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The 10 Best Women's Perfumes
This wiki has been updated 21 times since it was first published in January of 2017. The right perfume can tell a roomful of people a lot about your personality, likes and dislikes, and even the mood you're in on a given day. Furthermore, scent can influence the way others feel around you and how they treat you — it's a powerful thing. These women's fragrances boast the perfect balance of femininity and individuality that will turn heads whenever you wear them. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.
This wiki has been updated 21 times since it was first published in January of 2017. The right perfume can tell a roomful of people a lot about your personality, likes and dislikes, and even the mood you're in on a given day. Furthermore, scent can influence the way others feel around you and how they treat you — it's a powerful thing. These women's fragrances boast the perfect balance of femininity and individuality that will turn heads whenever you wear them. When users buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.
1. Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium
After one spray of Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium (about $82), you'll immediately know why the company has been a top name in the competitive fragrance business for more than 50 years. It's both assertive and intoxicating, perfect for women who also exhibit those traits.
Hints of vanilla
Nice warm scent for winter
Becomes the go-to for many ladies
2. Vera Wang Rock Princess
When you need something for the woman who straddles the line between edgy vixen and delicate diva, Vera Wang Rock Princess (about $20) is just right. It's the perfect scent for the not-so-conventional bride to wear on her wedding day along with one of the designer's signature dresses.
Cap separates into a ring
Intense and distinct
3. Jimmy Choo Signature
If your friends would describe you as a daring risk taker, then Jimmy Choo Signature (around $95) is a version of you captured in a bottle. It's a wonderfully rounded fragrance with strong notes of Italian orange mellowed out by sweet caramel.
Edgy snakeskin print packaging
Perfect hybrid of feminine and bold
Ideal for formal wear
It's important that a perfume communicate certain things about a woman. The best fragrances instantly create a feeling and mood. We selected scents that can do all of those things, and will make people take notice of you. Jimmy Choo Signature is ideal for the woman who wants to leave everyone wondering, "Who is that?" when she enters a room. Donna Karan Cashmere is timeless, elegant, and great for woman of all ages, making it ideal for someone seeking a scent they'll turn to over and over again. When casting a love spell isn't an option, Calvin Klein Obsession should come pretty close for the woman hoping to intoxicate a suitor. If you want something enrapturing that will leave everyone wanting more, consider the bold Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium. Women who have a bit of punk within them, but still like to show off their femininity should look to Vera Wang Rock Princess. Whatever your personality, you should feel represented by our list.
4. Marc Jacobs Daisy
Marc Jacobs Daisy (appx. $49) is the ideal fragrance for a young woman, or anyone who is vivacious and young at heart. Inside a bottle with a lovely cap, designed after its namesake flower, is a playful combination of strawberries and clean white woods.
Delicate hints of violet
Perfect graduation gift
Fades quite quickly
5. Donna Karan Cashmere
Donna Karan Cashmere (appx. $50) looks as unique, modern, and inspiring as it smells, so give it to a woman who is one of a kind. If you apply this on a morning when you're feeling groggy, it will instantly wake you up with its orris hints, a type of European iris.
Rare bouquet of ingredients
Citrus undertones
Good for all ages
6. Calvin Klein Obsession
Don't be surprised if your spouse can't keep his hands off you when you're wearing Calvin Klein Obsession (around $92). This fierce fragrance is for the woman who isn't afraid of her sensuality, with "come hither" notes of oakmoss and amber.
Spicy addition of coriander
Comes in an alluring bottle
Ready for valentine's day rendezvous
7. Ralph by Ralph Lauren
Even if you've already blown through your luxuries budget, you don't need to settle for subpar fragrances. Ralph by Ralph Lauren (around $57) was developed by world-renowned scent master Alain Alchenberger, currently the director of the most prestigious perfume school.
Stimulating hints of green apple
Slightly sultry musk
Too mild for some
8. Estée Lauder Pleasures
One spray of Estée Lauder Pleasures (appx. $40) might have you daydreaming about a romantic picnic in a meadow. It contains a well-selected bouquet of peonies, lilies, and other blossoms, plus some exotic notes that balance out the otherwise innocuous scent.
Remains fragrant all day
Reminiscent of spring rain
Bottle is unimaginative
9. Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline
You'll want to display Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline (about $41) prominently on your vanity, since it comes in such a stunning bottle. This exotic scent will put you in the mood for traveling the world, but it is a bit too daring for formal wear.
Earthy bamboo and balsa wood tones
Ideal for summer
Doesn't last all day
10. Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue
Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue (about $56) is for the dreamer, the artist, and the adventurer in your life. With irresistible white rose and bluebell flowers, it's an uplifting scent that is subtle enough for those who don't want to overpower people with their fragrance.
Slightly fruity undertones
Suitable for active women
Bottle is rather chunky
Why You Should Wear Perfume
Since the person wearing the perfume also feels their spirits lifted by the scent, there will be a generally good atmosphere in the room.
Between makeup, accessories, hair styling products, and appliances, women have a lot to keep up with in their beauty regimen. That could be why wearing a fragrance is one habit that often falls by the wayside for many. That's a shame, however, because covering oneself in a beloved fragrance can do a lot for the body and mind — it even affects the way others perceive you. Research has found that women's faces appear prettier to others when they are emitting a pleasant odor. Scientists suspect that the same parts of our brains that process smell also analyze sight, and even evaluate attractiveness. If you don't have time to do your lip liner and mascara one day, a quick puff of perfume might enhance your look just as much, if not more.
Perfume also allows you to communicate some of your personality and mood to the outside world. Some fragrances smell playful, others seductive, many smell sporty, and there are even varieties that come off as dramatic. Depending on how you're feeling one day, you can select the appropriate fragrance to help you emanate that sensation to those around you. The right perfume can also help enhance your current mood, or even help change it to a better one.
When you have an important day ahead of you — perhaps containing a big meeting or a first date — wearing perfume is a must. Fragrance boosts confidence. Think about it: nobody can feel entirely secure when they're worried about a bad odor coming from their body. A lovely scent eradicates that concern. Depending on the fragrance you choose, it may even help to elevate the mood of those around you, meaning that when people are near you while you're wearing certain scents, they may become happier, making it more likely for the date or meeting to go well. Since the person wearing the perfume also feels their spirits lifted by the scent, there will be a generally good atmosphere in the room.
These Scents Boost Your Well-Being
Scientists have long studied the complex connection between scent and human psychology. They know that a smell can do a variety of things, from relieving stress to enhancing productivity. If you plan on wearing a fragrance, you may as well double its perks by selecting one that is good for your overall well-being. Some scents are particularly effective at that. On the day of an important exam, or perhaps during a trip to a foreign country where customs and rules are all brand new to you, consider a spritz of cinnamon. Studies have found that this ingredient sharpens the mind, so it's a good one for times you must stay on your toes.
When stress levels are high, seek out a fragrance boasting pine — it's shown to have remarkable calming effects.
When stress levels are high, seek out a fragrance boasting pine — it's shown to have remarkable calming effects. You've likely experienced that in another way, by taking a walk through a forest. One of the reasons you felt better after that walk, in addition to the connection with nature, was the scent of the trees. Another surprising smell that is good for us is that of fresh cut grass. If you've ever stepped out in the morning after a neighbor has mowed their lawn, you may have experienced a pep in your step. That's because this smell releases a chemical that increases feelings of joy. If you, or someone you know, is feeling blue, grab them a perfume infused with the essence of grass.
You can even make your perfume a part of your energizing morning routine, along with coffee and a cold shower. The smell of citrus has been found to be very energizing, so spray a little clementine or grapefruit scent on at the start of your day. As for the evening, when it's time to wind down and perhaps spend time with your significant other, you can switch to a pumpkin fragrance, as this squash has an aphrodisiac effect. If headaches are interfering with your relaxing evening (or any part of your day), you can use an apple-infused fragrance since the smell of this fruit can reduce migraine symptoms.
How To Wear Perfume The Right Way
Once you've picked out the perfect fragrance for you or a friend — though women are more likely to buy one for a boyfriend — it's important to go over the do's and don'ts of wearing fragrances. Improper use and care of the stuff can cause the opposite effect of what you wanted, and make you the reason people cover their noses.
Pressing skin together like that causes friction that heats up the perfume, and changes the way it smells.
First thing's first: proper storage. Perfumes do not respond well to drastic temperature changes. Extreme hot or cold can alter their composition and, therefore, the way that they smell. So, while displaying your pretty bottle in front of your vanity may look nice, you must make sure it isn't in direct sunlight or sitting beneath hot bulbs for hours. It's best to store this product at room temperature. Also, keep in mind that perfume doesn't stay perfect forever, so you may not want to buy a massive bottle and allow it to sit around for a year — oxygen exposure eventually ruins the smell. It's best to purchase fragrances in small portions.
You likely grew up watching your mother spray a little bit of her perfume on her wrists, rubbing them together, and then dabbing those around her neck. This, unfortunately, is not a good idea. Pressing skin together like that causes friction that heats up the perfume, and changes the way it smells. Just hold the bottle about six inches from the desired location and spray — but never rub. Finally, don't forget to put a little on your clothes and hair.
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Last updated on March 07, 2019 by Brett Dvoretz
A wandering writer who spends as much time on the road as in front of a laptop screen, Brett can either be found hacking away furiously at the keyboard or, perhaps, enjoying a whiskey and coke on some exotic beach, sometimes both simultaneously, usually with a four-legged companion by his side. He has been a professional chef, a dog trainer, and a travel correspondent for a well-known Southeast Asian guidebook. He also holds a business degree and has spent more time than he cares to admit in boring office jobs. He has an odd obsession for playing with the latest gadgets and working on motorcycles and old Jeeps. His expertise, honed over years of experience, is in the areas of computers, electronics, travel gear, pet products, and kitchen, office and automotive equipment.


