Nine brilliant scientists travel light years on a one-way trip to an Earth-like planet. Their mission is to study from orbit the two species of intelligent lifeforms on the surface. The first: an isolated people embarking on civilization and building their world's first city. The second: a brutal race of massive predators, spread thick and still growing across the dominant landmass--destined to breed and eat their way to extinction within a few centuries.
After eight years of observation, disaster strikes the orbiting station and only two crewmembers eject successfully. Drifting down through a dark alien sky, the pair realizes their escape pod launched not toward the safety of the city, but to the other side of the planet, touching down deep inside a land no human could possibly survive.
Michael Siemsen is the USA Today bestselling author of 6 novels including The Dig, A Warm Place to Call Home (a demon's story), and Exigency. He is currently working on several new novels, including Frederick & Samuel, the 3rd book in the (a demon's story) series. He lives in Northern California with "the wife," "the kids," "the dog," "that cat," and he occasionally wears pants.
"An exciting and tense tale of adaptation and survival ... a completely believable, yet still strange, and often dangerous world."
"Siemsen has carefully worked out every detail of his story, and manages to infuse a genuine sense of urgency and humanity ... Readers of last year's surprise sci-fi hit, Andy Weir's The Martian, will find the same great blend of technology and storytelling here. A highly recommended, character-driven sci-fi novel in the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein."
"A fast-paced page turner, [Exigency] cost me a night's sleep."
Exigency 3.8 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 22 reviews.
Is your idea of a great read one where the characters are interesting and the story is well told? If it is, you're going to love this book. It's a fast moving story filled with great characters, exciting situations and unexpected plot twists. Michael has captured the underlying style of a great space adventure in this imaginative and well written novel. Highly recommended.
Minnie lives on a space station 20 light years from Earth orbiting high above the planet of Epsilon C, Epsy for short. She and the rest of the small crew of scientists will live out the rest of their lives observing and researching the inhabitants of this fascinating planet. On one continent lives the intelligent and peaceful Threck species. On the other, lives the less intelligent and extremely violent Hynka species. Minnie is an expert on the Threck and their language. After a catastrophic event onboard the space station, the crew must evacuate to Epsy. With no hope for rescue, the evacuation plan involves making contact with the Threck and then living in a remote location. Unfortunately, life never goes as planned. During the evacuation, only two pods reach the planet. The others are launched into deep space. To make matters worse, Minnie and John's (the station's leader) pod lands in Hynka territory.... This is a story of transformation and the human will to survive. Sci-Fi fans are really going to enjoy this book. Once it grips you, it doesn't let go. I received a pre-release copy of this book for review.
I really enjoyed Exigency and was pleasantly surprised with how much so. I am not much of a reader of space travel type of books because usually I get lost in the science jargon. Yet, I really enjoy space travel movies and books. I guess we all have our quirks. Anyways, I didn't feel lost in this book and thought it was well written. I got lost in the characters, and the story. The book was defiantly a page turner because it was filled with a lot of adventure and suspense. My only complaint is that I felt it was a tad long and the ending left a lot to be desired. I really hope there is a sequel because I felt it left a lot of unanswered questions. I need closure!!! lol! I would recommend this book to people looking for something new and interesting to read. Updated review 1/7/15: After the review I was given a new ending of the book and I enjoyed it. I still stand by that I need a sequel.
Thought-provoking, thrilling, and unlike other sci-fiction out there. Need more hi-end literary writers like this writing in genres like sci-fiction, mystery, crime, etc. Can't recommend this book enough.
For some reason you are not allowed to change the size of the font for this book. This means the text is too small on my tablet and way too large on my phone. If I could get a refund, I would.
Michael Siemsen's book is well-titled. The characters grapple with social and psychological issues arising from their lives aboard an orbiting space station and when their station is suddenly destroyed, they are faced with numerous do or die situations. Some live, some die. Among the futuristic technological tools they have at their disposal is one called a "fone," which is an implant replacing one of the eyes ( like the Borg of Star Trek). With its direct brain connection this device enables immediate awareness and analysis of environmental features hidden from our biological eyes. It is essentially an ocular computer. Is this where our smart phones are headed? A good, thrilling read for sf fans who like the intricacies of space exploration!
Very enjoyable and cosuming story. As with all good stories, I can only hope for more!
A good, fast paced read with believable ,characters. So many books involve aliens landing on Earth. In this book, humans are the aliens, struggling to survive and to understand the residents of distant planet.
The motivations of the aliens and humans were very good. The story draws you in and the variety of settings and biological complications were so well done, they were almost another character in the plot. This story took me back to the wonder of science fiction possibilities in my early SF reading. Don't miss this opportunity to escape to another world and have the preconceived "typical" boilerplate removed and be surprised at many turns by this story's telling.
The story is great and well written, the characters are good. The fixed font size is silly in any ebook.
The character Minnie was so annoying the book grew unreadable. The premise made very little sense. Just bad (fictional) science.
Really surprised about the view reviews. Any sci-fi fan will love this book. I enjoyed it very much. Intelligently and believable alien culture. Great characters as well.
Basically the font size is set so low it can barely be read on my nook, and like another reviewer said it cannot be changed...this ruins one of the primary advantages of ebooks..
Lifetime inhabitants of a research space station studying an earth like planet Epsilon C encounter the ultimate horror when evacuation to the planet below is their only option for survival. The planet is divided into two sides one inhabited by an advanced race called Threck and one by an enormous predatory race called Hynka. The escape pods are pre-set to head for the Threck side of the planet, but something goes terribly wrong. We follow the progress of the station leader John and the head specialist for the Threck, Minnie who are not exactly friends especially since the station's second in command, Aether, John's wife left him for Minnie. These adversaries find themselves off course and headed straight for the Hynka side of the planet and have to fight flora, fauna and each other to stay alive knowing that they may very well be the only survivors left in this inhospitable and likely deadly situation. Michael Siemsen's epic adventure begins with a HUGE bang as the space station literally disintegrates before reader's eyes. His narrative is deductive and informative mixing just enough humor throughout to lighten the at times dark nature of the read. I especially like his use of acronyms that blend very well with the science feel, however, non-techies might prefer a bit of a refresher every so often. His characters are well developed, and expertly portrayed psychically and physically. His world building is essential to the story and aptly and visually constructed for readers. If you like an unimaginable sci-fi saga, this is right up your outer space alley.


In addition to the first Annie Tillery Mystery, this book contains an insight into how the author wrote the book. These are materials pertaining to writing style, character development and research, as well as ideas for additional activities such as lesson plans for teachers, and discussion questions. Follow the writer's journey toward producing a page-turning adventure with history, mystery and science.
"The Madonna Ghost" which is the basis for this exploration into the writer's journey is described as follows.
How lucky can you get? A vacation at a beach brings Annie Tillery a ghost story and a boyfriend. But what is the ghost hiding, and will Ty Egan and Annie Tillery discover the secrets of the Madonna Ghost, and the menacing neighbors who seem linked to her?


