What principle should guide our thinking as we approach the health care debate?
We believe that health care is a human right. We believe that all human beings everywhere have the right to health care, no matter whether they are young or old, sick or well, employed or unemployed, men or women. The right to health care means the right to preventive care, to medical attention, to prescriptions, to hospitalization, to therapies of all sorts, and to hospice care if necessary. The quality of medical care that one receives should not depend on a person's ability to pay.
What do you see as the source of our current health care problems?
First, health insurance companies are the principal source of our problems, since they exist to make money, not to provide health care. To make money, insurance companies attempt to exclude those who are most likely to need health care, for example, the elderly, the sick, people with "pre-existing conditions." To protect their profits, they attempt to restrict or cut off medical care to their customers when they become sick or are injured.
Second, many hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and physicians' offices also operate as for-profit businesses. In many cases, these institutions and organizations work to drive up costs through exorbitant fees, fabulous salaries and bonuses, recommendations for unnecessary procedures or lab work. While most physicians may be devoted to their patients, some have become ruthless business people, at the same time others find themselves caught in the existing set of economic pressures and demands.
So, we need to get the profit motive out of health care. First, by eliminating the health insurance companies' role and, second, by regulating or eliminating the for-profit health care institutions. We need a health care system which is democratically controlled by our society in the interests of us all.
How would you pay for this health care?
We believe that our country, our society has the wealth to make health care available to all. To do so, we would have to increase the level of taxation on banks, corporations, and the very wealthy. We might also make other changes in our national economic priorities, such as ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, closing U.S. military bases around the world, and cutting the military budget.
We join with and support all of those who are working for health care reform, that is, working to provide health for all of those in our society who do not now enjoy it. We believe that in reforming the health system, the most important thing is to create a national system that covers everyone living in the United States.
We already have government payment for health care in the form of Medicare, for residents over 65, and Medicaid, children, pregnant women, and the disabled, as well as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for low-income children not qualified for Medicaid. We believe health care reform might be brought about, in part, by unifying and extending government coverage to all.
We believe that single-payer might be one way to create a more inclusive and equitable system, if not the perfect system. Single-payer means a system where the government or some government-backed organization provides the financing which pays for medical care. A single-payer system, such as exists in Australia and Canada, pays the hospitals, clinics, laboratories and pharmacies and the doctors who treat patients. Thus profit is eliminated from health insurance, but not from health care. The public might find itself being taxed to pay private hospitals and physicians, and to insure their profits.
The "public option" which President Obama had proposed but then dropped—and which is now being championed by Democratic Party head Howard Dean–would create a government-funded insurance company to compete with private insurance companies. Proposed as an alternative to eliminating the health insurance companies or to government regulation of them, the public option give people an alternative to the private insurance companies, theoretically acting as a check on insurance company practices.
We believe that single-payer, which would eliminate private health insurance companies altogether, would be superior to the public option.
Are your proposing "socialized medicine"? And what do you think of that idea?
"Socialized medicine" is often used to describe the state-run system that exists in England. We also have such systems in the United States, such as the Veterans Hospital and the Indian Health Service. We think that in many respects, such a system would be a great step forward if it covered everyone in the United States. Such a system would provide health care for all without cost. We think that is right, is just.
A big problem is that such systems exist within the broader crisis-prone capitalist economy with its economic booms and busts, so that economic crisis can lead to cutbacks in health care. This has happened to some state-run health care systems in Latin America, for example.
Another problem is that political agendas and government bureaucracies can distort such systems and divert them from the goal of providing health care for all. So, while we can see advantages in socialized medicine, we think that health workers, communities, and patients need to have a large role to make such a system work.
What do you see as the ideal alternative?
We believe that the profit motive should be eliminated from health care altogether by creating a democratically controlled social system of health care. We think that the public should set the general priorities, while health care workers—physicians, nurses, technicians, etc.—working with communities and patients should work out the best way to deliver care.
How do you ever see that coming about? How do we get there?
We believe that we have to do several things. First, we have to develop the critique of the profit system—capitalism—and a vision of an alternative—democratic socialism. So part of our work is intellectual and political: to understand and to pose options.
Second, we have to build a movement with the numbers and the power to transform our capitalist society into a democratic socialist society. We believe that working people, those who work for wages as factory or service workers, as teachers, nurses or social workers, will be at the center of such a movement. By a movement we mean those committed to go to planning meetings, to attend demonstrations, and in the future to join in protests and strikes.
Third, we think that we will have to build a political party, a party of working people and all those who face injustice and unfairness in our society. We believe that both the Republicans and the Democrats, including the Barack Obama administration, serve the banks and corporations, and serve the government, politicians, and the military, rather than serving the people.
Ultimately, though, we think we will need to build a powerful political movement to carry out a revolutionary transformation of our society, to eliminate profit not only from insurance and health care, but from every aspect of our society. We need a society based on the concepts of justice, equality, and fairness.
So does that mean we can't do anything now? Do we have to wait for the right movement, political party, or for a revolution?
No, we can accomplish a lot now, by supporting health care reform and raising the single-payer option. Working within the movement, we can join with other activists to begin to build the movement that we need both to win reform now and to bring about revolutionary change in the future.


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I recently just planned three birthday parties for our two boys, whose birthdays are only two days apart. Yes, three parties! We plan a family party as well; it's always nice to have the immediate family over to celebrate!
January is a very busy and hectic time and sometimes (ok, most of the time!) I struggle to stay on top of things. When planning the kids' birthday parties, I used to have various pieces of paper scattered throughout the house with party details written all over them and I'd try to remember: Who did we invite again?; Who RSVPd?; Did I order the cake?; When is the deposit due?; etc. It was very stressful indeed!
A few years ago I decided enough was enough and I designed my own party planning sheet with checklists and detailed information about the event so I knew at a glance what was happening and when! It was such a relief to finally have everything all on one piece of paper!
I recently had fun making it all pretty and couldn't wait to share it with you today!!
I also use this list to keep track of the contact details for each guest and I will take this to the party in case of emergencies. I also recently decided to add allergies to the party planner, as when planning my son's last birthday party there were a couple of kids with sensitivities &/or allergies.
Most of the parties we have planned have been at a venue outside of the home, so I like to have a "To Pack" list for things like the cake cutter, candles, camera, extra batteries, etc. I also love the "To Do" list, and it is the perfect place to remind myself to charge the camera batteries!
I will often design and print my own invitations, goodie bag tags, cupcake toppers, party bunting banners, etc., so I will make a list of the things I will make/design and write the design details in the appropriate areas on the checklist.
I am an organized, checklist kind of gal, so it makes my heart sing to see such a pretty birthday party checklist and when I pull it out for every birthday party and special event, I just LOVE using it and I hope you will, too! It will no doubt make your party planning a lot more enjoyable!
DOWNLOAD THE BIRTHDAY PARTY PLANNER CHECKLIST!
I'd love it if you would share this on Pinterest! Thanks and happy party planning!!


