LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (19/JUN/2013.) - The Bolivian government has declared today a national emergency due to the drought in four of the nine states of Bolivia, where nearly 17 000 families have been left homeless, informed Ruben Saavedra of the Ministry of Defense,.
Drought affected twelve municipalities in the regions of Chuquisaca, Tarija, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, with slightly more than 86 000 hectares and almost 49 000 heads of cattle, the senior official explained.
One of the most affected areas is the Chaco, which forms part of the territories Tarija, Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca.
The cabinet and the President Evo Morales today have been evaluating the data to declare an emergency state has been requested by the National Council for Disaster Reduction and Emergency.
The regional and municipal governments can reallocate funds to meet emergencies caused by drought and the Ministry of Economy and Finance will grant additional funds.
The Vice Ministry of Civil Defense have a budget of 2.6 million dollars to alleviate the need for drinking water for the victims and livestock in the affected areas, according to the minister.


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By MINLU ZHANG in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-12-02 11:05
Travelers with face masks wait for public transportation services at the International Airport in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on Feb 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
The first known case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the United States has been identified in a San Francisco resident who recently returned from South Africa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and California health officials announced Wednesday.
The individual returned to California from South Africa on Nov 22 and tested positive for the virus on Nov 29, said Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, at a White House news briefing.
The infected person had mild symptoms and has recovered, Grant Colfax, director of San Francisco's public health department, said at a news conference Wednesday. The individual had the full Moderna vaccine regimen but not the booster shot, he said. Close contacts with the individual were notified and have tested negative so far, officials said.
Since it was first identified by scientists in South Africa on Nov 25, the Omicron variant has been found in at least 23 countries and regions across four continents, including Belgium, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, the UK and elsewhere, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a tweet that it should be assumed the variant is elsewhere in the US.
"There's no reason to panic — but we should remain vigilant," Newsom said. "That means to get vaccinated. Get boosted. Wear a mask indoors."'
At his news briefing, Fauci urged Americans to get a booster shot and not to wait for variant-specific boosters.
"We may not need a variant-specific boost. We're preparing for the possibility that we need a variant-specific booster," Fauci said. "But the mistake people would make is to say, 'Let me wait and see if we get one.' If you're eligible for boosting, get boosted right now."
The US imposed a travel ban Monday for noncitizens who have traveled in South Africa and seven other countries in the past 14 days.
Federal health officials also have directed airlines to provide the CDC with the names and contact information of all passengers who boarded flights bound for the US since Nov 29 and who had been in southern Africa during the past 14 days.
"CDC is issuing this directive to prevent the importation and spread of a communicable disease of public health importance," a CDC statement said.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is expected to announce on Thursday stricter testing requirements for all travelers entering the US, according to federal health officials, The Washington Post reported.
Top health officials are considering requiring all travelers — including US citizens and permanent residents — to be tested for the coronavirus the day before their flight and be tested again within three to five days of arrival, regardless of vaccination status or country of departure, according to CNN.
A mandatory quarantine for US citizens returning home isn't under consideration, according to a White House official, CNN reported.
Those who flout the new requirements might be subject to fines and penalties, according to the Post. If the fines and penalties are enforced, it would be the first time such penalties are linked to testing and quarantine measures for travelers in the US.
The CDC confirmed in a statement that the agency is working to revise testing requirements for travelers to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.
"A revised order would shorten the timeline for required testing for all international air travelers to one day before departure to the United States," CDC spokesman Jason McDonald said in a statement.
"This strengthens already robust protocols in place for international travel, including requirements for foreign travelers to be fully vaccinated," he added.
Currently, vaccinated travelers are required to test three days before boarding flights. The CDC also continues to recommend that all unvaccinated travelers should self-isolate and quarantine for seven days after arrival, even if they test negative, McDonald said.

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Fiberglass insulation has been the standard material used in attics and walls for many years. But there's another material that is gaining popularity, and for good reason. Cotton insulation is a bit harder to find than fiberglass insulation and may cost you a bit more, but it offers several advantages to fiberglass. Specifically, it is a safer choice for your family and a more sustainable choice for the environment. Here's a closer look.
Cotton insulation is made from recycled materials.
By choosing cotton insulation, you're helping reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. Most brands make their cotton insulation either entirely or mostly from recycled or reclaimed material – namely denim. The scraps leftover from making jeans, material from jeans and other denim items that are made improperly and can't be sold, and even used denim that is returned to collection centers can be used to make insulation. If it were not for the cotton insulation industry, most of this material would just end up in landfills, so your purchase is like a vote for recycling and reusing when possible.
Cotton insulation is safe to handle with bare hands.
Installing fiberglass insulation can be more difficult than you'd think, particularly because you have to be so careful to avoid inhaling the fiberglass strands or getting them on your skin. Fiberglass can make you itchy, and it's certainly not good for your respiratory tract. Cotton insulation, on the other hand, is absolutely safe to handle with your bare hands. It's just jean material, after all! You can install it while wearing shorts and a tank top -- and you don't need a respirator.
You don't have to worry about kids and pets coming into contact with cotton insulation.
If it's easy to access the attic in your home, you may worry about kids and pets getting up there and being exposed to fiberglass insulation. Getting fiberglass strands in their eyes or mouth would certainly not be good! While it would certainly be preferable for your kids and pets not to chew on cotton insulation, it's not nearly as big of an issue as them being exposed to fiberglass.
To learn more about cotton insulation, talk to an insulation contractor such as Tracy's Insulation, Inc. This safe, sustainable alternative to fiberglass will keep the heat in your home without harming anyone you love, and thanks to increasing awareness, it can be found at many home improvement stores.


