would it be too 'wheaty'? Thanks – I am trying them tomorrow morning!!
Wow! I can't believe how easy it sounds! I will have to try this!
Thank you so much for posting this! My daughter has been addicted to Cheese-its and I really hate buying them. I know they aren't the healthiest thing for her to have and would much rather her eat "real" food. Can't wait to try these!
I have thought about making my own crackers, but I'm not keen on baking. This recipe sounds really easy, and there's no rolling out dough, which is a plus. I'm printing it out to try soon. Thanks!
Oooh, I have a similar recipe lying around that I've wanted to try but haven't b/c it seemed like too much work destined to fail. but your recipe looks simple and easy; definitely going to try it!
We're going to try this. We like Cheezits a lot around here. And there was just a buy one get one sale on shredded sharp cheddar at my local store, so we're set.
I was just talking with a friend this week about making cheese crackers. My family thinks I'm off my rocker for making crackers! LOL Can't wait to try this recipe. Love that it's done in the food processor and that you don't have to roll it!
You read my mind!! Can't wait to try these!
Can't wait to try this out, I've been looking for a substitute for goldfish crackers, this might just do the trick.
wow! i've never tried making my own crackers but these look so easy so i might just do that!
This is perfect! I have been trying to start changing our eating habits into better ones but we love Cheez-its. I wasn't sure how to change this one out w/out having to give them up altogether. Can't wait to try them!!!!
One question, if you don't have a food processor, is a hand mixer ok to use?
I am not sure. I love my food processor and use it all the time. Do you use a hand mixer for making pie crust? You might be better off using a pastry blender or two knives to cut in the butter and cheese.
My daughter BEGGED me to get some cheese crackers at the store yesterday… I held out and am glad I did… I wonder how one would go about soaking this recipe and if it would work??
I am excited to try this. Cheez-its are a favorite around here. Do you think I could make them in my kitchen-aid or do you need a food processor? Thanks!
I'm not sure. Do you regularly use the KitchenAid for pie crust or scones? It's the same basic technique of cutting in the ingredients, butter and cheese, specifically. Try it, and let us know!
Do you think you could use oil in these instead? I sometimes don't have butter on hand… Maybe half butter half oil?
The kitchen aid works like a food processor if you use the whisk attachment to cut in the butter.
Wow these sound great. Can't wait to try it!!
Oh, I am going to try this with all the free cheese I got from Albertson's last week. Thank you for the recipe!
These sound so yummy! How long do you think the shelf life is?
Probably not super long. I don't think they'll stay very crisp after a few days.
@Kira G, I have frozen them like slice and bake cookies and they taste just as good as fresh. Just remember to put them in the fridge to thaw. I like to bake half and freeze half. I would eat them all if I cooked all of them at once.
If you freeze half, would you need to thaw the roll, say overnight in the fridge, before flossing and baking?
i've never baked crackers but thought about it several times. this may be the recipe that pushes me over the edge to try them.
We love cheez its, and will definitely be trying these. I don't have a food processor, but am guessing that a hand pastry blender and some muscle will cut in the butter and cheese just as well. These dough logs would be great to have in the freezer for quick snacks.
Thank you for posting this. I'm always on the lookout for fun snacky things we can make at home.
Just made these, the logs are chilling in the fridge as we speak. I can't wait to try them! I have a feeling they will not last long enough to even worry about how long they'll keep 🙂 Thanks for the recipe! We've been missing Cheez-Its since we started eliminating HFCS/junk.
Oh wow – I love all variety of Cheese crackers. I can't wait to make these!
I have got to try these. I almost bought a box of Cheez Its at the store yesterday, but I managed to resist (barely). I have been craving those darn Cheez Its ever since too.
I tried these this weekend and had pretty good success. They "foamed up" when I baked them (not sure how else to describe it). It didn't affect the taste though. My cheese-loving son didn't think they were cheesy enough but it takes a LOT of cheese to satisfy his cheese-tooth! Thanks for the recipe. The original recipe that Jessica adapted from had some storage tips that would probably be applicable to the easier version. I would be interested to hear how this recipe works with oil.
Yes, I think the "foaming" is the bubbling of the cheese and butter. And you're right, those storage tips would apply.
if you have time, ha ha, can you help me with printer friendly versions of my recipes on my website/blog. I am using webs.com for website and wordpress for blog. Any help would be fabulous.
I'll agree that they might need some more cheese for a true cheez-it flavor. Also mine weren't very crunchy after 17 minutes, I think I'll re-bake them today. I "flossed" mine to cut into coins instead of a knife which works great to not squash the roll. Oh and I used 1 cup white whole wheat pastry flour and 1/3 cup unbleached which seemed to work just fine.
I would add that you need to use a non stick or spray your pan first! Half my batch ended up in crumbs trying to get them off the pan!
They are pretty taste though!
