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Posted on December 3, 2012 by Kevin Jones
Australia's workplace bullying report is a missed mental health opportunity
The report, issued last week, from Australia's Parliamentary Inquiry into Workplace Bullying, is a terrific discussion on workplace bullying but is a major missed opportunity to achieve necessary change, and change in this area equates to the reduction of, principally, psychological harm to workers and their families.
The report starts off shakily by giving prominence to a statement that is clearly wrong. Page 1 of the report quotes Carlo Caponecchia and Anne Wyatt, saying:
"Bullying is the key workplace health and safety issue of our time."
Caponecchia and Wyatt may believe that, but to open a Parliamentary report with this quote shows poor judgement from the Committee by giving workplace bullying prominence over other workplace health and safety (WHS) hazards and issues. Workplace bullying may indeed be the most difficult workplace health and safety challenge but that is very different from what the quote says.
Mental Health and Workforce Participation
And it is not only in comparison to the whole range of WHS issues that the quote above is odd. Prior to the bullying inquiry, the same House of Representatives Standing Committee (on Education and Employment) produced a report on mental health and workforce participation. It was reasonable to expect that the bullying report would build on he mental health knowledge of the committee members. The mental health report mentions workplace bullying on page 31 with
"…Comcare's anti-bullying campaign targeting workplaces, 'Work Safety Campaign – Don't be a silent witness', designed to be a tool for improving the psychological health of employees in workplaces."
It also mentions the Government's "Fourth National Mental Health Plan. Priority area 1: Social Inclusion and Recovery" that includes as one of its aims
"To work with schools, workplaces and communities to deliver programs to improve mental health literacy and enhance resilience." (emphasis added, page 32)
The Committee understood the need for a national, multidisciplinary approach to mental health in one report yet seems reluctant to include workplace bullying preventative strategies under a national mental health strategy. This Committee has effectively been exposed to the issue of how to manage a worker with a mental health issue and how to manage a workplace that creates a mental health issue in a worker. It would have been wonderful if the Committee had been able to link the two reports more thematically and make more effective recommendations on workplace bullying.
Psychosocial Risks and Mental Health
The committee acknowledges the relevance of mental health in later chapters but prefers to use the terminology of "psychosocial risks" in Chapter 1. "Mental health" is not mentioned in any of the workplace bullying report recommendations. It is difficult to see how one can exist without the other.
If one considers psychosocial risks as a reasonable synonym for workplace mental health, the workplace bullying report takes on a different complexion. Recommendation 15 calls for
"…a voluntary national accreditation system to recognise and award employers who achieve best practice and meet defined standards of psychosocial health and safety".
Couldn't this be achieved as part of a national mental health strategy? Hang on Australia has had one since, at least, November 2009. This is discussed further below.
The blending of workplace mental health and the psychosocial risks from workplace bullying is a reasonable action given that most of Australia is covered by Work Health and Safety laws that remove the demarcation between social and occupational impacts. The latter chapters of the report discuss the broader mental health impacts on work and in the community.
Mr Neale Buchanan, Director of Operations at Workplace Standards Tasmania, is quoted in the context of the new WHS laws and increased attention to due diligence:
"I think there is a really strong potential here to focus not so much on the traditional physical health and safety issues but that due diligence framework should extend to these areas of mental health and wellbeing." (page 38)
The report states, on page 68 and based on evidence by Caponecchia & Wyatt, in relation to systems of work:
"Bullying at work should be seen as a systemic issue. The system of work (or working environment) directly impacts on the prevalence of bullying, as it is these systems that create hazards to worker's mental health."
Recommendation 16 suggests the Government "specifically recognise good practice in workplace psychosocial health and safety" through an awards process and 18 sets up an annual report card on psychosocial issues and workplace bullying.
The report includes no recommendation for linking any preventative actions on workplace bullying to a national mental health strategy or the broader mental health context. On psychosocial health and safety, what we are equating to workplace mental health, the parliamentary committee recommends
An accreditation scheme to pat employers on the back for meeting best practice;
An award that pats employers on the back for achieving good practice; and
Safe Work Australia is charged with issuing "an annual national statement which updates any emerging trends of its collated data".
It is difficult to see Australia leading the way on workplace mental health with these.
National Mental Health Strategy
The Government's 2009-2014 National Mental Health Plan mentions the role of workplaces in tackling mental health issues several times but there is no evidence of any work being undertaken in anything other than for specifically targeted industry sectors.
It identified a priority action as:
"Work with schools, workplaces and communities to deliver programs to improve mental health literacy and enhance resilience." (emphasis added, page v)
Page 34 states that
"Workplaces are also important settings for building resilience and fostering coping strategies."
The National Mental Health Plan makes many other recommendations about workplace mental health and culture but almost always in the context of the health sector's workforce and the need for adequate skills and resources to address mental health issues. Rarely, if at all does the plan intrude of the broader mix of Australian workplaces.
This strategy could be used to provide impetus to interventions on workplace bullying, particularly through resilience and coping, although both these areas address individual needs rather than the organisational change required for sustainable cultural value shifts.
The plan discusses partnerships but partnerships outside of the health policy sector are hardly covered. This leaves effective action on workplace mental health in the hands of the Workplace Relations Minister, Bill Shorten. Shorten has shown sufficient foresight and gumption on workplace bullying to take action to better define and understand the issue but what is required now is a sustainable strategy to reduce psychological harm resulting from the bullying. The task is not beyond him but the upcoming Christmas break steals the issue of impetus.
Such a workplace mental health and bullying strategy needs to be advanced before the next high-profile bullying-related death or suicide changes the political landscape again.
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David Hopkins says:
Thank you Kevin. I work in mental health and it very clear that a lot of the knowledge we work with on a daily basis would be of tremendous benefit to companies, other organisations and the people who work in them!
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HK's GDP stalls as Guangzhou, Singapore soar past
Surpassed by Guangzhou, Hong Kong's ranking will slip to fifth in China, while Singapore's per capita GDP is 40% higher than HK's figure
by Frank Chen October 17, 2019 February 18, 2020
Skyscrapers along Victoria Harbour are shrouded in mist. Hong Kong is entering a technical recession in the third quarter. Photo: Asia Times
Hong Kong may have already sunk into a technical recession since the third quarter this year as its economy, bogged down by the trade war between China and the United States – the city's two largest trading partners – has taken a further beating as unrest in the city stretched into its fourth month.
In the first half of 2019, Hong Kong's economy was already faltering, and expanded by a mere 0.5% year-on-year, the slowest pace since the 2009 recession. Since July, there have been sharp reductions in visitor arrivals and retail sales, a continued decline in exports as well as deeply dampened business, investment and consumption sentiments.
The People's Daily has again warned of Hong Kong's diminishing economic clout when compared with a handful of mainland boomtowns and the city's arch-rival Singapore.
Hong Kong's ranking of annual economic output will slip to fifth spot this year, while Guangzhou is poised to surpass the city in gross domestic product as the capital of Guangdong province and a bourgeoning node of trade, commerce and manufacturing serving southern China defied global headwinds and booked a robust year-on-year growth of 7.1% to the tune of 1.17 trillion yuan (US$165.4 billion) in the first half.
Specifically, the passenger and container throughput of Guangzhou's airport and seaport have both surpassed Hong Kong during the same period.
Modern skyscrapers in Guangzhou. The provincial capital of Guangdong now boosts an economy bigger than that of Hong Kong. Photos: Asia Times
The Chinese cities that already boast an economy bigger than Hong Kong's are Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
Hong Kong's economy relative to China's overall GDP has fallen from a peak of 27% in 1993 to less than 3% in 2017, noted the party mouthpiece.
In 1997, when Britain handed the city back to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong's GDP was still about 20% the size of that of the mainland, and larger than the output of the entire Guangdong province, when during its heyday the former British colony played the pivotal role of a middleman in China's trade and investments with the rest of the world.
It is also thought that more second-tier cities on the mainland, including Chongqing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu and Nanjing, may ease the city out of the top 10 league in the next decade as these urban centers grow their economy on the strength of buoyant investment and their sheer population base.
A view of Singapore's Marina Bay CBD at dusk. Photo: Asia Times
Last year, Singapore also soared past Hong Kong in GDP for the second time in 10 years, though by a small margin – US$364 billion versus US$362 billion – but with a population of five million compared with Hong Kong's seven million, the Lion City's per capita GDP is about 40% higher than Hong Kong's corresponding figure, according to data crunched by the People's Daily.
Singapore has avoided a technical recession so far, defined as two consecutive quarters of quarter-on-quarter economic contraction, as its economy grew 0.1% on a year-on-year basis in the third quarter and 0.6% quarter-on-quarter.
The city-state stands to benefit most from the chaos in Hong Kong as the latter's ultra-rich look to park their assets in a safer heaven and multinationals start to spin off operations and move to a more stable financial and business hub.
Singapore has knocked the United States out of the top spot in the World Economic Forum's annual competitiveness report for 2019, while Hong Kong is in the runner-up spot.
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Israel expands Gaza fishing zone as part of ceasefire agreement
Israel's widening of Gaza fishing area under an Egyptian-brokered deal comes a day after two border crossings reopen.
The widest range Israel has allowed in the past 10 years is 22km [File: Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
Israel has expanded the permitted fishing zone in the besieged Gaza Strip as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, the group that governs the enclave.
The Egyptian-brokered deal includes expanding the fishing limit along the Mediterranean coast from approximately 11 kilometres to 28km for the first time in years, with the purpose of boosting Gaza's economy that is heavily reliant on fishing.
Expansions occasionally occur and usually last for only three months at a time.
Since Israel imposed a land, aerial and naval blockade on Gaza in 2007 following Hamas's election victory, Gaza's fishing sector has been hit and its exports have dwindled.
Gaza's 'March of Return' protests explained (10:36)
The widest range Israel has allowed in the past 10 years is 22km and, at times, the limit was reduced to even 1.85km, Nizar Ayash, the head of Gaza's fishermen union, previously told Al Jazeera.
Under the Oslo Accords signed in 1993, Israel is obligated to permit fishing up to 37km, but it has never been implemented. Overfishing in a small area over the years has decreased the fish population and depleted fish breeding grounds.
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from Gaza, said that despite the ease on restrictions, Monday's weather forecast forced many fishermen to quickly sail back to shore.
"It's cloudy and it's been raining heavily here in Gaza. The people who assembled here say they need to go back into the water," Jamjoom said.
"This is one of the few viable industries here, this is one of the few ways which people in Gaza are able to make money," he said.
'More equipment' needed
There are approximately 4,000 registered fishermen in the Gaza Strip, operating some 1,000 boats. Limited access to raw materials has left most boats lacking the necessary renovations needed to function at full potential.
The profession has been deemed dangerous by rights organisations due to Israel's harassment of fishermen at sea.
Have protesters in Gaza achieved their goal? (24:56)
Those who attempted to sail out into the water on Monday morning say they are hopeful that this means they will be able to continue to do so, Jamjoom said, but at the same time, they say they still need "more equipment" for their boats.
On Sunday, Israeli authorities also reopened two border crossings a day after tens of thousands of Palestinians demonstrated along the fortified fence with Israel to mark the first anniversary of the Great March of Return protests.
Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire, and at least 207 others were wounded on Saturday during the protests, Gaza's health ministry said.
The Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing and the Erez crossing with Gaza were reopened six days after they were shut down amid an exchange of heavy fire between Israel and Hamas.
Israel regularly seals off the two crossings, which facilitate the movement of Palestinians with hard-to-obtain Israeli permits, as well as goods and services to Gaza's nearly two million residents.
Since March 30, 2018, Palestinians in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have been demanding the right to return to lands from which their families were violently expelled during the founding of Israel in 1948. Protesters in the weekly rallies are also calling for an end to the blockade.