Not so long ago, on a planet your feet are currently planted on . . .
. . . the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held the 2015 conference in Paris. This was not the first global conference to address our focus on climate change, nor will it be the last. But, it was a pivotal moment for humanity. For the first time, in our history, we decided to act as a united world of various governments to combat as many climate change challenges as possible.
Although the Paris Agreement that came out of this event was adopted, the actionable outcome won't fully be realized until 2020 and is not expected to be signed until April 22nd, 2016. It is, however, an indicator of impactful thinking that will change how we address climate change in our day-to-day lives and world commerce. Corporations, in particular, linking our global commerce efforts, will be forced to investigate business model changes that 187 countries producing 99% of global greenhouse gas emissions are asking, and will continue to ask, them to do.
Now, not all of us have the time or money to be as proactive as Richard Branson or Elon Musk, or have as much unrestrained, self awareness to act like Kumi Naidoo or Jane Goodall. But, we are all responsible to make this change sustainable. How? I'm glad you asked . . .
Individuals - Do you practice daily efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle? Do you shop at local businesses, grower's markets, and food co-ops? Do you compost daily? Carrying reusable bags for every shopping excursion as well as gardening & composting (I recommend vermicomposting) in your back yard, isn't as big of a task as you think - at least once you get started.
Businesses - Does your business embrace recycling efforts, from the top level down? Do you purchase or sell products and services derived from sustainable programs? Does your business have a Corporate Social Responsibility program built into the Business Plan? If businesses are updating their business models no less than yearly, making sustainable, meaningful change shouldn't be such an arduous task.
Industries - If individuals and their business models are the trains of thought that motivate us to change, then industries are most definitely the tracks that unite us and get us there. From small government to the UN, global policy change is driven by the industries that create the civil engineered roads we drive on, the architecturally structured buildings we live and work in, and the products & services that are the foundation.
An industry that continues to surprise me is the film industry. Global in scale, it has moved far beyond Michael Moore's and Al Gore's valiant efforts to talk about the things we have deliberately chosen to ignore. Leonardo DiCaprio's awareness campaigning at the Academy Awards, not to discount his involvement in the People's Climate March or presentation to UN delegates, brought to light a changing tide in how we view & address global climate change. Celebrities as advocates for social change is nothing new, but addressing it through an industry like film, and then allowing public media, and especially social media, to run rampant with the notion, is phenomenally awesome.
What sustainable efforts do you embrace every day? Because one thing is certain - there is no fence riding on this one. It's up to us, all of us, each and every one of us, worldwide, to keep the momentum going.


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Three new members join UVMHN Home Health & Hospice Board
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The University of Vermont Health Network Home Health & Hospice
Scott Comeau, Pam Mackenzie and Jan Demers Bring Deep Experience to Organization
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Health Network - Home Health & Hospice is adding three new members to its 2021 board of directors. The trio — Scott Comeau, Pam Mackenzie and Jan Demers — brings diverse professional and volunteer experience gathered over many years supporting their respective communities.
"We're thrilled to welcome these dedicated public service professionals and the expertise they bring to the Home Health & Hospice team," said Adrianne Johnson Ross, Home Health & Hospice's president and chief operating officer.
Scott Comeau is Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC)'s chief financial officer, where his team tracks the organization's financial, information technology and legal operations and he contributes to long-term strategic planning. Comeau believes that through transparency and broader financial understanding, organizations become more effective and collaborative.
In addition to his VEIC responsibilities, Comeau has served on the board of the Vermont Energy Education Program since 2013. He received his undergraduate degree from Ithaca College and master's in business administration from Bentley University. He lives in Richmond with his wife Angela and three daughters.
Pam Mackenzie, born in Grand Junction, Colo., was raised in an Air Force family, which offered multiple travel opportunities. Mackenzie reports enjoying traveling, exploring and living in northern California, Arizona, Connecticut, Ohio, Virginia and Washington, D.C., until finding her forever home in Vermont.
Mackenzie enjoyed a career in telecommunications and in 2008, was recruited to Vermont to build 300 miles of fiber and chose to remain here when the project concluded in 2010. During her time in Vermont, Mackenzie has served as interim chief executive officer at the Greater Burlington YMCA, chair of the South Burlington City Council, and on the boards of Vermont PBS and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority. Mackenzie currently serves as vice president of Strategic Planning and Implementation for C2 Competitive Computing and regularly welcomes family to her South Burlington home.
Retiree Jan Demers joins us after a varied career in education, domestic violence prevention and intervention, hospice and palliative care, and economic development across Vermont and northern New York, most recently leading the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. Demers previously served as executive director of High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care and brings with her extensive public relations, customer service, marketing, public speaking, grant writing and funding experience.
Demers, a resident of Burlington, was invited to become a community intern at The University of Vermont Medical Center, with a focus on addressing the effects of poverty upon health and wellness. Demers received 2016's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award from the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center, and with partners UVM Medical Center and Champlain College, was awarded 2015's United Way of Northwest Vermont's Community Impact Award. She received the Con Hogan Award in 2019.
Demers's board leadership experience includes with the Vermont Council on Homelessness, Pathways from Poverty Council, the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, Continuum of Care – Chittenden County (Housing and Homeless Prevention) and Adirondack Medical Center.
About The University of Vermont Health Network - Home Health & Hospice
We are a 117-year-old organization dedicated to delivering health care to patients wherever they call home in Chittenden or Grand Isle counties. Especially during this global pandemic, providing care in the familiar, comfortable, convenient home environment not only meets patients' and families' preferences, it is also cost effective and ensures the greatest safety.
Our visiting nurses, physical, occupational and speech-language therapists, licensed nursing assistants and personal care attendants bring high-tech professional clinical care directly to patients' homes. Compassionate end-of-life care is provided at Colchester's McClure Miller Respite House, Vermont's only Medicare-certified inpatient hospice facility. Home Health & Hospice is a member of The University of Vermont Health Network.
Home Health & Hospice is also a member of VNAs of Vermont, a not-for-profit trade association representing the state's independent, not-for-profit home health and hospice agencies and the people they serve. For more information, please visit us at www.UVMHomeHealth.org or on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.
Source: COLCHESTER, Vt. – 1.13.2021 The University of Vermont Medical Center UVMHealth.org/MedCenter

