VisLive is an easy-to-use streaming and recording & broadcasting software on PC, with easy connection to mobile phone camera, computer camera, and camera, with all the local video, music, and CG at your disposal.
Now for all your live events including concert, music, sports, gaming, lectures, etc., VisLive will help you push it to the audience.
Monitoring 4 inputs simultaneously, broadcast the live event from multiple angles. 3 CAM inputs displays the live event from multi angles, 1 local media used to insert trailers or ads, and 1 audio for background music. Preview window of 4 inputs gives you a clear view of the event and guarantees program broadcasting go right.
Switching can be operated by pressing button, mouse key, and keyboard. Both hard-cut and MIX are supported.
Add two local LOGOs and one CG at the same time. Support image of multiple formats(BMP, JPG, TGA, PNG, TIFF, etc.), image sequence, and VisTitle animation files(*. Vxmovie). The position of the footage can be freely adjusted.
Multiple streaming media formats to be selected, seamless connection with multiple platforms, start live streaming by one key. High, medium, low, and custom streaming quality to be selected, allow you to store 5 RTMP addresses and watch the live broadcast through mobile phone, tablet, and PC anytime and anywhere. Save the streaming file on the hard disk, and record in the high-quality H.264 encoded MP4 file.
Provide video & audio delay function to ensure perfect synchronization.
Copy function of left and right channel to realize stereo sound output.
Support MP3, WAV, WMA, and other common audio formats. Compatible with audio sampling rate/bit rate of 44.1KHz/48KHz, compatible with multichannel file.
Music file can be automatically added to main output, providing background music for live broadcast.
Audio protection: Air or Follow play mode (Follow: prevent audio of live scene going out during intervals).
Audio Mixer is used to adjust the audio gain of each source and control audio main output.
Sound effect templates are a variety of audio effects preset to add sound atmosphere to program; sound effect template manager allows you to add and manage sound effect template.
RTMP down streaming function allows you to use 4G network or network cable to realize various signal connection such as webcam and phone.
Support portrait screen project, the software runs in portrait screen mode, which means signal source, local video, CG, recording, and streaming are processed in portrait screen mode, gives user a different viewing experience.
The color key tool can be used to select multiple color fields in the same picture, and make fine adjustments such as gain, balance, suppres, and clip. Common used parameter configuration can be preset as template for quick call.
Media file, 3D scene, pictures, VisTitle animation file (*.vxmovie), CG file (editing and playing of *.vtlayout file), etc., different elements can be used to build virtual scene of different styles.
Adjust the brightness of picture by regions based on RGB color adjustment; control brightness of the picture by adjusting the saturation of bright, medium, and dark region of red, green, and blue color.
Note: local video resolution should be no bigger than 1280*720 when using minimum configuration.


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Епи́скоп Марк (в миру Горан Кимев; 25 ноября 1977, Штип, Социалистическая Республика Македония) — епископ Православной Охридской архиепископии Сербской православной церкви, епископ Брегалницкий, местоблюститель Битольский епархии.

Биография
Основное образование окончил в родном городе, после чего поступил в среднее богословское училище в Скопье. Проходил службу в вооруженных силах, после чего поступил на Богословский факультет Скопийского университета, одновременно работая в администрации Велесско-Повадарской митрополии Македонской православной церкви, которая в 1967 году в одностороннем порядке отделилась от Сербской православной церкви и находилась вне канонического общения с поместными православными церквами.

По воссоединении митрополита Велесско-Повадарского Иоанна (Вранишковского) с Сербской Православной Церковью, будучи работником митрополии и духовным чадом митрополита Иоанна, 6 июля 2002 года был арестован полицией и насильно выдворен македонской полицией из здания митрополии вместе с митрополитом и прочими его обитателями и служителями.

20 июля того же года, в условиях преследований со стороны властей и Македонской православной церкви, принял монашеский постриг от митрополита Иоанна с именем Марк в монастыре святого великомученика Георгия под Неготином. Той же ночью владыка Иоанн с духовными чадами снова были изгнаны из обители.

2 августа 2002 года, в монастыре святого Прохора Пчиньского, инок Марк был рукоположен во иеродиакона епископом Враньским Пахомием (Врачич) и определён диаконом к Воскресенской часовне в Битоле.

Параллельно с диаконским служением посещал школу в Греции для изучения греческого языка.

23 мая 2003 года решением Священного Архиерейского Собора Сербской Православной Церкви по предложению митрополита Велесского Иоанна ввиду острой нужды в епископах для новой Охридской архиепископии иеродиакон Марк был, несмотря на молодость, избран викарным епископом Митрополита Иоанна с титулом Дремвицкий. Решением Священного Архиерейского Синода Сербской Церкви он был назначен также местоблюстителем Битольской кафедры.

1 июня 2003 года в новоустроенном монастыре Иоанна Златоуста Охридской архиепископии был рукоположён во иеромонаха.

Из-за запрета македонскими властями на въезд в страну клириков Сербской Церкви, его архиерейскую хиротонию решено было провести в монастыре святого Прохора Пчинского, который располагался недалеко от границы с Македонией.

6 декабря 2003 года в монастыре святого Прохора Пчинского был наречён во епископа Дремвицкого. 7 декабря там же состоялась его епископская хиротония, которую совершили: Патриарх Сербский Павел, митрополит Черногорско-Приморский Амфилохий (Радович), митрополит Велешско–Повардарский Иоанн (Вранишковский), епископ Бачский Ириней (Булович), епископ Враньский Пахомий (Гачич), епископ Величский Иоаким (Йовческий).

29 июня 2006 решением Священного Архиерейского Синода Православной Охридской архиепископии епископ Марк был назначен на самостоятельную Брегальницкую епархию с оставлением за ним должности местоблюстителя Битольской епархии. Настолование епископа Марка, ввиду притеснений со стороны властей, было отложено до тех пор, пока для того создадутся необходимые условия.

