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Q: How can I cause the QuickFix window to close after I select an item in it? I got the wonderful bookmarks.vim plugin to my vim.  I especially like the named bookmarks and using the QuickFix window to list them.
In the code to show the bookmark list I'd like to add something that causes the QuickFix window to close after I select a choice.  How do I do that?
" Open all bookmarks in the quickfix window
command! CopenBookmarks call s:CopenBookmarks()
function! s:CopenBookmarks()
let choices = []

for [name, place] in items(g:BOOKMARKS)
let [filename, cursor] = place

call add(choices, {
\ 'text': name,
\ 'filename': filename,
\ 'lnum': cursor[1],
\ 'col': cursor[2]
\ })
endfor

call setqflist(choices)
copen
endfunction

A: Override the <CR> mapping that is used in the quickfix window to select an entry:
:autocmd FileType qf nnoremap <buffer> <CR> <CR>:cclose<CR>

Note: If you don't want this applied to location lists, you need to tweak the mapping a bit.

A: in lua:
-- close quickfix menu after selecting choice
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(
  "FileType", {
  pattern={"qf"},
  command=[[nnoremap <buffer> <CR> <CR>:cclose<CR>]]})

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The crowd begins to gather at Westview Care Center.
Everyone is anxious to find some candy.
A chill in the air didn't stop children from attending the Easter Egg Hunt.
Hunters have a chance to eat to get some needed hunting energy.
A breakfast was served before the Easter Egg Hunt.
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Does your portfolio have an airbag?
The December stock market correction was a timely reminder to get you thinking about whether your portfolio has enough built in safety features. But just like a car crash, it's safer and smarter to worry about those features before you find out you really need them.
How much risk you're prepared to take on in your portfolio is the single most important decision you'll make. If you take on too much you'll be lying awake at night worrying about when a market correction's going to stop and battling the temptation to dump your shares and hide in cash, but if you don't take on enough risk your portfolio could struggle to support the lifestyle you want.
The 'risk' in a portfolio largely comes from its exposure to growth-oriented investments, like shares and property, while the 'air bags' come from defensive assets, like bonds, cash and, sometimes, so-called 'alternative investments'.
Obviously, a portfolio that's split equally between growth and defensive assets is going to be far less volatile, but over the long-run will be expected to have lower returns, than one that's 90 per cent growth and 10 per cent defensive.
Cash is pretty much the best air bag available for a portfolio: it has zero volatility; perfect liquidity, meaning you can access it whenever you like and in whatever amount you want; bank accounts up to $250,000 are government guaranteed, and it also has what you might call 'option value', in that it enables you to take advantage of opportunities if they arise.
The price you pay for that security is a low return, in fact, money held in an ordinary bank account is usually going backwards after accounting for inflation. Even the average return on a three-month term deposit after accounting for inflation has been only 0.4 per cent per annum over the past 5 years, and less if you're paying tax on it.
Bonds are the next best defensive asset, but you need to be careful about what type of bonds they are: government or corporate.
Corporate bonds are issued by a company as a way to fund itself instead of going to a bank. Obviously there are big, safe companies that are far less likely to default on their debt obligations and they get a higher credit rating, like A-grade, and there are those that are not so safe and reliable that can get rated as 'junk bonds' or 'high yield', which is anything below a BBB rating.
It makes sense that the market's view on a corporate bond will change in line with how that company's performing. If a company's struggling investors will demand a higher yield to compensate for the rising risk of default, which means the price of the bond goes down, so it's entirely conceivable you can lose money on that company's bond.
The problem is that same struggling company's shares will probably also be going down at the same time. That means corporate bonds are often 'positively correlated' to equities, meaning they go up and down at the same time, which is the opposite of what you want from a defensive asset. Not surprisingly, corporate bonds are normally categorized as a growth, or semi-growth asset – no airbag there.
Government bonds will also have a credit rating, so if you buy the bonds of a steady, developed nation like Australia or the US, the chances of them defaulting are almost nil. Again though, the price you pay for lower risk is a lower return. But think of it like this: if you were told airbag A reduces the risk of injury by 50% and costs $500, whereas airbag B reduces the risk by 90% and costs $1,000, what would you do?
There are a few tricky parts to government bonds: first, to get exposure you're going to have to use a fund of some sort, either an ETF which just follows an index, or a managed fund that tries to earn a bit extra; second, 'real' returns after inflation can be surprisingly low again – over the past five years Australian 10 year bonds have averaged a smidge over 1% – but remember their job is to be defensive; finally, and importantly, over time the correlation of bonds and shares can change.
Typically investors presume government bonds are going to zig when equities zag, meaning they are 'negatively correlated'. A great example was in 2008 when Australian shares fell 38%, while Australian bonds rose 15% and international bonds went up by 9%. But the chart below shows that since 2001, while the average of the rolling six-month correlation between US shares and bonds was -0.35, it never stood still and covered a broad range, from -0.8 to 0.4. In other words, while government bonds tend to perform well during a share market correction, there's no guarantee.
How did bonds go over the course of the recent correction? US shares fell 20 per cent from their peak on 20 September to the December low, while the iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF rose 0.5 per cent over the same time.
Here in Australia the Accumulation Index (which includes dividends) fell 13 per cent from its August peak to the late December low, while the iShares Core Composite Bond ETF, which is about 90% government bonds, went up by 1.0 per cent.
As usual in investing, there is no perfect solution to finding an airbag for your portfolio, but the right exposure to the tried and true defensive assets of cash and government bonds should at least help stop you losing sleep worrying about the next crash.
This advice is of a general nature only and should not be relied upon to make investment decisions. The circumstances of each person are different, and you should seek advice from Steward Wealth who can consider if the strategies and investments are right for you.
and take the first step to living the good life.
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Two Saudi sisters hiding in Hong Kong have left the city after they were granted asylum in an unknown country late last week, their lawyer said on Monday (March 25).
The Hadejia Emirate Council Zakat Committee in Jigawa on Sunday distributed bags of assorted grains worth N11 million to 1,236 less privileged in Kirikasamma Local Government Area.