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Student Evan Arsenault '21 Touts Internship as Invaluable Experience MacKenzie Riley Young | July 17, 2020
Last summer, business administration student Evan Arsenault gained real-world experience through his internship as a human resources intern for Trividia Manufacturing Solutions in Lancaster, NH. Trividia manufactures over-the-counter health care products and provides them to more than 50 other corporations that sell the products to retailers across the country.
With more than 100 employees, Trividia tasked Evan with assisting the Human Resource Manager in recruiting, onboarding, and training new staff. This included data entry and internal data reports for administration, file maintenance, and organizational projects. Evan was also given the opportunity to sit in on phone screenings and interviews and was responsible for giving feedback on applicants' performance.
Evan says he enjoyed experiencing a professional atmosphere and being treated accordingly – even though he is still working on his undergraduate degree at Thomas College.
"It is encouraging that all of the work I completed at Trividia assisted the HR manager, as well as the company, while I acquired more knowledge about the corporate workplace," he says. "I am extremely grateful for the opportunity because I gained invaluable experience; earned college credit; and, got paid for it."
At Thomas College, Evan is studying business administration. He also plays varsity basketball; works as an assistant in the Advancement Office; and, is a member of both the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and the InterVarsity Club.
"I love Thomas because of the close-knit community and the opportunity it gives you to grow as a student and as a person. Thomas provides every service and opportunity possible to help students reach their full potential," says Evan.
Evan notes that both his professors and the Career Services staff have helped lead him to job and internship opportunities, and for that he is thankful.
"Career Services prepared me in every way for the opportunity at Trividia, and without that department, I feel that I wouldn't have been successful in my application process."
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Roller Coaster Coin Commemorates 120th Anniversary of Loop the Loop
Cook Islands. 5 dollars. 2021. Silver .999. 1 oz. 38.61mm. smartminting. Mintage: 1,901. B. H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt, Munich.
Description of the Coin
One side depicts the vertical loop of a roller coaster, in which a car with three passengers dares to complete the inversion. In the loop LOOP / THE / LOOP – 1901/2021, in the left field 120th ANNIVERSARY, in the right field CONEY ISLAND, N.Y.
The other side depicts the mirror-image of the exact same loop with passengers; inside the portrait of Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley (signature IRB below the neck). Around it the legend ELIZABETH II – 5 DOLLARS – COOK ISLANDS
In 1901, the world's first roller coaster whose loop did not endanger the lives of its passengers opened at Coney Island. Due to the circle-shape design of their loops, all previous roller coasters had exposed passengers to such high g-forces that they risked serious injuries of their cervical spine. When Loop the Loop started, the competing Flip Flap Railway with a loop of 25 feet (= 7.62m) produced in its passengers g-forces of incredible 12g. For comparison: today, the world's highest roller coaster is Kingda Ka in New Jersey with a height of 139m, it exposes its hedonistic passengers to 4.5g for a short amount of time; the frontal impact of a car at 45 km/h amounts to 16g.
The technological solution to the question of how to reduce this figure was replacing the circular shape with an elliptical design in a teardrop shape, which was first used by engineer Edwin Prescott to build Loop the Loop. However, even though Coney Island was a perfect location for this new attraction, Loop the Loop did not become a commercial success. Only a few people were willing to pay 10 cents to expose themselves to the still uncomfortable ride through the loop. As early as in 1910, Loop the Loop was dismantled.
Nevertheless, Loop the Loop became an icon of the American entertainment industry. CIT Coin Invest commemorates this epochal roller coaster on its 120th anniversary with a coin, which is a technological masterpiece, too. Thanks to smartminting© technology, the roller coaster is depicted on BOTH sides(!) in ultra-high relief on the coin edge. Prior to the development of enhanced smartminting technology, such a coin was downright impossible.
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Maggie is turning three years old already! How does the time go by so quickly? Now that she is getting a bit older, she voices her opinions about things she wants. So, you won't be surprised to hear that she wanted a "Frozen" party theme at her third birthday. Isn't that what every little girl is asking for this year?
Of course, this meant I had to go "Pinterest crazy" with fun Frozen Ideas….
We had her birthday at the Virginia Beach Bounce House and I cannot say enough wonderful things about their facility. We had our own private party room for two hours where I was able to set up food, snacks, etc. They provided pizza, paper products, and juice boxes. I brought the other food and snacks that I wanted to have at the party.
With booking a party at the Virginia Beach Bounce House, we were also able to have access to their private party bounce room for one hour- so we had five bounce houses all to ourselves in the private party room. It was awesome! The adults could talk without having to chase their kids around and the kids bounced together without anyone else. I absolutely love this feature that the Virginia Beach Bounce House offers in their party packages. It is totally worth it!
This was an easy one. I just bought a bag of trail mix and added blue M&M's. I found plain blue M&M's at Party City.
I love this three tier plate rack. I use it all the time. I brought it out and put carrots and grapes on it with a little note that says, "Sven's Reindeer Snacks" and it added a cute Frozen touch!
I got this adorable idea from Like Mom and Applepie. I simply downloaded the FREE printable, printed it, cut it out and taped them onto the water bottle. So simple and so cute! Hop over and download yours here.
I also got this cute idea from Like Mom and Applepie. I got the straws from Michael's for super cheap. Grab these adorable paper straws by clicking here.
My wonderful friend helped me bake these cupcakes and they were a hit! She made the icing herself and it came out the perfect light blue. She just added a few drops of blue food coloring. Then we added pearl candy to all of them and she made snowflakes out of white chocolate and added those to some of the cupcakes for an extra "Frozen" touch. They were adorable and delicious!
I love rice crispy treats. They are SO easy to make and you can add food coloring and cookie cutters to form them into whatever party theme you are having. (See Valentines Day themed rice crispy treats here). I made light blue and dark blue rice crispy treats to add to our blue Frozen theme.
I also made cute "Frozen" themed party favors for the kids to take home with them….
I absolutely love, love, love this party favor by Poofy Cheeks. She used it as Valentine cards, but I used them as party favors. SO CUTE! Get the FREE printable here.
I love this cute "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" favors from The Purple Pumpkin Blog. I added three big marshmallows (for the body), two little marshmallows (for the feet), two pretzel sticks (for the arms), three chocolate chips, and one tick tack (for Olaf's nose). You can also use candy corn, but it's not season, so I had to stick with tick tacks. Get the FREE "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" printable here.
I can't say enough good things about the Virginia Beach Bounce House! They are very accommodating and the private bounce room is AMAZING! And once your hour in the private bounce room is over, the kids can jump for as long as they want in the regular bounce room. It's wonderful!
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He got down on one knee in the living room during a Grey's Anatomy commercial break... I sobbed, and he asked. I told him I'd think about it and we laughed!
We met in a tequilla training session for a new restaurant that was opening in Nashville called St. Anjeo. in October 2013. He was a bartender and I was a server! We worked together for a couple months and then hung out outside of work at the company Christmas party. Eventually, we went on our first date in January, dated for a few weeks, invited him to New Orleans for my bday party in March and were pretty much official when we got back.
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Mum who pretended to be happy at 20st loses third of weight without ditching carbs
EXCLUSIVE: Self-confessed 'carb queen' Jill Ross, 50, managed to lose seven stone without giving up her beloved pasta, rice and potatoes with the help of Slimming World
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With her 50th birthday two years away, Jill Ross looked wistfully at pictures of her dream dress.
At almost 20 stone and a size 24 she knew she must make changes if she was to wear it for her celebrations.
Self-confessed carb queen Jill feared she'd never slim down as every weight-loss plan she tried restricted her beloved pasta, rice and potatoes…until she found Slimming World.
Now she's lost 7st and eats carbs every day!
And she's not the only one who spent years trying and failing to cut out carbs unnecessarily.
New research from Slimming World and YouGov found more than a third of people who tried to lose weight have attempted to follow low-carbohydrate diets.
Jill admits she used to pretend to herself that was happy (
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However people said they were difficult to follow, left them feeling hungry, bored and restricted in what they could eat.
Just like Jill who, as a self-confessed carbohydrate queen, feared she had no hope of losing weight because every diet she had tried restricted the amount of carbs she could eat, making her miserable.
But now Jill has lost seven stone – giving her a whole new lease of life.
"I don't know what the final straw was," Jill says.