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2019 is right around the corner, which means it's finally time for a new Wellness Calendar. Our 2019 calendar features a brand-new interior design. More holidays are included along with more space to write some notes and goals for your month. A quick 2020 year at-a-glance is also included in the back of the calendar.
Even if your company doesn't have an official wellness program, you can use this calendar to keep track of monthly health awareness initiatives and fun holidays to celebrate with your employees. If you want to take wellness to the next level, you can talk to an expert at Austin Benefits Group – no obligation or hassle!
Step Challenge – Schedule in a 30-day Step Challenge and use our Checklist & Timeline. Weight-loss resolutions are popular at this time of year and your Step Challenge can help employees get started.
Blood Pressure/Cholesterol Screening Reminder – High blood pressure, cholesterol and other heart issues are very common and are easy to treat if identified. Remind your employees to get these screenings as part of their free preventive care services under eligible plans.
Share Heart Healthy Tips – check out these 15 heart-healthy ideas you can easily share by email or social media with your employees.
Employee Appreciation – How are you showing appreciation to your employees? Offer a warm gesture of gratitude to your team – we're talking about more than a pizza lunch! Even if you don't have a budget for this celebration, you can keep it super personal by hand-writing thank you message to each employee. Your thank-you messages will have a big impact if you're mentioning a specific project, effort, success of each person instead of a generic message.
Financial Tips – U.S. Tax Day is in April, so help employees by offering reminders, and include additional tips. Talk about your 401K, IRA, or other financial benefits. You can also keep it simple and post ideas for saving money in the short and long term.
Hydration Challenge – as the weather starts to heat back up, focus on healthy hydration habits. Create water intake trackers for individuals, create a giant tracker to showcase your team-wide results, and offer intermittent rewards for participation.
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Comedy Special, TV Show, or Movie Screening Lunch – keep your next company-wide lunch free of stressful business updates. Watch comedy special, tv show or funny movie together to lift everyone's spirits. Make sure to check on the content if you have a more conservative office or you can let employees vote on a selection of options.
Wear Blue Friday (Friday before Father's Day) – Go blue on casual Friday in support of awareness for Men's Health Month.
5K Walk – The weather is warm, so look for a 5K that supports a cause that aligns with employees' values. Most 5K events will be on a weekend or in the evenings, so look for ways to offer an incentive to attend. For example, offer to donate a certain monetary amount for every company attendee, give out company apparel or swag, etc.
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Well-being Lunch Series – Host a weekly lunch and learn for your employees. Try out a new healthy catering option each week and talk about physical, mental, and professional well-being topics. Check out our list of 82 Well-Being Lunch & Learn Ideas.
Flu Shot Clinic – Flu Season is coming so contact a local provider to bring this service to your employees. Getting a flu shot in the office makes it much more convenient for your employees and you can even allow them to bring covered dependents to take full advantage.
Clean Hands – While allergy season may be on the way out, cold season is on the way in. Gift each employee with mini hand sanitizers or install auto-dispensing units throughout your office.
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Fundraiser for Local Breast Cancer Support Charity – Mammogram screening may not be relevant to most of your employees, so show your support by holding a fundraiser. Offer an incentive for your employees to participate, for example, the Austin team holds regular "Jean Week" fundraisers and donate for a day or the whole week. The company often offers a 100% match for whatever amount our team raises.
Healthy Halloween Trick or Treating – Instead of a sugar overload, challenge your team to come up with creative and healthy treats to hand out for "office trick or treating".
Healthy Holiday Potluck – Host a "Friendsgiving" potluck-style lunch and challenge employees to bring dishes that feature healthy components. Check out our 31 Days of Healthy Holiday Recipes for ideas.
Adopt-a-Family – Support a family in need. Let employees pick out gifts and host a small gift-wrapping party to celebrate the season.


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Владислав Гавриилович Багров (род. , ) — советский и российский физик-теоретик, доктор физико-математических наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой квантовой теории поля Томского Университета, заведующий теоретическим отделом Института сильноточной электроники Сибирского Отделения РАН, член президиума Российского физического общества, член правления Российской гравитационной ассоциации, Заслуженный деятель науки Российской Федерации.

Биография
Член ВЛКСМ (1952—1966).
Окончил физический факультет Томского госуниверситета в 1961 году по специальности «физика» и аспирантуру физического факультета Московского госуниверситета в 1964 году с защитой кандидатской диссертации.

После окончания аспирантуры работал в Томском политехническом институте на кафедре теоретической и экспериментальной физики последовательно ассистентом (с 1964 года), старшим преподавателем (с 1965 года), доцентом кафедры экспериментальной физики(с 1966 года), старшим научным сотрудником (1967—1969 гг.) и заведующим кафедрой, профессором.

В 1967-69 годах, будучи старшим научным сотрудником, занимался научными исследованиями в области квантовой электродинамики и квантовой механики на физическом факультете Московского университета, где и защитил в 1969 году докторскую диссертацию по специальности «теоретическая и математическая физика»

С 1 декабря 1970 года — заведующий теоретическим отделом Института сильноточной электроники Сибирского Отделения РАН.

Учёное звание профессора по кафедре теоретической и экспериментальной физики присвоено в 1971 году.

С 1973 года работает в Томском университете. По его инициативе в 1974 году открыта кафедра квантовой теории поля, заведующим которой он является с момента основания кафедры.

Научная деятельность
Научные интересы в области классической и квантовой теории поля, общей теории относительности, математической физики. После кончины профессоров Иваненко, Соколова и Тернова, Багрова можно считать главой школы по синхротронному излучению, или теории «светящегося электрона» в России. Синхротронное излучение возникает при движении ультрарелятивиских заряженных частиц и электронов по круговым орбитам в магнитном поле и имеет многочисленные проявления в астрофизике, применения в биологии, медицине.

В. Багров является автором более 350 научных работ в отечественных и зарубежных изданиях. Удостоен премии Московского общества испытателей природы, премией Томского Государственного Университета за цикл работ по квантовой электродинамике. В. Багров является основателем томской школы теоретической физики, под его руководством защищено 35 кандидатских диссертаций.
Участвовал в школах "Излучение релятивистских частиц" как лектор (1981,1983, 1985) организованных по инициативе профессора И.М.Тернова.