Hittin' the Sauce: Which bottled Chicago barbecue sauce is truly boss?
There's a taste of pepper, maybe a little garlic. I like sauces with a kick. I would eat this.
I'm odd man out. It triggered a regurge reflex at the back of my throat.
It's balanced. It has a richness, but it's not syrupy. You don't feel like it's too heavy on the molasses, but it has a nice sauce balance. This tastes like something I grew up with.
I would eat this on ribs, but it's not what I look for in a sauce; it's missing bite. But it doesn't have a lot of sugar, which is good.
I liked this one. Nice vinegar tang, kind of thin. It would lend itself to a ham.
I think this is a good sauce. It's kind of clovey, not necessarily my taste, but it's good. If you like clove, it would be good on pork.
It's out of balance. It's not something I'd put on anything.
Very sticky, kind of gummy, but wasn't super sweet. It had a gritty mouth feel with some cumin in there.
I taste a lot of cumin. It tastes too raw. Nothing's come together. It might work as a basting sauce, because it needs to cook.
It reminded me of McDonald's Chicken McNugget barbecue sauce, something for kids.
It's so artificial-tasting and very sticky, like Spackle for covering someone's flaws in their barbecue.
Liquid smoke is all I taste, and I don't like smoky sauces. But you could glaze a chicken breast with this and throw it on the grill.
It's not bad, but I need some spice to balance out the sweetness.
It's laughably bad and sticky.
It has some interest. There are little pieces of onion; maybe that's what I'm tasting.
There's a lot of spice. This would only be good for a half slab of ribs. This was my worst rated.
Like a cheap candy bar. If you ate a lot of this sauce, you'd go into hypoglycemic shock.
Light in flavor, but the spice hits you late.
It's a little tangy, a little mild. It has what you need for a balanced sauce.
Some of these sauces are offensive; this sauce is innocuous. It's a good base sauce with a little tang and no overly dominant flavor.
I thought this was a decent basic sauce. It won't make the slab of ribs, but it won't hurt it. I would eat this.