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Can you See Me Human trafficking awareness campaign
An anti-human trafficking awareness campaign is launched by Galveston County. Billboards with the message "Can you see me" are designed to reach victims of human trafficking and to bring awareness of the issue so everyone can recognize what's happening in our area. If you or someone you know suspects human trafficking activity call the National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888
Coast Guard searching for 2 fishermen after vessel collision near Galveston
The Coast Guard is searching for two fishermen from a fishing vessel that capsized after a collision near the Galveston jetties.
Non-profit helps return World War II veteran from Galveston's remains to his family
ONLY ON FOX 26: Galvestonian Steve Anderson and his sisters grew up hearing many heroic stories about their uncle, Marine Corps Reserve 1st Lt. Justin G. "Buddy" Mills.
Galvestonian Steve Anderson and his sisters grew up hearing many heroic stories about their uncle, Marine Corps Reserve 1st Lt. Justin G. "Buddy" Mills.
Galveston County reports first vaping-related death
Galveston County Health District has confirmed its first death associated with e-cigarette smoking and vaping, also known as EVALI. Officials say a woman between 30-35 years old died at a local hospital on December 29 after battling a lung injury related to e-cigarettes and vaping.
Galveston Railroad Museum presents 'The Polar Express' train ride
Galveston Railroad Museum presented The Polar Express to lots of happy children and families as they enjoyed the magic of Christmas!
Galveston contractor indicted for allegedly stealing thousands from elderly
Thomas is now being charged with first degree felony theft of property. He's accused of stealing up to $200,000 from multiple elderly victims.
A Galveston contractor accused of scamming dozens of victims out of thousands of dollars has now been indicted by a grand jury.
Lanes back open on I-45 Gulf Freeway SB at Galveston Causeway Bridge
The main lanes are open and the incident has cleared. Traffic is extremely heavy in the area.
14-year-old girl missing from southeast Houston
Police are searching for 14-year-old Aura Tzi, who was reported missing from southeast Houston.
Hometown Holidays!
The FOX 26 Morning News team shares the traditions, performances, and lights of Houston's holiday season on this special edition of Hometown Fridays.
Port of Galveston celebrates record of 1 million passengers
According to a national report, Galveston's cruise business grew by 13 percent in 2018. The one-millionth passenger was Mark Martin and his wife, Laurie Steele Martin, from Mission Viejo, California.
Bayou City Buzz: The Polar Express
The Galveston Railroad Museum is making Christmas dreams come true by granting rides on the Polar Express!
2 passengers from Galveston-based cruise killed in Belize bus crash while on independent tour
Carnival Cruise Line confirmed that seven guests traveling on a cruise ship out of Galveston were involved in a bus crash while on an independent tour in Belize.
Salvation Army dining hall in Galveston open as warming center
The Salvation Army dining hall in Galveston will be open until 5 p.m. Tuesday for anyone who needs to get out of the cold.
4 rescued after Galveston boat crash stranded passengers on jetty, temperatures threatened hypothermia
At around 6:00 p.m., officers responded to an incident in which four people were on a boat that crashed into the jetty about one or two miles offshore. The boat sank, and the four people are stranded on the rock jetty, according to Fire Chief Charlie Olsen.
Four people stranded after boat crash along Galveston Jetty
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Sand: Reynolds Is Holding Back Much-Needed Help From Iowans
Posted April 24th, 2021 at 10:01am by Isabella Murray
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand on Friday told Iowa Press that he was considering a run for Governor or U.S. Senate, as well as reelection to the Auditor job, and spoke critically on the state's GOP-controlled pandemic response.
Sand, one of the only statewide Democratic leaders, said that he had no timeline for his decision to announce which office he'd seek in the future, noting that he's also considering a run for reelection to his state auditor post.
"I have no announcement to make. I haven't decided yet what I'm doing. I spent most of my week actually reading the American Rescue Plan, trying to figure out how our office is going to fit into some of that spending. So I'm still focused on that right now," Sand said. "I'm looking at reelection, potentially running for Governor, maybe running for U.S. Senate."
As auditor and government watchdog, Sand said he thinks the pandemic response from Governor Kim Reynolds and the GOP-led Legislature has been weak. He also sounded the alarm on misused funds as COVID-19 ravaged the state.
"The taxpayer's watchdog has the ability to sniff around and to bark when it finds something that's not going the way it ought to. And we did that when it came to $21 million in Workday spending. We've cautioned the governor in taking half a million dollars to spend on her personal staff instead of mitigating the pandemic. She's going to have to document how that went to qualify. And the bigger issue to me is that we've got at this point its late April, close to a billion dollars sitting in the state's accounts while Iowans are suffering," Sand said.
"And at any point, a special session could have been called, the legislature could have passed something to get that money out there to struggling small business owners, to make sure they can get through this pandemic in Iowa's culture in our small towns maintains what it used to be so that it can be normal to come back to. And they haven't done that."
Radio Iowa News Director Kay Henderson noted that Sand had evidently prepared talking points to run against Governor Kim Reynolds in 2022 and questioned why he hadn't committed to run for the role.
"I've got a four-and-a-half-year-old, a freshly-minted seven-year-old at home, these are big questions, they're hard to balance," he responded. "And there's certainly things that weigh in both directions. And I just haven't finished weighing them."
If he were leading the state, Sand said he'd do things differently. First off, he'd offer state funds for failing small businesses like small-town restaurants.
"The fact that they've been unwilling to help, unwilling to assist, to me is wild. Just the Restaurant Association alone, I think, is looking at a thousand restaurants across the state of Iowa that have closed. And state government hasn't lifted a finger in terms of state funds to help them," he said.
"Can you imagine a ship captain? The ship's going down, and the ship captain goes, 'well folks, we're just going to trash these lifeboats and these life vests because there's not enough for everybody.' It's irresponsible."
Sand noted that the federal assistance money, though significant, is coming "too late" for a lot of people who should have seen state leadership help them from the beginning of the pandemic.
"It was bizarre to me to see the governor of the state of Iowa say that's the federal government's job. She's elected to look out for the state of Iowa. To serve the people of Iowa. And instead of Iowans getting what they need in this time of need, she's going to do with that money what she wants," Sand said.
by Isabella Murray
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1 Comment on "Sand: Reynolds Is Holding Back Much-Needed Help From Iowans"
Pat Kinnick says:
Looks like he's about twelve. Need a touch of grey to add a bit of "gravitas." As for running for guv, I do want to see a "fresh face" take on Reynolds and not one of the perennial also-rans. Reynolds should not be underestimated. Dems got smoked in Iowa in 2020 and that should not be forgotten.


Pheelz the beat maker teams up with his close friend Olamide to release a new song titled "Son Of Abraham".
It is a motivational song for the hustlers to become a better person, no matter the situation we find ourselves. Great song from the talented duo. Download and get inspired.