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Херодот () е древногръцки историк. Известен е преди всичко с първата книга от исторически характер, История, поради което е наричан "баща на историята".

Биография
Роден е около 484 г. пр.н.е. в град Халикарнас в Западна Мала Азия. Има сведения, че е починал приблизително в 425 г. пр.н.е. в Турии, Южна Италия. Херодот получава възможността за добро и всестранно образование, благодарение на знатния и богат род по бащина и по майчина линия, от който произхожда. Предприема продължителни обиколки из Европа, Азия и Африка, като събира ценна историческа и географска информация. По-голямата част от живота си Херодот прекарва в Атина, по времето на Перикъл и Софокъл, с когото се е срещал. Изложението му дава основания да се смята, че е живял в Атина или поне в централна Гърция по време на началото на Пелопонеските войни (431 г. пр.н.е.) и че произведението му е вече известно към 425 г. пр.н.е.. Около 443 г. пр.н.е. заминава за Магна Греция с група гръцки колонисти и участва в основаването на гр. Турии, където вероятно прекарва последните години от живота си.

За "Историята"

Херодот е най-древният историограф, от когото в наши дни е познато съчинение в пълен текст. Той пише първата книга от исторически характер – "Историята", която по-късно е разделена от александрийските филолози на девет части, всяка от които е кръстена с името на една от музите. Самата "История" е написана по времето на "пентеконтаетията" (50-годишен период), когато гръцкото робовладелско общество достига връхната точка на своето развитие, период, през който гърците отблъскват персийското нашествие и избухва Пелопонеската война. Тези събития помагат на елините да се заинтересуват от своята и тази на съседите си история. "Историята" на Херодот не само запознава с географските и етнографски сведения на множеството гръцки и негръцки земи и народи, тя ги съчетава около главната си идея.

Смята се, че Херодот е бил повлиян от две течения при написването на труда си. На първо място от своите предшественици – логографите, от които наследил интереса към миналото. Формата и похватите за разказване на минали събития също са заимствани от тях. По-голямо влияние обаче той получил от дългия си престой в Атина.