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I am still on a high after returning from the 12th annual Disney Dreamers Academy. This was my fourth time covering this incredible and life-changing event. And I can't tell you what an honor it is to witness such greatness and transformation in just a few short days. If you check out this link, you'll see all of the coverage over the last few years.
This year's group of 100 Dreamers were truly exceptional! Over the next several weeks/months I will be sharing stories and highlights, as well as interviews with some pretty phenomenal individuals.
I wanted to kick it off with a few insights from Steve Harvey. In it's 12th year, he has been a part of Disney Dreamers Academy from its' inception. He co-created this program with Disney in order to inspire teens to dream BIG.
Steve Harvey Talks Success: It doesn't just "happen"
I really wanted to share one over-arching message that I took away from this powerful weekend: all success starts with a dream and belief.
Steve Harvey reminded each Dreamer that they were not there just because they wrote a great essay, but because God chose them to be there. I think often times, we look to validation from others: whether it's from opportunities like DDA, accolades, hi-fives, degrees, or even our parents or children etc. But being a dreamer starts inside of you. One thing Mr. Harvey pointed out is that education is a great thing. But if your gifts and dreams don't align with the education you're pursuing, you'll be unhappy and unfulfilled.
He started his commencement ceremony chat speaking to those who didn't win an award. His response was: So what?! He reminded them that it didn't matter whether or not they got awards. What I loved is that he shared how he never received any awards growing up for anything. But look where he is now!
I think even as adults, we tend to beat ourselves up about failures or lack of accolades etc. This was a great reminder even for me: so what! Do the work anyway and watch God work.
Steve Harvey poses for a selfie with Disney Dreamers during commencement on Sunday, March 24, 2019. The 12th annual Disney Dreamers Academy, taking place March 21-24, 2019 at Walt Disney World Resort is a career-inspiration program for distinguished high school students from across the U.S. (Gregg Newton, photographer)
Key Tips to Being a Dreamer
Being a Dreamer allows you to walk in your God-given purpose. Here are a few tips on being a Dreamer that you can apply to your own life:
Being a dreamer starts inside of you (you have what it takes), and it's not at Disney.
Anyone can get an education, but if it's not tied to your dreams, you will not find joy.
The bible says: Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 29:18).
Your dreams and your gifts will make room for you.
Being a Dreamer allows you to focus on what's important.
You don't have to believe in the dream in order to support it (parents, this one's for you).
It takes courage and commitment to pursue your dream.
Your dreams are your own: don't try to push them on to your children, or children onto your parents.
Focus on the what and allow God to reveal the how (#message)
Steve Harvey inspires students Friday, March 22, 2019, during Disney Dreamers Academy at Epcot in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The 12th annual Disney Dreamers Academy, taking place March 21-24, 2019 is a career-inspiration program for distinguished high school students from across the U.S. (Todd Anderson, photographer)
Wishes for current Dreamers and highlights from past Dreamers
In our interview with Steve Harvey, he told us that he wants them to walk away as bigger Dreamers than when they came. "If you want big lives, you gotta have big dreams," he said. That's the thing that's going to make you great.
He shared a story of when he was sitting in a meeting at an agency in Beverly Hills last year. At the end of the meeting, a young guy who he had been sitting across from started crying. When Steve Harvey turned around to ask what was wrong, the young man informed him that he was at the 3rd Dreamers Academy (this was 9 years later). He shared that what Mr. Harvey did for him, inspired him. This "kid" was now an agent at one of the agencies that Mr. Harvey was having his meeting.
Another story he shared was of a Dreamer he helped get into college who is now an Engineer. And yet another who was an attorney.
A message for parents
He shared that he noticed that parents sacrifice so much for their children that they stop dreaming themselves. Dreaming is not just for kids, it's for everyone. There is no age limit. This is why they started to incorporate programming for the parents separate from their teens.
Steve Harvey is 62 years old and shared that he is still dreaming. He still has dreams and aspirations he's reaching for. We got the inside scoop that he's working on a move so "gangsta" 😂he's about to shock some people. All he could tell us is that he's going global and he's starting with Africa. He's "going home." I am definitely looking forward to hearing more about this dream he is putting into action!
Disney Dreamers join Mickey Mouse, entertainer Steve Harvey, Vice President at Walt Disney World Resort Tracey Powell, Editor-at-Large at Essence Magazine Mikki Taylor and CEO of Essence Communications Michelle Ebanks on Sunday, March 24, 2019 to celebrate the commencement of the 12th Disney Dreamers Academy at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The annual event is a career-inspiration program for distinguished high school students from across the U.S. (Gregg Newton, photographer)
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Dutch fashion designers may be somewhat overshadowed by their French and Italian counterparts, but these couture houses based in and around Amsterdam are equally worthy of our attention. Get acquainted with the very best.
The most globally recognised Amsterdam couture house is the work of Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, who prefer the term "fashion artists", as their repertoire spans from ready-to-wear to fragrance and film. The duo began their careers in Paris, where they return to present their seasonal collections, having since returned to Amsterdam to design. Viktor & Rolf shot to international stardom, captivating the world with their artistic take on haute couture. Tulle slashed with sculptural cut-outs, wearable (ish) framed artworks and a collection of towering cubist facial features are just a few of their outrageous creations. Viktor & Rolf have always been most drawn to couture, where they can freely express the artists within. A constant in their designs is a sense of irony and humour - a piece is beautiful, then it's shocking, then it's funny, then it's beautiful again. The designers themselves love to take part in the theatricality of the shows, treating a runway launch as a performance, and opting to be photographed as the mirror image of one another. The more commercial ventures have proved to be equally successful. Since Flowerbomb dropped in 2005, you can catch a whiff of its heady sweetness on any fashionable city street. And in 2017, the new bridal collection, Viktor & Rolf Mariage, is set to melt hearts around the world with an assortment of bonded satin ball gowns and sleek asymmetric columns. Watch out, girls.
Iris Van Herpen trained under Alexander McQueen and the influence is immediately obvious. Her designs are futuristic, intricate, sculptural and exciting (see top image) - disregarding the deeply entrenched Dutch pragmatism for an unconventional aesthetic that has captivated imaginations around the world. From a small atelier in Arnhem, Van Herpen conjures up the most exquisite visions, which range from glass-like transparent lace to tiny feathers of organza resembling moss on a tree. No matter how unusual the materials and techniques, her designs have an inherent elegance. The silhouettes flatter the female form and designs always hinge on the whimsical side of eccentric. The couture collections are heavy on origami folds, laser-cut filigrees, 3d printing and molecular structure. Van Herpen thrives on unexpected materials, textures and making fabrics do things they wouldn't normally do. Joining forces with artists is central to Van Herpen's design ethos, and her collaborations include a lengthy list of prominent painters, sculptors, architects, musicians and photographers.
Jan Taminiau, of JANTAMINIAU, is a couturier whose sparkling detail and majestic cuts search The Netherlands' rich design history for inspiration. His design atelier is tucked away in the village of Baambrugge, just outside of Amsterdam. Taminiau's mastery of the beautiful and the captivating stems from his upbringing among a family of antique dealers, and cites his grandparent's attic as a treasure trove of inspiration. Whether it is a floor-sweeping skirt crafted from delicate petals of tulle, a dramatised collar or a flowing chiffon gown, every piece is juxtaposed with an unexpected quirk: a sequinned wrestling belt here, a dip-dyed colour clash there. The designer trained under Olivier Theyskins, who headed Parisian fashion heavyweights: Rochas and Nina Ricci. JANTAMINIAU re-interprets the romance of these labels with his eccentric charm and wit. Worn by women as diverse as Rihanna and Queen Maxima, JANTAMINIAU has a wide-ranging appeal, and unsurprising, has picked up several prestigious design awards.