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A whole bunch of high-profile Minnesotans want to be on the governor's climate council
By Walker Orenstein | 01/16/2020
More than 150 people have applied so far for the new 15-member committee created to help the governor create and implement climate change policy.
One year in, Gov. Tim Walz talks bonding, breaking up DHS, and the perils of Minnesota exceptionalism
The governor answers 10 questions (more or less) on the one-year anniversary (more or less) of being sworn in as the 41st governor of Minnesota.
Will Minnesota lawmakers regret spending the state's 'rainy day' funds on something other than a rainy day?
The deal struck to end the 2019 Legislature used $491 million out of Minnesota's rainy day fund to keep the state's books in the black, creating a precedent that budget writers will have to deal with going forward.
Four takeaways from Minnesota's latest budget forecast
Reactions to the announcement that Minnesota has a $1.33 billion budget surplus offered a preview of the 2020 legislative session.
Tim Walz wants Minnesota to have more electric cars. Do consumers really lack buying options?
The Walz administration contends that electric vehicles' small market share in Minnesota is due to lack of choice, not lack of interest. But auto dealers say the buying options for zero-emission vehicles in the state simply reflects consumers' preference.
One issue that unites Republicans and DFLers in Minnesota? Biofuels
As farmers have suffered under U.S. trade policies, a push to invigorate the biofuels industry in Minnesota has gained new momentum.
Vaping cases highlight Minnesota governor's lack of power to address health emergencies
In Minnesota, where there has been 50 confirmed cases of vaping-related lung damage and at least one death, Gov. Tim Walz's authority is essentially limited to shouting, "Don't!"
A power map of Gov. Tim Walz's top staff
You can tell a lot about the Minnesota governor's office by looking at who sits where.
Changing course, Walz chooses longtime executive Harpstead to run embattled DHS
Jodi Harpstead's background stands in contrast to that of Walz's initial choice to run the Department of Human Services, former state Sen. Tony Lourey, who abruptly resigned last month.
Should the state of Minnesota compensate farmers for buffer land?
Several measures to compensate farmers for buffer land were proposed at the Legislature this year, including a $50-an-acre tax credit endorsed by Gov. Tim Walz. None of the proposals passed.
Resignation puts state Department of Human Services under the microscope. Again.
Gov. Tim Walz rejected suggestions that the department is in chaos, citing the willingess of Pam Wheelock to take on the job. "I don't think that acting Commissioner Wheelock saw an agency in crisis," he said. "I think she saw an agency at a transition point."
Walz's bill-signing ceremonies: lots of ceremony, not so many actual bills
The Walz administration has created a new Capitol fixture: signing ceremonies for bills actually signed long ago.
Well, that happened: Making sense of Minnesota's 2019 legislative session
The 2019 session of the Minnesota Legislature was one of conflicting expectations.
'It was a draw': State budget deal includes extension of provider tax, no gas tax increase
Announced Sunday evening, the deal triggers a frantic week — or perhaps longer — for Minnesota lawmakers.
How Senate Republicans' 'no new taxes' stance became the driving force of the 2019 Legislature
DFL leaders continue to expect Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka to meet them somewhere between zero and the billions in tax increases they've proposed. Gazelka has refused to do that.


Did you know that over half of adults in the United States now utilize a smart phone to surf the Web? This information makes it even more urgent that you bring your business onto the mobile scene if you have not already.
Even if you are a brick and mortar store, it is imperative that you, at the minimum, make your website mobile friendly. Regardless of whether you sell t-shirts, computers or wedding planning services, if your potential customers cannot find you in a quick, mobile search, you will be easily passed over.
Use these mobile marketing tips for small business to market your business in a mobile world.
Create opt-in campaigns allowing your customers to sign up to receive special messages, alerts and rewards for joining your text campaign. Use this platform to allow customers to take a specific action (such as participating in a survey or visiting your website) in exchange for a reward (a free item or 10 percent discount). Redbox does this very well, regularly offering text campaign customers exclusive deals and free movie rentals.
Using QR codes (or Quick Response Codes) allows users to access a specific content area in order to obtain a special reward or to take advantage of a specific promotion. QR scanners can easily be downloaded for free onto any smartphone, and you can create your own QR codes easily using websites like www.qrstuff.com and add flyers, ads, business cards, etc.
Mobile directories have replaced the phone book yellow pages for the majority of people. If you want to ensure your business is found, register with several mobile directories such as Yelp, Google+Local, and YP (Yellow Pages). Include the name of your business, the product/service you provide, business hours, phone number, physical address and link to your website.
Want to make your business even more easily accessible? If so, create an app.
You can easily create an app with websites like appypie.com or appmakr.com. Your app should provide unique content apart from your other digital presences, but still sell products, allow you to communicate with your customers, or whatever else you desire. Eighty-five percent of smartphone users surveyed feel more at ease navigating an app than a mobile version of your website.
In general, iOS apps generate nearly four times the revenue as opposed to Android apps, but it can be more difficult navigating the Apple app developing world.
The good news for your business is mobile marketing is not going away. In fact, it's the future. What will evolve is how we use mobile marketing in the future to find information. Google has predicted this will be the year that more people will search for information using their mobile device than using a desktop computer.
In a world where the majority of smartphone users access their email using their mobile device, going mobile allows you to connect with and convert your users quickly and more efficiently.
Here is a little fact for you: 75 percent of smartphone users in the U.S. confess to taking their mobile phones with them to the bathroom. Gross, sure, but think about it. This is just another example of the prevalence of the mobile device. Smartphones are now how the majority of people pass time, locate information, find the time for the next movie, search for deals or find a plumber to fix their toilet. Our mobile devices have become an extension of us.
So if you have not dipped your finger into mobile marketing, use these mobile marketing tips for small business to get on the boat. If you're already into mobile marketing, keep doing your research in order to keep your business on top of the newest trends.
Social networking and mobile marketing are constantly moving forward and evolving. If you do not stay on top of the times and stay tuned into what mobile marketing means, it's too easy to get left behind.


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Dem Leader Bernie Sanders: Dems' Brand May Be Worse Than Trump's
Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders, a leader of the Democratic Party, acknowledged that the Democrats' brand may be worse than Trump's brand right now.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a self-described socialist and a leader in the Democratic Party right now, said on Thursday night that the Democratic Party's brand "may be" worse than President Trump's brand.
"He may be," Sanders said, in response to a question from CNN's Anderson Cooper on whether Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) was right when he said the Democratic Party brand is worse than Trump's brand in some parts of the country.
"I speak as the longest-serving independent in American congressional history, the Democratic brand is pretty bad," Sanders continued. "I think the Trump brand is also pretty bad, as is the Republican brand."
Still, the comments from Sanders are a bit surprising given the Democratic Party has effectively given the keys of the party to the socialist senator, and given that Sanders and DNC Chair Tom Perez conducted a cross-country, but messy, "unity" tour together.