"I've been big all my life. Looking back at pictures I was a chunky child. But I got to the point where I thought I am kidding myself that I am happy like this."
Even better, she's managed to lose weight without having to give up her favourite carbs (
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By following a Slimming World Food Optimising plan, where unrefined carbs such as rice, pasta and potatoes are 'Free Food' (these can be eaten to satisfy your appetite, without being weighed, counted or measured), Jill is now a trim size 12-14.
"I remember shopping for holiday clothes just before I joined Slimming World and there was nothing that fitted and anything I did get just looked like a sack," she recalls.
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"I was 48 and I thought I am not going to be like this when I am 50.
"I'd seen a dress on a website before I started losing weight that I loved, and I thought if I ever got to a size 14 I would get it. So now I've got one – it's a 1950s style, fitted with a fur collar, and I love it."
For years Jill had been pretending that she was happy despite her size – even when the scales tipped 19st 10lb.
Jill used to dream of owning dresses she feared she would never fit into (
But when she finally decided to make a change she struggled to find a diet plan that would fit in with her love of carbohydrates.
She explains: "I am a carb queen, every meal I have has carbs in it. I suppose it was the way I was brought up – you have carbs on your plate and everything else goes round them.
"If someone said I had to cut them out I just couldn't do it. It makes me miserable. I had tried losing weight with other plans and it was all weighing, measuring, counting.
"Everything had a value, and I just found I had to restrict my carbs too much and I couldn't do it.
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"I got obsessed with counting, weighing everything where it got to the point it was all I could think about all day long. I used to think if I eat that now, then I can't eat later in the day.
"I realised it just wasn't healthy so I gave up – until I found Slimming World."
The plan was Jill's dream because she could still enjoy her favourite foods and lose weight too.
She says: "At Slimming World, carbs are unlimited. The plan is put together where you fill a third of your plate with fruits and veg or salad, then the rest of your plate is made up of Free Food which have no limit on them, and then your 'Syns' so you have a set number of Syns each day which are things you would expect, like fats and sugar.
"But carbs are free foods – bread is restricted but you can have rice, pasta and potatoes. So that's why it works for me because I can still eat my carbs."
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Jill swapped her usual sugary cereals and blueberry muffin breakfasts for high-fibre cereals, fruit and yoghurt – and sometimes even a healthy version of a full English.
She explains: "You can have a big cooked breakfast with no guilt at
all – lean bacon, poached egg and baked beans."
Instead of having a big sandwich and a packet of crisps at lunch, she now has a jacket potato topped with tuna or beans.
And for dinner she still has her favourite rice and pasta dishes, but she has ditched high fat, creamy sauces for low-fat versions.
Jill used to eat crisps for lunch (
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Instead of eating chocolate and crisps for snacks at work, train planner Jill now finds that she doesn't really get peckish between meals.
The mum of one from Leeds, says: "Your taste buds really do change. I'm finding with the meals I'm eating now I feel fuller for longer so I don't really snack as much, but if I do it tends to be raw veg, or Slimming World high-fibre cereal bars."
Whereas before she used to hate shopping and wore baggy clothes to hide her figure, now she loves nothing more than hitting the high street and shopping for clothes she once never dreamed she could wear.
The 50-year-old says: "I couldn't believe it the first time I pulled on a size 14 dress. For a long time I just carried on wearing the same baggy clothes I had always worn because I just couldn't see the difference in myself.
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"When you lose that amount of weight a big psychological switch has to flick at some point for you to realise what you have done.
"For a long time when I looked in the mirror I didn't see a difference at all – even when I had lost six stone.
"went on a shopping trip with a friend I had made at Slimming World and I tried on things I had never tried before – it was just an amazing feeling to be able to try on a size 14 dress.
"Since then I've got into size 12s as well. I feel fantastic, I can walk into a shop and I can buy clothes that I like the look of.
"I don't just buy stuff because it fits, I buy stuff because I like it.
"I had a photoshoot done in November which I would never have done before and I love the pictures.
"It has given me a new confidence. I go running two or three times a week and I did a 10k in November, so losing weight has completely transformed my life. I feel like a different person."
And it's not just Jill who is reaping the benefits – husband Andy, 57, is a fan of his wife's slimmed-down look.
"My husband is loving it.
"He works away a lot but when he is at home he eats the same as me.
"He's happy, if I'm happy. I feel amazing."
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IBD and the Gut-Brain Connection
'Known evil is better than unfamiliar evil. I have notice that the more I understand about IBD, the easier it becomes to manage and live with it.' Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walnus
As a health scientist and 'expert patient' who has spent more than 20 years researching IBD and whose work has changed the way IBD is managed in clinics worldwide, Dr Mikocka-Walnus is ideally placed to bring all the latest research findings and clinical experience together in a truly up-to-date, evidence-based guide for people with an IBD diagnosis and their families, friends and carers. As well as general considerations including what science tells us the condition is and how it is currently treated, she addresses issues in relation to age (there is an epidemic now among children and teenagers) and circumstances (sexuality and fertility). Most importantly she looks at the gut-brain connection and with it, mental health in IBD, the two-way relationship with stress, and the pros and cons of psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and antidepressants.
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Antonina Mikocka-Walus is Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at Deakin University, Australia; Visiting Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Adelaide, Australia; and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of York, York, UK. She completed her doctoral studies in medicine at the University of Adelaide and has since worked in several Australian and British universities. The main theme of her research has been the psychology of IBD. She has contributed to the international guidelines on IBD care. Her research has led to changes in how IBD services operate, with her recommendations for the use of an integrated model of care now being implemented in several clinics worldwide, including Australia, Europe and South America. She has published widely, with over 90 research papers, book chapters and books, and has received multiple research grants to fund her studies in IBD.
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Problems in Twentieth Century French Philosophy
Sean Bowden
Mark G. E. Kelly
Published September 30, 2020 by Routledge
Published June 5, 2020 by Routledge
Read through the lens of a single key concept in twentieth-century French philosophy, that of the "problem", this book relates the concept to specific thinkers and situates it in relation both to the wider history of philosophy and contemporary concerns.
How exactly should the notion of problems be understood? What must a problem be in order to play an inaugurating role in thought? Does the word "problem" have a univocal sense? What is at stake – theoretically, ethically, politically, and institutionally – when philosophers use the word? This book addresses these and other questions, and is devoted to making historical and philosophical sense of the various uses and conceptualisations of notions of problems, problematics, and problematisations in twentieth-century French thought. In the process, it augments our understanding of the philosophical programs of a number of recent French thinkers, reconfigures our perception of the history and wider stakes of twentieth-century French philosophy, and reveals the ongoing theoretical richness and critical potential of the notion of the problem and its cognates.
Working through the twentieth-century, and focussing on specific thinkers including Foucault and Deleuze, this book will be of interest to all scholars of French philosophy.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.
Foreword: Problems in Twentieth-Century French Philosophy Introduction: Problematizing Problems 1. The Misadventures of the "Problem" in "Philosophy": From Kant to Deleuze 2. Bergson's Method of Problematisation and the Pursuit of Metaphysical Precision 3. An Anti-Positivist Conception of Problems: Deleuze, Bergson and the French Epistemological Tradition 4. Cavaillès, Mathematical Problems and Questions 5. Lautman on Problems as the Conditions of Existence of Solutions 6. Simondon on the Notion of the Problem: A Genetic Schema of Individuation 7. On the Problem and Mystery of Evil: Marcel's Existential Dissolution of an Antinomy 8. Towards A Phenomenology of Sagesse: Uncovering the Unique Philosophical Problematic of Pierre Hadot 9. The Errors of History: Knowledge and Epistemology in Bachelard, Canguilhem and Foucault 10. Problematizing the Problematic: Foucault and Althusser 11. Foucault, Psychoanalysis, and Critique: Two Aspects of Problematization 12. Problematization in Foucault's Genealogy and Deleuze's Symptomatology: Or, How to Study Sexuality Without Invoking Oppositions
Sean Bowden is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of The Priority of Events: Deleuze's Logic of Sense (2011).
Mark G.E. Kelly is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, Australia. His most recent book is For Foucault: Against Normative Political Theory (2018).