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BC Firm Showcases Solution to Global Problem of Plastic Waste, EPI Joins Vancouver Mayor for Shanghai Expo 2010 Trade Mission
Vancouver, Canada, September 01, 2010 --(PR.com)-- After making a very visible contribution to the success of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver-based EPI Environmental Technologies Inc. ("EPI") will be showcased as a leading Canadian representative of "Urban Best Practices" at the World Expo in Shanghai, China.
"It's funny how, after doing business around the world for almost 20 years, EPI was 'discovered' in its own home town during the Olympics," says Joseph Gho, EPI's CEO. "We're delighted to represent Vancouver's vibrant green technology industry on Green Capital Day as part of Mayor Robertson's trade mission."
Gho adds, "China is a country that is increasingly aware of the environmental costs of growth. Our company has been very successful in China… in part because Canada is viewed by the Chinese as being clean and green. The support of our mayor and the Vancouver Economic Development Commission will help raise the profile of Vancouver as a world leader in the areas of livability and sustainability. This initiative is great news for businesses in BC."
The objectives of the Vancouver trade mission are to promote business content and opportunity matching. EPI aims to leverage the opportunity to identify additional agents and distributors in China. EPI will also be meeting with leading Chinese scientists to discuss how its technology causes plastics to biodegrade as a solution to the growing worldwide problem of plastic waste.
The World Expo is held every 5 years. In 1986, Vancouver hosted the world during Expo '86. This year in Shanghai, the World Expo is expected to draw 70 million visitors. Vancouver is one of 3 North American cities to host a pavilion at Expo 2010. The theme is the livability and sustainability of "green" communities in the urban core. Mayor Robertson and members of the trade mission will be attending Expo 2010 from 9-11 September to coincide with Vancouver's celebration of Green Capital Day on 10 September.
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Dr. Jennifer Wimbish, the first African American president of Cedar Valley College (CVC), of the Dallas County Community College District, in her recently released book "Leadership Wisdom For All Generations" takes you on a journey, including her walk with God, from her childhood in the segregated South, to her college presidency, as she shares character and leadership principles gleaned from her mentors –wise authentic leaders.
She provides in each chapter a short autobiography, followed by character and leadership lessons learned from her mentors. Dr. Wimbish concludes the book by presenting lessons derived from her own experiences.
According to Dr. Wimbish, the book is linked to her commitment to transgenerational learning. She believes strongly that each generation must leave a legacy that includes the learning of wise individuals, thus preparing tomorrow's world leaders.
One endorser of the book noted that, Dr. Wimbish provides leadership principles that are valuable, life changing, and that challenge all to lead with integrity. Her written accounts of leaders "Words of Wisdom" from her past serves us well today.
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Fantasy basketball - Are you overvaluing players on your favorite NBA team?
Are you overvaluing players on your favorite NBA team?
In its purest form? Fantasy hoops is an art form that hovers above the forces of fandom.
In reality? Our real-life NBA allegiances play havoc with our fantasy outlook.
If you're reading this, you're an avid fantasy basketball aficionado. Which means you probably came to your fantasy life via a rabid NBA fandom.
Which means there's a real-life NBA team that's skewing your fantasy perspective.
As the only Washington Bullets/Wizards fan I know, I'm forced to check my fandom at the door when assessing the Wizards' fantasy prospects. But it's tough to separate fantasy from reality. It's synergistically rewarding to watch productive fantasy players log minutes for your favorite real-life team.
I roster Bradley Beal, John Wall and Otto Porter Jr. on multiple squads. I pick up the Thomas Bryants, Jeff Greens and Tomas Satoranskys the moment they start to register a fantasy pulse.
I overvalue every prosperous Wizard with red, white and blue abandon. I undervalue every momentarily disappointing Wizard with the same abandon. (I just rejected a perfectly reasonable trade for Kelly Oubre because I'm still miffed he didn't play like this in Washington).
If I'm offered a deal for one of my Wizards, it's tough to get me to view said deal with the remotest whiff of rationality. I've lost a couple of championships over the years due to my D.C. irrationality.
Over the years, having played with managers from all over the world, I've been able to get a sense of which teams produce the greatest amount of fantasy-skewing passion.
Let's take a look at my sense of the top four teams, and players that end up being overvalued or undervalued.
The Sixers aren't on this list because of Philly's rooting history. Please don't take this as another shot at the city that pelted Santa Claus with snowballs, or jumped in a penalty box with Tie Domi, or ran my family's car off the road outside of a Veteran's Stadium parking lot in 1988 because it had D.C. plates.
The Sixers make this list because they endured The Process.
The past seven campaigns have produced a bipolarity of fandom. Going through multiple seasons of intentional bottom-feeding basketball does something to a fan. It warps you. Believing in The Process made followers uniquely, statistically aware of their pain.
I listened to many stories of dented Sixers passion during the low ebb of The Process. I genuinely felt for Sixers fans. I believed in The Process... for fantasy purposes. Peak-Process Sixers were among fantasy's best low-risk, high-reward investments. The Sixers' intentionally goosing their pace to inflate stats created a lot of high-volume, less-heralded fantasy producers.
Now that the Sixers are riding high? I'm genuinely happy for them. They've been through a lot. But with their success, they've become very attached to their current Sixers. And the years of focusing on the prospective value of Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons has produced a little bit of overvaluation.
I loved Embiid going into the draft as fantasy's highest-risk, highest-reward player. And he's delivered. Over the past month, he's been a top-5 player. I was recently offered Embiid for Durant. It's not an unreasonable offer. But the injury history, coupled with the unsustainable recent true shooting percentage (62.8 TS%) and block rate (2.5 BPG) scares me. Embiid is top-10, but not top-5.
Simmons also has first-round upside. Some nights, he produces like a first-rounder. But most nights, his negatives hold him back.
Simmons' lack of 3-point production and punt-worthy free throw impact push him into late-third/early-fourth round valuation. And thanks to his boffo volume in rebounds (9.5 RPG) and assists (8.1 APG), he'll be overvalued until he develops a shooting stroke.
Butler is underperforming his ADP (19.8) by a round and a half (35th on the Player Rater). HIs growing chemistry-killer rep (and constant trade rumors) also drive down his value.
The other factor driving down Butler's value? The same factor that's been there for years: injuries. Butler has played more than 67 games only once since 2012-13. And missing 15 games a year carves almost 20 percent out of a player's perspective value.
If you revere NBA history, you have to respect the Celtics. But rooting for a team proffering multiple eras of championship potential and dominance tends to produce a fantasy fan that falls in love with the wrong kind of dynamics (fantasy-wise) -- dynamics that win real championships but don't necessarily produce individual fantasy excellence.
The Celtics are currently 30-18 and closing in fast on home court in the first round. They are the kind of team built to do well in the playoffs, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them come out of the East. Boston plays top-notch team defense. They have top-5 defensive upside (fifth in defensive rating at 106.1).
But in terms of team-wise stats that fuel fantasy stats? They're middle of the road. They're 13th in scoring, 10th in offensive rating, and 19th in pace.
Secondly, there's Brad Stevens' rotation, and Boston's ballyhooed, fantasy-value-sapping depth.
For the season, Boston has eight players averaging 22.7 MPG or more: Rozier, Brown, Hayward, Smart, Morris, Horford, Tatum and Irving. That kind of depth kneecaps fantasy upside. It puts a hard ceiling on possible production, outside of an occasional Superproducer.
And Irving has posted Superproducer numbers over the past month.
For the past 30 days, he's been top-10, pushing his Player Rater ranking to 11th on the season. If he stays healthy, he's in line to deliver a round-and-a-half of net value over his 22.7 ADP.
If someone's rostering Irving, they're not going to let him go for anything less than a top-10 player. If a Boston fan is rostering Irving? He or she won't even return your emails.
Horford is one of my favorite fantasy players of the past 10 years. He's going to deliver about a round of net value against his 64.7 ADP. When healthy, he's the epitome of the undervalued mid-round pivot.
Where's the biggest problem in terms of fantasy expectations? The minutes ceiling hung over Boston's young upside.
Boston has stockpiled multiple lottery picks in recent seasons. Brown went third overall. Tatum went third overall. Smart went sixth overall.
Those kinds of high draft slots beget high fantasy expectations. All three players have high upside, especially Tatum. I think Tatum could be a future top-20 player. But Tatum's scintillating 2018 playoff performance led to his being wildly overvalued for 2018-19. And the lack of minutes available to develop the Celtics' young upside hampers their fantasy development.
When you combine a lack of minutes and offensive prioritization with multiple draft picks... with a veteran Superproducer like Irving?
You get wild fantasy overvaluation.
Knicks fans are smart. Passionate. Loyal. New York is the greatest basketball town on earth.
If you want to take a one-day crash course in the existential condition of the average Knicks fan, do four things.
Read Bill Bradley's "A Life On the Run" and gain an appreciation for the Knicks of the early '70s. Read "Heaven is a Playground" and gain an appreciation for New York's basketball culture. Go to YouTube and gain an appreciation for the Ewing/Riley era.
Then, go to Basketball Reference and study what the Knicks have accomplished since 2001.
Two winning seasons in 18 years.
And when you're working overtime to attach any kind of current value to the once-great team you love? When you're looking for some sign you should still care? You tend to overvalue flawed players' fantasy prospects.
Under normal circumstances? Even a moribund team like the Knicks has something to offer fantasy managers. A killer young draft pick. An underrated veteran suddenly getting 35-plus minutes a night.
But these Knicks have no fantasy upside.
Their minutes situation is a mess. It's nearly impossible to track David Fizdale's rotation. One player averages over 15.0 PPG. No one averages over 4.0 APG. They're 26th in offensive rating, 23rd in points per game, 29th in defensive rating, 12th in pace. Kristaps Porzingis won't be re-evaluated until next month. He could be shut down for the duration.
The Knicks have one player -- Enes Kanter -- in the Player Rater's top 90. And Kanter was recently demoted to third string/trade bait before being reinstated due to Kornet's injury.
Hardaway Jr. is 98th on the Player Rater. His ability to score and inability to shoot combine to make him the Knicks' most overrated fantasy player. Kevin Knox can score, shoot 3s...and contribute nothing else fantasy-wise.
If you're looking for a silver lining? Noah Vonleh is 99th on the Rater. He has multi-categorical fantasy upside. If Porzingis is shut down, Vonleh will get a chance to build some second-half value.
I've lived in Los Angeles for 20 years. I work a mile from the Lakers' practice facility. I play in multiple fantasy leagues with multiple Lakers fans. I listen to 710 ESPN every commute.
And the term "Lakers Exceptionalism" is well-earned. Like with the Celtics, there's a certain sense of superiority that winning multiple championships promotes.
This season, the current combination of LeBron, LeBron's injury and the Lakers' young talent have pushed Laker Fantasy Irrationality to an all-time high.
When LeBron was healthy, he was overvalued by a half-round. His high PPG was masking efficiency issues that drove him out of the top 10. And when you're talking about first-round picks, underperforming your ADP half-round is a huge gulf.
The young Lakers' current valuation is getting boosted by LeBron's absence. And when he returns, he'll go back to leading the team in Usage Rate (31.9 USG). Which means Kuzma is about to come back to earth. And the other young Lakers should regress to their pre-Christmas levels. If you're going to sell high on Kuzma, this is the time to do it. He'll be overvalued for the rest of the season.
Until a big takes control, the 3-way timeshare at center will continue to fuel fantasy irrationality.
Zubac's scoring fuels his overvaluation. In reality, he's a 3-category player at best. He doesn't rebound or block shots particularly well. And he can't continue to shoot the 82.1 percent from the field he's notched over the past week.
Ingram is the most vexing Laker from a fantasy perspective. He's currently underperforming his 65.9 ADP by about 160 slots. A lack of steals, blocks and a 30.8 3PT% have all combined to drive his value down. The upside is there, but Ingram has yet to realize his potential. Until he cleans up his 3-point shot and gets some defensive stats, he'll be overvalued.