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Willmar: one of Minnesota's pockets of immigrant success
By Chuck Brown | 10/09/2015
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Willmar is a regional center in West Central Minnesota enjoying a diversified economy that includes manufacturing, retail, health care, higher education and government services.
There is a nativist, xenophobic thread running through the American political narrative these days with roots going back to the Know-Nothing Party of the mid-19th century and beyond. In milder versions, immigrants are portrayed as taking jobs from American citizens while burdening the safety net and social services. In the more toxic forms, immigrants are equated with criminality and lawlessness. Against that backdrop of hysteria, it's all too easy to lose sight of the enormously positive contributions immigrants are making to this country and to our North Star State.
Chuck Brown
First-generation immigrants always cluster together for the obvious language and cultural comforts those clusters provide. They also cluster for economic reasons — they go where the jobs are — so in seeking an objective view of the state of immigration in America today it's useful to look closely at those clusters, or pockets of immigrant success.
Willmar, Minnesota, is one of those pockets. Willmar is a regional center in West Central Minnesota enjoying a diversified economy that includes manufacturing, retail, health care, higher education and government services. The city has seen steady growth over the years, doubling its population since 1960. Lately much of that population growth has come in the form of a wave of new Latino residents, beginning in the 1980s, followed by a more recent wave of Somalis in the last 10 years.
Indeed, a look at U.S. Census data reveals that Willmar would have lost population from 2000 to 2010 without that influx. The 2010 census shows that the combined Hispanic and black residents now make up 25 percent of the city's population, an increase from 16 percent in 2000. Of course, all those new residents are not immigrants, but the U.S. Census Bureau's 2009-2013 Community Survey Estimates put the city's foreign-born population at close to 10 percent with 61 percent and 31 percent of that number coming from Latin America and Africa respectively.
A big part of Willmar's economic attraction can be summed up in a single word: turkeys. Willmar is at the center of the largest turkey producing area in the United States and home to a Jennie-O processing plant. Factory work in food processing plants has long been a source of employment for first-generation immigrants and Willmar with its turkeys is no exception.
So they came and found jobs, but in doing so, did they take a job away from someone else? It doesn't appear so, based on a recent headline In Willmar's West Central Tribune that read, "Willmar-area labor shortage means jobs are plentiful." (Sept. 15, 2015) In the story reporter David Little quoted Mary Warszynski, general manager of Employment Plus of Willmar, as saying, "I truly believe that anybody that wants a job has a job."
If immigrants are productively employed, it is far less likely that they will burden the safety net, but what about cultural clashes? What about crime?
Assimilation requires a period of adjustment. Cultural differences require understanding — on both sides of the issue — but numerous statistics show that stable, employed immigrant families are no more prone to crime than other groups.
And again, Willmar was no exception, especially in the early years of the initial Hispanic influx, when the city experienced real tension, much of it having to do with housing. But cooler heads prevailed. Civic and community leaders addressed problems and solved them.
So is Willmar now free of cultural issues and crime? No, but what city of 20,000 people is? More to the point, the city is prospering and growing, jobs are plentiful, and the subsequent generations of immigrant families are assimilating into the schools and the broader community. It's a story that has played out time after time throughout America's immigrant history.
Before painting all immigrants with a single negative brush, it might be useful to carefully check the pockets where immigrants are succeeding (hint: they're not all located along the border) and in doing so, we're likely to find a good deal more than loose change and lint.
Chuck Brown is a Minnesota writer and the retired manager of a manufacturing company who served 12 years on the Olivia City Council. He is a Policy Fellow advising on rural issues for Growth & Justice, an organization that seeks a broader prosperity and elimination of racial disparities in Minnesota. This originally appeared on the organization's blog.


Earth, Life, and Time: What is Natural?
Life on Earth has always altered its environment.1 "Deep" time records major shifts in atmospheric composition, for example, as life evolved photosynthesis, leading to a massive transfer of CO2 from the atmosphere to the biosphere. Given this, is the large-scale injection into the atmosphere of anthropogenically released carbon a completely natural consequence of biotic activity?


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Kingston broadcast pioneer dies at age 92
One of the pioneer broadcasters at CKWS has died at age 92.
Bill Luxton was found dead in the pool at his Ottawa home on July 13. His family believes he suffered a heart attack.
Luxton was a significant part of the CKWS radio family. Hired in the summer of 1950, he started off as an announcer and made the transition to television in 1954.
Luxton became the station's first news anchor and program director.
"I do remember the early newscasts," Luxton said in an interview for the station's 50th anniversary special broadcast in 2004. "They would go out with a Polaroid camera, take a shot of the news and come back with a four-by-six format, paste it on a piece of cardboard on an easel and the camera would have to pan or zoom in on it."
Luxton left Kingston and CKWS in 1961 for Ottawa. He was one of the first employees at CJOH-TV, where he was a host and actor for 27 years.
Luxton is survived by his wife Agnes, two children, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He will be laid to rest on Wednesday, July 31 after a service at the Kelly Funeral Home in Ottawa at noon.
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Q: How to avoid creating any object within the storage that a const automatic object used to occupy? The C++ (draft) standard contains what I call the "ROMability clause" that is [basic.life]/10:

Creating a new object within the storage that a const complete object
  with static, thread, or automatic storage duration occupies, or within
  the storage that such a const object used to occupy before its
  lifetime ended, results in undefined behavior.

The first part is fine: "static, thread" "storage duration". It would be unreasonable to allow the reuse of such storage.
But what about the last part:

automatic storage duration occupies, or within
  the storage that such a const object used to occupy before its
  lifetime ended

Does that mean that the user needs to be avoid creating any object in any memory location that might have been used by the stack (to store automatic objects)?
That would prevent the use of placement new on any subobject of an automatic object, or to use a library tool that does such thing.
That makes zero sense, yet it seems to me that it's literally what's specified here.

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the user needs to be avoid creating any object in any memory location that might have been used by the stack (to store automatic objects)

The standard doesn't know about "the stack" nor does it care - it's an implementation detail.

Block-scope variables not explicitly declared static, thread_local, or extern have automatic storage duration.
The storage for these entities lasts until the block in which they are created exits
from [basic.stc.auto]

Thus even if two entities end up being - without overlapping storage - at the same address "on the stack" they still don't have the same storage.
union Lazy {
  Thing thing;
};

// later in a function
{
  Thing const first = /* init */
}
{
  Lazy l;
  new (&l.thing) Thing();
}

first and l.thing possibly will be on the same address ... but when l.thing is created the storage of first is already "gone".
"Bottom line": same address does not imply same storage.

A: Storage is an abstract designation of resource used to store the object at given time. It might be a CPU register, volatile\nonvolatile memory, cache and combination of those.
This clause means only that compiler is allowed to assume that such object is unchanged. The duration   only is different. If static one or a global const (which is automatically static) can be assumed to never change in whole program, local ones  are assumed to never change during evaluation of all expressions involving it in scope.
// static duration
const int v1 = 3; // is always 3, variable may or may not exist,
                  // depending on type and whether address was requested.
                  // for linkage purposes considered static

void foo(int a)
{
  // static duration
  static const int v2 = 3; // initialized with 3  on first call of foo()

  // automatic storage duration
  const int v3 = a + v;    // initialized every time,
                           //  is just a local variable that cannot be changed
                           //  storage stops to exist after foo() returned
}

This means that storage occupied by v3 never persist outside of foo()'s execution and its address - pointer or reference - shouldn't be returned or otherwise used outside of scope (e.g. by capturing). Outside of foo() any other object may be placed into same "storage", but it's not same storage from abstract point of view used by standard. This doesn't apply to resources allocated by automatic const object, e.g. they might be moved to be owned by some other object.