Библиография

Книги
 Багров В. Г. Дополнительные главы математической физики : (Калибровоч. поля) : Учеб. пособие / В. Г. Багров, А. С. Вшивцев, С. В. Кетов; Том. гос. ун-т им. В. В. Куйбышева. — Томск : Изд-во Том. ун-та, 1990. — 143,[1] с. : ил.; 20 см. ISBN 5-7511-0054-9 : 20 к.
 Bagrov V. G., Gitman D. M. Exact solutions of relativistic wave equations (in English). Springer (1990). ISBN 0-7923-0215-X. ISBN 978-0-7923-0215-5.
 Багров В.Г., Бисноватый-Коган Г.С., Бордовицын В.А. Теория излучения релятивистских частиц. - М.: ФИЗМАТЛИТ, 2002. - 575 с.

Статьи
 Багров В. Г. Квазиклассические траекторно-когерентные состояния нерелятивистской и релятивистской бесспиновой частицы в полях специальных конфигураций / В. Г. Багров, В. В. Белов, А. Г. Караваев. — Томск : ТФ СО АН СССР, 1986. — 20,[1] с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. фил.; N36).
 Багров В. Г. Термодинамический потенциал кварк-антикварковой плазмы в постоянных неабелевых цветовых полях / В. Г. Багров, А. С. Вшивцев, Б. В. Магницкий. — Томск : ТНЦ СО АН СССР, 1989. — 16 с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. науч. центр; N 26).
 Багров В. Г.. Разделение переменных в уравнении Дирака в пространствах Штеккеля типов (2.0), (2.1) с внешним калибровочным полем / В. Г. Багров, А. В. Шаповалов, А. А. Евсеевич. — Томск : ТФ СО АН СССР, 1988. — 22 с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. фил.; N 23).
 Багров В. Г. Метод интегрирования уравнения Дирака / В. Г. Багров, В. В. Обухов. — Томск : ТНЦ СО АН СССР, 1989. — 11 с.; 20 см. — (N 57).
 Багров В. Г. Излучение релятивистских электронов в продольном периодическом электрическом поле кристалла / В. Г. Багров, И. М. Тернов, Б. В. Холомай. — Томск : ТФ СО АН СССР, 1987. — 13 с.; 20 см. — (N23).
 Багров В. Г. Квазиклассическое траекторно-когерентное представление в квантовой теории излучения электрона / В. Г. Багров, В. В. Белов, А. Ю. Трифонов. — Томск : ТНЦ СО АН СССР, 1989. — 38 с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. науч. центр; N 27).
 Багров В. Г. Движение неабелевой частицы в цветовых полях / В. Г. Багров, А. С. Вишвцев. — Томск : ТФ СО АН СССР, 1987. — 16 с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. фил.; N14).
 Багров В. Г. О возможности генерации нейтронов при взаимодействии нейтрино во внешнем поле / В. Г. Багров, В. В. Скобелев. — Томск : ТФ СО АН СССР, 1988. — 13 с.; 20 см. — (N 32).
 Багров В. Г. Эффективное действие в многомерной квантовой гравитации и спонтанная компактификация / Багров В. Г., Бухбиндер И. Л., Одинцов С. Д. — Томск : Том. фил. СО АН СССР, 1986. — 23 с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. фил.; N11).
 Точные решения релятивистских волновых уравнений / [В. Г. Багров, Д. М. Гитман, И. М. Тернов и др.]; Отв. ред. Г. Ф. Караваев. — Новосибирск : Наука : Сиб. отд-ние, 1982. — 143 с.; 21 см.
 Багров В. Г. Излучение неточечных заряженных систем в классической электродинамике / В. Г. Багров, П. В. Строков, Г. И. Флешер. — Томск : ТНЦ СО АН СССР, 1990. — 26 с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. науч. центр; N 7).
 Багров В. Г. Метод интегрирования уравнения Дирака-Фока-Иваненко / В. Г. Багров, В. В. Обухов. — Томск : ТНЦ СО АН СССР, 1990. — 29 с.; 20 см. — (Препр. АН СССР, Сиб. отд-ние, Том. науч. центр; N 22).
 Багров В. Г. Квантовая теория излучения в терминах квазиклассических траекторно-когерентных состояний / В. Г. Багров, В. В. Белов, Л. Г. Караваев. — Томск : ТФСО АН СССР, 1987. — 9 с.; 20 см. — (N24).
 Багров В. Г. Неупругое взаимодействие фотона с полем плоской волны с рождением пары (nn) / В. Г. Багров, В. В. Скобелев. — Томск : ТФ СО АН СССР, 1988. — 14 с. : граф.; 20 см. — (N 40).
 Бордовицын В. А., Тернов И. М., Багров В. Г. Спиновый свет // УФН 165 1083 (1995).

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UNLV CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas) is an officially registered, non-profit, non-partisan, social organization of Chinese students and scholars at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
For this upcoming year, our current President, Raymond Xue, along with our fellow board members, have proposed to design and create a membership discount card for all UNLV CSSA members. The purpose of this project is to further continuing relations with our existing sponsors through a mutually beneficial avenue. With our new UNLV CSSA membership card, members will be able to receive certain discounts from our sponsors. This project will not only directly benefit to our sponsors and members, but it will also raise the reputation of UNLV CSSA and our sponsors.
This will be the second year that the Festival of Communities is joining together with GreenFEST. This double festival has the combined mission to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of UNLV and the Las Vegas Valley and honor National Earth Day. Bring your family and join us on Saturday, April 12, 2014 to experience this new, bigger, and better-than-ever festival!