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Hope for Britain as Spain coronavirus deaths see smallest rise for two weeks while France and Germany lower fatalities
Tom Michael
Updated: 14:09, 6 Apr 2020
SPAIN saw its smallest rise in coronavirus deaths for nearly two weeks today as France, Germany and Italy all recorded lower fatalities.
The new figures offer a glimmer of hope to millions battling the bug across a beleaguered Europe that countries may be starting to turn the tide on the deadly disease.
In Spain – one of the worst hit countries on the continent – the daily death toll dropped for the fourth straight day today, with 637 patients dying overnight, taking the total to 13,055, the government said.
Though Spain has the second-highest death toll in the world after Italy, the number of deaths each day has been falling since Thursday's peak of 950, according to health ministry figures.
After yesterday's fall, the country's PM Pedro Sanchez said: "We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel."
In Germany too, the daily death toll fell to 92 – the lowest in the week – taking the total from 1,342 to 1,434.
We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel."
Pedro Sanchez, Spanish PM
The number of new confirmed cases in the country also fell for the fourth straight day in a row, in a sign that lockdown measures might be beginning to work.
The country announced 3,677 new infections – lower than the 5,936 reported on Sunday – taking the national total to 95,391, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases.
France's hospital death toll also fell for the second day running yesterday, while intensive care admissions slowed.
The French health ministry said 357 people died from Covid-19 in hospitals, compared with 441 in the previous 24 hours, taking the total toll in hospitals to 5,889.
It said that 2,189 people had died in nursing homes since March 1, taking France's total death toll to over 8,000.
And Italy – the hardest hit country in Europe – yesterday reported its lowest daily Covid-19 death toll since March 19, at 525.
This came a day after deaths in the country dipped below those in Britain for the first time.
The number of patients in badly stretched intensive care units also fell for a second day running, while new cases saw their smallest rise in five days, increasing by 4,316.
And in a sign of hope for the UK, Italian health chiefs are now discussing how to go about lifting lockdown restrictions under "phase two" of the country's coronavirus strategy – though they could not give a timescale.
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Home Company Leadership
Kevin Brueggeman
Kevin Brueggeman has twenty years executive leadership experience as a President and CEO serving clients, team members, and stakeholders in the assessment, technology, and education industries. In addition to Scantron, he has held such leadership positions at other name-brand organizations like Educational Testing Service, Pearson, Sylvan Prometric, and Harcourt. He has led companies with 100 to more than 1,000 team members and with dozens to more than 10,000 clients under a variety of ownership structures, including private equity, joint-venture, and corporate divisions.
He has extensive experience in business mergers and acquisitions, business turn-arounds, and leading organizational growth while improving customer satisfaction, team member engagement, and enterprise value. Kevin also has a long track record of attracting outstanding leadership talent and developing high-performing management teams.
Professional Highlights:
Twenty years of leadership as a President, CEO
Deep experience in educational assessment, certification & licensure testing, educational technology, managed technology services, and global markets.
Completed the Minnesota Executive Program at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Long track record of attracting key leadership talent and developing high-performing management teams.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kevinbrueggeman/
Nikki Eatchel
Senior Vice President & Chief Assessment Officer
Nikki Eatchel has more than 24 years of experience in the assessment industry. She has spent the majority of her career focused in the areas of assessment development and psychometrics and has served in executive leadership positions for these areas in a number of global assessment organizations. In her positions, she has worked in various testing segments, including education, certification and licensure, and employment testing. She has also served as an assessment and business consultant for various national and international organizations.
Her responsibilities have spanned the full spectrum of assessment activities, including assessment analytics, assessment design, assessment development, blueprint development, item bank design and management, item development, test administration, test publishing, scoring and reporting. She has been personally responsible for large-scale assessment development for global programs as well as state-wide clients — working in some capacity with all 50 states within the U.S. She has added to her well-rounded approach to the assessment industry by serving in leadership positions in product management, program management, client support, and business development. She has also worked in the arena of employment litigation support, preparing testimony for teams representing both the prosecution and the defense.
Global expert in the development, administration, and analysis of both large-scale and small-scale assessments.
More than 24 years of experience working in the certification and licensure, pre-employment, higher education, and k-12 assessment markets.
Leads a variety of teams in professional services (e.g., program management, customer support, professional development) to fully support overall assessment programs.
Has presented more than 60 papers and presentations at such conferences as ATP, E-ATP, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the International Personnel Management Association (IPMA), and the Council on Licensure, Enforcement, and Regulation (CLEAR).
Associations and Affiliations:
Chair Emeritus, Association of Test Publishers, Current
Chair of the Board, Association of Test Publishes, 2017
Chair of Security Committee, Association of Test Publishers (ATP) Committee in 2011-2014
Email: Nikki.Eatchel@scantron.com
Twitter: @nikkieatchel
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nikki-eatchel-8b14513/
Bryan Reel
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Bryan Reel has spent more than 20 years architecting state-of-the-art software solutions in a variety of fields. With Castle Worldwide, he led the development of a suite of industry leading solutions covering exam development, exam administration & scoring, and a variety of candidate management systems. As the Chief Technology Officer, Bryan is responsible for Scantron's long-term, strategic vision for certification and assessment-related technical solutions as well as well as the day-to-day operation of Scantron's systems and technical services.
Before his time in the assessment industry with Castle Worldwide, Bryan spent more than 12 years in software system architecture and development within the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. There he built a strong track record of technical excellence and leadership in high-stakes, security focused environments. His specialties include advanced data visualization, GIS, modeling and simulation, business intelligence, and decision support systems.
More than 20 years of experience developing software and nearly 10 years of experience within the assessment industry.
Architected solutions from the ground up covering nearly every aspect of assessment.
Microsoft Certified Professional leading a team of highly skilled technical experts.
Presenter and/or panelist of numerous Association of Test Publishers (ATP), Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) and National College Testing Association (NCTA) conferences.
Email: Bryan.Reel@scantron.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bryanreel/
Cathy Pickoski
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Cathy Pickoski has more than 25 years of experience leading high performing sales and marketing teams in environments of rapid growth and change. She began her career at MCI Telecommunications establishing herself in progressive leadership roles within the Consumer, Commercial and Public Sector Markets, which culminated in leading the Field Segment Marketing team for Western Global Accounts with annual revenues in excess of $800M. She then moved to Qwest Communications running the North Texas/Oklahoma Region and growing revenues more than 400% during her tenure. In late 2005, she joined Plato Learning to lead sales teams in the K12, post-secondary and channel markets as the organization transformed to a Software-as-a-Service business. During this period, her teams exceeded annual revenue goals and secured key contracts at the state level along with securing multiple contracts at the district and post-secondary level.