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NTPC Ltd, the country's largest power generator, today announced it has started production of coal from its second coal mine as part of a larger strategy to secure local fuel supply for its generation stations.
State-owned power giant NTPC today said its first unit of 2x800 MW Lara Super Thermal power station in Chhattisgarh commenced generating electricity, which took the group's total capacity to 52,991 MW.
In an attempt to boost domestic cooking gas consumption under the marque Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), or Ujjwala scheme, state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Friday announced deferment of loan recovery up to six refills.
Metals and mining giant Vedanta Ltd on Friday said its board committee has approved a proposal to raise up to Rs4,500 crore by issuing non-convertible debentures (NCD).
Tata Steel Ltd has been declared the successful resolution applicant for Bhushan Steel Ltd by the committee of creditors (CoC), the firm said in a stock exchange notification on Friday.
Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh today urged battery manufacturers to set up units in India and offered all possible support from the government to create an enabling ecosystem for investments.
India and the United Kingdom (UK) have launched joint research projects on water quality and energy demand reduction, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
Schneider Electric said it is keen to tap the electric vehicle charging infrastructure market in India.
JSW Energy today said it has appointed Sergio Luiz Pegoraro Rocha Chief Operating Officer to drive its the Electric Vehicles (EV) business.
Global oil demand rose by 1.5 million barrels a day in 2017, growing at 1.6 per cent, more than twice the average annual growth rate seen in a decade, International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its report.
Regular users of the Mysuru-Bengaluru highway have a reason to cheer – the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to upgrade the entire stretch of the highway into a six-lane road, besides proposing to build bypass roads at Bidadi, Ramanagara, Channapatna, Maddur, Mandya and Srirangapatna, initiatives that are expected to decongest traffic on the busy thoroughfare.
Container Corporation of India Ltd.'s train will transport 60 TEU in its debut journey, which will be treated as a trial run. Officials will start regular service within two months, after removing any bottlenecks identified during the trial trip.
By installing 86,291 LED lights in all 714 stations in its jurisdiction, Southern Railway has become one of the green railway zones in the country.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), after giving up prime land parcel in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) for the underground terminal of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, is set to demand around Rs 3,500 crore from the Central Government, according to MMRDA officials.
Southern Railway has announced special fare special trains from Chennai to Nagercoil and Tirunelveli to clear the extra rush.


There's a "forgotten solution" for achieving major economic, development and climate gains—transforming the way the world feeds itself and manages its land.
At this week's UN General Assembly, members of the Food and Land Use Coalition will meet with heads of state and CEOs to raise the profile of this issue and encourage greater action. They have new research to support their case. The food and land use chapter of the New Climate Economy's Global Opportunities Report sets out how decisive action on food and land use is at the heart of the inclusive growth story of the 21st century. The report finds that more sustainable food and land use business models could be worth up to $2.3 trillion, and that they're critical to delivering a more climate-secure and resilient world.
1. Avoid deforestation and close the forest frontier.
The first-order priority is to end deforestation by closing the "forest frontier" or intact forests, to development. If the world fails to protect its remaining tropical forests, keeping global temperature rise to 1.5 or 2 degrees C (2.7-3.6 degrees F)—the level the international community has agreed is necessary to prevent the worst climate impacts—becomes almost impossible.
Increased support for protected areas, indigenous peoples' rights and better land use planning and enforcement are fundamental steps. Securing indigenous rights to land tenure makes strong economic (as well as moral) sense. Further progress on the deforestation-free supply chain movement is also urgently needed, both in terms of scaling up implementation by companies that have already made commitments, as well as in bringing new companies and markets on board.
3. Restore forests and landscapes.
There is a major economic prize to be won in restoring degraded forests and agricultural land. By allowing degraded forests to recover to natural forest, supporting agroforestry and other strategies, restoration could lead to economic gains of $35–40 billion per year within 15 years, as well as a myriad of social and environmental benefits. There are a number of measures to spur public and private sector investment in restoration, including incentives from national governments and multilateral development banks providing "first-loss guarantees" to investors committed to restoration.
4. Reduce food loss and waste.
One-third of all food produced is lost or wasted along the food chain, costing the global economy an estimated $940 billion annually and producing about 8 percent of global emissions. If food loss and waste were a country, it would rank as the world's third-largest emitter after China and the U.S.
Public policy and private sector action can deliver major changes here, whether through the use of economic instruments such as a "sugar tax," the issuance of public health guidelines such as the Chinese government's advice on reduced meat consumption, or through innovative private-sector approaches such as The Cool Food Pledge, the Better Buying Lab or blending mushrooms into burgers.
Main image: A worker carries a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) as being prepared to be released into the wild at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme's rehabilitation center on Nov.14, 2016 in Kuta Mbelin, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Orangutans in Indonesia have been known to be on the verge of extinction as a result of deforestation and poaching. Found mostly in South-East Asia, where they live on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, the endangered species continue to lose their habitat as a result of corporate expansion in a developing economy. Indonesia approved palm oil concessions on nearly 15 million acres of peatlands over the past years and thousands of square miles have been cleared for plantations, including the lowland areas that are the prime habitat for orangutans.


Historical Lahaska United Methodist Church currently has 106 members and is a small, caring and supportive community seeking to live the Christian life. The sanctuary seats 100 people and offers an opportunity for sharing and getting to know others.
Our average weekly attendance is 55-60 members, from ages 1 - 90 years old. Our Growing Families and Grandparents Worship together and share a common joy in Christ.
Historical Lahaska United Methodist Church is committed to the Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit. Healing Services are held regularly and all are welcome to share the joy of Christ the Healer.
Peter and Mary Johnson lived at the corner of Street Road and Route 263 and opened their home to the people of the community to begin a Methodist class meeting. Peter led the class meeting until in 1851, until Rev. Malcolm H. Sisty led the group. At that time Rev. Sisty led efforts to erect a stone church building on the Solebury side of Street Road at the cost of $1,000. The land was purchased and the church was built in 1853. Thus began a ministry to serve Christ and the people of Lahaska.
We are here today to remember, celebrate and again proclaim Christ as Savior and Lord.