Примечания

Епископы Православной Охридской архиепископии
Иерархи по алфавиту

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import java.util.Date;
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import le.cache.bis.services.Snapshot;
import le.cache.bis.services.impl.data.Membership;
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public interface TestSnapshot extends Snapshot {

    Membership findByMemberNumberAndTfnAndDob(@Property("memberNumber") String memberNumber,
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    Membership findByMemberNumberAndTfnForEmployer(@Property("memberNumber") String memberNumber,  @Property("superFundGenEmprId") String tfn);

    List<Membership> findByMemberNumberAndTfnForEmployerForDuplicates(@Property("memberNumber") String memberNumber,  @Property("superFundGenEmprId") String tfn);
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Home Life & Style HATS OFF TO AN ECLCECTIC ADVOCATE OF THE GIRL-CHILD
HATS OFF TO AN ECLCECTIC ADVOCATE OF THE GIRL-CHILD
Okechukwu Uwaezuoke
If the solo exhibition, titled Unfinished Business – just concluded at the National Museum in Onikan, Lagos on Tuesday, March 29 ¬– were just about drawing attention to the plight of the Nigerian girl-child, then it is an overkill. With this latest outing, the effervescent spirit behind it all, Chinze Ojobo, not only reinvents herself but also re-launches her career in the talent-glutted contemporary Nigerian art scene.
For here is one talented creative soul, who was weaned on the University of Nigeria, Nsukka "uli"-inspired aesthetic canons and, consequently, is well positioned to join the ranks of the artistic frontbenchers. But, strange to add, her retreat from the glare of publicity has not entirely wiped her efforts from collective memory. This is because vestiges of her past endeavours continue to proclaim her proficiency in a handful of Lagos-based galleries and private collections.
Hence, her Unfinished Business, whose opening on Tuesday, March 22 was graced by dignitaries that included the NIMASA (acronym for Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency) director general Dr Dakuku Peterside and renowned cognoscenti Cornel Agim, was also an allusion, albeit veiled, to her return to her first love: art.
Indeed, the experimental and conceptual hints in the works of the widely-travelled artist, who has held over 25 exhibitions in the US and in Europe, enjoy a respectable following among local aficionados. The curator of her first ever solo exhibition in Lagos Chief Frank Okonta, decades after, still relishes the fond memories of that event and, therefore, rates her very highly even among her peers.
The exhibition itself offers a delightful feast of colours, whose alluring hues engage the viewer right from the entrance into the National Museum's exhibition halls. A closer look at the works reveal that they partly owe their enchanting colourfulness to shards of Plexiglas and Ankara fabrics. These colours are well complemented and, therefore enhanced, by the contrasting subdued earthiness of burlap or the artist's deliberate choice of calming and darker colours.
Take the mixed-media relief work titled "Social Media". The artist parodies the modern-day obsession with modern telecommunications gadgets. She depicts a young male and female couple sitting over bottles of soft drinks but prefer the company of their gadgets to each other's and the allure of the social media to verbal communication.
The earthy colours of this work, which echoes the theme of the Lagos-based artist Rom Isichei's solo exhibition held at the same venue last year, offer a visual reprieve from a colourful work like "Seed of Potential". The latter is a mosaic of pieces of Plexiglas set against a backdrop of dyed indigo-coloured jute bags. A viewer only needs to step back to a little distance from the work to discern figurative forms, which evoke the belaboured Mother and Child theme. A smear of white weaves itself into the heart of the mainly yellow and red patches in the work.
If indeed there is a work in this exhibition, which evokes Chinze's "uli" beginnings, it is the yellow-themed "Though I Walk through the Valley". It depicts the bare back of a half-clad figure, who seems to be carrying bails of fabrics. The work is framed at the top and bottom by uli zigzag patterns.
But the exhibition's piece de resistance is the installation work titled "The Girl Child". In the work, a queenly figure stands distinguished in a frame in the midst of other 3-D figures. It is obvious: the artist celebrates the girl-child through the work. This fact an accompanying poem in the exhibition catalogue corroborates.
But these are just a few among the about a score of works displayed in the two adjoining exhibition halls. Chinze's curious assemblage of her largely dissimilar offerings make the exhibition both eclectic and impersonal. Seen from another point of view, this show could be likened to a retrospective or a chronicle of her efforts so far. But then, the earliest work in the exhibition hall was produced in 2012. So, that makes Unfinished Business an exhibition of the artist's recent works.
One thing, however, must be emphasised about the artist: she cherishes her individuality above all. Thanks to her artistic credo, she shuns the broad easy road to fame and acceptability. What she deems good enough, she produces for her public. Dr Peterside summed up her lustrous creative profile in these few words: "Chinze is amazing. She always thinks out of the box."
If she deserves a laurel wreath for her celebration of the girl-child through this exhibition, it is because of her courageous battle against a long-ignored societal affliction. She thus becomes the spokesperson for her gender in a society that subjects the female sex to indignities from adolescence to adulthood.
Indeed, whoever pauses long enough before many of her works would tend to look beyond the obvious. They speak volumes of oppression and at the same time of resilience of the female sex in a hostile environment. Perhaps, the work that most challenges the notion of gender-inequality is "Life's Journey", which subtly reminds the viewers that every human being (male or female) has a calling. It extends the message of the work "Seed of Potential", which alludes to the promise of a female-child's future.
Hats off to Chinze for her spectacular creative evolution. This, the curator of this exhibition and of her first ever solo exhibition in Lagos 25 years ago, Cornel Agim, warmly commends her for. "Chinze, as the saying goes, 'has paid her dues' in the art scene," he writes in the exhibition catalogue.
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Bradley Cooper demonstrates his acting, performing, writing and directing talent as he co-stars with Lady Gaga in the 2018 version of A Star Is Born. The storyline will be no surprise to today's moviegoers. Cooper plays Jackson Maine, a famous musician who performs before thousands at open-air concerts. He stumbles across Ally (Lady Gaga) an unknown singer who he sees on stage at a small club. He comes to recognize her musical talent and also falls in love with her. We are able to appreciate the chemistry between them and also watch Ally blossom forth with all her musical talent.
The music scenes are terrific as they are performed in outdoor concert venues and, of course, Lady Gaga puts her magnificent singing talent into her character. Cooper, not known as a musician, has studied hard and gives his character very believable skills as a singer and guitar player. There was a great deal of depth to these two performances, as well as, from the supporting roles provided by Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, Anthony Ramos, Shangela Laquifa Wadley and several others.
This is the fourth cinematic version of A Star Is Born. While the story is similar in all of them, there are different points of emphasis particularly in the characters played by Janet Gaynor (1937), Judy Garland (1954) and Barbra Streisand (1976). There is an excellent YouTube video (click on previous three words) comparing them.
The fate of Cooper's character is particularly relevant in the 2018 contemporary scene in regard to alcoholism and opioid use. This problem is spiraling out of control today with a terrifying mortality rate particularly in young and middle-aged people. The emotional depiction of this problem in this film makes it especially pertinet for today's movie audiences. (2018).
You probably know about the controversy over whether Shakespeare wrote the well known works attributed to him Well imagine for a minute that William Shakespeare was a very good writer but couldn't really get his first play published. For the sake of this argument, let us imagine that a man by the name of William Stanley writes just one story which is a great masterpiece but he loses the manuscript. Shakespeare, somehow found the manuscript and it is accepted for publication in his name. He then gets great acclaim and everyone wanted more writings. Since in fact he really was a good writer he produces a lot more stuff which is received very well although he didn't write the first piece. In our imaginative story, Shakespeare goes on to fame and fortune and Stanley the writer of the first great piece, that opened the door for Shakespeare lives a mediocre life. The movie we are reviewing has nothing to do with Shakespeare or Stanley but the above situation is the essence of the fascinating plot of this movie.
Bradley Cooper plays Rory Jansen, a struggling young writer, who gets great praise by a literary agent for his first novel but he is told it isn't really publishable. Dora (Zoe Saldena) is his girl friend who stands behind him and believes he will some day make it. Dennis Quaid plays the same writer at an older age maybe 10-15 years after he finally came up with that first great novel which set him on the path as a great writer. He is now on tour with his second or third novel. Jeremy Irons plays an old man who we see reaching out to this successful writer and confronting him with some very true but bad news for him about who really wrote his first novel. Nora Amerzaler plays the girl friend of the old man when he was a young man. They had a wonderful romance in France after the War which went on the rocks when she lost his novel in a briefcase on a train when coming to visit him.
If you haven't figured it out yet, this is really a story within a story. It presents the audience with the ethical dilemma of what one should do if one had chosen to publish a found manuscript in your own name and then found out who really wrote it. What would the consequences be to you, your agent, your publisher and others if you came clean with what you did years ago when you lied. What should you do now, especially if the original author isn't demanding that you acknowledge him?
If everything seems somewhat convoluted now , it is because it really is. The screen writers and co-directors Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal deserve to be applauded for this complex but feasible story. The execution of the film was difficult. While ambiguity is thought provoking, the film could have a been little clearer as it rolled out it's complex story but in the end the film worked and we walked out of the theatre stimulated to have a lively discussion about it which lingers on in our thoughts .
The film does raise a burning question and that is whether the screen play was inspired by real events? In the film, the manuscript was found in store where it somehow was noted that Hemmingway had some connection. There are stories of this great writer having stored some unpublished manuscripts that have never been discovered. Perhaps they have been found and published in the finder's name. Or maybe this script is based on a true event about some movie idea or TV show that was credited to someone who found the idea in a "cookie jar" or overheard someone discussing it at a party. In any case it is a thought provoking plot and a good film.