At Scantron, Cathy leads domestic and international teams for all lines of business across the product portfolio, focusing on enhancing the customer experience and driving her teams toward areas of long-term opportunity and growth.
More than 25 years of success in transforming sales and marketing organizations.
Extensive experience in the technology and assessment market segments
Expertise in global market development and operations
Email: Cathy.Pickoski@scantron.com
Twitter: @CathyPickoski
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cathy-pickoski-84a68ba/
JoAnn Smith
Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis
With more than 30 years of experience leading accounting and finance, JoAnn Smith heads the finance department for Scantron. She is responsible for company forecasting, planning, reporting, pricing analysis, and sales compensation along with the contracts and order management functions. As lead in this role, JoAnn manages team members across multiple locations throughout the organization.
In previous positions, JoAnn has directed general accounting, financial reporting, project costing, sales compensation, account receivable and payable functions. She has also been responsible for developing internal controls and processes. Her expertise also includes leading the consolidation of multiple accounting and financial reporting organizations while providing leadership during divestitures, acquisitions and realignment of combined finance organizations.
More than 30 years of experience leading accounting and finance departments.
Comprehensive knowledge regarding integration and process management during mergers and acquisitions.
Expertise supporting international and domestic lines of business.
Email: JoAnn.Smith@scantron.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joann-smith-1a07824/
Brian Janning
Vice President of Field Operations
For the last 29 years, Brian Janning has held various management roles in the field service and support operations field. Leveraging seven years of prior manufacturing experience as a quality engineer, Brian has directly managed depot repair operations, technical support operations, technical training, and a nationwide field service organization. These teams supported a wide variety of products and services while serving a diverse customer base in many vertical markets.
Leading all operations at a national service organization, Brian has driven advancements in technology and process improvements creating cost savings and competitive advantages for his organization. His experience includes major involvement in multiple acquisitions, large-scale projects for national customers, technical sales support, systems and process conversions, along with profit and loss responsibilities.
Direct operational management of
Depot Repair and Logistics Operations
Help Desk and Technical Support Teams
National Field Service organization
More than 29 years of experience in the support of a wide variety of products and services in IT environments for a diverse customer base
Demonstrated leadership in national IT service and solutions organization
Email: Brian.Janning@Scantron.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brian-janning-a567a122
Kim Larsen
Vice President of Managed IT Services
Kim Larsen has more than 28 years of experience and first-hand knowledge working in the SMB Marketplace. She has been responsible for the sales, purchasing and deployment of more than $150 million of IT infrastructure, including: IT Managed Services, Network Design and Implementation. Kim also brings a wealth of financial management expertise, business partnership acquisitions, financial reporting and budgetary oversight to Scantron.
Kim provides leadership and financial guidance for the continued development of an innovative, robust and secure Information Technology environment. During her time at WRK Systems, her guidance strategy on realignment of the Managed Services Support model helped grow the organization by 210% in three years. Additionally, during her realignment of support strategies, she was also able to grow gross profit margin on services by 15% during the same three year window.
Proven ability to implement Managed Services Support models and strategies to substantially grow business
More than 28 years of experience working in the SMB market with extensive experience relating to IT Managed Services
Expertise in financial management, business partnership acquisitions, financial reporting, and budgetary oversight.
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Trust X Alliance
Email: Kim.Larsen@scantron.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kim-larsen-1bb0b58a/
Vern Kathol
Vice President of Hardware and Managed Print Services
Vern Kathol has more than 35 years of leadership experience in the information technology space including expertise in the areas of Technical Support Operations, Depot Repair Operations, Purchasing, Inventory and Logistics Operations, and IT Governance. The breadth of his experience has also allowed him to play key roles in M&A activity within the Scantron Technology Solutions brand. As Vice President of Hardware and Managed Print Services, his responsibilities include the development of growth vision and strategy, the execution of that strategy via organic service development, the creation of strategic alliances and the support of acquisition strategy.
His development of strategic alliances has driven growth in Hardware Maintenance, Managed IT and Manage Print Services lines of business. Vern has also established Scantron Technology Solutions as a key producer for a number of strategic alliance partners. In conjunction with the organic development of services, his IT Governance responsibilities produced supporting systems which earned him and his team the company's prestigious Pillar of Excellence Award for Innovation.
More than 35 years of experience in the information technology industry
Skilled in the development of growth vision and the execution of strategy to achieve results and long term cultural evolution
Successful integration of acquisitions in support of geographic expansion strategy
Organic development of market-leading Managed IT and Managed Print product lines
Development of top-producing strategic alliances with major OEMs
Email: Vern.Kathol@scantron.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vern-kathol-69241414/
Michael Stanush
Michael Stanush joined Scantron Corporation with nearly a decade of legal experience. As the company's legal and governmental affairs expert, Michael's responsibilities include compliance, contract drafting and negotiation, labor and employment issues, and M&A concerns. Having worked for technology startups and medical device companies, as well as private equity firms, Michael brings with him years of legal experience advising companies on numerous matters, including those related to corporate governance, labor and employment, healthcare compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and privacy compliance. Also no stranger to technology, Michael's expertise with licensing, privacy, data risk, and HIPAA regulations was an added benefit as he joined the Scantron team.
In addition to his legal work, Michael has extensive experience with public relations and state politics—having worked for both the Speaker of the Texas House and on the judge staff of Justice Simmons. In that capacity, Michael assisted the Texas Speaker with initiatives put forth during the legislative session and assisted Justice Simmons in the development of the Judicial Committee on Information Technology.
Expert in corporate governance, labor and employment, healthcare compliance, privacy, technology licensing, and mergers and acquisitions.
More than a decade of legal experience and additional expertise relating to public relations as well as state politics.
Board Member for the Young Texans Against Cancer
Big Brother in the Big Brother, Big Sister Program
Member of ACLU
Email: Michael.Stanush@scantron.com
Tracey Ellis
With more than 22 year of experience in Payroll and Human Resources, Tracey Ellis leads all HR related activities for Scantron—overseeing HR needs for Assessment Solutions, Technology Solutions and Scanners and Forms. She began her HR career at Weyerhaeuser in Payroll and General Accounting then moved to ConAgra where she held several HR roles, including Payroll Supervisor for the Food Ingredients Division. Eventually, Tracey joined Scantron where she has held progressive leadership roles during her 14 year tenure, specializing in employee relations. She has also developed significant experience with acquisitions and employee integration.
Tracey is certified in Human Resources through both the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resources Management.
Certified in Human Resources through both the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resources Management
More than 22 years of experience working in Payroll and Human Resources as both a generalist and a specialist
Super-user during major software conversions at three companies
SHRM-CP
Member of Society of Human Resources Management
Member of Human Resources Association of the Midlands
Email: Tracey.Ellis@scantron.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tracey-ellis-hr