The following is an excerpt adapted from Get Your Priorities Straight! The Product Manager's Guide to Smart Product Roadmap Prioritization, our free eBook geared towards product managers facing some tough decisions as they map out the next leg of their product's journey on their product roadmap.
Get the full version for detailed advice on how to prioritize your product roadmap!
Creating and maintaining a product roadmap is undoubtedly the product management task most fraught with difficulty and unpleasantness. Since most product managers do not possess psychic abilities, figuring out what to build first (and second, and third) is a truly challenging part of the job as there's no "secret recipe," no scientific formula, no "one size fits all" approach to building a winning product roadmap.
With every feature you slot into the front of the queue you are pushing many other items out…what should you do?
Do you focus on really big, high-impact features or do you prioritize getting a whole bunch of little ones out the door? Do you focus on features aimed at attracting new customers or satisfying the ones you already have? Do you invest in the platform or rack up more technical debt that must eventually be addressed? The list of questions goes on and on, but rest assured that you are not the first person facing these seemingly unanswerable questions, nor will you be the last.
Your product roadmap should define your product's journey over time and highlight important milestones throughout that journey. A good product roadmap tells a story about where your product came from and where it's headed in a way that helps your team, stakeholders, and in some cases, your customers, understand what you're up to.
As is a prerequisite for most adventures, you'll need to have a destination in mind, a means of traveling to that destination, and a compelling reason to embark on your journey before you can hit the road.
Don't bother roadmapping or attempting to prioritize initiatives on your roadmap until you've successfully (and thoroughly) answered the three questions above, as they will provide extremely valuable guidance, which you will absolutely need throughout the course of your career. So before you begin building or prioritizing a product roadmap, take some time to answer them- soon you'll begin to understand what the major influencers behind your product roadmap should be/are—what are the influencing factors behind every roadmap decision? And prioritization will get easier for you.
Product Vision: Where are you going?
In order to maintain focus and organizational alignment, you must establish, share, and live by a compelling product vision.
If you don't have a destination in mind, you're sure going to have a hard time building a map that will take you there. There's not much point in trying to prioritize items on your roadmap if you don't have a clear product vision. Your vision is the guiding force behind every decision you make in your product's lifecycle; and your product roadmap is the navigation tool you'll use to find your way; it dictates the direction your team will be going to reach that vision.
Product Metrics: How are you getting there?
You absolutely must identify your key metrics early on and then respect those metrics when making product decisions, otherwise emotional decision making can overtake rational decision making.
Once your company is moving full speed ahead toward your grand plan, you'll discover that certain actions have a greater impact on your progress than others; some initiatives will drive your product toward where you want it to be at a faster pace than others, while some initiatives will appear to have no observable effect. Having a grasp on what these levers or metrics are should be a prerequisite to any prioritization activity.
The key metrics you monitor will vary throughout your product's lifecycle as business needs change and priorities evolve.
For example, if your product or company is in a growth stage, metrics that measure things like Acquisition, Retention, and Referrals may be at the top of your list; and as your product matures, your priorities will likely shift to also include moving the dial on Sales and Revenue metrics and monitoring Churn (and diagnosing its cause).
Customers: Why are you going?
Captain Obvious here with a special report: Customers Are Your #1 Priority.
Customer retention is the holy grail of business, and don't you ever forget it! Without customers, you don't have a product or business, so if you want to keep them (happy), it's in your best interest to serve their needs.
Your customers should be the "why" behind your product vision and at the end of the day there shouldn't be anything that goes on your roadmap that doesn't help soothe customer pain and solve their problems. Maintaining customer focus within your roadmap also means not wasting your team's valuable time and resources on features that will have no impact. Investing time into meticulously prioritizing your customer's needs and coming up with real solutions to real problems is the best possible way to keep your product in tip top shape.
Getting to know your customers and their problems before you start trying to solve them is a wise move. So if it's been a little while since you last connected with your customers, or since you last looked at their feedback, now might be a good time to reconnect.
Once you've answered these three critical questions, you'll be much better prepared to properly prioritize your product roadmap. Get a free copy of our Product Roadmap Prioritization guide and read up on a few of the most effective feature prioritization strategies and how to apply them to your own product roadmapping process!
Heather J. McCloskey, Content and Inbound Marketing Manager at UserVoice, writes about Product Management and Customer Support on the UserVoice blog. UserVoice builds customer engagement tools for product managers and customer support teams.
A version of this article previously appeared on UserVoice's Product Management blog.


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The birth of Outdoor Classroom Day
Did you know, Outdoor Classroom Day originally started as Empty Classroom Day? Here its founder, Anna Portch, tells us about its journey.
On Monday 7 November 2011, London Sustainable Schools Foundation (LSSF) – chaired by Martin Crabbe – hosted a 'Springboard to Action' event in 'London's living room' at the top of City Hall.
The room was bursting with teachers, local authorities and NGOs with one primary focus: make London schools more sustainable. Inspired by fabulous panoramic views of the city, Tony Crabbe encouraged us to solve our sustainable schools problems with some positive business thinking.
I was chairing the playgrounds and outdoor spaces table and we were all feeling pretty glum. Tim Gill's report Sowing the Seeds: Reconnecting London's Children with Nature had come out and it made for sobering reading. It said:
"Children's experiences of natural places in the capital have been in long-term decline".
It also provided evidence that this decline was steepest in poorer families. This seemed bitterly unfair; playing outside can be free!
And whilst the report mentioned the various outdoor spaces we all worked at, it suggested that we could be reaching as little as 4 per cent of the capital's children.
When we started on an exercise of turning the negatives into positives, our table drew a blank. We were disheartened. So we started sharing memories of being outside as children.
One of my happiest childhood memories was getting an extended lunch break when I was about eight. Our teachers let us carry on making dens with the recently cut grass on the school field.
What struck us was how simple this – and all the other memories – was.
Just being outside. Being with other children. Getting out in all kinds of weather.
We agreed we were sick of the bad news stories about children not going outside enough. It was time to create a good news story.
After coming up with over hundreds of ideas, one shone out above all the others: Empty Classroom Day.
The aim? Every school in London would take one extra lesson outside on the same day of the year.
I left the event in love with the idea; it became my new obsession.
The day was set for a Friday in the summer term. Immediately, it was all hands on deck. Semble (formerly Project Dirt) made a sign in page. Brian Lewis (Pontefract Artist and Writer) made us a logo. LSSF and London Environmental Educators Forum (LEEF) members put welly into getting teachers signed up.
The result was amazing: 108 schools signed up to the first Empty Classroom Day.
Of course, great British weather struck. On Friday 6 July 2012, I woke up to news that severe weather warnings had been issued. The first ever Empty Classroom Day was a complete wash out.
Christine Evans from Wolsey Junior School had invited me to join them outside to celebrate the day. Amazingly, despite the downpour, a brave group of children took me out to show me their raised beds and to hunt for insects. We joked that the name needed to be changed to 'Take your wellies to school day'.
Yet, despite this weather, teachers kept texting me about their class going outside: rain or no rain. Participants posted pictures of empty classrooms with rain falling outside on social media. Even those who didn't take part sent emails asking "when is the next one, we want to put it in our school diary now?"
Teachers are brilliant people who perform miracles every day. On the first ever Empty Classroom Day, many of them committed to making learning and playing outside fun – even in torrential rain.
Now it was time to get serious. English weather couldn't beat us. Martin Crabbe (always the geography teacher) reminded me that:
"There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes".
However, I needed some help. Somehow I managed to recruit the spread sheet supremo, ex-play worker Zoe Slade, to join us as a volunteer. She got to work encouraging schools to sign up and we got planning for the next year. Sara Gelfgren made us a wonderful new logo an in 2013 a whopping 160 schools took part.
But something even more unexpected happened (no, not just that the weather was lovely). A school from Naples in Italy signed up! We were unsurprisingly delighted and toasted 'International Empty Classroom Day' in a pub in London.
As happens with all great volunteers, Zoe got a job and so the social media savvy teaching assistant Chris Robson joined the family as our new volunteer. A new website was built by Chris. National organisations – such as Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) – started playing a part in promoting the campaign and making it bigger and better.
In 2014, 313 schools joined the movement. Empty Classroom Day was now not only being celebrated in this country, but also in Ireland, China, Australia and Pakistan.
Whole schools were taking ALL their lessons into the playground and some even made it a week long event.
It was incredible hearing the details of what schools did for the day. I always remember Musgrove Primary School taking whole year groups to the beach after finding out that many of their pupils had never seen the sea.
2015 arrived and we needed even more help: we welcomed admin whizz Mari Lopez to the team. Awards for All paid for workshops in schools and the numbers doubled again. A total of 652 schools from 15 countries took part: wow.
Empty Classroom Day had got bigger than anyone could have ever imagined. Sitting in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank, Martin, Chris, Nick from Project Dirt and I realised that our baby had turned into a joyous, muddy giant!
It was too big to keep running as volunteers. We had to make a change; but we had no idea what was going to come next.
Outdoor Classroom Day was about to be born; a worldwide celebration of nurturing children and young people through nature. Today, over 9.6 million children and more than 105,000 teachers, parents and supporters have been involved around the world.
Will you join them?
Find this article interesting? Share on social media to get friends and colleagues involved!