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Boeri: the communication and the project of the pavilions for the Anti-Covid Vaccine Plan
The structures are going to be planned in 1500 italian plazas
Architect Stefano Boeri, Alumnus of the Politecnico di Milano, has been made in charge by the emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri of planning the vaccine strategy against COvid-19, both on the communication side and on the architectonic and design planning of the facilities.
Boeri and his team worked on this project for free: as declared by Boeri in in an interview with Corriere della Sera "we worked pro-bono. Our design studio and the architecture one were involved, as well as other consultants I invoved in the project: Mario Piazza for graphics, The Blink Fish for video and Ingrid Paoletti and Niccolò Aste of the Politecnico di Milano for the engineering part. 20 people in total. This year has been terrible and that's the reason why no one of us hesitated in joining the project, trying to make sense of this crisis.
Credits: Stefano Boeri Architects
The chosen logo for the campaign is a primrose, a spring flower that represent regeneration and re-start. "If the virus has forced us to close in hospitals and houses, the vaccine will finaly start to make us begin again to join the social life and nature around us" said Boeri in the press conference to present the project "To get a vaccine will be a step towards the future, civil responsibility and love towards others. The challenge is to make the pavillions a symbol for the country, the first to be struck by the pandemic and that can describe more beauty in such a difficoult time" he concluded.
According to the project the somministration of the vaccin will be inside temporary pavillions placed in 1500 italian plazas. The pavillions will be constructed with pre-fabricated pieces and re-assembled easly, with a wooden skeleeton and covered with hydro-repellant materials, recyclable and biodegradable. Each pavillion will host a system of photo-voltaic panels to cover its energetic needs. Internally the pavillions will have the spaces to give the vaccine, to wait and to register, as well as areas for the administrative and operative staff.
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Thomas A. Northam Jr.
Tom was born in the Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington DC; the son of a career WWI and WWII infantry officer and a Walter Reed Army nurse. Eventual military service was a given.
Growing up in the 1930's and 40's as an "Army Brat", he lived on numerous Army Posts. This nurtured his love for travel and meeting new people. After graduating from Tennessee's' Sewanee Military Academy, he entered the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, class of '53. He was destined for a lifelong military career serving his country. Sports injuries led to his academic failure and eventual dismissal from West Point after completing his "plebe" or freshman year. He then entered the U. S. Naval Academy, class of '54. Again suffering sports injuries that led to substandard academic performance he was dismissed. This refueled his tenacious desire to serve his country. He then enlisted in the submarine fleet. There, he obtained an appointment again to the U.S Navel Academy, class of 56. Even he admitted he did things the "hard way". Upon graduation he embarked upon a long and distinguished career both ashore and at sea. Among his assignments he served in Italy, Vietnam and Washington DC. He served on the USS Miller (DD 535), USS Sarsfield (DD 837), USS Hermitage (LSD 34), USS Thor (ARC 4) and the USS Aeolus (ARC 3). His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Combat "V", Joint Service Commendation Medal and many more citations for meritorious service.
After retiring from the military he worked for GTE on various military contracts and traveled extensively. He participated in GTEs "Big Ride"; a bicycle ride from Seattle, WA to Washington DC. The Ride was to raise money and awareness for cancer victims. After retiring from GTE he moved to Leavenworth, WA and again became active in his community. He participated in numerous events and parades including lighting the town for Christmas and burying a Centennial time capsule. Never far from his heart was his commitment to serving his county and as such he was an active member and Commander of the Cashmere VFW post.
Tom is survived by his wife Onie, his children Thomasina Lacey (Russell), Thomas III (Cathy), Patrick and Timothy (Dee Dee ). His step-children; Laurie Branch (Sheldon) and Brian Treloggen (Julie). Eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Tom has always contended that his whole life was guided and successful only by our Lords grace. He can now thank Him for his guiding hand.
A memorial service will be held at Bothell United Methodist Church, 18515 92nd Ave. NE, Bothell, WA 98011, at 2:00 pm on 30 Apr 2018. He will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
6 Responses to "Thomas A. Northam Jr."
Sibyl M Jordan says:
Fair Winds and Following Seas Tom…
Ned Roberts says:
Onie, My sincere condolences. Tom was friend back to midshipman days. We crossed paths several times during our careers. He certainly was dedicated to a life of service.
Paul H. Bradtmiller says:
Gott segne Dich, lieber Tom!
James H (Jim) Flatley III '56 says:
Onie and Family – Tom and I were good friends at the Academy, and both from military families. Regretfully our paths did not cross during our Navy careers, I was always high in the air, while Tom plied the oceans. I always admired Tom's energy and athletism, accented with his perennial smile! While an academic "anchor man", my small class accomplishment was to rank No 2 in physicial fitness, just behind No 1, Tom Northam – where I knew I would alway rank in that respect – his across the nation's bike trek being the measure. And, I wish I'd had the opportunity to query him on where great grandchildren come from, Nancy and I have 22 grands, with no great- grands in sight. Needless to say, Tom will be missed, and the Northam family is now on our prayer list! Warm regards! Jim Flatley
Der beste Stubenkamerad!
Mike Gluse says:
Fair winds and a following sea, Tom