Last year, artist Abi Overland launched Abi Overland Jersey, a new homeware brand starting with a collection of stunningly detailed, illustrated ceramics.
The collection consists of two designs - the intense, patternful Jungle Collection and the striking Panther Collection - each of which introduces you to a different part of Abi's wondrous illustrated world. Bringing together her impressive and unique illustrations with luscious gold detailing and slightly eccentric styling, Abi has created a flawless brand with a classic yet contemporary feel.
First off, why did you decide to create your own homeware brand? Was there something about ceramic art in particular that attracted you?
I've always been a big fan of ceramics and loved collecting tea cups from bric a brac and antique shops, I really enjoy the delicacy of images and colours translated onto this medium and so when I decided to start my own business I was really drawn to it.
I hear you are a bit of a tea enthusiast - is one of your own now your go to cup?
Oh but of course! I use the tea cup and saucer for my morning coffee and then the tankard for endless cups of tea that get me through the day!
You artworks are incredibly detailed - how long does it take to complete each drawing? And do you ever envy those with more simplistic styles?
I do from time to time, but nothing beats the satisfaction of finishing a drawing that has been painstaking and has taken me weeks or months to get there, whenever I add dots to a drawing it always make it take a thousand times longer, it's my favourite way of working though albeit not the most commercial.
Your collection is styled beautifully. Did you style them yourself and who did the photography?
I tried some tests with the styling to see the sort of thing I wanted but it was my lovely friend and photographer Max Burnett who really brought the pictures to life. We just did the photography at my house, it was handy that I have this wonderful old table that added some brilliant warmth and texture to the photo's. I wanted to add some slight quirks to the photos so I spent a day spray painting all sorts gold which worked out really well.
How have you found working for yourself as a business owner?
For the most part it is absolutely amazing, as with doing freelance it's sometimes hard to get out of your own head when worries start to creep in, I found that more at the beginning than I do now, it's great to have so much support which really helps you get the confidence that it's all going to be alright!
What part of owning your own business have you found hardest?
I do wish I was a bit better at the figures part of owning a business, whereas I enjoy the designing and the promoting I have found that is something that I've really had to knuckle down and get right which doesn't come naturally to me.
Where do you do your creative work? And if money was no object, where would your studio be and what would it be like?
What about where you live - do you think your interior design style matches your illustration style?
I feel like my illustration style does reflect certain aspects of my own personal style however I think it is more heavily influencing by my upbringing, my dad had a wonderful flair for interior design and had a great love of art deco. I think my illustrations more reflect an homage to my wonderful childhood in that sense.
So creativity runs in the family?
My dad has always been a lover of design and creativity, although he's not an artist he is always busy creating and designing something, he owned a jewellery shop for a while and had designed some absolutely stunning pieces for it.
How big a role does creativity play in your life? Have you always been creative?
Are there any illustrators or ceramic artists you are particularly loving at the moment?
One individual that I always adore looking back on for inspiration is Ernst Haeckel, the biologist, with his intensely detailed illustrations of animals and sea creatures. I enjoy how surreal they look but are based on real factual living things which is something I always try to convey in my work.
And finally, what's next for you and your business?
I want the brand to form into an all encompassing home-wares brand, so I plan to very soon bring out new products and will hopefully be doing my first trade show later on this year and see where it takes me!