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THC oil, marijuana oil, and cannabis oil can be interchanged as well.
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His Parable of the Wicked Mammon (1528), Obedience of a Christen Man (1528), in which the two great principles of the English Reformation are set out, viz.
The church obviously does not serve Christ; it serves mammon.
We shall not make mammon our God, accumulating power and wealth.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
To the last he maintained the narrow standpoint of Pusey and Keble, in defiance of all the developments of modern thought and modern scholarship; and his latter years were embittered by the consciousness that the younger generation of the disciples of his school were beginning to make friends of the Mammon of scientific unrighteousness.
The new pope's motto, it is said, was " to establish all things in Christ " (instaurare omnia in Christo); and since, ex hypothesi, he himself was Christ's vicar on earth, the working out of this principle meant in effect the extension and consolidation of the papal authority and, as far as possible, an end to the compromises by means of which the papacy had sought to make friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness.
Nicholaus de Lyra (commenting on the passage in Luke) says that Mammon est nomen daemonis.
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Q: Pure Python abc/ABCMeta implementation? It would be interesting to read the original pure Python implementation of abc module, described in PEP 3119.
Unfortunately, the link to a sample implementation from original PEP leads to a password protected SVN repository on python.org. I don't know where exactly to get a password for it.
At the same time, the standard lib already contains only a stub-ish file with the real implementation migrated to CPython level (as I understand).
Could somebody help with the original version of abc?..