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'It's About Time.' For Women Working in Men's Sports, Kim Ng's Historic Hiring Means Everything
Kim Ng, Sr. VP Baseball & Softball Development for Major League Baseball and the new Miami Marlins general manager, speaks during a Major League Baseball Play Ball event on April 27, 2018 at Berry-Allen Field at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.
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By Sean Gregory
November 13, 2020 8:52 PM EST
Jennifer Wolf, the Life Skills Coordinator for the Cleveland Indians, was fixing up some things around her home on Friday morning. Suddenly, her "Women In Baseball" group chat—which includes 80 women working inside the game—started buzzing. News had broken that Kim Ng, a longtime baseball front office executive, was finally hired to run a team: the Miami Marlins made her the first woman team general manager in the history of a major North American men's sports league.
She felt elation, tinged with some frustration.
"I was so incredibly excited and proud of Kim," says Wolf, who worked under Ng (pronounced "ANG") in the MLB front office in the early 2010s. "But then I also kind of thought, it's about time." Wolf laughs, a clear acknowledgment of both her happiness about the hire, and the ridiculous nature of the wait. "This is so well deserved," she says. "But it should have happened years ago."
Ng, who will also become baseball's first first Asian-American general manager, has spent three decades working in the game: in 1998, the New York Yankees made her the youngest assistant general manager in baseball, when they hired her at 29: from 2002-2011, she was vice president and assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Recently, she's worked in the MLB commissioner's office as senior vice president of baseball operations.
At least seven times, she's interviewed for general manager's jobs. At least seven times, teams have passed over her. "You know going into it, it's going to take longer for women to get to where men get to," says Wolf. "It's kind of an acknowledgment that our road is a little harder regardless."
New York Yankees' general manager Brian Cashman, Kim Ng and manager Joe Torre (l. to R.), at announcement of Ng's promotion to vice president and assistant general manager.
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Still, for women working in baseball, Ng's hire hit home. "It's an iconic moment, it's a historic moment. For me it's just the beginning," says Alexandria Rigoli, manager of pro scouting for the Marlins. "It should be celebrated. I'm excited to see what we can do, as women in baseball and as the Miami Marlins."
"I want to be a baseball lifer," says Wolf. "If that means I'm a GM, if that means I'm a farm director, if that means I'm a special assistant, I love the game and I never want to leave. But seeing Kim in this position, just makes it that much more possible. I always knew it would be possible, for her, for me, for other women. But representation matters. I don't think it's the only thing. But it is important. It's important for people like me to have female bosses and role models and mentors. But it's also important for girls who are growing up now, and boys growing up now, to see that being a person in a leadership role is not limited to white men."
Ng's hiring was cheered by women working across sports. "I looked at her years of experience, I thought 30 years, I think she's more than earned it," says Kelly Krauskopf, who became the NBA's first female assistant general manager—for the Indiana Pacers—in 2018. "The double standard is, sometimes you see guys that work four or five years, and oh, they seem really smart, so they must be able to do this job. And then you see a woman, she's been doing the same thing for twice as long, and still has to prove herself. That's the hard part. Maybe someday you won't feel that 'prove it' mentality, or that questioning around your qualifications. That's gone. You get the chance just like your male colleagues."
Krauskopf says it's natural to think that Ng's hiring in baseball could make an NBA team more likely to give her a chance at the top spot. She knows how much representation matters; Krauskopf has been stopped by female Pacers fans in the bowels of Bankers Life Fieldhouse, who let them know that her success is breaking barriers. Young girls from all over the country sent her congratulatory notes. A family from the Dallas area reached out to Krauskopf and asked if they can bring their seventh grade daughter to Indianapolis to pick her brain about sports management: Krauskopf obliged and they chatted down on the court before a game.
According to Krauskopf, male colleagues throughout the NBA have greeted her warmly: before joining the Pacers, she ran the Indiana Fever, of the WNBA, for nearly two decades. Still, the adjustment to the NBA could be jarring. Before the 2019 draft, she entered a Phoenix gym to scout prospects. "I remember walking it, and it was a gym full of, you know, hundreds of guys," says Krauskopf. "The door opens and I walk through the door and I'll never forget, for a slow motion moment, I felt like all these eyes were on me and I'd never felt my gender more than I felt in that moment. Wow, I really am the only woman. There's not a female for miles here. And I had never felt that way before."
While working in baseball, Wolf has faced resistance. She recalls not being included in meetings, not being given opportunities for promotions and feeling relegated to administrative tasks. Wolf hopes that Ng's ascension and other signs of progress, like the San Francisco Giants hiring Alyssa Nakken as a coach, and the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs hiring women as hitting coaches, can help eradicate such thinking. "It was a big year for women in the game," says Wolf. "And then we now have a woman in the White House as VP. And so I think it's just, with all the negatives that have happened this year, and struggling through the pandemic, it's a really awesome to see the bright spots. And it gives me hope for 2021 and beyond. These women can't be the only ones. We've gotta make sure that this isn't just a one off."
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There are some fundamentals that are always worth revisiting. Film, television, theater, even commercials are all forms of storytelling. They all have a beginning, middle and end. They all have characters that go through changes. They all have a conflict and resolution. This applies to all consumed media and you notice if any of these things are missing – that's when we call something a "bad movie" or show or book or whatever. Storytelling has been around for as long as humans have smeared berry pulp on cave walls and not much has changed about the process except the technology and number of people telling the story.
Working in the modern entertainment industry, both old and new media, requires collaboration. The story needs a writer. The director is there to interpret the writing. The actor is there to give life to the story's characters. None of these jobs can tell the story alone, they all need to work together to create the final product. Yes, there may be differences in status between the roles during the course of creation, but in the end all participants at all levels have one job: to serve the story.
Speaking on actors specifically, we end up being the primary face (literally) of this process and therefore we are the focus of a lot of the scrutiny of a final product. When we do our job well even the most ridiculous stories can seem "good" and be enjoyed by the audience. And if we don't do our job well even the best material can suffer. Serving the story is the most fundamental requirement of all entertainment professionals. Yes, technique is important but those who can serve the story will always win against those who only focus on technique.
And I guess "serving the story" for many would be considered part of some people's technique, but I think you get what I'm saying so let's not quibble on technicalities.