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    static CMutex sMutex;

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    static inline MarlinRightsManager& getMarlinRightsManager() {
        sMutex.lock();
        MarlinRightsManager *instance = rightsManager;
        if (instance == 0) {
            instance = new MarlinRightsManager();
            rightsManager = instance;
        }
        sMutex.unlock();
        return *instance;
    }

    bool getLicenseData(const string& in_contentId,
                        string& out_rights);

    bool getLicensePath(const string& in_contentId,
                        string& out_rightsPath);

    bool store(const string& in_contentId,
               const string& in_accountId,
               const string& in_subscriptionId,
               const string& in_rightsPath);

    bool remove(const string& in_contentId);

    string splitContentId(const string& in_contentId);

private:
    MarlinRightsManager();
    virtual ~MarlinRightsManager();
    RightsDb *mDatabase;

    static const string DATABASE_NAME;
    static const string TABLE_NAME;

    string getStringValue(const string& selectionName,
                               const string& selectionValue,
                               const string& destColumnName);

    string toSqlString(const string& source);

    string readBytes(const string& filePath);

}; // class

}; // namespace marlincdm

#endif /* __MARLIN_RIGHTS_MANAGER_H__ */

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One of the key challenges faced in the 21st century is to ensure that the land is used in a sustainable way, and it is difficult in a globalised world because demand in one region has an impact on land use in other parts of the world. The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at the University of Copenhagen is participating in a European project that seeks to unravel these complicated links.
Palm oil is a prime example of how demand in Europe affects land use in Asia via complex, almost opaque processes, making it difficult to guarantee that the oil palms are cultivated in in a sustainable way. The same problem applies to many other products. Researchers from the Department, together with seven other European universities and 12 public- and private-sector organisations, have received funding of €3.7 million to unravel these complicated links. The money comes from Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
Europeans are eating more and more processed food, which often has a very high palm oil content. The oil is also used to an increasing extent in industrial products such as shampoo, detergent and biodiesel. One effect of the increasing demand is that the area used for oil palms in Indonesia tripled between 2006 and 2017 and now accounts for a total of 12 million hectares – the combined size of Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands – most of which used to be covered by tropical rainforest.
"Demand for certified palm oil in Europe is on the rise, partly to prevent deforestation due to new plantations," explains Associate Professor Thilde Bech Bruun.
The purpose of the COUPLED project is to develop a new analytical framework that links local developments with global trends. It compares studies of local conditions in the countries that produce products such as palm oil, with analyses that follow the money, consumer demand, decisions, political demands, etc. in both directions. This makes it possible to involve methods from many different disciplines such as geography, ecology, economics and anthropology.
The core of the project consists of 15 PhD projects at the eight partner universities, two of them at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management. The students will deliver new analytical tools and a new understanding of how globalised socio-ecological systems function. The projects will also identify where and how private and public-sector organisations can work together to make sustainable decisions.
The project COUPLED: Operationalising Telecoupling for Solving Sustainability Challenges for Land Use starts in January 2018. Associate Professor Thilde Bech Bruun and Professor Ole Mertz will supervise two PhD students at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management. The supervision will take place in close collaboration with the other seven universities, international companies and institutions.
The European Commission's Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Programme is funding the project. The coordinator is Professor Jonas Østergaard Nielsen at the Humboldt University in Berlin.


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Q: How to for loop check array in javascript? I have two array:
var listOfObjects = [{ "name": "A", "data": [{'value1':'1','value2':'2'}] },
                     { "name": "B", "data": [{'value1':'','value2':''}] }];
var markedImage = ["A","B","C"];

and this is my code:
function checkData() {
        var invalidDoc = [];

        for (var i = 0; i < listOfObjects.length; i++) {
            for (var j = 0; j < markedImage.length; j++) {
                if (listOfObjects[i].name== markedImage[i]) {
                    for (var k = 0; k < listOfObjects[i].data.length; k++) {
                        if (listOfObjects[i].data[k] == "") {
                            var invalidfile = markedImage.indexOf(listOfObjects[i].name);
                            invalidDoc.push(invalidfile);
                            break;
                        } else {
                            var valid = markedImage.indexOf(listOfObjects[i].name);
                            validDoc.push(valid);
                        }

                    }

                } else {
                    var invalidfile = markedImage.indexOf(listOfObjects[i].name);
                    invalidDoc.push(invalidfile);
                }
            }
        }
    }

What I want to do is check both array.
First check is : If item in markedImage is not exist in listOfObjects, push the index of markedImageinto invalidDoc.
Second check is : the data of listOfObjects cannot be empty, if it is empty push the index of markedImageinto invalidDoc.
For example,
Expected result for invalidDoc is [1,2]. Because data of "B" in listOfObjects is empty, "C" is not exist in listOfObjects. 1 and 2 is the index of "B" and "C" in markedImage.

A: Check this example. I used the reduce function over the markedImage array to find elements that are not present in the listOfObjects and check the data arrays.
isDataEmpty is a function which does the validation of every data array. You can change its logic according to the desired result.

var listOfObjects = [{ "name": "A", "data": [{'value1':'1','value2':'2'}]}, //not empty
                     { "name": "B", "data": [{'value1':'','value2':''}]},   //empty
                     { "name": "D", "data": []},                            //empty
                     { "name": "E", "data": [{'value1':'1','value2':'2'}]}, //not empty
                     { "name": "G"},                                        //empty
                     { "name": "H", "data": [{'value1':'','value2':''},
                                             {'value1':'1','value2':'2'}]}];//empty
var markedImage = ["A","B","C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H"];

function isDataEmpty(data) {
    // You can add any validation conditions here.
    // I assume that your data is an array and that by empty
    // data you mean that array may be empty, undefined,
    // or have some objects with empty 'value1' or 'value2'
    return !data ||
           data.length === 0 ||
           data.some(function(d){return d.value1 === "" || d.value2 === ""});
};

function find(array, name) {
    for (var i in array) {
        if (array[i].name === name) return array[i];
    }
    return null;
}

var invalidDoc = markedImage.reduce(function(acc, cur, i) {
    var found = find(listOfObjects, cur);
    if (!found || isDataEmpty(found.data)) {
        acc.push(i);
    }
    return acc;
},[]);

console.log(invalidDoc);

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Health Alliance earns A+ rating from Better Business Bureau, ethics experts
Honor helps consumers know they're working with trustworthy businesses with high standards
Health Alliance names Dennis Hesch president and chief executive officer
OSF HealthCare joins forces with Health Alliance to care for people on Medicare
(Champaign, Ill. | Oct. 1, 2019) — OSF HealthCare and Health Alliance are entering a unique partnership to offer new Medicare Advantage health plans for Medicare beneficiaries in 17 central and northern Illinois counties. These plans are designed to further elevate health care and coverage, while serving the specific needs of patients throughout the state.
For third year in a row, Health Alliance earns J.D. Power member-satisfaction honors in the region
For second year in a row, Health Alliance earns J.D. Power member-satisfaction honors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—With its long-time dedication to the provider-driven model to best serve Health Alliance members, it's no surprise Health Alliance Medical Plans earned J.D. Power acclaim for "Highest Member Satisfaction among Commercial Health Plans in the Illinois/Indiana Region" in the J.D. Power 2018 Commercial Member Health Plan StudySM for the second year in a row.