In the examples below, the domain used is primekey.com, the domain realm is PRIMEKEY.COM, the EJBCA server hostname is ejbcaserver.primekey.com, and the Tomcat server hostname is tomcatserver.primekey.com. This guide assumes the path to Tomcat server is /opt/tomcat.
The text highlighted in red should be replaced with names in your environment.
Spnego is a mechanism to extend Kerberos authentication to HTTP servers such as Tomcat. Users authenticate to the Tomcat servlet using Windows Integrated Authentication (Kerberos) the same way they would authenticate to an internal Windows resource. When the Kerberos authentication protocol is used, the identity of the user, including the sAMAccountName is also passed to the Tomcat servlet as part of the Kerberos ticket.
Create a file named login.conf in your Tomcat directory (/opt/tomcat).
Create a file named krb5.conf in your Tomcat directory (/opt/tomcat).
Update the autoenroll_config_directory.properties file with the path where the config files will be stored.
web.xml and autoenroll_config_directory.properties should be backed up in case of a redeployment because these files will be overwritten.
Update the spnego.preauth.username and spnego.preauth.password values with your service account ( servlet-service ) credentials.
# Set to true if the connection should use SSL. This setting is currently unsupported and will have no effect.
# Provide the port number for the Active Directory connection.
# Provide login for a user with access to read objects in Active Directory.
# It can be in the form of a fully distinguished name or user principal name.
# This user should also be in the Cert Publishers group in order to publish certificates.
Update the location of the keystore with permissions to access Web Services API, Web Services URL, and the name of the CA for Auto Enrollment.
Update/add your Microsoft certificate template OID in the MSTemplateToSettings.properties file and set the EJBCA Certificate Profile and End Entity Profile that should map to the OID. Below is an example of a User Template settings. Update other attributes as desired.
This is one example showing how the Template Settings can be configurable. This example was for a typical Users enrollment. In the WEB-INF directory in the package you can look at the MSTemplateToSettings.properties file where there are 5 examples.
In these 5 examples, you will see they all have separate Certificate Profiles and End Entity Profiles. The key usages are configured in EJBCA Certificate Profiles. These values in the Certificate Profile will be used when creating the certificate and are not taken from Microsoft AD.
The typical template currently for Domain Controllers is Kerberos Authentication. In the id3 example in WEB-INF, all the settings you need to match the Microsoft template are pre-selected as true. All you need to do is to make sure your EJBCA Certificate Profile, KerberosAuthenticationAE in this example, match the key usages and extended key usages as what you'll find in the Microsoft template.
This file contains settings for the behavior of logging. You may change the logging level (INFO, DEBUG, TRACE, etc.).
Restart Tomcat service to reload the configuration.
For any user who has logged in prior, you may need to delete the cached policy information in the local user account directory.
To test auto enrollment for users, you simply have to log in to any Windows PC on the domain.
To test auto enrollment for computers, you can reboot the machine on the domain.
Verify the user certificate was generated by opening certmgr.msc (Current User/ Personal/ Certificates).
Ensure the user certificate in the personal store is generated by EJBCA.
Verify the computer certificate was generated by opening mmc.exe and adding the Certificates snap-in. (Local Computer/ Personal/ Certificates - will need Admin privileges to check the Local computer certificate store).