To serve the story it is important to realize what your character's place is within the story. While in the real world we are all heroes of our own stories, in a script each role is laid out clearly and deliberately. There are our leads, the protagonist and antagonist. There are the supporting players, their friends and associates. And there are the atmosphere, the extras that make the scenes feel "real." Just as there may be differences between the status of a writer, director and actor there are also different strata for the actors with leads on top and extras at the bottom. It's important to remember that while their status may be different on set all of them are required to effectively tell the story. Each one is a cog that must work with the rest to make the machine operate correctly.
In that working together it is important to maintain the function of your place in that story. It's an issue that I see most often with actors that are new to the business. Often that are coming to it with stars in eyes and visions of fame in their heads. For them any role they portray is a chance to be the star of the show, even to the detriment of the show itself. Here's a good rule of thumb, if you are doing a show to perpetuate your own glory then you are working against the show and you are not serving the story. Worst of all, your attempt to shine actually draws the wrong kind of attention to you and will tarnish your reputation making it harder for you to achieve your initial goal in the first place.
What the naive actor does not realize is that the best way to shine is to do your specific part the best that you can within the parameters of the role. This is demonstrated regularly in the characters that we fall in love with who may not be the overall "star" of a piece. Characters like Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday in Tombstone or Jennifer Coolidge's Paulette in Legally Blonde. These were supporting characters that stood out, in a very strong way, in films that were not missing plenty of star power in general. They did not make an effort to steal the show, they were just doing what they were hired to do so well that the quality of the work could not be denied.
In my personal opinion, and I'm confident that I'm not alone in this, this is what we as actors and performers should strive to do. All stories are bigger than the single performer. We all have our place, some larger than others, but when everything works together, when the collaboration is effective, then we get the kind of art and entertainment that people not only enjoy but return to over and over again – a classic!
If you are a creative, this video will sounds very familiar – but it's a universal message. Lord knows I've been down this road a few times. Determination, persistence and touch of naivete is usually enough to win the day – it's just the "day" in question usually lasts for years.
It's Day 249 and we are still on location shooting East of Jesus in Oregon. I always have high hopes about my abilities to post and generally "social media" when I do things like this. In my head I know I only have one job to focus on and so naturally that means that I'll have all kinds of extra time to be able to commit to maintaining everything else that I like to do like this site, my Twitter feed, and my Facebook page, but that's never how it turns out. Regardless of what may be perpetuated by conventional wisdom it takes a lot of work to make a film at any level. It's a lot of hard work in a very short amount of time. You are dominated by factors that you cannot control, like the weather and unexpected technical problems, and even in the best case scenarios getting it done right means being focused and and dedicated. Distractions like this site, my Twitter feed, and my Facebook page all start to feel pretty small when you have a whole set of people relying on the ability to be on set, memorized, and good. I'm not very good at doing both jobs. Rene really has a better handle on that. Sometimes I think I should just make her the Andersen Family documentarian and photographer. We still have some shooting to do, but we got an unexpected day off today due to rain so I forced myself to catch up on all my stuff – hence this post.
Below are some select images from the shoot and an exclusive video of Rene from the beautiful Oregon Coast when we hiked up the side of the sand hill. Enjoy! And if you like these then you can see even more over at my Facebook page.
Rene and I have a mantra for this year: Only Do What Serves The Mission.
Pretty simple, really, when you boil it down. We have come up with a series of goals that we want to achieve. These goals combined are The Mission and all the things we do, public and private, need to help advance The Mission.
This mind set has kept us very focused, which hasn't always been the easiest thing for us the last few years. Personally speaking I've been professionally scattered since 2006. At the time I was a year into my producing career and wasn't really pursuing acting. There were some major changes in my personal life and these things converged into a reactive state of mind instead of me being proactive. To that end I followed the money, since I needed it, but it was money without passion or drive so it wasn't satisfying and really only paid enough for it to barely be enough. Some good things came out of that time, mostly friendships and a few projects here and there, but a majority of that time was spent with the career equivalent of a headache. Who wants that?
The worst thing is, I know what it's like to do things the other way. For most of my career I was a "damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!" kind of guy. My head was down and I charged forward. I knew what I wanted and didn't let anything get in the way. I quit jobs, didn't worry about advancement, didn't let anything get in the way of the bigger goal – The Mission – and I had a lot of success doing that.
But then the fear came.
It's really easy to keep doing what you know you should when you are experiencing more success than failure. But eventually that scale is going to tip and that's when you start second guessing yourself. Am I doing this right? What if people don't like it? Where's my next paycheck coming from? A whole bunch of questions that spawn from fear. Don't get me wrong, fear can be valuable. It can be a motivator, keep you out of hazardous situations, and heighten your awareness, but if you let it control you then you've lost track – you're not serving The Mission.
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Once you have your goals you need to make sure that your whole team is on the same page. This is really important. Nothing can derail a plan like conflicting ideas on where you're going. I've watched this, more than anything else, destroy so many strong projects. And it isn't always obvious that you aren't on the same page until it's too late. It takes some very honest introspection to see if things are all going the same direction or if you're just hoping that they are. But when you are on the same page it hits you in the face, metaphorically, to remind you that it's happening. Rene and I have repeatedly remarked to each other how relieving it is to be on the same page together. It's made things so easy. Even hard decisions seem to just naturally fall into the right answer. That's a very freeing advantage.
Asking the question, "does this serve The Mission" also gives you the greatest power in all business – the ability to say, "no." If used right, "no" is the the single most powerful word in any language. It is a definitive negative and doesn't allow for any mis-reading. It might be ignored, but your intention is never in question. Knowing what to say no to is a skill that can be learned and should be practiced.
What we're doing isn't new and it isn't a secret, lots of very successful people do this all the time. What we have done is identified the process in a way that works well for us – and so far it's working beyond expectations.
Do you have a Mission? Is there anything you'd add to the process? Let me know in the comments.