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Google Acquires Mangosoft's Distributed Directory Service Patents for $3.2 Million
One of the biggest names in peer to peer technology is Skype. In 2008, Skype settled with Mangosoft Technologies in a patent infringement case over a patent related to "dynamic directory service". Mangosoft's victory in the case wasn't enough to keep the company thriving and in May, Mango Capital announced that their subsidiary, MangoSoft Intellectual Property, Inc., sold all of its patent rights for $3.2 million.
While Google used peer-to-peer technology in GMail video, the company blogged a couple of days ago that that video communication service would be replaced with Google Hangouts and no longer rely upon peer-to-peer technology.
Google was assigned 9 granted patents and 4 pending patents from Mangosoft Intellectual Property Inc., as noted in an assignment executed on May 1, 2012, and recorded on July 31, 2012. Among the patent filings is a granted patent and 2 pending patents titled "Dynamic Directory Service." This directory service "maintains a directory in which is stored both (1) directory information and (2) the physical layout of the directory itself" over the network itself rather than in a centralized location.
The Mangosoft website doesn't appear to have been updated much since 2007, with the most recent filing appearing to be a document filed with the SEC terminating the company from the responsibility of filing earnings reports with the SEC.
In addition to the distributed directory technology, the remaining technology appears to involve making it easier to share data files across a distributed network. Hard to say exactly how Google might use this technology with the news that Gmail video is no longer relying upon peer-to-peer technology.
The patent filings involved in the transaction include:
Shared memory computer networks
Invented by John B. Carter, Scott H. Davis, William Abraham, Steven J. Frank, Thomas G. Hansen, Robert S. Phillips, Daniel J. Dietterich, David Porter
Assigned to Mangosoft Corporation
Filed: November 22, 1996
Distributed shared memory systems and processes that can connect into each node of a computer network to encapsulate the memory management operations of the connected nodes and to provide thereby an abstraction of a shared virtual memory that can span across each node of the network and that optionally spans across each memory device connected to the computer network. Accordingly, each node on the network having the distributed shared memory system of the invention can access the shared memory.
Structured data storage using globally addressable memory
Invented by Scott H. Davis, John B. Carter, Steven J. Frank, Hsin H. Lee, and Daniel J. Dietterich
Granted June 29, 1999
Filed: March 28, 1997
In a network of computer nodes, a structured storage system interfaces to a globally addressable memory system that provides persistent storage of data. The globally addressable memory system may be a distributed shared memory (DSM) system. A control program resident on each network node can direct the memory system to map file and directory data into the shared memory space.
The memory system can include functionality to share data, coherently replicate data, and create log-based transaction data to allow for recovery. In one embodiment, the memory system provides memory device services to the data control program. These services can include read, write, allocate, flush, or any other similar or additional service suitable for providing low-level control of a memory storage device.
The data control program employs these memory system services to allocate and access portions of the shared memory space for creating and manipulating a structured store of data such as a file system, a database system, or a Web page system for storing, retrieving, and delivering objects such as files, database records or information, and Web pages.
Shared client-side web caching using globally addressable memory
Invented by John B. Carter, Scott H. Davis, Daniel J. Dietterich, Steven J. Frank, and Hsin H. Lee
Filed: May 2, 1997
A shared client-side Web cache is provided by implementing a file system shared between nodes. Each browser application stores cached data in files stored in a globally addressable data store. Since the file system is a shared one, the client-side Web caches are also shared.
Dynamic directory service
Invented by Daniel J. Dietterich, Robert S. Phillips, John B. Carter, Scott H. Davis, Steven J. Frank, and William Abraham
In a network of computer nodes, a directory service provides both the physical location of directory information around the network and the directory information itself in a single data structure. This single data structure is distributed throughout the network, and continuously redistributed, to create a directory service that is both more flexible, and more robust, than prior art directory services.
Remote access and geographically distributed computers in a globally addressable storage environment
Invented by John B. Carter, Scott H. Davis, Steven J. Frank,
A computer system employs a globally addressable storage environment that allows a plurality of networked computers to access data by addressing even when the data is stored on a persistent storage device such as a computer hard disk and other traditionally non-addressable data storage devices. The computers can be located on a single computer network or on a plurality of interconnected computer networks such as two local area networks (LANs) coupled by a wide area network (WAN). The globally addressable storage environment allows data to be accessed and shared by and among the various computers on the plurality of networks.
System and method for providing highly available data storage using globally addressable memory
Invented by John B. Carter, Scott H. Davis, Daniel J. Dietterich, Steven J. Frank, Robert S. Phillips, John Woods, David Porter, Hsin H. Lee
Granted June 1, 1999
A network of computer node interface to globally addressable memory system that provides persistent storage of data exchange periodic connectivity information. The exchanged connectivity information provides information regarding node failure to other nodes in the system, and the surviving nodes use the information to determine which node, if any, has ceased functioning.
Various processes are used to recover the portion of the global address space for which the failed node was responsible, including RAM directory, disk directory, or file system information. Additionally, nodes may be subdivided into groups, and connectivity information is exchanged between nodes belonging to a group. Each group then exchanges group-wise connectivity information and failures may be recovered.
Distributed virtual web cache implemented entirely in software
Invented by Scott H. Davis, Daniel J. Dietterich, Paul D. Asselin, Gerard R. Plouffe, Phillip John Romine
Granted July 6, 2004
Filed: June 21, 2000
A method and system are provided for optimizing the local caching of one or more data components available from a server node. Each of the plural nodes connected to a local area network is provided with a locally physically present cache. Each of the caches of at least some of the plurality of nodes is linked together into a single virtual cache.
A particular one of the nodes is designated as a repository node for persistently storing a particular data component and for providing a copy of the particular data component to other referencing nodes of the plurality of nodes that lack, but which desire to access, the particular data component. The designation of the particular node as the repository node is unchanged solely by providing a copy of the particular data component to one of the referencing nodes that desire to access the particular data component.
The repository function of a node for a particular data component is relatively static. For instance, assume that a first referencing node obtains from the repository node a copy of the particular data component and performs a group of one or more access operations on the copy of the data component. If another referencing node lacks a copy of but desires to access the particular data component, a copy of the particular data component is provided from the repository node to the other referencing node.
One of the nodes may be designated as a monitor node for the particular data component. The monitor node responds to requests by each referencing node to identify the repository node of the particular data component by providing the identity of the particular node which serves as the repository node for the particular data component.
Internet-based shared file service with native PC client access and semantics and distributed access control
Invented by Robert S. Phillips, Scott H. Davis, Daniel J. Dietterich, Scott E. Nyman, and David Porter
Assigned to Mangosoft Intellectual Property, Inc.
Filed: November 1, 2000
A multi-user file storage service and system enable each user of a pre-subscribed user group to communicate with a remote file server node via a wide area network and to access the files of the filegroup via the respective client node. More than one user of the pre-subscribed user group is permitted to access the file group at the remote file server node simultaneously.
The integrity of the files at the remote file server node is maintained by controlling each access to each file at the remote file server node so that each access to files at the remote file server is performed, if at all, on a respective portion of each file as most recently updated at the remote file server node. Additionally, an encrypted key is transferred from the file server node to a particular client node via a secure channel. The encrypted key uses an encryption function and a decryption function not known locally at the remote file server.
Furthermore, both privileged access control rights and file sharing mode access control to a particular file of the group of files are delegated to one or more distributed nodes other than the remote file server node which provides the data.
Internet-based shared file service with native PC client access and semantics
Invented by Robert S. Phillips, Scott H. Davis, Daniel J. Dietterich, Scott E. Nyman, David Porter
A multi-user file storage service and system enables each user of a user group to operate an arbitrary client node at an arbitrary geographic location to communicate with a remote file server node via a wide area network. More than one user of the user group is permitted to access the file group at the remote file server node simultaneously, but the integrity of the files is maintained by controlling access so that each access to one of the files at the remote file server is performed, if at all, on a respective portion of that file as most recently updated at the remote file server node.
Method for Scheduling Thread Execution on a Limited Number of Operating System Threads
Invented by Daniel J. Dietterich, John B. Carter, Scott H. Davis, Steven J. Frank, Thomas G. Hansen, and Hsin H. Lee
Filed: April 29, 1998
A system for scheduling thread execution on a limited number of operating system threads inside a kernel device driver and allowing execution of context threads by kernel-mode threads includes a kernel device driver that itself includes at least one kernel thread. A data structure stored in a memory element is associated with a context thread to be executed by the system. A flow scheduler stores context thread state in the associated data structure and schedules the execution of one or more context threads.
In a network of computer nodes, a directory service provides both the physical location of directory information around the network and the directory information itself in a single data structure.
Internet-based shared file service with native PC client access and semantics and distributed version control
Assigned to MangoSoft Corp.
A multi-user file storage service and system enable each user of a pre-subscribed user group to operate an arbitrary client node at an arbitrary geographic location, to communicate with a remote file server node via a wide area network and to access the files of the filegroup via the respective client node in communication with the remote file server node via the wide-area network.
More than one user of the pre-subscribed user group is permitted to access the file group at the remote file server node simultaneously. Illustratively, the integrity of the files at the remote file server node is maintained by controlling each access to each file at the remote file server node so that each access to files at the remote file server is performed, if at all, on a respective portion of each file as most recently updated at the remote file server node.
Thus, all native operating system application programming interfaces operate as if all multi-user applications accessing the files function as if the remote server and client nodes were on the same local area network. Illustratively, an interface is provided for adapting file access one of the client nodes. The interface designates at the client node each accessible file of the group as stored on a virtual storage device.
The interface enables access to the designated files in a fashion which is indistinguishable, by users of, and applications executing at, the client node, with access to one or more files stored on a physical storage device that is locally present at the client node. Illustratively, an encrypted key is transferred from the remote file server node to one of the client nodes via a secure channel. The key is encrypted using an encryption function not known locally at the remote file server node.
The transferred key is decrypted at the client node. The key is used at the client node to decrypt the information of the files downloaded from the remote file server node or to encrypt information of the files before uploading for storage at the remote file server node. Access control to a particular one of the files of the group can be delegated to an access control node.
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3 thoughts on "Google Acquires Mangosoft's Distributed Directory Service Patents for $3.2 Million"
Robert Kilonzo
Interesting. We'll see how Google will use this technology in Google Hangouts. Even after reading the abstracts it is hard for me to guess what their plans are.
Let us see in due cource ,how this Google Acquired Mangosoft's Distributed Directory Service performance will be.
Joseph Denaburg
I can't wait until Google Hangouts is up and running at full speed! I think that in 5 years, Google will not only be the internet search leader, but the social communications leader as well!