Jonny Cline founded UK Toremet Ltd in 2010 in order to fill a void in the skyline of the international and local philanthropic scenery.
With over 15 years of public sector and social sector management experience, Jonny took the plunge to fix just a little of what was wrong in order to make the future a little more fun.
Jonny was born in Manchester and moved to Israel at the age of 18.
Having studied psychology and sociology/anthropology at Bar Ilan University, Jonny worked in organisational development in the hi-tech industry before moving to the public sector and then to the 3rd sector.
Jonny has served as the senior emissary of the Jewish Agency to Western Canada, CEO of the World Union of Jewish Students, and Director of Development for organisations including the Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center.
Jonny lives in Modiin with his wife and three children, and commutes frequently to be "on the ground" in England.
Yacov founded T-KG at age 17 with a focus on societal impact and social return on investment. In its initial stages, T-KG clientele consisted of foundations/family offices, NGOs and the government. Always touting the importance of including key stake holders and in building broad coalitions spanning the public/private divide, T-KG gradually moved into servicing large corporations. Since that time, and thanks to the support and partnership of his wife and business partner Stephanie Zobel de Sarachaga, T-KG has expanded internationally. Yacov recently recognized the need for a new form of sustainable investment that includes impact oriented opportunities in both private companies and NGOs and thus expanding his current social investment efforts.
Yacov has diversified his community involvement over the years to include packing meals for persons who are ill and home bound with AIDS, working as a medic, firefighter and police officer. When he is not traveling for business or charity, Yacov enjoys training for charity-runs and amateur running competitions.
Roberta d'Eustachio (Rd'E) is an entrepreneur obsessed with delivering media from the philanthropists point of view. That desire led to founding The American Benefactor, the first consumer magazine for philanthropists as well as the ongoing evolution of Giving Magazine, a hard-copy and iPad publication in development and now a cornerstone of the AmbassadorsForPhilanthropy.com website.
As a philanthropic advisor, Rd'E has consulted with leading global brands, including The Economist, the Financial Times and The World Bank as well as philanthropists, social enterprises and non-profits around the world.
In addition to her work as the leader of the Ambassadors website, Rd'E is the chief of staff to the British government's founding Ambassador for Philanthropy, Dame Stephanie Shirley.
Qualified with a ten- partner firm in 1979 and then spent four years in the tax department at the London Office of Touche Ross (now Deloittes), Michael is head of tax and business advice in the firm.
Philippe began his career in the financial service industry 25 years ago as an apprentice at Bank Julius Baer in Zurich .In 2001 Philippe left Union Bank to launch his own firm, P.J.Weil Ltd. – Individual Wealth Management and Consulting. In 2003 he established his second company, P.J. Weil Trust (2003) Ltd., and in 2005, founded Belsito Asset Management Ltd. in partnership with Liz Moradov. Today Philippe is actively running this Multi-Family Boutique functioning as Director, Trustee, Board Member, Wealth Manager, Consultant and "Personne de Confiance" to a number of globally selected families of wealth.
Together with her husband, Yacov Crawford Zobel, Stephanie strives to achieve societal change, both through their management consulting company T-KG and more recently through their investment fund. Her years of experience in legal and corporate communications, international NGO's and the music industry have strengthened T-KG with sustainable impact and unprecedented growth.
Stephanie leads the family's foundation and is often seen at the forefront of fashion and culture throughout the region. Her support for social entrepreneurship is exemplified through her assistance to young and up-and-coming artists & designers and mentoring young minority women intent on pursuing their dreams. "Empowering those dedicated to societal change is a life focus." Stephanie's efforts illustrate her belief that society, organizations and government must be interdependent and reciprocal in order to achieve positive and sustainable transformation.
When she is not traveling for business or charity, Stephanie enjoys pursuing her love for fashion.


I'd just like to warn English users that Monty Python and the brancaleone movies are a different kind of humor. I know it's impossible not to compare this to "Monty Python and the holy grail", but please keep in mind that the sketches here are not meant to be absurd, this is not surreal humor. On the contrary, they're fun because they're painfully realistic. This is a bitter humor Italian classic, so please don't expect the script to be "british". Also, part of the epicness lies in the fake old Italian language used through the movie, and some scenes are gonna look plain if just subbed. Having said that, enjoy the movie, it's gonna make you smirk, but you may want to watch "L'armata Brancaleone" first.


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The sport of turkey hunting is one that is centered on gear. We begin each turkey season with our turkey vests slam packed full of gear that we feel will make us a successful hunter. Looking like a walking sporting goods store, our obsession with gear rivals our love for the sport itself. The hunters that enter the woods armed with nothing more than a suit of Mossy Oak, a shotgun, and a mouth call are certainly in the minority these days, and many of their gear-laden fellow hunters chide these basic hunters and assure them they will not be successful if they do not have the latest and greatest gear.
While turkeys can still be killed in this simple fashion, having quality gear can impact a hunters' success in the spring woods. One category of gear that certainly has a place in every turkey hunters' arsenal is quality locator calls. While most hunters have at a minimum the tried and true owl and crow calls (if they cannot replicate these calls with their natural voice), some hunters also employ calls such as a wood duck call or a coyote howler in their attempts to get a turkey to sound off. The bottom line is that locators are crucial pieces of equipment because they can get a turkey to shock gobble and give away their location, allowing hunters the ability to target the best place to set up without having that turkey approach them as they move into position.
Harold Knight is a man that needs no introduction among the turkey hunting community. A true legend of the spring woods, Knight has had the same impact on the sport of turkey hunting that Vince Lombardi and Jack Nicklaus have had on their respective sports. If you have watched his companies' Ultimate Spring video series as faithfully as the crew at Wild Turkey Report has, you know that Knight and hunting partner David Hale lean heavily on locator calls to pinpoint spring gobblers.
Given Harold Knight's affinity for locators, it should come as no surprise to see the company that bear his and longtime partner David Hale's names rolling out two new locators just in time for the 2012 spring turkey season. The Knight Owl is a barred owl locator that is built out of aluminum, giving the call louder, crisper sounds than those produced by plastic or wood-made calls. Also new for 2012 is the Hale Damage crow call, which like the Knight Owl, is made out of aluminum, which will give you the volume and pitch needed on those windy days or when you are wanting to strike a turkey from long distances.
For more information on Knight and Hale Game Calls, visit their website at www.knightandhale.com!


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Rodersdorf est une commune suisse du canton de Soleure, située dans le district de Dorneck.

Géographie

Rodersdorf se situe au nord-ouest du pays, à la frontière avec la France.

Rodersdorf fait partie avec quelques autres villages de l'exclave du canton de Soleure, sur le versant suisse du canton de Bâle-Campagne.

Ce village est limitrophe des municipalités de Metzerlen-Mariastein en Suisse et de Bettlach, Biederthal, Leymen, Liebenswiller, Linsdorf et Oltingue en France.

Références

Commune du canton de Soleure
Enclave intérieure en Suisse
Site construit à protéger dans le canton de Soleure

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