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Q: split and flatten tuple of tuples What is the best way to split and flatten the tuple of tuples below?
I have this tuple of tuples:
(('aaaa_BBB_wacker*  cccc',), ('aaaa_BBB_tttt*',), ('aaaa_BBB2_wacker,aaaa_BBB',), ('BBB_ffff',), ('aaaa_BBB2MM*\r\naaaa_BBB_cccc2MM*',), ('BBBMM\\r\\nBBB2MM BBB',), ('aaaa_BBB_cccc2MM_tttt',), ('aaaa_BBB_tttt, aaaa_BBB',))

I need to:
split by \n\, \r\, \n\, \r\, ",", " "
and flatten it. So the end result should look like this:
['aaaa_BBB_wacker*','cccc', 'aaaa_BBB_tttt*','aaaa_BBB2_wacker','aaaa_BBB','BBB_ffff','aaaa_BBB2MM*','naaaa_BBB_cccc2MM*','BBBMM','BBB2MM BBB','aaaa_BBB_cccc2MM_tttt','aaaa_BBB_tttt', 'aaaa_BBB']

I tried the following and it eventually completes the job but I have to repeat it multiple times for each pattern.
patterns = [[i.split('\\r') for i in patterns]]
patterns = [item for sublist in patterns for item in sublist]
patterns = [item for sublist in patterns for item in sublist]
patterns = [[i.split('\\n') for i in patterns]]

A: Given
tups = (('aaaa_BBB_wacker*  cccc',), ('aaaa_BBB_tttt*',),
    ('aaaa_BBB2_wacker,aaaa_BBB',), ('BBB_ffff',),
    ('aaaa_BBB2MM*\r\naaaa_BBB_cccc2MM*',), ('BBBMM\\r\\nBBB2MM BBB',),
    ('aaaa_BBB_cccc2MM_tttt',), ('aaaa_BBB_tttt, aaaa_BBB',))

Do
import re
delimiters = ('\r', '\n', ',', ' ', '\\r', '\\n')
pat = '(?:{})+'.format('|'.join(map(re.escape, delimiters)))
result = [s for tup in tups for item in tup for s in re.split(pat, item)]

Notes.  Calling re.escape on your delimiters makes sure that they are properly escaped for your regular expression.  | makes them alternatives.  ?: makes your delimiter group non-capturing so it isn't returned by re.split. + means match the previous group one or more times.