Was it Matte or Glossy?
Discussion in 'MacBook Pro' started by Merkava_4, Jun 8, 2017.
I ran the serial number W88031A0XAG and EveryMac says it could be either one. The part number Z0EC001J6 doesn't bring up anything. I figured I'd ask here because somebody probably has more insight.
The optional display is a glossy one, the matte display was the standard.
The label lists the shipping (CTO) configuration.
MacBook Pro, 15-inch screen, 2.6 GHz processor, 2x2 GB (4GB) RAM, 250GB hard drive, and SuperDrive optical drive.
No display option listed there, so it shipped with a matte display.
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import java.lang.annotation.*;

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 * 数据过滤
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 * @author chenshun
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 * @date 2017/9/17 14:20
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@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
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    /**  表的别名 */
    String tableAlias() default  "";

    /**  true:没有本部门数据权限,也能查询本人数据 */
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Петр Јан Брандл (; Праг, 24. октобар 1668 — Кутна Хора, 24. септембар 1735) је био чешки сликар и један од најзначајнијих представника чешког барока.

Биографски подаци
Отац Петра Брандла је био кројач и вероватно немачког порекла а мати из сељачког рода из јужне чешке. Из језуитске гимназије се креће сасвим другим путевима када је постао шегрт дворског сликара Кристијан Шредера који му је као управник прашке галерије ("Obrazárna Pražského hradu") омогућио познавање значајних дела италијанске и низоземске школе. То је имало за Брандла велики значај јер он није никада напустио Праг и европско сликарство је познавао само посредством странаца који су били активни у Прагу а од домаћих сликара су му били пример М. Л. Вилман и Ј. К. Лишка.

Године 1694. био је примљан у сликарски цех. Његов животни пут није водио само по племићким резиденцијама и богатим манастирима, већ је посећивао и кафане најгоре врсте и затворе. Напустио је своју жену и троје деце и избегавао је плаћање алиментација до краја живота. Био је најпризнатији сликар свога доба и имао је много наруџбина и зарађивао је јако пуно новца, који је лако разбацио и затим се топио у дуговима. Прогањан од адвоката своје жене он се склонио у Кутну Хору где је завршио свој живот и 25. септембра 1735. године је нађен мртав у кафани "Код црног коњића". Становници Кутне Хоре су му у име његове славе уредили монументалну сахрану.

Карактеристике сликарства и дело
Тако како је био буран његов живот тако је Брандл и сликао. На својим сликама бира драматичне инсценације, комбиновао је изворе светлости и савршено владао представљањем светлости и сенке. Жива карактеризација ликова му је омогућавала савршене аутопортрете. Његов први животописац је написао да је моделовао целе групе ликова односно фигура од глине да би могао проучавати утицаје светлости и сенке и боље их представљати.

Поред много нацрта и цртежа оставио је више од 60 слика који су размештени по целој чешкој. Сачувани су и неколико графика које је израдио након познанства са графичарем Рентзом у Куксу. Сликао је олтарне слике са библијском теметиком, поред тога портрете пре свега племства и из рода духовних личности. За најразрађеније су од његових слика сматране слике:
 Крст Кристов (1715 — 1716) из Цркве св. Јована Крститеља у Манијетину,
 Смрт пустињака Винтира (1718) из Цркве св Маркете у Прагу
 Клањање три краља (1727) из Цркве приказања Девице у Смиржицих

Ехо његовог стваралаштва налазимо у делима савременика као што је Јан Купецки, тако и у делима најближих наследника као код Вацлава Ваврињеца Рајнера.

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 PSN ČS Akadémia vied Praha 1963.
 Obrazárna Pražského hradu, Jaromír Neumann, Praha 1966.
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 Девица Марија
 Аутопортрет

Рођени 1668.
Чешки сликари
Умрли 1735.
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Nonprofits turn to tech to court younger, more diverse donors
by Dylan Miettinen
The digital age transformed how charities solicit donations. Now, live streaming, cryptocurrency and NFTs are doing the same.
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https://www.marketplace.org/2022/01/14/nonprofits-turn-to-tech-to-court-younger-more-diverse-donors/
Nonprofit hospitals weigh risks of accepting donations in cryptocurrency
by Verónica Zaragovia
Charities may face questions about taking bitcoin gifts that they wouldn't face with donations in other forms, like cash or stock.
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https://www.marketplace.org/2021/12/14/nonprofit-hospitals-weigh-risks-of-accepting-donations-in-cryptocurrency/
Humanitarian groups scramble as Taliban takes power in Afghanistan
by Kimberly Adams
The hardline government might need the groups to provide basic social services. But it's also likely to fear their human rights advocacy.
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Ticket sales return to help zoos, aquariums pay bills
by Amanda Peacher
When zoos and aquariums closed their doors because of COVID, they still had to cover the cost of feeding and caring for animals.
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Religious institution membership falls below majority for first time
by Kristin Schwab
As many Americans celebrate Easter and Passover, religious institutions are still dealing with interruptions due to COVID-19.
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/03/31/religious-institution-membership-falls-below-majority-for-first-time/
Charities, nonprofits alter pandemic volunteer operations
by Meghan McCarty Carino
Even volunteer work has gone remote. That approach has made it easier for more people to join in.
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/01/18/charities-nonprofits-alter-pandemic-volunteer-operations/


The Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Cumberland City will hold a Public Hearing at the City Hall, located at 121 Main Street, Cumberland City, TN on February 21st, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to hear discussion regarding the construction of a Barge Port on property shown on Tax Map 123, Parcel 003.00.
The Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Cumberland City will meet in a Called Session at the City Hall in Cumberland City, TN on February 21st, 2019 immediately following the Public Hearing which starts at 4:30 p.m. same date.