Department of Concrete Technology "CEBET"
ICiMB is a recognized Research Institute, enjoying significant scientific achievements within the scope of testing of ceramic raw materials, production technology of new materials as well as the glass, ceramic and concrete articles.
The Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials is a reliable business partner, and its activity is met with the acceptance form the state entities, scientific circles, as well as circum-business circles and the media. A proof of the confidence enjoyed by ICiMB, is a great deal of prestigious awards and honorable mentions.
The principal products offered by ICiMB for the enterprises from widely understood line of: ceramics, glass, refractory and building materials are the innovative solutions and specialist research. In the last years alone, the Institute has developed and implemented over 50 solutions, many of which were rewarded at home and international fairs and exhibitions.
From among the most interesting achievements of the Central Entity in Warsaw, the particular attention deserves: developing of the production technology of corundum implants, as well as glass-ionomer cement designed for the anatomy reconstructions in otolaryngology. In this domain, the ICiMB is closely cooperating with Professor Henryk Skarżyński from the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing. We are producing also the environmental friendly lead-free colours for glass and ceramics. Our most recent success is the innovative technology for manufacturing of autoclaved cellular concrete (ABK) with the use of new generation fly ashes. On 5th October 2011 she became a prizewinner of "POLISH PRODUCT OF THE FUTURE" competition.
Genowefa Zapotoczna Sytek Ph.D. Eng.
Prof. ICiMB Genowefa Zapotoczna-Sytek Ph.D. Eng.


Дата создания - декабрь 1944 г.
Производство силиката натрия растворимого, жидкого стекла натриевого и калиевого, клея канцелярского, краски фасадной, гидросиликата натрия и калия (сухое жидкое стекло).
Along the railroads there are hundreds of villages. Some of them did not even stop train, not to mention solid trains - not everyone has to benefit from transport. Another thing - Domanovo. In this small village is well known the way those who want silicate blocks, liquid glass, high-quality silicate paint and other products made on the basis of the sand and soda.
Production of soluble sodium silicate, sodium/potassium water glass, office glues, exterior paints, sodium/potassium hydrosilicate (dry water glass).


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The Domestic Work sector remains a key sector in the Kenyan economy that is not properly regulated. It plays a key role in economic growth and development and is a major source of employment in the urban and peri-urban areas of the country. Domestic workers are those who work in and for a household or households in an employment relationship. They perform a range of services and tasks including cooking, cleaning, laundry, child care, elderly care and other duties as assigned. Although domestic workers perform essential services for the wellbeing of families and the smooth functioning of the national economy, they have long been ignored in labour legislation and social policy.
Domestic work, mainly done by women, takes place behind closed doors, privatized and almost invisible to the outside world. These workers are susceptible to long working hours, poor pay, physical and sexual abuse. Majority of domestic workers work without clear terms of employment, unregistered in any records and excluded from the scope of labour legislation. This in essence means that they do not belong to any union to represent their labour interests leaving them exposed to exploitation and abuse.
The continued exploitation of domestic workers is majorly driven by many employers who do not subscribe to Kenya's labour laws. Surveys conducted on employers reveal that most of them do not understand the bare minimums that should be accorded to a domestic worker. Domestic Workers also have little or no awareness of their rights, suffer the tilted power relations that hinder negotiations when it comes to their work conditions and operate in an available pool of domestic workers willing to take any amount offered to them. An alarming statistic is that many Kenyans in cities like Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu do not pay the minimum wage. According to the Regulation of Wages (General) (Amendment) Order, 2017 of the Labour Institutions Act, the Monthly contract rate for a domestic worker in the three cities is 12,926.55Kshs (equivalent to USD 129) per month for those employed on a contract, 622Kshs (equivalent to USD 6) on a daily engagement and 115.50Kshs (equivalent to USD 1) as the hourly rate. In addition, the domestic workers are entitled to 1 day off a week. It is not uncommon to find majority of households paying their domestic workers a measly 5,000Kshs (equivalent to USD 50) or less and work for seven days a week with no break. This represents a gross violation on the labour rights of the domestic worker.
There are minimum labour rights that a domestic worker is entitled to which include the right to an employment contract if employed for more than 3 months; National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) remittance if earning more than 1,000Kshs (equivalent to USD 10) per month and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) remittance. Furthermore, they have the right to form and join and participate in trade unions, entitled to three months paternity leave or two weeks paternity leave with full pay and compensation in work related illnesses or death. The employer is also responsible for providing protective clothing, decent housing or payment of a housing allowance or a consolidated salary in lieu. It is important to note that the minimum monthly wage is exclusive of a housing allowance whereas the minimum daily wage is inclusive of a housing allowance.
As a signatory to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Kenya Ministry of East Africa Community (EAC), Labour and Social Protection is yet to ratify the ILO (2011) Domestic Workers Convention No. 189, which articulates the global standards for decent work for domestic workers and accurately frames the current reality of domestic work. The ratification of the convention would be a positive step towards achieving decent work for domestic workers in Kenya.
As a country, we need to recognize the positive contribution domestic workers play within our families and their direct and indirect contribution to the economy. Paid domestic work will continue to be an important source of employment for both women and men in our society.
The multiplicity of actors who interact directly or indirectly with domestic workers need to harmonize their efforts to ensure the sector is regulated, provide a safe environment free from physical and sexual abuse, pay a minimum wage and respond to the socio-economic needs of the domestic workers. Importantly, most domestic workers need financial management training to help them actualize their ambitions of self-employment or savings for the future. There is need for concerted efforts to create an enabling policy environment that encompasses all actors working in the domestic workers sector. This will ensure implementation and enforcement of the Employment Act thus contributing to the streamlining and regulation of the domestic workers sector.
Trade Unions like the Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied (KUDHEIHA) need to lobby the Government to ratify Domestic Workers Convention No. 189 and work closely with the relevant labour agencies and departments to enforce the Convention. In addition, registered trade unions should undertake massive domestic workers recruitment drives to ensure they are unionized thus giving them a voice and also sensitize them on dispute resolution and grievance handling. This way, domestic workers can be protected from exploitation and abuse by their employers. Employers too need to be sensitized on the Employment Act and best practices that work for the benefit of the domestic worker. The relevant labour authorities and the Ministry of EAC, Labour and Social Protection should enforce adherence to the minimum wage provisions for domestic workers to eliminate exploitation.
As we celebrate this year's Labour Day, the Government and Employers need to recognize the need to gradually shift remuneration from Minimum Wage to a Living Wage. Through this, we will ultimately ensure that domestic workers have income to meet their basic needs and have a decent standard of living.