Yes, I just prefer unbleached.
Could you post approx. how many crackers this recipe makes? I have a large family and will probably need to double or triple the recipe, but not sure how much since there are no quantities listed. Thanks!
I haven't counted, but it filled a quart size freezer bag at least half full. Hope that helps.
We just made these as I am home from vacation with a sick kid, empty fridge and nothing to eat. I couldn't wait the two hours so I put in freezer for about 15-20min and then cut. They turned out great!
I've been wanting to try these since you originally posted this and finally did today. YUM! My six year old was taken aback that they don't look like cheese crackers from the store, but once he tasted them he was convinced. Thanks for all the awesome recipes that you share.
@Sara, so glad they were a hit!
How much approximately did it cost you to make these? I have huge snack cravings lately (bfing a 12 week old makes me want to eat non stop) and I can't bring myself to spend $3 on a box of store bought crackers. If these are cheaper it sounds like a great solution – but in my experience making home made snacks is more expensive (unlike meals).
I think it would depend on how you shop for those ingredients. If you pay full pop for things, they probably wouldn't be "cheaper," though they would be healthier by far. However, if you stock up on butter, cheese, and flour at good prices, I think it would be competitive. I don't do cost analysis on those things very often because it varies so greatly across the country.
I am prego and have been craving Cheez-its. This recipe saved me from the evil red box! Thank you, they are delicious!
Yeah! So glad you liked it!
This is off the topic, but what type of food processor do you have, and do you like it? I want to buy one in the lower price range, but I don't want to get a bad one, if possilble. Just trying to figure out if there's a good one that isn't too expensive.
@Stacy, I have owned three Cuisinarts over the years. The first one was still going strong, circa 1975, I think. But, the bowl broke and a replacement was more than a new machine. The second one was their low end when my dad gave it to me ten years ago. It was $79. Again, it works like a champ, but several parts have broken off the bowl. I still use it because it's easier to clean than the fancy schmancy high end Cuisinart (with three bowls) that I bought a few years ago. It works great, too, but is harder to clean than the standard version.
@Jessica, Thanks! I appreciate the info. I keep looking at reviews and such, but all of them have their issues. I'm wondering if the difference between lower and higher end is more about features or more about quality, or both in general proportion. If only about features, I'm OK sacrificing that for the price. If significantly about quality, then maybe not. Thanks again!
@Stacy, I love my lower end Cuisinart. I just wish they made a sturdier bowl.
We made these tonight. They were a big hit. We all thought they tasted more like Red Lobster's cheddar bay biscuits than Cheese Its.


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Q&A: An Introduction to the Scala Programming Language
We explore what the Scala programming language can do for your organization with the language's inventor.
What is the Scala programming language, how does it work with Java, and what is its role in high-performance computing? We learn from the language's inventor, Martin Odersky, who is also the chairman and chief architect of Typesafe, which packages Scala, Akka middleware, and developer tools into an open source stack.
Enterprise Strategies: What is Scala?
Martin Odersky: I created Scala as a statically typed programming language to run atop the Java Virtual Machine; Scala smoothly integrates features of object-oriented and functional languages, enabling Java and other programmers to be more productive. Scala is designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way.
How is Scala different than Java?
Scala is interoperable with Java and runs atop the Java VM, so existing Java code and programmer skills are fully re-usable. However, there are important differences between the two languages: fewer keystrokes to make, type inferencing, function passing, and many other features differentiate Scala from Java.
Scala is statically typed, meaning type checking is performed during compile time as opposed to run time, like Java but with Type Inferencing support. This means that the code is deeply analyzed by the Scala compiler to assess what type a particular value is. In Scala there's no use of static all together. This is replaced by use of singleton objects. Singleton objects are declared by using the keyword "object" and not "class.
Also, when writing Scala code, the syntax for method declaration is different. Scala uses "=" before the method body, proceeded by the identifier of the method along with the parameter list and return type. Functions are treated like variables and constants.
Another important difference is that Scala supports the use of closures (anonymous functions) which makes longer code simpler and shorter, so many programmers often find writing Scala code easier and more efficient.
How does it help programmers of high-performance computing systems?
Scala is ideal for programmers of high-performance systems because it offers useful solutions for two important challenges -- concurrency and parallelism. For example, because Scala encourages developers to avoid shared mutable state, its much easier to build programs that are reliable while using available computing resources efficiently.
Are there any drawbacks to using Scala versus other programming languages?
One of the great aspects of Scala is that it carries along all of the advantages of the Java language itself while practically blending in important concepts from functional programming. Scala is typically used most often for application development (such as Web applications, business middleware, and mobile applications) and unlike Java itself, is also an excellent fit for lightweight scripting scenarios. Scala is not as good of a fit for systems-level programming, where C or contemporary systems languages such as Go might be more suitable.
What has led to the rise of high performance computing systems?