A: You should use a regexp to split the strings:
import re
re.split(r'[\n\r, ]+', s)

It will be easier using a loop:
patterns = []
for item in l:
  patterns += re.split(r'[\n\r, ]+', s)

A: Here is a one-liner.. but it's not simple. You can add as many items as you want in the replace portion, just keep adding them.
start = (('aaaa_BBB_wacker*  cccc',), ('aaaa_BBB_tttt*',), ('aaaa_BBB2_wacker,aaaa_BBB',), ('BBB_ffff',), ('aaaa_BBB2MM*\r\naaaa_BBB_cccc2MM*',), ('BBBMM\\r\\nBBB2MM BBB',), ('aaaa_BBB_cccc2MM_tttt',), ('aaaa_BBB_tttt, aaaa_BBB',))

output = [final_item for sublist in start for item in sublist for final_item in item.replace('\\r',' ').replace('\\n',' ').split()]

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Anteon International Corp. won a six-year contract to provide systems engineering and professional services to the U.S. intelligence community on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, officials of the Fairfax, Va., the company announced today.
The contract is worth about $105 million if all options are exercised, according to the company.
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Anteon has developed secure, real-time information exchange systems to support NATO, Unified Commands and coalition forces engaged in combat operations and the global war on terrorism, said Joseph Kampf, Anteon's president and chief executive officer.
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we're doing is good is always a sweet pleasure.
haven't had any Easter celebration on the actual weekend.
on the ride to Windsor, Ontario, to pick up Sam yesterday.
all the fantastic sculptures in the park by the water.
brother and Megan, and the silly Easter stuffed toys that talk and dance.
All that has to wait.
Labels: Portrait. acrylic on canvas. Skype portrait. Barbara Muir. Toronto. Canada. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery. New York City.
Both of these portraits are sooooo impressive. So exciting that they will be shown in a New York gallery. Congratulations to you. They are awesome. Happy Easter even if it will be a bit delayed for you.
Barbara this is a marvelous series!
As usual you finish with great panache. I think I know one of your secrets - no sleep, you didn't go to bed! - right?
Although I love them all, I think this portrait of Henrietta with her insouciant smile is my favorite. You really nailed it! It is fabulous! You are fabulous!!!
Barbara, both of the portraits are beautiful, but this one is particularly wonderful in the light you've captured from her soul. It is a beautiful, beautiful portrait. wow!
Congrats - and very exciting! Your portraits exude peace and joy. And Happy Easter for this coming weekend!
Thanks so much. It looks like your Easter was great fun with the artistic Easter people in your family.
I am getting a bit excited I admit.
Bed? What is that? Actually I do usually try to sleep. I may get pushed to the wall, but I like 7 hours a night, and can almost function on 6. Glad you like it. I do too. We were having a very serious discussion about many things, and then all of a sudden she leaned forward and said something totally happy, and that's the image.
Thanks so much. I'm very glad you do.
Thank you very much. I think the conversation may have been something about the soul in that one. Or it had been and then it went to summer cottages. Another happy topic. Right? Very happy at this point in the year. The weather went wildly warm today. Almost May and it snowed last week! Funny.
Thanks so much. I am looking forward to catching up on your work. The past few weeks have been pretty intense. Now I have a couple of days to catch up with my life, and your wonderful art definitely inspires my life.
Thanks so much. I've been thinking about you, about your art, and that striking photo of your grandmother as a baby. Your posts on your grandmother have been very moving.