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Antonio Girão Barroso (1914-1990) est un écrivain brésilien né dans l'État du Ceará. Il est également journaliste et professeur à l'Université fédérale du Ceará.

Ses poèmes, dans le style du mouvement moderniste au Brésil des années 1940-50, sont inspirés en partie de la poésie française, de Rimbaud à Mallarmé, d'Apollinaire à Eluard, avec une touche de l'âme de son pays métissé et dans lesquels la mélancolie et la nostalgie se présentent d'une façon très personnelle et créative.

Carrière
Girão a obtenu sa notoriété dans les milieux intellectuels du Brésil en fondant la revue et groupe CLÃ en 1946, avec la participation de plusieurs nouveaux écrivains de la ville de Fortaleza, qui étaient à la recherche d'un renouveau dans les activités culturelles de l'époque, s'attachant principalement aux modernistes du sud et à la toute nouvelle poésie concrète.

Inventif et ayant le sens de l'humour, il a aussi créé le journal JOSÉ, consacré à l'art et à la littérature, dans les années 1970 à Fortaleza, où il a vécu presque toute sa vie. En tant que journaliste, Girão Barroso a travaillé dans plusieurs journaux locaux et nationaux, entre autres comme correspondant du journal O Estado de S. Paulo.

Contemporain des plus importants poètes et écrivains du Brésil liés au Modernisme, des années 1940 à 60, il correspondait souvent avec Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Mário de Andrade et Oswald de Andrade, Manuel Bandeira, Paulo Mendes Campos et Vinícius de Moraes.

Professeur aux facultés de Droit et d'Économie de l'UFC, il a été aussi membre de l'Academia Cearense de Letras (Académie de Lettres du Ceará) et président du Syndicat des Journalistes du Ceará.

Publications
Alguns Poemas (1938)
Os Hóspedes (avec Otacilio Colares, Aluizio Medeiros et Artur Eduardo Benevides, 1946)
 Novos Poemas (1950)
30 Poemas para Ajudar (avec Claudio Martins et Otacilio Colares, 1968)
Dois Tempos (avec Inacio de Almeida, 1981)
Poesias Incompletas (1994, œuvre posthume)

Références

Bibliographie
Dicionario Pratico de Literatura Brasileira, de Assis Brasil (editora Tecnoprint, 1979);
Os Cem Melhores Poetas Brasileiros do Século, de José Nêumanne Pinto (Geração Editorial, 2001);
Poesias Incompletas, de Antonio Girão Barroso, œuvre-posthume (1994)

Liens externes

Poète brésilien du XXe siècle
Journaliste brésilien
Naissance en 1914
Naissance au Ceará
Décès en décembre 1990


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The British Drama: Tragedies. 2 v
PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM MILLER, OLD BOND-STREET.
PRINTED BY JAMES BALLANTYNE,
EDINBURGH.
THE EDITOR.
It is peculiarly pleasing to trace the history of every science through its progressive changes. The examination of each distinct epoch, and of every individual amendment, tends to gratify the curiosity; while a comparison of the first rude attempts with the grandeur of modern improvements cannot fail to awaken emulation, and inspirit all our efforts, in the career of literary advancement. These observations will be found to apply, with peculiar justice, to the Dramatic Art. For, on perusing the finished productions of the modern drama, we can scarcely believe, that this splendid style of composition owes its origin to the wild and uncouth ballads of strolling singers in Greece, who met at certain seasons of the year, to celebrate the festival of Bacchus. Yet no fact is better authenticated in history, than that Tragedy derives its existence from the choral songs in honour of that god.
The Chorus, as these singers were afterwards called, whether composed of itinerant rhapsodists, or appropriate minstrels, confined their effusions, in the first instance, to the praise of the deity, whom they met to celebrate; and, as the entertainment was yet entirely musical, the festival consisted of an uninterrupted flow of song, till the 536th year before the Christian æra, when Thespis conceived the design of introducing an actor, to amuse the people by recitation, while the chorus enjoyed a few moments of repose. This bold innovation was followed by others, still more daring, which led to unforeseen and incalculable improvements. Eschylus introduced a second actor, who
conversed with the first, and thus laid the foundation of dramatic dialogue. But, as the dramatis persona increased, the subject of their discourse also gradually underwent a change. At first, the praise of other heroes was interwoven with that of Bacchus. As the dialogue became more extensive, it became more interesting; till, at length, the chorus, from a principal, began to be considered as a subordinate part; and Bacchus, from being the hero of every line, lost, by degrees, his ascendancy in the entertainment, till, at length, he was altogether set aside; and subjects of general history, dramatically disposed, now entirely supplied the place of bare dithyrambics. These important changes, begun by Thespis, were improved and confirmed by Æschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the illustrious dramatic triumvirate of Greece, who were justly the favourites of their own times, and whose works have been handed down to posterity with the accumulated admiration of each succeeding age.
Notwithstanding, however, the fame which the works of these illustrious tragedians so justly enjoy, an accurate inquiry into the laws of the Grecian drama, will prove it to have been marred by a singular defect, from which the more judicious compositions of modern times are happily exempt. We have already observed, that, as the dialogue of the drama improved and extended itself, the chorus, which had given birth to it, sunk in importance, and, at last, became altogether unnecessary. Yet Tragedy, in the full maturity of its ancient splendour, as if afraid of giving the parricidal blow, never ventured to cut off the chorus, though it had now become a useless and embarrassing appendage of the stage, no less an enemy to verisimilitude, than a bar to scenic variety. For, as the persons, who composed it, never quitted the stage, they were the auditors and spectators of all that passed, the necessary confidants of all parties; by which means probability was violated, and the common characteristics of human nature confounded and lost. What, indeed, can be more incredible, than that Phodra should trust her incestuous passion, or Medea her murderous revenge, to an undistinguished troop of attendants? In addition to this, the constant presence of the choral band imposed on the dra❤ matist the necessity of preserving the unities of time and place. The scene could not be changed, when the stage was never clear; nor the time of action prolonged beyond that of the representation. Accordingly, we find (with a few exceptions) that, in the Greek tragedy, the place is never varied, the action never suspended, and the dramatic time exactly commensurate with the time