Campaign Against Dunn Reaches New Low With Ethics Complaint Against Chief Of Staff David Rountree » Mr. Dunn Goes to Montgomery | Who's Behind the Mask?
And: I have re-written this story since it was published on April 18. Initially, I reported that Yellowhammer News violated a privacy clause in the Ethics Commission prohibiting the publishing, such as on the Internet, of ethics complaints that are unresolved or that are resolved without taking action. I believe I was in error on that point and apologize. It's been pointed out that the privacy clause in all likelihood applies to to the commission, and not others who are provided a complaint and then publish it. Yellowhammer and Coal Jobs Count and all others involved in drafting and promoting coal miner John Box's complaint would merely be guilty of the type of sleazy, underhanded acts that have been the norm in the campaign against Dunn. If you read this story, I believe you will question how anyone could possibly turn such innocent acts into an ethics complaint, and, thus, the firs step toward a criminal charge.
And consider the following from the state ethics law. It regards the filing of an ethics complaint by a person who is acting on behalf of the true complainant in order to conceal that person's identity.
The complaint may only be filed by a person who has or persons who have actual knowledge of credible and verifiable information supporting the allegations contained in the complaint. A complainant may not file a complaint for another person or persons in order to circumvent this subsection.
Yellowhammer News is the bright, shiny, much viewed conservative site about Alabama Politics run by Cliff Sims. "Coal Jobs Count" is a new group sponsored by the Alabama Coal Association. Among the Coal Association's members: Alabama Power.
On Tuesday afternoon, the two websites reported that Tuscaloosa coal miner John Box had sent a complaint to the Alabama Ethics Commission accusing David Rountree of committing two violations of the state ethics law. Both reports described the complaint in detail. Yellowhammer went a step further — it published the entire complaint, as well as two exhibits attached to the complaint.
Odd thing is, the Ethics Commission had not yet received the report.
Rountree, as you may know, is chief of staff to Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn. He, like Dunn, has faced withering attacks in the past 16 months by so-called news organizations like Yellowhammer and shadily funded non-profits like JobKeeper Alliance notable for their allegiance in all matters to Alabama Power.
In a moment, we will dissect the laughable complaint that "accuses" Rountree of 1) going on a TV news show to defend his boss against accusations by "Coal Jobs Count"; and, 2) listing his state cell number on a virtually non-existent political action committee that was formed to try to raise money for Dunn.
On Tuesday afternoon, I — like thousands of others who follow Alabama politics and receive notifications of developments over Twitter and e-mail — learned that coal miner John Box had made an ethics complaint against Rountree. Twitter tells us that Yellowhammer's Cliff Sims "tweeted" news of his story at about 2:30. The story was shortly thereafter 're-tweeted" by Coal Jobs Count, which also had its own story.
Whether "Coal Jobs Count" had the story before or after Yellowhammer, I do not know. Probably it was a tie, since they serve the same master. Portions of each report matched the other verbatim. A more important question: Was Box's complaint and and the accompanying stories proofed (if not actually drafted) by Alabama Power's governmental relations gurus or political consultants/lobbyists working for Alabama Power?
The likelihood that Box drafted the complaint and did the research that went into is close to nil, as I will soon explain.
Here's a portion of the top of Yellowhammers' web-site after the story was posted. You can see the link to Box's complaint in the first sentence of Cliff Sims' story. And below: Box, via Facebook, shares Yellowhammer's story about his complaint. Sounds like he's pretty proud of that ethics complaint of his.
How did Sims get a picture of Box?
Box also appeared in a video produced last year. Its other participants included Dunn-bashing non-profits JobKeeper Alliance and PACE and various others associated with Alabama Power's favorite political consulting firm, Matrix LLC.
Rountree learned about Box's complaint against him by reading it on Yellowhammer. When I read the stories I assumed that Box had already filed the complaint. Rountree contact the commission and learned that, at least as of late Wednesday, it had not yet arrived at the commission.
The first charge relates to a recent TV interview Rountree did with Fox 6 in Birmingham, which I have not seen. Rountree told me that Fox 6 contacted Dunn's office to say that someone with the coal industry or a group supporting the coal industry had contacted the station and urged them to do a report on Dunn.
Coal Jobs Count held a press conference in February to announce its creation. Shortly thereafter it moved on to the real business at hand — slamming Terry Dunn with bogus claims that he's trying to kill jobs. Someone should ask executive director Tiffany Bittner to identify a single coal job lost due to actions by Dunn in his four years at the PSC. She's the new shill on the block, joining, among others, Patrick Cagle of JobKeeper Alliance, and Lance Brown of PACE.
It may have been Coal Jobs Count, a new group led by former TV reporter Tiffany Bittner. The group is incensed or in any event pretending to be about a piece of legislation that was drafted at Dunn's request but which was not even introduced in the recently concluded Legislative session. The legislation would prohibit businesses who sell fuel to Alabama's regulated utilities from donating in PSC campaigns. This would apply to providers of natural gas as well as coal.
Alabama Power and its employees, like Mobile Gas and Alagasco, is already prohibited from donating to PSC races. Dunn's proposal would simply add fuel providers to the prohibition.
It's a famous truism that coal interests, including the coal association, are the primary sources of funding in PSC elections. They serve as a stand in for Alabama Power. Given Alabama Power' dominance of the Legislature, the likelihood of Dunn's legislation passing, ever, is beyond remote.
That hasn't stopped Alabama Power lackeys like Yellowhammer and Coal Jobs Count from howling about all the coal jobs that Dunn's legislation is sure to eradicate. On top of that stretcher, they add another: Dunn's ultimate goal is to eliminate coal donations to others so he can load up on campaign cash from environmentalists.
Rountree, as a long-time former journalist, has among his duties served a media relations role for Dunn, as he did with the two previous commissioners for whom he worked, Susan Parker and Jim Sullivan. He called Fox 6 at the allotted time, expecting to be answering questions along with the anti-Dunn "coal person" who'd contacted the station. Instead, it was only Rountree. Someone had provided the reporter the catalogue of complaints about Dunn.
Rountree answered a few questions, and hung up the phone. Interview over.
I can't say for certain that they set a trap, but it sure smells like it. After all, the complaint by Box — the miner in the Coal Jobs Counts video — accuses Rountree of going on a TV news show "during work hours;" and, once there, of "discussing the type of political donations" that the Dunn campaign would accept. Rountree, in order to reply to the ludicrous charge that Dunn will be showered with donations from environmentalists, told me he simply replied that, no, Dunn would not accept such donations.
That, readers, is Ethics Complaint Number One. And below, yet another use, by "Coal Jobs Count," of the poster boy for their cause, John Box. This image is from a video on YouTube.
Patrick Cagle, executive director of JobKeeper Alliance. Cagle was given a seat at the front table at last year's dog and pony show hearings on Alabama Power's rates at the PSC. Behind Cagle's left shoulder: Alabama Power VPs Zeke Smith, left, and Nick Sellers.
I called Rountree. I have his personal cell phone number, not his state one, by the way. I sometimes call him, such as for comment for stories like this. He told me that he mistakenly put his state number on the form. Very soon after, the error was noticed, and Rountree returned to the Secretary of State and corrected the mistake by putting down his personal cell number.
He said, and I believe him, that he has never used his state phone for campaign-related activities. And as he noted, the PAC in question is all but non-existent.
If you go on the Secretary of State web-site and look up the reports filed by that PAC, you will see several reports, including the initial statement of organization. All show the same phone number — Rountree's personal cell. You will also find that since it's formation last February, Alabamians for Fair Utility Rates has received a grand total of about $1,3oo.
Dunn's personal campaign filings reveal that to the extent he can even afford a statewide campaign — and he cannot — that it will have to be self-funded.
One of the attachments to Box's complaint was a portion of the list of all Alabama PACS that's on the Secretary of State. It does show Rountree's state number with the PAC.
Apparently the new PAC was put on the list upon its formation, and wasn't corrected after Rountree returned and made the correction to the PAC's statement of organization. Rountree said he intends to ask the Secretary of State's office to correct the list so it will match all the other reports by the PAC.
The second attachment is a portion of a bill for Rountree's state cell phone from January 2013. How, do you suppose, did a Tuscaloosa coal miner get this record?
I think I know. When I first met and interviewed Dunn in September, I asked him about the JobKeeper Alliance, which has produced some of the harshest criticisms and media images about Dunn and Rountree. He told me that JobKeeper director Patrick Cagle — son of a longtime Alabama Power executive — had come to his office early in the year.
Cagle had filed a public records request with the PSC for the bills of the state issue cell phones for Dunn and Rountree. Dunn told me they were public record and, besides that, he and Rountree had nothing to hide. The records were provided.
Cagle didn't keep his request for Dunn and Rountree's records a secret. In January 2013, in an op-ed in the Birmingham News that took Dunn and Rountree to task for all manner of pretend sins, Cagle told readers that he intended to put the pair's claims of not being in league with environmentalists to the test.
If they'd found even one call to or from one of the "Environmental People" they'd have trumpeted this find as if proof that Terry Dunn is a pinko, lefty tree-hugging coal hater. Instead, nada.
It's my best guess that Cagle or someone he works with provided the page from Rountree's cell phone bill showing his number. Even that assumes that Box even saw the phone record, or did anything beyond sign the complaint.
The ultimate purpose here — in fact, the reason for the creation of Coal Jobs Count — is to try to publicly harm Dunn and by so doing, help Alabama Power's annointed candidate, Chip Beeker, defeat Dunn in the Republican primary in June.
If you read this far, thank you. Hopefully you can understand how what's happening here — what's been going on since late 2012 — has made me mad enough to work like a fiend on this story and so many others, to build not one but two web-sites, to even put together a pretty good video telling the story as I found it when I started back in September.
The rest is a rant directed at the executives and government relations folks at Alabama Power, the Southern Company, and the army of people who work for or with all the mysteriously funded non-profits, associations, political consultants and lawyers who've played parts in the campaign against Dunn and Rountree.
Right now, it's 12:30 a.m., Friday morning, I've got a fever of 101 and I am not being paid to do this. I simply should not have to do much more.
Do me a favor. Go to the nearest mirror. Give yourself a hard look. Ask yourself: If I do not put a stop to this, or help expose it, what right do I have to claim the moral high ground over the lowliest street pimp?
I shouldn't, really shouldn't, resort to try to shaming and insulting you into doing the right thing. I've done it before, often, and it hasn't worked. I'm learning the hard way. You can't shame the shameless. You can't shame executives and directors and government relations and public relations people at the Alabama Power and the Southern Company. It's not possible.
So it looks like I'm just going to have to keep going. That so many fine upstanding, churchgoing folks like you would act in this manner. Well, it very much deserves exposing and I so much look forward to the day when the rain starts really coming down hard on you.
With this latest act, you crossed a big line: An ethics complaint, as in, part and parcel as a criminal complaint, against a nice guy like David Rountree who has never done a single thing to harm you or Alabama Power.
A month before his ethics complaint, John Box again served as Coal Jobs Count's favorite miner at a Montgomery press conference, the purpose of which was to slam Terry Dunn. Earth to Coal Jobs Count: There are others miners. Please share the glory.
At right, George Barber, Dunn basher and head of the Alabama Coal Association.
Lastly, a picture of Rountree, brought to you by Patrick Cagle of the JobKeeper Alliance. Jobkeeper's, and thus, Cagle's. Their name is on it, but yours might as well be. And will be, before it's all over. That's my pledge to all of you.