My recent trip to India has once again sensitized me to an assumption that writers and speakers too often make: that everyone understands what you mean to say.
Test yourself – what do the following three words mean? Flyover, Subway, and Removalist.
If you are in India, a Flyover is a local bridge that "flies over local traffic"; elsewhere, it has something to do with airplanes. In much of the world, a Subway is a road or pedestrian path that goes underneath another road; in Toronto a Subway refers to the Metro. In Australia, a Removalist is someone who transports your possessions when you move houses; elsewhere this person is called a house mover.
When the mother tongue of the audience isn't English, the problem intensifies.
What is your audience's English comprehension level? Do you need to do part of your presentation in their language? Or at least open with a local phrase? I give a number of suggestions to address the issue in this Tipsheet.
Which English do they know? (American, British, Canadian, Indian, Australian, Hong Kong, etc) Does it make sense to test your content with a smaller group first?
Can you use local examples to help them better relate? Or is it better to keep with universal principles – lowest common denominator – to avoid making an embarrassing mistake.
One of the most important reasons for a Social Media strategy is that it helps define your target audiences, and lets you focus the version of your language squarely on this target. Without a strategy, it will become increasingly difficult to use the "right" language to have an impact.
This week's action plan: Whether you have a strategy or not, spend a few minutes defining your primary audience – then review your last few status updates, blog posts, or videos to see if they are using the "right" language to make an impact. And when you are doing that critical presentation, remember that comprehension is in the mind of the audience, not the mouth of presenter.


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Thursday 7 February 2019 marked Hive's very first Customer Advisory Board event. We share the story behind the day, what went down, and how you can show interest in our next event – whether you're a Hive customer partner or a Human Resources (HR) Practitioner.
… we hear you ask.
Well, for an employee feedback platform like Hive, a Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is a trusted community of HR senior decision makers and active customers within our industry, which just happens to be HR technology.
At CAB events, we bring these people together to have strategic conversations about today's and tomorrow's HR problems so that we can then shape our product to resolve them. And we're pleased to report that our first get-together in February (7th) was a great success.
Who was there and what went down?
So, the morning panel session was designed to host in-depth conversations around employee engagement, People Science, HR technology and the broader employee experience space.
Expertly compered by our Head of Sales, Theo Fitzharris, our Director of People Science, Ryan Tahmassebi, was in conversation with Hive customers Nebel Crowhurst (Head of People Experience at River Island), Amrit Nijjar (Internal Comms Manager at Tarmac Group), and friend of Hive, Jules Smith (Head of People Services at Virgin Money).
Ryan Tahmassebi, Director of People Science at Hive, and Amrit Nijjar, Internal Comms Manager at Tarmac Group.
Making engagement about the employee, not the organisation.
Aligning pace of actions to the pace of surveying – the potential of agile.
Truly understanding the potential for people data and analytics.
Creating a vision for your employee experience – making it unique to work for your people and business.
…which was followed by a collaborative workshop to mindmap the common organisational drivers and blockers in adopting HR technology.
Brainstorming HR technology drivers and blockers; Liam Kerrigan, Customer Success Manager at Hive.
After lunch and networking (nattering), our new Product Director, Guy Clack, took the floor to talk product strategy – guiding attendees through Hive's priorities for platform development.
It wouldn't be right that we develop our employee feedback platform without customer and market insight, and so our engineering team sat side-by-side with attendees; taking note of their needs and giving them the opportunity to influence technology sprints in 2019.
Leading on product strategy; Guy Clack, Product Director at Hive.
Sharing challenges with Hive developers Gareth Lowrie and Geoff Whitehead; Nebel Crowhurst, Head of People Experience at River Island.
A huge thanks to Hive's community!
Team Hive would like to give a HUGE thanks to our customer attendees from River Island, Tarmac Group, Stockton Borough Council, Gateshead College, Thomas Swan, Cundall, Your Homes Newcastle, and Hanover Scotland. That's not to mention local law firm, Muckle LLP, who were the perfect hosts in their scenic city-centre offices.
We'll be running CAB events across locations throughout 2019. If you're a Hive customer or HR Practitioner who wants to attend our next CAB event, register your interest today by emailing hello@hive.hr.
You can also drop us a line if you'd like to hire Team Hive for panel hosting or speaker slots at your employee engagement event.
To find out more about our employee feedback platform, book a tailored Hive intro session with a member of our team.


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There is going to be a little less blogging in the next week or so, or at least less pictures as I broke my camera today. Knocked it off the table while I was doing these shots. Bit traumatised and not sure what I am going to do. But at least I took a few first, so I will spread them out over several posts and hopefully will resolve the problem (by buying a new camera). Ho hum.
Also I am off early in the morning to spend my wet weekend in Basingstoke. As I have lots of non-uk readers I should explain that Basingstoke is not an exciting place. Very much not. It is not a normal tourist destination… but I have found a nice campsite out in the countryside in which to enjoy my night of lashing rain and gale force winds. A very English holiday.
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Yes, the countryside round there certainly is lovely, but of Basingstoke I have really only seen Popley and the ring road, so perhaps I am a little unfair!