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Through Flickr and its vast collection of photos I have been able to make these connections come to life visually and to gently expand the view of the earth we share. We are so interconnected in shapes and colors, we live on a single floating rock, maybe that's why.
I like to think of the man in Africa and the woman in the US who have come together with others through their pictures to tell one whimsical story. Will they ever meet? Probably not. But in one small space of web they are unexpectedly side by side becoming a part of a visual tale or poem.
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ON motion to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina.
With these acts in force, an execution duly issued from the Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina on a judgment against one Taylor, and under it real estate owned by him was sold by the marshal, and the money paid into the marshal's office. Notwithstanding this the marshal advertised the same land for sale under other executions. Hereupon one Burrows, alleging that he had purchased and paid for the land, and had tendered the marshal a proper draft of a deed to him, obtained a rule on the marshal to show cause why he should not make such a deed, and why another sale under the other executions should not be stayed.
The marshal set up by way of answer that Burrows was not the purchaser, but that one Meacham was; that the and had sold at an enormous sacrifice, the result of a fraudulent combination between Burrows, Meacham, and Taylor, to prevent competition in the bidding.
The court below having heard the case on its merits dismissed Burrows's petition, and ordered him to pay all the costs. From this, its action, he brought the case to this court by an appeal.
Mr. S. F. Phillips, Solicitor-General, in support by the motion, argued, that if the discharge of the rule below was in any true sense a 'final judgment or decree,' and such a judgment or decree as was within the supervisory jurisdiction of this court at all, it could only be so on writ of error. The proceeding in which Burrows made his motion below was at law, and the motion was a motion at law. Under the act of 1803, indeed, appeals were allowed in a special class of cases, but this case did not fall within that class.
Messrs. W. A. Graham and H. W. Guion, contra.
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Highlights of the collection
Two Ballet Dancers in a Dressing Room by Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Edgar Degas (1834-1917), 'Two Ballet Dancers in a Dressing Room', c.1880. Image National Gallery of Ireland.Credit
Pastel on paper
Bequeathed, Edward Martyn, 1924
NGI.2740
We've asked the Gallery's curators to select some of their favourite works from the collection. Here, Niamh MacNally, Curator of the Prints and Drawings Study Room, shares Degas' drawing:
"Degas was captivated by the vibrant ballet world in Paris. From the 1870s, he observed and recorded the graceful gestures and movements of dancers, first representing performances and, later, studio rehearsals. He repeatedly described the details of the dancers' agility, precision, and strength in a wide variety of media. In 1885, he gained privileged access to the Paris Opéra, which enabled him to move freely behind the scenes and sketch the dancers in their routine work environment.
In this richly coloured pastel, ballerinas (more than likely members of the corps de ballet) take a moment's rest in their dressing room before going on stage. A rail of costumes forms the backdrop and points to the fact that this may be a quick-change area. Degas skilfully renders the textures of their tulle skirts, tied with large blue sashes, as well as the artificial light that illuminates the dancer with her back to the viewer. The slightly elevated viewpoint and the cropped nature of the composition contribute to the overall sense of immediacy of this image.
It is likely that the Irish novelist and playwright Edward Martyn, who visited Paris with fellow writer George Moore in 1886, bought this pastel directly from the artist's dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. Martyn bequeathed the drawing to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1924.
At the present time, this exquisite pastel reminds me of all the actors, dancers, musicians, singers and performers who enrich the lives of those who experience their work at first hand. I look forward, like many, to enjoying the thrill of the performance once again in the near future."
Browning's Sordello by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)
A Convent Garden, Brittany by William John Leech
Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese by Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532-1625)
The Elf-hill by Harry Clarke (1889-1931)


CEO of The Campins Co and Managing Partner of Be Entertainment, Katrina Campins. (Photo courtesy of ABM).
It was nearly a decade ago when Mark Burnett and Donald Trump collaborated to bring an American version of the UK hit "The Apprentice" to homes in the United States. Miami-based real estate agent Katrina Campins appeared on that inaugural season, helping revitalize NBC's primetime ratings at a time when the jewels of its programming lineup, "Friends" and "Frasier," were taking their final curtain-calls. To be sure, consider that an average of 20.7 million viewers tuned in each week, seeing Campins place sixth out of 16 contestants. Since then, all the Campins Company has done is generate roughly a half-billion dollars in property sales. That has placed her in the top half-percent of all realtors in the nation. Campins, who has represented a long list of professional athletes and entertainers in both their house-hunting and charitable endeavors, is in throes of penning her first book, as well as working on various television, film, and social media endeavors.
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A: That I've maintained my compassion for the world and for people. Without that, I'd be nothing. My compassion is one of my biggest strengths. And the fact that I want to really help people. Whether it's helping an athlete find a house or helping him with any of his endeavors.
A: Trying to be everything to everybody. I'm a people-pleaser. I want to help people so much that sometimes I give so much of myself that I forget to take care of me. That's another lesson I'm learning. I'm always striving for perfection so I think that can create obstacles, as well.
A: I wanted to be a journalist who went out to different parts of the world to help people. I wanted to use television as a vehicle to do that, to help humanity.
A: I hope to be alive and happy. It's really that simple. And to continue to be true to myself and do what I love. Always staying true to myself is the most important thing.
A: I've never had a role model other than my mother. I was never really in tune with who was in the public eye. I always strived to be the best version of myself. I never did understand people competing with each other or striving to be somebody else. I just don't believe that. My mother instilled a sense of self in me and taught me to be who I am today.
A: Travel around the world and help people. My goal, and I will do it one day, is to be free of any material attachments and travel the world and inspire people, and learn about the way other people live and their cultures.
A: Being in contact and learning from people in various different aspects of life. I get to take a little bit of everyone I've met with me. I work with celebrities, entertainers, and businessmen. Of course, at the end of the day, we're all made from the same fabric, yet our cultures are so different and I take so much from that. And that's what helps me evolve as a person.
A: Not sleeping. The fact that I'm constantly going. My mind is always going. I'm always working. I'm always thinking about psychology and the world and why we're here and what our purpose is. I'm a very positive person. I don't think there are negatives to what I do.
A: I don't believe in regrets or in looking back. I think everything is a learning lesson. And now more than ever, I am so happy with everything that went wrong, or what I thought went wrong in the past.
A: When I started my sports and entertainment division, I implemented a program whereby I give back a portion of my own commission to the charity of that athlete or entertainer's choice. Everything I do, in one way or another, is tied to charity. Ultimately, I think our responsibility is to give back and to help the world. As far as the ones in South Florida, there are so many that I wouldn't be able to choose just one. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it's my privilege to do for it whatever I can.