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in Applied linguistics
Susan Hunston
Corpora in Applied Linguistics
Author: Susan Hunston
Publisher: Ernst Klett Sprachen
Category: Applied linguistics
in Language Arts & Disciplines
Nikola Dobrić
Current Approaches
Author: Nikola Dobrić
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines
This volume brings together contributions from the Klagenfurt Conference of Corpus-Based Applied Linguistics (CALK14), in order to extend corpus linguistic research in different areas of applied linguistics. The studies gathered here explore the opportunities that both spoken and written corpora offer for answering questions in different domains of applied linguistics such as second language learning, language testing, comparative linguistics, learner pragmatics and specialised discourses. At the same time, the contributions also give insight into possible limitations and further challenges of corpus-based research in these areas.
Mari Carmen Campoy
Spoken Corpora in Applied Linguistics
Author: Mari Carmen Campoy
Publisher: Peter Lang
This volume explores the opportunities that spoken corpora offer and the challenges of research with such corpora. The use and applications of spoken corpora are discussed from the perspective of both language analysis and language pedagogy. Twelve chapters written by corpus linguists analyse an extensive number of spoken corpora based on the oral production of speakers as varied as language learners, users of English as Lingua Franca, native speakers, or speakers of English in academic contexts. This book also highlights the growing emphasis on the use of corpus-based research by examining the implications of corpus findings in educational settings.
Niladri Sekhar Dash
Language Corpora and Applied Linguistics
Author: Niladri Sekhar Dash
Publisher: Shishu Sahitya Samsad
Ken Hyland
Corpus Applications in Applied Linguistics
Author: Ken Hyland
Corpus linguistics is one of the most exciting approaches to studies in applied linguistics today. From its quantitative beginnings it has grown to become an essential aspect of research methodology in a range of fields, often combining with text analysis, CDA, pragmatics and organizational studies to reveal important new insights about how language works. This volume captures some of the most stimulating and significant developments in the field, including chapters on language teaching, institutional and professional discourse, English as an International Language, translation, forensics and media studies. As a result it goes beyond traditional, limited presentations of corpus work and shows how corpora inform a diverse and growing number of applied linguistic domains.
in Foreign Language Study
Anne Wichmann
Teaching and Language Corpora
Author: Anne Wichmann
Corpora are well-established as a resource for language research; they are now also increasingly being used for teaching purposes. This book is the first of its kind to deal explicitly and in a wide-ranging way with the use of corpora in teaching. It contains an extensive collection of articles by corpus linguists and practising teachers, covering not only the use of data to inform and create teaching materials but also the direct exploitation of corpora by students, both in the study of linguistics in general and in the acquisition of proficiency in individual languages, including English, Welsh, German, French and Italian. In addition, the book offers practical information on the sources of corpora and concordances, including those suitable for work on non-roman scripts such as Greek and Cyrillic.
Guy Cook
Author: Guy Cook
This work investigates real-world problems involving language. As such it has the difficult task of mediating between academic expertise and lived experience, attempting to reconcile opposed interests and perspectives. It provides a comprehensive overview of pressing issues in the field.
Marcus Callies
Learner Corpora in Language Testing and Assessment
Author: Marcus Callies
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
The aim of this volume is to highlight the benefits and potential of using learner corpora for the testing and assessment of L2 proficiency in both speaking and writing, reflecting the growing importance of learner corpora in applied linguistics and second language acquisition research. Identifying several desiderata for future research and practice, the volume presents a selection of original studies, covering a variety of different languages. It features studies that present very thoroughly compiled new corpus resources which are tailor-made and ready for analysis in LTA, new tools for the automatic assessment of proficiency levels, and new methods of (self-)assessment with the help of learner corpora. Other studies suggest innovative research methodologies of how proficiency can be operationalized through learner corpus data. The volume is of particular interest to researchers in (applied) corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, language testing and assessment, as well as for materials developers and language teachers.
Fanny Meunier
A Taste for Corpora
In Honour of Sylviane Granger
Author: Fanny Meunier
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
The eleven contributions to this volume, written by expert corpus linguists, tackle corpora from a wide range of perspectives and aim to shed light on the numerous linguistic and pedagogical uses to which corpora can be put. They present cutting-edge research in the authors respective domain of expertise and suggest directions for future research. The main focus of the book is on learner corpora, but it also includes reflections on the role of other types of corpora, such as native corpora, expert users corpora, parallel corpora or corpora of New Englishes. For readers who are already familiar with corpora, this volume offers an informed account of the key role that corpus data play in applied linguistics today. As for readers who are new to corpus linguistics, the overview of approaches, methods and domains of applications presented will undoubtedly help them develop their own taste for corpora. This volume has been edited in honour of Sylviane Granger, who has been one of the pioneers of learner corpus research."
in Computers
Christian Chiarcos
Linked Data in Linguistics
Representing and Connecting Language Data and Language Metadata
Author: Christian Chiarcos
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Category: Computers
The explosion of information technology has led to substantial growth of web-accessible linguistic data in terms of quantity, diversity and complexity. These resources become even more useful when interlinked with each other to generate network effects. The general trend of providing data online is thus accompanied by newly developing methodologies to interconnect linguistic data and metadata. This includes linguistic data collections, general-purpose knowledge bases (e.g., the DBpedia, a machine-readable edition of the Wikipedia), and repositories with specific information about languages, linguistic categories and phenomena. The Linked Data paradigm provides a framework for interoperability and access management, and thereby allows to integrate information from such a diverse set of resources. The contributions assembled in this volume illustrate the band-width of applications of the Linked Data paradigm for representative types of language resources. They cover lexical-semantic resources, annotated corpora, typological databases as well as terminology and metadata repositories. The book includes representative applications from diverse fields, ranging from academic linguistics (e.g., typology and corpus linguistics) over applied linguistics (e.g., lexicography and translation studies) to technical applications (in computational linguistics, Natural Language Processing and information technology). This volume accompanies the Workshop on Linked Data in Linguistics 2012 (LDL-2012) in Frankfurt/M., Germany, organized by the Open Linguistics Working Group (OWLG) of the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN). It assembles contributions of the workshop participants and, beyond this, it summarizes initial steps in the formation of a Linked Open Data cloud of linguistic resources, the Linguistic Linked Open Data cloud (LLOD).
Willow and the Wolf (Book One)
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Death Toll Recon
The Lost Babes
The Bloated Belly Whisperer
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
G.O.A.T. – Simone Biles
Case Studies In Health Care Supervision
Challenger: An American Tragedy
The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games
iPhone 7 and 7 Plus: The Complete Guide
What Is the Story of Scooby-Doo?
I'm Afraid of Men
Ruin and Rising
Silent Love: Part 3
The Contented Baby with Toddler Book
Dangerous Women & Desperate Men
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Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
Periodontal and Peri-Implant Plastic Microsurgery
Psalms for All Seasons
My Psychotherapy Journal
DS Performance - Strength & Conditioning Training Program for Rugby, Strongman, Intermediate
Managing Human Productivity
Ransom River
A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Series Part Two
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The North Coast 500 Guide Book
Silent Witness: How Forensic Anthropology is Used to Solve the World's Toughest Crimes
The Letters of Matthew Arnold
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The Exegesis of the Pentateuch
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A Darker Shade of Magic: A Novel
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Children's Active Transportation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking For Dummies
Boomers To Groomers
Beat Depression to Stay Healthier and Live Longer: A Guide for Older Adults and Their Families


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Q: Prevent/detect cloud location in FileSavePicker in UWP apps The FileSavePicker on the Universal Windows Platform enables users to select cloud locations like OneDrive. I have an app that contains sensitive data which should not be saved to cloud locations.
Is there a way to prevent locations except for the local storage and SD cards to show up in the picker?
Alternatively, can I detect such a location being selected for issuing a warning at least?
Thanks in advance,
Christoph

A: I can give you an answer for the second part:

Alternatively, can I detect such a location being selected for issuing
  a warning at least?

Yes, for this you can use the StorageFolder.Provider property. See here and here.
For example the Provider.Id of OneDrive is "OneDrive"… so with a check for that you immediately know that the folder is a OneDrive folder. Maybe a check for id="computer" is a good idea... if it's "computer" then no waring is needed, otherwise just show the warning...
And another hint: Provider can be null (which is traditionally not a local folder), so a check for that is also a good idea.
For the first part:
I don't know about a solution to filter out folders from the FileSavePicker. I don't think this is possible. If you want to have control on this maybe the KnownFolders would be the way to go.
(I don't know your exact situation, but KnownFolders.DocumentsLibrary is maybe relevant..)