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Infamous RAD began his journey 14 years ago, and now he is in some way returning to slower, deeper and more emotional paths, looking to go back to his roots in the emo rap and sad boy styles.
Recently he released a new album, titled "The Real Me", meant to start where his previous one, "Awakening", ends. The penultimate track of "Awakening", in fact, is titled "The Real Me", and through this two autobiographical releases Infamous RAD tells his story from 2017 to today, marked by the demons that have overwhelmed him in the past, and by the realization he needed to get rid of such demons and fight for sobriety.
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The president's lawyer
No single incident in the "war" on terror has done more to damage America's credibility and moral stature, or to fuel the indignation and ambitions of Islamic terrorists in Iraq and throughout the Middle East, than the torture of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison. Contrary to the Bush administration's assertions that "a few bad apples" were responsible for the torture, it is evident that a policy sanctioning the use of coercive interrogation methods was set at the very highest levels of the administration. Incidents of torture using identical "techniques" have occurred in U.S.-run prisons from Afghanistan to Guantánamo Bay (see Peter Dula, page 12).
One of the chief architects of this militarily ineffective and morally bankrupt policy was Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush's White House counsel. It was Gonzales who penned a now notorious memo describing the Geneva Conventions as "obsolete." He was among those who urged the president to place so-called enemy combatants in Guantánamo Bay, where U.S. and international law on the treatment of prisoners would not apply-or so Gonzales claimed. Gonzales also played an important role in a series of legal briefs giving the CIA and the military more latitude to use force to extract information from suspected terrorists. One Justice Department memo set the bar defining torture so high-as "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death"-that it reads like a virtual mandate for the sort of abuse practiced at Abu Ghraib. Mental torture was defined in a similarly facile way as psychological harm lasting "months or even years."
The nation and the world now know the consequences of this administration's effort to circumvent the law concerning the treatment of prisoners of war, yet the political damage and moral failure of this policy have not made an impression on the president. How else explain Bush's recent nomination of Gonzales to become the next attorney general of the United States, the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in the land?
Gonzales's record of misjudgment and blind political loyalty stretches back to Texas, where he served as Governor Bush's general counsel. Gonzales's level of concern for human rights and the rule of law was evident in his work briefing Governor Bush on any possible grounds for clemency in death-penalty cases. Gonzales was responsible for presenting Bush with a written summary of the facts of each capital case before any execution was to proceed. As Alan Berlow points out in the July-August 2003 Atlantic Monthly, Gonzales's reports were cursory at best. For example, in the case of Billy Conn Gardner, a death-row inmate who had been convicted of shooting a cafeteria worker, Gonzales failed to tell Bush that two of the witnesses provided conflicting descriptions of the killer. In another case, Gonzales didn't inform Bush that the convict's lawyer was asleep during most of the jury selection.
In the interest of simple morality, let alone as an officer of the court, Gonzales should have provided Bush with the full details of each case. He seems to have clearly understood, however, that his client's interest in the facts was limited even then.
Gonzales's legal advice in Texas and as White House counsel raises serious questions about how far he will go as attorney general to further the political agenda of his long-time mentor. As White House counsel, he has broadly interpreted presidential powers of executive privilege and vigorously expanded government secrecy. He has been a strong defender, for example, of not providing Congress or the public with information about Vice President Dick Cheney's meetings with energy industry executives to help formulate the nation's energy policy. There is little in Gonzales's record to suggest that he will aggressively defend the rightful independence of the Department of Justice when he becomes attorney general or change his mind about the subordination of constitutional rights to presidential authority.
Politically, it is not difficult to see why Bush has nominated his fellow Texan. In addition to his unwavering loyalty, Gonzales's resumé is impressive: the son of immigrant farm workers, he graduated from Rice and Harvard Law School and served on the Texas Supreme Court. If approved as attorney general, Gonzales will be the nation's highest-ranking Hispanic-American official. Appointing him is an obvious attempt to appeal to Hispanics, a vital group of swing voters who are more up for grabs than ever before (an unprecedented 44 percent voted for Bush in November).
Gonzales had been mentioned as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, but his candidacy has been opposed by some prolife groups. While serving as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, he ruled along with the court majority to uphold a state law that allowed a teenager to get an abortion without her parents' knowledge or consent. It is widely believed that Gonzales would have been Bush's top choice for the Supreme Court if not for his decision in that abortion case. There is speculation that his appointment as attorney general will allow him to prove his prolife bona fides, and thus pave the way for his eventual nomination to the High Court.
It is discouraging, if not entirely surprising, that the criticism of Gonzales by prolife groups has focused entirely on the single abortion ruling while ignoring his far more dubious record with respect to the death penalty and dispensing with legal safeguards against torture. The fundamentally flawed nature of Gonzales's legal thinking was made clear in last spring's U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting the administration's efforts to deny the right to a trial to American citizens suspected of terrorism, and in a recent U.S. District Court's decision halting special "military commissions" that tried suspected terrorists in Guantánamo because they violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
It should be a matter of grave concern, for Republicans and Democrats alike, that the nation's future attorney general was instrumental in formulating both of these unconstitutional legal strategies.
Sadly, it appears that Gonzales will be quickly confirmed by the Senate in January. Democrats, it is said, are intent on conserving their political ammunition for the expected battle over the next Supreme Court justice's views on abortion rights. If that is the case, the Democratic Party's moral confusion will be exposed once again. Demanding answers from Gonzales about the errors in legal judgment that led to Abu Ghraib should be more important than blocking the appointment of justices who might overturn Roe v. Wade. The liberties of all Americans, not just unrestricted access to abortion, are at stake.
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The birth of the United Nations
A Fascinating New History of the Birth of the United Nations
America, Hitler and the UN: How The Allies Won World War II And Forged A Peace by Dan Plesch (2011, I.B. Tauris)
Reviewed by Ian Shields, Research Associate, UK Defence Forum.
We all know that the UN came into being with the completion of the UN Charter in San Francisco in June 1945, don't we? WRONG! Likewise, we all know that the UN's starting point was to replace the discredited and defunct League of Nations, don't we? WRONG AGAIN! Like me, you are almost certainly unaware that the United Nations as a term and as a concept can be traced back at least as far as the meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt in America in December 1941, just after Pearl Harbour. In fact, the term the United Nations was originally coined by Roosevelt to represent that coalition or grouping of nations that banded together to defeat the Axis of Germany, Japan and Italy, and was adopted by both America and Britain (and progressively other nations too) to represent their joint effort to prevail. For these two master political strategists saw the need to draw together disparate political regimes under a common cause � victory in World War II � without dwelling on differences within the Alliance.
Before reading Dan Plesch's excellent new book I was totally ignorant of the role that the phrase "United Nations" had played in World War II, and had only the vaguest notion of how what we accept today as being a proper and correct mechanism within the world order � the UN as we know it � came into being. From the long-term political insight of Churchill and Roosevelt in identifying the need for something better than the League of Nations (and then coming up with a solution that has endured some 65 years), through the creation of mechanisms such the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank through the meetings at Bretton Woods and Havana, to the triumphal signing of the UN Charter, this is a much-neglected chapter of history that deserved a book of this stature and competency.
Not only does Dan Plesch cover the political aspects in readable prose, excellently supported with maps, pictures and references, but he rightly highlights the critical role that the United Nations (i.e. the Allies) played in addressing war crimes and in particular the Nuremburg trials (with their significance for International Law and relevancy today) and details the role that the United Nations played in post-war relief and reconstruction.
I do not intend giving a blow-by-blow account of the book's contents: read it yourself. Perhaps the thing that surprised me most about this book is how neglected this aspect of World War II has been, and how many misconceptions there are about the early days of what became the UN. That a former director of communications at the UN, in endorsing this book, proclaims that "Dan Plesch performs a great service in reminding us of this early history" merely underscores further how little understood the UN's origins are � and I say that as one who prides himself in his knowledge of history, especially military.
The book is not, I believe, without its faults: how France came to be awarded a permanent seat on the UN Security Council is not made clear in this book (and when I discussed this with the author he suggested that that issue was probably worthy of another book in its own right!); more puzzling to me, though, is the title: I believe the sub-script (How the Allies Won World War II And Forged A Peace) is a more accurate clue as to the book's contents. But these are minor criticisms: Dan Plesch has written an excellent book that plugs a significant hole in conventionally-understood history. This book should be read by all interested in not only the history (military and otherwise) of World War II, but also by those with an interest in international politics and the working of today's international orders; to quote again from the endorsements, this time by Admiral Lord Boyce: "There are certainly many lessons in this book that statesmen and leaders in defence, security and international economics would do well to take on board today.". I strongly recommend this book.


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