Standards Australia is leading work with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to develop an international standard for water efficiency testing and rating of water-using products. The proposed standard would be based on the Australian/New Zealand standard that underpins the WELS scheme (AS/NZS 6400:2016 Water efficient products–Rating and labelling).
Work towards the ISO standard kicked off in July with a workshop in Singapore. The ISO Asia-Pacific office participated, along with WELS and Standards organisations from Singapore, China, New Zealand and Australia, with Malaysia as an apology. Each of these countries has a program similar to Australia's WELS scheme, and all agreed to support the proposal and have contributed to an ISO New Work Item Proposal as the first formal step in the ISO development process.
Products installed as fixtures or fittings in new buildings offered for sale must be registered and labelled in accordance with the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 (WELS Act). However, preliminary inspections of new apartment display suites in several capital cities suggest that many builders and developers are unaware of their WELS obligations.
WELS staff have begun working with state and territory building and plumbing administrations and with peak industry groups to get the word out to builders, developers and real estate professionals. Inspections and educational visits to building sites and display homes have also commenced and are starting to have an effect. As expected, most businesses are happy to comply once they understand their obligations. Some are even using the scheme as a selling point, as water efficiency is important to consumers who want to save money on water and energy bills and reduce their environmental footprint.
The WELS label design changed when AS/NZS 6400, the standard that sets out the design, was updated in August 2016. The new label designs provide more accurate information to consumers in a simpler format. WELS sponsors the free download of AS/NZS 6400:2016 from SAI Global.
To help industry transition to the new label designs, the WELS Regulator issued a statement and related FAQs to allow businesses to use labels compliant with the previous standard for a set time period and in specific circumstances.
Transitional arrangements don't apply to products registered on or after 15 September 2017, so make sure any new products registered after this date have the new label designs.
Product registrations must be renewed each year to remain valid. Renewals must be submitted between 15 September and 5 December each year and payments must be made by 22 January.
Products that have not been renewed will change to 'ceasing' status in our product registration database on 22 January 2018 and the registration will expire on 22 July 2018.
New registrations can be made at any time throughout the year.
WELS staff are available during business hours to answer any questions you might have.
If you need help to understand what your obligations are, how to register products, or how to check if products you sell are registered and labelled correctly, please call us on 1800 218 478 (Registrations) or 1800 372 746 (Compliance). If you are calling from overseas please call +61 2 6272 5232.


The sooner you accept who you are, the greater are your chances at unleashing your true potential.
Have you kept your receipt?
Our eyes face the outside world. We take it all in and process it within our conscious and subconscious mind. The people and events around us inform us of the ways of the world and how we fit into its mix. Our identity and understanding of self is established early, most of it is from how others treat us. The early part of our life is spent experimenting with ways to improve the manner in which people receive us and our ideas. Some of us may find early encouragement and mentorship, other may have to fight to make their point. Whatever the process it shapes who we are.
Somewhere along the way we will begin to look back and there'll be enough of a journey waiting to be reviewed and processed. At this stage, one may look toward religion and gurus for answers, some may look for an escape with intoxicants and wanderlust, and still others may decide to change careers or start a family and make it their main purpose in life. Whichever way one heads, life is ongoing until the very end. We can change external circumstances, geographical location, and the people we're surrounded with, but there won't be a change in how you feel until you alter your perception—especially, your sense of identity.
If you have chosen a career path that does not require you to interface with tons of people on a daily basis or maybe you are stuck to a computer writing code in a language no other human can interpret, then maybe you'll have less to worry about than others. Computers are not known to holding prejudice, they crash and complicate matters for everyone just the same.
For the rest, the sooner you are able to spend as much time understanding your own mechanisms of mind and body, as you spend in the world looking to fit in, you'll be able to control the one and only thing that may well be within your reach—your mind.
Nothing in the world can be fully influenced by you. It is an interdependent existence and everyone is influencing it at the very same time. Things will thus keep shifting and perceptions will be altered beyond what you can plan for. So while things may look up for a period of time, they may just as swiftly be disrupted by aspects of the world you didn't even know existed. And where things have been out of hand for beyond your capacity to hold on, they may well settle and turn golden before you can imagine it. There will be many ups and downs all through your life. Some subtle, some tumultuous. And you are not an exception, everyone will experience this in their lifetime.
Where you can choose to be an exception, is the way in which you handle these tides. Like a master sailor, you must be prepared to weather any storm. Take the helm and be in control of how you steer your ship.
Nothing can hurt you unless you give permission. No injury lasts for ever. It either heals or kills the body. One way or another you won't be hurt for long. This is true for injuries caused to the mind and heart as well. The sooner you let go, the sooner you'll heal. There's nothing more important than your peace of mind and good health. Make those your priority at all times. Take calculated risks and challenge the odds, but at all times preserve your sanctity. There are some things that can never be recovered; time, life, health, respect, and love. Guard these at all cost and the rest, gamble wisely. You'll win some and some you'll lose. Don't be attached to the outcome, just stick to staying in the game.
Your detractors will turn into supporters with time, only if you are walking in the direction you want to head. If you stop, look back, and go over to defend your truth through bitter words and retaliation, you are going the wrong way. Through all your years, know who you are and stand up for it with your actions and consistent performance.