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Facebook Folds Facial Recognition Technology Into Messenger
Facebook's push into AI continues.
By Kurt Wagner Nov 9, 2015, 12:00pm EST
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Facebook Messenger is getting smarter.
Facebook is folding its facial recognition technology into its messaging app, Messenger. It's the same tech used within Facebook to encourage users to tag their friends in photos. In Messenger's case, the app will now look at your photos, identify who is in them, and encourage you to share those photos with those friends.
The whole point of this is to get people sharing more on Messenger, specifically within groups, explained Messenger product manager Peter Martinazzi. Facebook is building lots of artificial intelligence, and it's starting to get more aggressive about integrating that technology into actual consumer products. The facial recognition tech, for example, was also folded into the company's new photo storage app, Moments, a few months back. Messenger is also testing a virtual assistant to help people do everyday tasks like shop or manage their calendars.
The point of all this is to keep people engaged the app. If Facebook Messenger can remind you to share photos with your friends or pick up your dry cleaning, you may be more likely to use it than other messaging apps or services.
"We like to look at the use cases for what people are doing now and what people could be doing, and how could we make it even easier," said Martinazzi, who added that people used Messenger to send 9.5 billion photos last month. "Lots of times [artificial intelligence] can be a great tool for that."
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South Korea will force Apple and Google to accept other payment methods in their stores
The battle against Apple and Google commissions in their respective app stores is nothing new. Epic Games has a long battle with the Cupertino company that has not yet been resolved in the United States, and some countries such as Australia are already considering a law to regulate digital payments.
Now, South Korea has just hit the table with this issue. Yesterday we learned that it was preparing to be the first country to regulate by law the business of app stores and what payment methods should be allowed. Today, the bill known as "anti-Google" has been approved with 180 votes in favor of a possible 188, according to Reuters.
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The South Korean Parliament has voted on the bill 'Telecommunications Business Act' that will ban companies such as Google and Apple force developers to use your payment platform in integrated purchases. The result has been devastating: out of a total of 188 votes, 180 have been in favor of the so-called "anti-Google" law.
With this new legislation, the Asian country intends put an end to the dominance of these big companies on platforms such as the App Store or Google Play, where developers are currently required to use Apple or Google's own payment methods with their corresponding commissions of up to 30%. In addition, Reuters explains that this amendment will also avoid "improperly delaying" the review or removal of mobile content.
As expected, neither Apple nor Google are satisfied with this measure. In a statement to Reuters, Apple assures that this law "will put users who buy digital products from other sources at risk of fraud, it will undermine your privacy protections and make it difficult to manage your purchases. "Google, in statements to Xataka, has defended its commission system:
"Google Play provides much more than payment processing, and our service fee helps keep Android free, giving developers the tools and the global platform to access billions of consumers around the world," stating that " just as it costs developers money to create an application, it costs us money to create and maintain an operating system and an application store. We are going to reflect on how to comply with this law while maintaining a model that supports an operating system and a high-quality app store. "
In this way, South Korea thus becomes the first major country to ban Apple and Google from imposition of payment systems to content providers. It remains to be seen if other countries end up doing the same; the European Commission has already launched an investigation in this regard and the United States Senate has also received a similar bill.
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Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke, 31, had bolted from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday evening and got into a cab. He was seen on video escaping the scene, law enforcement officials said.
Mbacke was described as dangerous and ICE officials warned anyone who saw him not to approach.
He had multiple prior violent convictions and nearly a dozen arrests in New York City during a four-year period. ICE agents had taken off Mbacke's handcuffs at JFK airport. Sources told our sister station WABC-TV in New York that the officers had gotten him something to eat as they waited for his connecting flight to Dakar. They apparently turned their backs for a split second, and he was gone, WABC reported.
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Oral presentation | Open | Published: 16 November 2011
The phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/mTOR pathway: new agents
CL Arteaga1
Breast Cancer Researchvolume 13, Article number: O8 (2011) | Download Citation
The phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) pathway is overall the most frequently mutated pathway in cancer, with mutation and/or amplification of the genes encoding the PI3K catalytic subunits p110α (PIK3CA) and p110β (PIK3CB), the PI3K regulatory subunit p85α (PIK3R1), receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) such as HER2 (ERBB2) and FGFR1, the PI3K activator K-Ras, the PI3K effectors AKT1, AKT2, and PDK1, and loss of the lipid phosphatases PTEN and INPP4B. PI3K is activated by growth factor RTKs and G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). PI3K activates Akt, which, in turn, phosphorylates and inactivates Tuberin (TSC2), a GTPase-activating protein of the Ras homologue Rheb. Inactivation of Tuberin allows GTP-bound Rheb to accumulate and activate the mTOR/Raptor (TORC1) complex, which regulates protein synthesis and cell growth. mTOR also couples with Rictor to form the TORC2 complex, which phosphorylates and activates AKT.
Class IA PI3K isoforms are heterodimeric lipid kinases that contain a p110 catalytic subunit and a p85 regulatory subunit. The three genes PIK3CA, PIK3CB, and PIK3CD encode the homologous p110α, p110β, and p110δ isozymes, respectively. Expression of p110δ is largely restricted to immune and hematopoietic cells, whereas p110α and p110β are ubiquitously expressed. p110α is essential for signaling and growth of tumors driven by PIK3CA mutations, RTKs, and/or mutant Ras, whereas p110β lies downstream of GPCRs and has been shown to mediate tumorigenesis in PTEN-deficient cells. PIK3CA mutations are the most commonly known genetic alterations of this pathway in cancer, where ≥80% occur within the helical (E542K and E545K) and kinase (H1047R) domains of p110α. Such mutations confer increased catalytic activity through different mechanisms, but both induce characteristics of cellular transformation including growth factor-independent and anchorage-independent growth, and resistance to anoikis.
Several drugs targeting multiple levels of the PI3K network (that is, PI3K, AKT, mTOR) have been developed. A number of ATP-mimetics that bind competitively and reversibly to the ATP-binding pocket of p110 are in early clinical development. These include the pan-PI3K inhibitors BKM120, XL-147, PX-866, PKI-587, and GDC-0941, the p110α-specific inhibitors BYL719, GDC-0032, and INK-1117, the p110δ-specific inhibitor CAL-101, and the dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors BEZ235, BGT226, PF-4691502, GDC-0980, and XL-765. The pan-PI3K and p110α-specific inhibitors are equally potent against oncogenic p110α mutants. The rationale for the development of isozyme-specific antagonists is to allow higher doses of anti-p110α and anti-p110β drugs to be delivered without incurring side effects caused by pan-PI3K inhibitors. Interim results from a phase I trial with the p110δ-specific inhibitor CAL-101 in patients with hematologic malignancies showed that treatment reduced P-AKT levels >90% in peripheral blood lymphocytes and induced objective clinical responses. Recently completed phase I trials with BKM120, BEZ235, and XL-147 showed that treatment partially inhibited PI3K as measured by levels of P-S6 and P-AKT in patients' skin or tumors, and 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose uptake measured by PET. Main toxicities were rash, hyperglycemia, diarrhea, fatigue and, mood alterations. Few clinical responses were observed in patients with and without detectable PI3K pathway mutations, although screening for genetic lesions in this pathway was not comprehensive.
Both allosteric and ATP-competitive pan-inhibitors of the three isoforms of AKT are also being developed. AZD5363, GDC-0068, GSK2141795, and GSK690693 are ATP-competitive compounds that have shown antitumor activity in preclinical models and recently entered phase I trials. Allosteric inhibitors such as MK-2206 bind to the AKT PH domain and/or hinge region to promote an inactive conformation of the AKT protein that is unable to bind to the plasma membrane. MK-2206 inhibits AKT signaling in vivo, and suppresses growth of breast cancer xenografts harboring PIK3CA mutations or ERBB2 amplification. Phase I data showed that treatment with MK-2206 decreases levels of P-AKT, P-PRAS40, and P-GSK3β in tumor cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and hair follicles.
The mTOR kinase is a component of PI3K-driven oncogenesis that functions within two signaling complexes: TORC1 and TORC2 (described above). The macrolide rapamycin and its analogs form complexes with FK506-binding protein (FKBP12). This complex then binds to mTOR and inhibits the kinase activity of TORC1 but not TORC2. Formulation problems of rapamycin prompted the development of analogs such as CCI-779 (temsirolimus), RAD001 (everolimus), AP-23573 (deferolimus), and MK-8669 (ridaferolimus). These rapalogs have shown cytostatic activity in preclinical models and clinical trials, particularly in patients with renal cell cancer, and in patients with mutations in the TSC complex (upstream of TORC1) who harbor renal angiolipomas. Compounds that target the ATP-binding cleft of mTOR (that is, OSI-027, AZD8055, INK-128), and are thus active against both TORC1 and TORC2, are also in phase I trials.
Departments of Medicine and Cancer Biology, Breast Cancer Research Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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The battle for Mahendra Highway
In Saptari, four Madhesi protesters are killed by the police within 24 hours
| Saptari | November 23, 2015
BHOLA PASWAN November 23, 2015
When the latest rounds of talks between the government and the Madhesi parties five days ago failed like many others, the protesting Madhesi parties decided to capture the Mahendra Highway (also called the East-West Highway) in addition to the key border transits. Their goal was to bring the buses and trucks escorted by the security forces to a halt. The police responded with deadly violence. Between the evening of November 21 and 22, they killed four protesters and left scores injured.
I live in Kanchanpur in Saptari district. On November 21 I left my house at six in the morning to meet the education minister, who was speaking to journalists in Bardibas, Mahottari. All along the way, the roads looked deserted. In Lahan, youth were burning tires on the street.
The boys from Chinnamasta. Image: Bhola Paswan
By 6 p.m. I was back in Saptari district. I met these four Dalit youth, each carrying a stick, on the road in Rupani. They belong to the Musahar community. The boy in the middle with the backpack is Ram Bilas Sada. He lives in Chinnamasta, a border village 30 kilometers away. He was carrying warm clothes for the night. The Madhesi parties had called on the villagers to occupy the streets and donate twenty rupees and a kilo of rice from each household, saying the protests would carry on for a long time. Their slogan was "rajmarg bharu"—fill the highway.
Ram Bilas told me that about 50 youth from his village had come to protest. Later that day two protesters would die, one of them a Dalit man.
On the streets, Dalits feel equal. Image: Bhola Paswan
Around eight, I saw a man welcoming the protesters arriving in tractors, announcing that this would be a decisive movement. Some others were cooking for the protesters. The cook said they were preparing food for about 3,000 people. Unlike in the outlying villages of the Madhes, Dalits and non-Dalits eat together in the streets. Here Dalits feel equal to all. The large number of Dalits in these protests did not surprise me at all.
Protesters wanted to set fire to the ambulance for smuggling petrol. Image: Bhola Paswan
By nine, I was back in my home in Kanchanpur, Saptari. I saw protesters stop an ambulance on its way to Janakpur. Instead of a patient, it was carrying 500 liters of petrol. The driver fled the scene as soon as the vehicle was stopped. The protesters wanted to burn the ambulance for smuggling petrol, but Anuj Yadav, a coordinator of the Morcha, stopped them. Yadav lived nearby. Several protesters became angry and threw rocks at Yadav's house. In the end, the protesters seized the jerry cans, poured the petrol out on the street, and lit it. The cover photo shows the resulting blaze.
Around 10 p.m., the security forces tried to clear the roads by forcing the protesters off the road. The protesters responded to police laathis by throwing stones. Soon the police opened fire on the protesters in several locations in Saptari.
The mother of Nageswor Yadav, holding her son. Image: Srawan Dev
The mother of Nageswor Yadav holds the body of her dead son at the Gajendra Narayan Singh hospital in Rajbiraj, the district headquarters of Saptari, while Yadav's brother looks on. Nageswor had come from a village 10 kilometers away to join the protest. The next day, police entered the hospital and assaulted the workers there.
The spot where Birendra Ram died. Image: Bhola Paswan
Another protester, Birendra Ram, was killed in Bhardah.
A curfew was declared by the district administration at one the morning. In the morning, irate protesters burned a police post in Rupani. At around 10 a.m., police and protesters clashed once again. Clashes also occurred in Rajbiraj and other locations. By evening, two more had died from police bullets.
Children with bullets they collected. Image: Bhola Paswan
I was in Bhardah in the morning, and found some kids on the street collecting bullets. The black one is a rubber bullet, one said.
Police bullets. Image: Bhola Paswan
Rupani in the morning. Image: Bhola Paswan
Broken glass covers the road. Image: Bhola Paswan
About a 10 kilometer stretch of the road between Kanchanpur and Bhardah is strewn with broken glass to prevent traffic from moving.
There were no protests in Barmajiya, but security forces caused significant damage around the village. They vandalized at least one paan pasal, street lights, the kitchens of small vendors, and assaulted several Madhesi civilians.
The bridge is damaged but still standing. Image: Bhola Paswan
Angry protesters broke parts of a bridge in Barmijhiya, near the camp of Dantakali Battalion of the Armed Police Force. They thought I was a police spy and tried to seize my camera. Two trucks full of Armed Police arrived at the scene. After a brief confrontation, the protesters dispersed. Similar scenes were played out in Rupani where they burned a police post, and in Kanchanpur, Rajbiraj, and Bhardah, with tragic consequences. The protesters are undeterred and are assembling along Mahendra Highway in the thousands.
Cover photo: Protesters destroy smuggled petrol. Bhola Paswan
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With that in mind, I decided to raise my hand for the toughest of the tough management assignments. And over the next ten years, it yielded me the title of General Manager, Area Manager and ultimately Regional Manager over the entire 16 property portfolio in Portland, Oregon. I left in 2007 and moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and based on that good run I now hold a Vice President of Operations position with Mills Properties. I also lead the amazing digital marketing team at our firm.
Be your own best teacher. Even in the most finely tuned organizations – it's a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants-advanced-make-it-up-as-you-go wild ride for your first year. Don't get discouraged.
Never be afraid to say – I don't know. It's the quickest path to learning.
Raise your hand for the tough stuff. Don't be occupied and proud. Find victory in taking properties that have failing occupancies and turn them around.
Love people. Get over yourself and understand that organizations are put in place to serve the people that serve it. Your job is to serve people. And be real. No fake stuff. Leave it at home.
Say please, thank you, excuse me, it's my fault, and you rock – a lot. Be polite in all that you do and take the downside of adversity on your shoulders and reserve the rooftop as the place where you shout the joy and praises of the people that you serve.
And that's my journey. What was your journey to a career in the multifamily industry like? Did you meet any incredible mentors along the way? What advice would you pass along to someone seeking a career in this industry?
My property management career started in 1988, right after having my first child. I answered an ad in the newspaper for a bookkeeper position at a 553 unit community in the south county area of St. Louis, General Grant Apartments. I was responsible for manually (yes, manually; this was 1988) writing in each and every payment into this huge ledger book that was brought down from our corporate office. They were the only ones with a computer. I did the same thing for payables.
I was always more of a people person than a bookkeeper type, so I begged our leasing director for a chance at becoming a leasing consultant. He gave me the chance, and that's when everything started to roll! I was shopped by a manager at another property and he called to offer me the assistant position at his property. I, of course, accepted the offer. At that time, part of the benefits was a free apartment. Who would turn that down?!
The property I was on was over-the-top crazy with crime, drug deals, etc. I loved it! A total challenge. Bring it on! I was there when it flooded during the 1993 flood of the century. We lost 84 apartments, cars and dumpsters were floating down our main street in to the property. I sandbagged for 16 hours a day, for a straight week, in hopes of keeping the creek behind our property in it's banks. It didn't work. I was now walking across our handmade "sandbag bridge", which was one foot under water, carrying my now 5 year old daughter into our building to get to our 3rd floor apartment.
My manager got a call shortly after this to manage a beautiful property in the Creve Coeur/Maryland Heights area. He asked me to join him on our new adventure, as this was a fairly new community that was in lease-up mode. I of course said yes!
This led to me accepting the manager position a couple of years later after my manager left for Florida. I loved it and rocked it. Occupancy was stabilized at 97% with continual rent bumps about every other month. When my property sold, I was devistated. I loved the company I worked for but they were in Atlanta and this was their only community in St. Louis. They offered to move me to Atlanta, but I just couldn't leave STL. This is all I know. My family and friends are all here; not in Atlanta.
I started interviewing with local management companies and was offered management positions with several companies. I chose Mills Properties. After enjoying the last 15 years with them, watching and listening to peers who work for other companies, I couldn't be any happier with my decision I made those 15 years ago!
Mills has been, by far, the best local management company to work for. The people rock, the owners are great to work for and I absolutely love being around so many positive, over-the-top crazy about their jobs, people!
If you're considering a job in our industry, you definitely must have tons of patience, lots of compassion, love and empathy, and have the desire in your heart to work with people on a daily basis. Listen carefully to what people say. Your helping them find their next home for at least the next year and hopefully longer. If you're truly not passionate about it, don't do it. Go find yourself a bookkeeping position of sorts.
I'm excited to see what the next 15 years will bring. I say bring it on!!
Lisa, thank you for sharing your story. You've had quite an adventure in the world of property management.
Yes I have Michael! I'm excited to see what the future brings!
LZZZZZZZ – you rock girl. Thank you for sharing your story- love it.
And very glad to have you on the team!
So you came about the biz by lucky accident. I hear that a lot. And it's my story also. A friend's sister told her about a job opening with Mills and I was at my wit's end with my current job so I went for it. The industry itself can certainly be stressful, but it's the people that make it worth it aka your co-workers. The property management industry is full of people with heart and compassion. They become like family.
I think a lot of people in the industry have an intense amount of passion. For example: you (and all the people I met at the Brainstorming Conference), and it makes it easy to want to achieve greatness. I have had several "mentors." From the managers who had been in the industry a long time when I first become a manager who supported me and went out of their way to help me because they wanted me to succeed. And from my first manager, Charmaine, to my current, you & Melissa, who have praised me and given me amazing opportunities. From my perspective, it's been a great industry to fall into by lucky accident.
If you're in the industry and you don't love the people you work with every day, then that's when I'd say it's time to move on.
You are spot on Jessica! When you wake up and you're done, move on baby!
Your story rocks and I can't wait to see the future play out. I think that the sky is the limit.
I went to Mizzou for Journalism like everyone else goes to Mizzou for. I ended up graduating in four years with a Hotel and Restaurant Management degree. I spent five years pulling the hotel grind and managing people there.
A management change at the hotel I was at found me delivering pizzas. FYI, delivering pizzas is actually pretty fun, you just can't make good money at it.
A job posting came up for a Concierge at a new property downtown. Sounded fun, so I went for it.. Now I find myself in the Leasing Office still enjoying the industry. It's much less stressful than the hotel world, but the opportunities for creativity are pretty exciting. We'll see where this goes. . . .
I love what you are doing with the never ending stream of new and improved platforms. You were a perfect fit for The Laurel and all that it has to offer.
#gamon for the future – I think it has amazing things in store.
Thank you for this post! I recently was hired as a leasing consultant for ER and I love it so far. This post was encouraging to read!
Thank you for taking the time to drop a line – your work for an amazing organization. And they are only getting started in my opinion.
Aim for the moon – my friend – in doing so you are sure to land somewhere in the stars.
My journey began on the IT side of the house. 1990 and LPC was moving from a manual system to computerized. I started in the Village in Dallas, TX and over time moved up to corporate. Being fee managed, we used any property management software the owner required. Since that time, I have moved between being an independent consultant, working for software companies, and back to property management companies. I love our industry. I love the people. Never the same day twice and never a dull moment. Every conference I attend is like a family reunion.
I am glad I found this forum. I am new to property management, have been with a temp agency on a few assignments (love love the industry) and am temping as a leasing consultant starting next week. I've sold real estate and have done housekeeping management for hotels. Being 50 yrs young, what would be a few first steps to fast track into management? I was thinking about getting accreditation, like CAM. Any suggestions? And how can I find a mentor if my company doesn't offer that?