Guisaichean in Invermoriston is a pets welcome home in Highland, welcomes pets and accommodates up to 8 guests. Having 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, also is non smoking and you can find reviews and details for this pet friendly holiday property in Invermoriston here.
We wanted comfortable accommodation for a brief Highland break. Couldn't believe the high standard of the accommodation and the warm welcome by Jane and Jimmy at Pinewood Steading. It was positively luxurious, extremely well equipped with fabulous views to the Fifth and snow capped mountains. We also got brilliant advice from Jimmy with regards to the best walks; Glen Afric was stunning! It's only 20 minutes from Inverness but seems to be in the heart of the Highlands. We will definitely be back!
Heron Lodge in North Kessock is a dogs welcome holiday property in Highland, receives dogs and welcomes up to 4 individuals. Having 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, also is non smoking and you can see particulars for this pets welcome holiday let in North Kessock here.
Moorhen Lodge in North Kessock is a dogs welcome holiday cottage in Highland, accepts dogs and sleeps up to 4 guests. Having 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, also is non smoking and you can view particulars for this pet friendly cottage in North Kessock here.
A 2 bedroomed self catering holiday home in Inverness, 10 Douglas Row is non smoking and is a child friendly holiday home, see photos and details for 10 Douglas Row here.
4 star Courtyard Cottages is a dogs welcome holiday property in Inverness, 4 Star Courtyard Cottages receives dogs and welcomes up to 5 people. Read particulars for this pets welcome property in Inverness in Highlands here.
A dog friendly holiday home in Inverness, 3 Star Woodland Lodges accommodates up to 6 people. Great for a family and dog holiday, read reviews and information here.
A dog friendly cottage in Inverness, Easter Dalziel Farm Cottages accommodates 6 guests. Superb for walks with your dog, view reviews and images here.
A dogs welcome home in Inverness, Edinchat accommodates up to 6 individuals. Excellent for a break with your pet, find reviews and information here.


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package leap.orm.permission;

import java.util.Arrays;

import leap.core.sys.SysPermissionBase;

public class DmoPermission extends SysPermissionBase {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -8286414491571127636L;

	public static final String CREATE = "create";
	public static final String DROP   = "drop";

	private static final String[] ALL_ACTIONS = new String[]{CREATE,DROP};

	static {
		Arrays.sort(ALL_ACTIONS);
	}

	public DmoPermission(String name, String actions) {
	    super(name, actions);
    }

	public DmoPermission(String name) {
	    super(name);
    }

	@Override
    protected String[] getAllActionsAscendingSorted() {
	    return ALL_ACTIONS;
    }

	@Override
    public boolean isDefaultGranted() {
	    return false;
    }
}


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