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Minister of Health Togamana receives machine from Chinese AmbassadorAmbassador Li Ming last week.
Friday last week, another important progress in the health sector was witnessed. The delivery and handing over of a hemodialysis Machine by China to the National Referral Hospital (NRH). This was done alongside an official announcement of another 300,000 USD support towards ongoing COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the Solomon Islands including associated logistical needs.
The delivery of the machine and the announcement of the financial support were made by the People's Republic of China Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Mr. Li Ming to the Minister of Health Hon. Dr Culwick Togamana who received it with much appreciation and gratitude.
The hemodialysis machine is a treatment to filter wastes and water from the blood, similar to the functions of the kidney when it is healthy. In other words, patients with kidney problems have kidneys that are not functioning well or 100 percent and therefore some wastes and water that should have been removed from the blood gets recirculated again in the body's bloodstream.
This can potentially affect and lead to the failure of other body organs such as the heart, liver, etc. as these wastes that re-enters the bloodstream are poisonous.
Having the haemodialysis machine at the national referral hospital will enable patients with kidney problems to undergo hemodialysis treatment for the removal of wastes and unwanted water from the patient's body so they can live longer and more comfortably.
Ambassador Li Ming in his remarks when handing over the machine said that it was indeed an honor to handover the machine which is part and parcel of the overall health cooperation signed between the government of China and Solomon Islands in May this year during the state visit of Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
"I hope that the hemodialysis machine donated by China will further strengthen treatment and care level at the hospital and that China remains committed to support efforts of Solomon Islands in improving and enhancing response to health emergencies and health care system", stated Mr. Li.
With the 300,000 USD support, Mr. Li announced that the Chinese government is once again pleased to provide financial support towards efforts to roll out COVID-19 vaccination and the logistics involved.
"The financial support towards COVID-19 efforts is part of our commitment to promote the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind and a community of common health for mankind. Since the outbreak has provided 920,000 USD dollar anti COVID-19 funding support, 500,000 PPEs, 100,000 Sinopharm vaccines and 300,000 antigen test kits including oxygen concentrators and oximeter to manage COVID-19 patients. Today I am pleased to announce the further support of 300,000 US", stated Mr. Li.
In response, health Minister Hon. Dr Culwick Togamana thanked China stating that since the inception of the diplomatic relations between Solomon Islands and China, the health sector has greatly benefited from the many wonderful support received from China.
"Today we once again received yet another important support. One that will greatly enhance our level of care and treatment for our patients at NRH. In this regard, patients at NRH who are suffering from kidney conditions and other sicknesses that stem from the failure of the kidney to perform its functions will stand to benefit from this machine",
"Most admissions at NRH are caused by Non-Communicable Diseases, mainly diabetes and hypertension. These are diseases related to problems with the kidneys. These are leading causes of deaths and admissions at NRH. Today we have an opportunity help those suffering from these health conditions to improve their level of comfort. Thank you indeed to the government and people of China", said Minister Togamana.
He also thanked China for continuous financial support stating that the 300,000 USD will greatly enable current efforts to roll out COVID-19 vaccines and increase coverage and deal with many logistical issues.
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The newly revived Swan Hellenic Cruise Line has announced plans for a third brand-new expedition vessel.
Larger than the two sisters ships currently being constructed for the well-known brand, which was a firm favourite with culturally-minded British cruisers and has a history stretching back 70 years, the 196-passenger ship will also be built at the Helsinki Shipyard Oy in Finland.
It is scheduled to launch at the end of 2022 and will have 96 cabins, the majority with balconies, and high levels of service will be provided by a large team of 140 crew members. The vessel will have an ice-strengthened hull that will enable it to reach remote polar regions and other technological features include a diesel-hybrid propulsion system so it can sail in total silence when under battery power.
The news follows this summer's announcement that the discovery cruise line – which folded three years ago following the collapse of parent company All Leisure Group – was being relaunched under new ownership with two new-build 152-passenger ships. The first, SH Minerva, which was named after the previous company's sole vessel, will launch in November 2021 with the second as yet unnamed ship following in spring 2022.
The move is positive boost for an industry that has been severely hit by Covid-19. Revealing plans for the third vessel shipyard CEO Carl-Gustaf Rotkirch said: "The new order is significant for Helsinki Shipyard as it shows our customers' confidence in our operations."
Swan Hellenic CEO Andrea Zito added: "We see the increase in demand for experiences that are truly out of the ordinary and are confident in the bounce back of our industry."
Building on its British roots, the new-look line will offer global cultural cruising with itineraries exploring the landscapes, wildlife and people of some of the world's less travelled regions, starting next year with a season in Antarctica.
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One of the most respected members of NASA's space shuttle program has joined Virgin Galactic as the commercial space company's Vice President of Operations. Mike Moses, NASA's former Space Shuttle Launch Integration Manager, will oversee the planning and execution of all operations at Virgin Galactic's headquarters at Spaceport America in New Mexico. In a press release, the company said Moses will develop and lead the team responsible for Virgin Galactic spaceship operations and logistics, flight crew operations, customer training, and spaceport ground operations, with overall operational safety and risk management as the primary focus.
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Moses talked with Irene Klotz at Reuters and said he thinks the direction NASA is taking is good, but he wants to be where the action is.
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Prior to his most recent NASA role, Moses served as a Flight Director at the NASA Johnson Space Center where he led teams of flight controllers in the planning, training and execution of all aspects of space shuttle missions. Before being selected as a Flight Director in 2005, Moses had over 10 years experience as a flight controller in the Shuttle Propulsion and Electrical Systems Groups.
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