This post assumes you know the basics of coroutines.
As a simple, but slightly contrived example, consider a collection of integers stored as a nested list of arbitrary depth.
Writing a recursive routine to invoke a command on each element of such a tree-like structure is very straightforward.
We can then apply some arbitrary operation to each element, for example output its square.
However, this is not what we are after. What we actually want is an iterator command that would return the successive integers from this collection on each call.
Converting recursive code to an iterator command is normally not possible because by its very nature the recursion encodes the state of the computation and will be lost when the iterator returns. On the other hand, writing a non-recursive implementation that explicitly keeps track of state involves quite a bit more bookkeeping.
Coroutines to the rescue. Because they can return values while preserving execution state, we can easily wrap a coroutine around the above to construct an iterator command.
We can now retrieve one element at a time.
To better appreciate the simplicity of the above iterator implementation, the reader might want to write one without using coroutines.
As another more real world example assume we want an iterator that will return each file or directory within a directory tree. Happily, we have fileutil::find command from tcllib that will do most of the hard work for us by returning a list of file paths under a specified directory. It so happens that the command is implemented using recursion.
However, we do not want this entire list of files at one shot for many reasons. It may consume too much memory, we may only be interested in the first few entries based on some criteria and not want to waste cycles with unnecessary disk retrievals, and so on. We would therefore like an iterator that will return a single entry at a time. Now it so happens that the fileutil::find command takes a second optional argument that is the name of a filter command. This command is invoked for each file or directory. If the command returns a boolean true value, the file is included in the returned list. We will misappropriate this feature for our own use.
We have cunningly fooled fileutil::find to yield as part of its filter functionality. Let us try it out.
As an aside, we could have simply used the filter callback to directly print the file path. There would be no need for a coroutine in that case. However, that is only because the "operation" on the file just consists of printing the path. In a more complex scenario, like an FTP server returning directory contents to a client one at a time, the callback approach would not be feasible.
The ability to return values from a computation while preserving its implicit state greatly simplifies programming. Once again, this is best appreciated by implementing the above example without the use of coroutines.
Of course, it goes without saying that the use of coroutines as illustrated in this post is only one of the many wide variety of applications of coroutines. Refer to The Tcler's Wiki, the aforementioned book or the article by Arjen Markus for other examples.