Traditional businesses are becoming ever more sophisticated in terms of the data they collect and the analysis they perform, while a new breed of Internet-scale applications such as LinkedIn and Twitter grew in popularity. At the same time, trends such as the arrival of massively multicore hardware and cloud computing put new resources at the disposal of technologists. Increasingly, every IT organization and startup faces challenges of the scale that previously would have been considered high-performance or scientific computing.
What kinds of industries would benefit from using Scala for their high-performing computing systems?
We see strong commercial demand and adoption in a few sectors. First, global financial services firms are rapidly adopting Scala and complementary frameworks such as Akka event-driven middleware to build the next generation of technology solutions that can keep up with today's massive scale markets in real time. Separately, we see strong demand from consumer-facing Internet firms that need to design their systems to scale rapidly as they grow -- whether they are new applications such as Twitter or traditional businesses gone online such as the Guardian UK.
What's the best way to train a programmer in Scala? Are there prerequisites -- such as a knowledge of Java -- that would help reduce the amount of training needed?
Our company, Typesafe, has created a standard hands-on training curriculum that gets developers up and running quickly with Scala and Akka. We are working with a growing number of partners to deliver these courses in cities around the world, and increasingly through on-site training at customer's facilities. At the same time, there are a growing number of books (http://typesafe.com/resources/books) about Scala (including my own!) and self-service resources such as Twitter's Scala School (http://twitter.github.com/scala_school/).
While many programmers come to Scala with a Java background, we also see many who have been programming with C#, Ruby, Python, or other functionally inspired languages.
What does Typesafe do?
Jonas Bonér, creator of Akka middleware, and I launched Typesafe in May 2011 to create a modern software platform for the era of multicore hardware and cloud-computing workloads. Typesafe provides an easy-to-use packaging of Scala, Akka, and developer tools via the open source Typesafe Stack, as well as commercial support and maintenance via the Typesafe Subscription. Typesafe also provides training and consulting services to accelerate the commercial adoption of Scala and Akka.


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Even if Uganda's anti-gay bill dies, more worries ahead
Posted by admin76crimes on January 19, 2014 in Uncategorized | 21 Views | 5 Responses
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to block the harsh Anti-Homosexuality Bill "as currently drafted," a delegation from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights reported yesterday after a meeting with him in Uganda.
The RFK Center delegation reported that Museveni calling the legislation "fascist" and said "he will consult with his party and plans to introduce a new piece of legislation aimed at protecting minors from being coerced into sexual activity."
However, an LGBT rights coalition in Uganda expressed concern that this future bill might also outlaw the "promotion" of homosexuality, a vaguely worded concept similar to what Russia has imposed — which has led to an anti-gay crackdown there.
In an update that journalist Andy Kopsa posted on the situation in Uganda, that coalition said:
"President Museveni continues to promise that he will carefully review the bill before he signs, and it seems that the government doesn't support criminalization of consensual same-sex relationships. Our greatest concern is the promotion clause in the AH Bill that we expect that the government is very supportive of."
The coalition discussed the uncertainty about whether Museveni has received a copy of the bill, which the parliament passed Dec. 20. Once he receives it, the president has 30 days in which to sign it or to reject it and send it back to parliament; otherwise, it would become law without his signature.
A caucus of Museveni's ruling party, the NRM, is scheduled to meet Jan. 20 "to formulate an official party position on the bill, as they didn't seem to have one as the speaker of parliament bulldozed the bill through parliament," the coalition stated.
The coalition also said that LGBT people in Uganda are fearful for their safety, but only one person has been arrested at this point, and she was soon released:
"As far as the Security of the LGBTI community is concerned, there haven't been any major incidents reported to us, except for one reported case of a transgender woman who was arrested while walking around Owino market in a local suburb in Kampala.
"She was later released without official charge. Apparently the police wanted to find out if she was a boy or a girl. She was later released without charge.
"Other reported incidents have been those from people who have promised to report known or suspected homosexuals to police once the bill is signed into law.
"The community is very vigilant in exercising their personal security and organisations who are members of the coalition have been advised to formulate security plans and follow them accordingly.
"We hope that the security situation doesn't get worse in the weeks and months to come."
The coalition also noted a new report on how Uganda's existing laws about same-sex conduct have been enforced. It found that the laws, on the books since colonial times, "are not being used to prosecute but rather to persecute LGBTI and suspected LGBTI persons in Uganda."
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UofL Football Head Coach Scott Satterfield has been a busy man between filling out UofL's 2019 recruiting class and finishing his staff. He's nearly completed the latter as he hired Arkansas State RB Coach Norval McKenzie to the same position at UofL.
In addition to coaching at Arkansas State, McKenzie has also been a high school coach in his home state of GA, a grad assistant at his alma mater Vanderbilt, and a coach at Furman.
Read all about UofL's new coach below.