As rail tours go, Jewels of Persia is truly amazing. Travelling from the ancient land of Persia to the shores of the Bosphorus and onto the banks of the Danube, this unique journey takes in destinations that are rarely experienced by the Western visitor, which makes it all the more special.
Arrivals day in Tehran where you will be met and transferred to the five-star Espinas International Hotel (or similar). We will enjoy a welcome reception dinner, whilst you meet your fellow travellers on this highly anticipated journey.
Our first port of call on our city tour of Tehran is the Crown Jewels Museum in the Central Bank of Iran Building, with its vast array of crown jewels used by the Qajar and Pahlavid royalty. Following lunch we head to the Gulestan Palace with its renovated Versailles-inspired mirror-encrusted Marble Throne Hall used for the coronation of the last Shah. Most of the remaining brick and tile buildings date back to the 19th century Qajar dynasty. Late afternoon we transfer to the main railway station in the city and board the Danube Express. Settle in to your cabin and later enjoy dinner as the train heads overnight to Mashhad.
An early morning arrival provides us with the whole day to explore the city of Mashhad, which is home to the Imam Reza Holy Shrine, the largest mosque in the world in terms of its dimension, followed by a tour of the Nader Shah Museum. Following lunch in the city, we will visit the Tomb of Ferdowsi, the father of the Persian Language who lived over 1,000 years ago.
Today we will travel from Kerman to the city of Mahan to visit the famous 19th century Prince Garden as well as the 15th century Mausoleum of the Shah Nematollah Vali, the renowned Iranian mystic, poet and philosopher who died in 1431.
Lunch is taken in the very impressive restaurant situated inside the Prince Garden before we return to Kerman in the afternoon with a visit to the Green Dome and the Sanati Contemporay Museum.
The city is famous for its silver filigree and metal work, array of great historical monuments, and its Life-Giving River, the Zayandeh-Rood, which has given the city its beauty. Isfahan is packed with some of Iran's best sights and today we spend a whole day in the city, visiting the Chehel Sotoon Palace and the Vank Church in the Armenian Quarter.
Following a traditional Iranian lunch we move on to Naghshe Jahan Square, a World Heritage Site and the second largest man-made square in the world, where the Ali Qapou Palace and Shah and Sheikh Lutfullah Mosques can be found. Here, the time is yours to enjoy the huge square and pick up a bargain at the handicraft Bazaar of Qaisarieh.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sultanieh is our first stop upon arrival in Zanjan, with its 13th century mausoleum of Oljeitu, the Il Khanid sultan. A visit to the old Rakhkt Shoor Khaneh and the Museum of the Mummified Salt Men concludes the day.
In the early hours of the morning we cross the border from Iran into Turkey to Van where we will navigate the old streets of the town and marvel at the beautiful silver and hanging kilims (woven carpets) made from natural dyes. After lunch a six-hour crossing by train ferry takes us from Van to Tatvan, where we briefly stop on Akdamar Island to walk to the stunning Akdamar Kilisesa or Church of the Holy Cross. The walls are adorned with Old Testament carvings telling familiar tales from the bible.
Cappadocia is an area of Central Anatolia best known for its rocky landscape and is honeycombed with networks of ancient underground settlements and outstanding examples of Byzantine art. Erosion shaped the incredible landscape of the Göreme Valley, but thousands of years ago humans took their cue from Mother Nature and began carving an incredible chamber and tunnel complex into the soft rock. Beginning in the 4th century, an urbanised underground cultural landscape was created here and is the focus of our visit.
This morning we arrive into Istanbul. This fabled city that spans Asia and Europe deserves an extended stay so over the next two days we will see how old meets new; east meets west when you visit Istanbul's must-see historic sites.
One of the most famous monuments in both the Turkish and Islamic worlds, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque (the Blue Mosque) is a superb creation in the classical Ottoman style and features six towering minarets and 260 windows illuminating its vast main chamber, which is decorated with more than 20,000 Iznik tiles.
Now a museum, Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century by the Emperor Justinian, and was one of the largest basilicas in the Christian world. After the Ottoman conquest, it was converted to a mosque and is today one of the most magnificent museums in the world. Take a moment to linger here to admire the fine Byzantine architecture.
Guests stay overnight at the five-star Jumeirah Pera Palace hotel as the train re-positions from Derince for the next stage of the journey. Late afternoon on Day 11 after the conclusion of our city tour, we leave Istanbul and travel by bus to Tetkirdag to re-board the Danube Express and continue our journey towards the Bulgaria.
Engineering work in connection with the Bosphorus Tunnel project (on both sides of the Bosphorus) will involve the train stopping short of Istanbul in both directions. The journey into and out of Istanbul will be by road and the train will be sent across the Bosphorus by ferry.
We arrive before breakfast in Kazanlak, situated in the Valley of the Roses, which produces rose oil prized by perfumers worldwide. Here we visit the Shipka Memorial Church and a Thracian tomb with vaulted brickwork dating back to the 4th century BC.
We take lunch onboard during the climb over the Shipka Pass and travel onwards to Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria's ancient capital. Nestled in a magnificent mountain setting, the stone houses seem perched, one above the other, on the steep banks of the Yantra River. A tour includes the superbly preserved medieval Tsarevets Hill and Castle and there is free time to wander through the ancient city.
Relax in the Lounge Car before dinner is served as our train continues through the scenic landscape as we head across the Romanian border.
Overnight the train twists and turns as it climbs over the Carpathian Mountains and threads its way through the dramatic landscape with crystal clear mountain streams. This morning we arrive into Braşov for a tour of Bran Castle. Popularly known as Dracula's Castle, this beautiful 14th century building is situated amongst stunning mountain scenery. We return to the train for lunch as we continue onto Sighişoara for a walking tour of the town's main highlights. A World Heritage site rumoured to be the birthplace of Dracula, it is one of the best-preserved fortified medieval towns in Europe. Burgher houses and ornate churches line its cobbled streets. Dinner is served as our train continues onto Hungary and across the Great Hungarian Plain.
Our final day onboard is expected to provide a spectacular conclusion to our rail journey as first we get the opportunity to explore Kecskemét, a fascinating city at the geographical centre of Hungary before the train heads, steam-hauled, to Lajosmizse for a spectacular 'Puszta' horse show.
We then arrive late afternoon at our final destination, Budapest, the romantic and historic Hungarian capital located on the banks of the magnificent Danube. This evening we will enjoy a farewell dinner and take the opportunity to reflect on our pioneering journey from Iran to Central Europe. We will stay overnight in the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace.


In the last few years, I have not logged as many walking miles as I once did. I am inspired in Paris because I am very much an urban walker. I love windows, signs, cafés....all of those trappings of a cosmopolitan environment. Today, I decided to walk from the 14th arrondissement to visit the 6th, home of elegant shops and cafés.
I consulted Google maps and found that it was only about 3 kilometres along Boulevard Raspail.
The Boulevard Raspail used to be called Le Boulevard d'Enfer (the Boulevard of Hell). In the 14th, it links up with Denfert-Rochereau a very large and confusing square. My morning stroll passed without incident and I soon reached my destination.
The windows in the 6th are gorgeous.
I'm not really shopping in Paris. I've already bought a couple of items of clothing and I've sent some small gifts home with daughter but I love to look. I make my way to Les Jardins de Luxembourg where I find myself a chair.
I'm reading Elizabeth George's The Punishment She Deserves on my iPhone. I'm trying to carry a lighter bag so theoretically my phone works better (except I didn't bring the little gizmo that Monsieur loaned me to store up power). I read until my battery is at 50% and I decide to move on.
well curated and the owner friendly. When I remarked on the Mavis Gallant book in the window, she told me that the author had been a personal friend. I bought a book by MFK Fisher, a sometimes American expatriate and a sometimes Napa Valley dweller.
There's also a production of Madame Bovary.
There are so many exhibits and productions that I would enjoy in Paris. At home, I live in a predominately Chinese suburb with a husband who does not speak French. Did I forget to mention that I consider the private automobile the curse of the 20th century? Mavis and MFK and Edith Wharton and a host of other literary ladies chose Paris for good reason.
I wander off the main street to the Rue Cujas where distinguished-looking older men (probably in their 70's) are dining in a Corsican restaurant. I decide to try the roasted summer vegetable lasagne with a glass of house red wine.
After all my wandering and wishing and eating, I must make my way back to the 14th. I could take Metro 4 or I could walk uphill. I have eaten quite a lot so I decide to go à pied again. The walk for the most part covers well known territory but once I get back in the 14th, I'm going around in circles. So close and yet...Google maps keeps rerouting. Not a good sign! My battery is at less than 20%. I wish I'd changed SIM cards because I'm eating up data. Oh well, I did make it home to another evening with the crazy neighbour.
Loved reading about your perambulations through Paris. A woman from Hornby Island runs a bookstore in Paris! Wow! A few years ago, I met a woman from Paris who ran a restaurant on Galiano Island. We do live in a small world.
It is these serendipities that make travel interesting. Penelope, the owner, said that her girlhood dream was to work for Duthie's in Vancouver. I worked in a small art and architecture bookstore on South Granville 30 years ago. I have no plans for my days so I never know who I might meet..
It is bookshops that I always want to visit anywhere I go. You must have been in heaven there!