4-(Fmoc-aminomethyl)benzoic acid is used as pharmaceutical intermediates.
Incompatible with heat and oxidizing agents. Store in a cool, dry conditions in a well sealed container.
John Paul Kilburn; Jesper Lau; Raymond C.F. Jones. Solid-phase synthesis of substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazoles. Tetrahedron Letters.2003, 44, 7825-7828.


The Gmail and Email apps aren't simply ways to receive electronic mail on your Nexus 7 — they can also be used to compose new mail. Crafting an e-mail epistle on your tablet works exactly like creating one on your computer.
Start an e-mail app — either Gmail or Email.
Touch the Compose icon button.
Touch the To field and type the e-mail address.
You can type the first few letters of a contact's name and then choose a matching contact from the list that's displayed.
Touch the Send button to whisk your missive to the Internet for immediate delivery.
Copies of the messages you send in the Email program are stored in the Sent mailbox. If you're using Gmail, copies are saved in your Gmail account, which you can access from your Nexus 7 or from any computer or mobile device connected to the Internet.
The Email app features two additional icon buttons, just to the right of the Send button: Save Draft and Discard. To get to the Save Draft and Discard commands in Gmail, you need to touch the Menu button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Choose the Save Draft command to store the message in the Drafts folder. You can open that folder to edit the message. Touch Send to send it.
To cancel a message, choose the Discard command from the menu or touch the Trash button, as shown in the margin. Touch the OK button to confirm.
To summon the Cc field in Gmail, press the +Cc/Bcc button. The Cc (Carbon Copy) and Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy) fields appear, eager for you to fill them in.
Choose Gmail to send the message using Gmail, or touch Email to compose an e-mail message using your main e-mail account.
Other options may appear on the Complete Action Using menu. For example, a custom e-mail app you've downloaded may show up there as well.


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I have tried changing the onclick='changekey("down");' to an ontouchstart and ontouchend event, but those were not recognized within the ibooks app.
The working browser code can be seen here http://jsfiddle.net/slayerofgiants/9772W/1/
And a sample ebook for ibooks can be seen here. The interactive portion is on page 3 and it changes the pages to page 4 or page 2 depending upon which button is tapped. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4x1uex3cbw56c7k/Example.epub
I'm trying to find what is triggering the page turn event and how to disable it for that function.
Thanks,
 --christopher

A: The problem is that your onclick event is also getting passed up to the iBooks application, so it triggers both your code, as well as the default code that handles onclick. If you add return false; to the end of your Javascript function, it should fix it.
This thread explains it a bit more.


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