Като структура историята е неравномерна. Първите ѝ четири части са увод към главната тема, като в тях се излага развитието на Гърция преди Гръко-персийските войни. Описанието на тях самите са изложени в останалите пет части. Характерни за Херодот, също така са и многобройните отклонения от главната тема, както и вмъкването на разкази към нея. Именно заради това той е обвиняван в непоследователност и хаотичен израз. Въпреки това е почти налице историческата критика. Тъй като авторът на първо място се опитва да представи едно интересно четиво, понякога достоверността на изказаното е под въпрос.

Херодот обръща внимание на митовете, на съдбата, на боговете. Може би тези слабости, наред с предимствата на "Историята", се дължат най-вече на времето, в което са писани. А именно преходът от традиционното към нетрадиционното, въвеждането на рационалната мисъл в обществото. Точно тези фактори съставят гръцкото значение на думата история. Трябва да се каже, че отначало тя се е занимавала само със събитията в живота на човека и не е била отделяна от географията. Също така не разграничаването на историята от епоса довежда до това, че гърците приели за първи историк Омир.

Херодот е първият историк, от когото е запазено цяло произведение. Цицерон с право го нарича "баща на историята". И наистина той определя основните черти на този литературен вид. Успява да съчетае интересната интерпретация и разказа за определено събитие или личност. Той разкрива връзката между причини и следствия, описва нравите на народите, портретите на знаменити личности, заедно с придружаващите ги големи събития. Атинската демокрация, в която живее, макар и робовладелска, била по-прогресивна от източната персийска деспотия. Този конфликт между двете общества на гърци и перси влиза като основна идея в трудовете на Херодот. Със своя рационалистичен подход към митовете и преданията прави немалка крачка за развитие на гръцката историография.

Херодот съставя първообраза на списък на античните забележителности, изменян впоследствие и достигнал до нас като Седемте чудеса на античния свят.

Издания в България
 Херодот, Исторически новели. Превод от старогръцки език Доротей Гетов. София: Народна култура, 1982 (Библиотека за антична литература "Хермес").
 Херодот. История. Ч. 1 – 2. Превод от старогръцки език Петър Димитров. София: Наука и изкуство, 1986 – 1990.

Източници

Литература
 Фролов, Э. Геродот, Большая Советская Энциклопедия.
 Мищенко, Ф. Геродот, Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона (1890 – 1907).
 Мери Гислън, Розета Палаци, Енциклопедичен речник на античната митология и класическата древност. София: Колибри, 2005.
 Д. В. Чепель, Геродот, Православная Энциклопедия
 Франсоа Шаму, Гръцката цивилизация през архаичната и класическата епоха. Превод от френски език Слава Михайлова. София: Български художник, 1979.

Външни препратки

  "История" Херодота, Перевод и примечания Г. А. Стратановского
 Строежът на пирамидите – според Херодот
 Херодот за тракийските племена (статия на К. Милчев)
 "История" от Херодот: Книга втора – Евтерпа (превод от старогръцки – Петьо Ангелов)

Древногръцки историци
Гръко-персийски войни
Кария


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The Economics Of Networks: A Survey Of The Empirical Literature
Daniel Birke
Network effects, the increase in value of consuming a product if many other consumers use the same product, are a feature of many markets and in particular of many high‐technology products. This paper surveys the burgeoning empirical literature that has developed especially during the last years. After theoretical work dominated the earlier years of research in this area, newer research has combined theoretical models with empirical studies and applied work with direct implications for public policy, marketing and company strategies. Furthermore, insights from the study of social networks have been applied to analyse how consumers interact with each other. The paper argues that a closer analysis of the network structure of consumer interaction promises fruitful future research avenues and advances in our understanding of how network effects operate.
Daniel Birke, 2009. "The Economics Of Networks: A Survey Of The Empirical Literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(4), pages 762-793, September.
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Motor Mouth: Is GM's proposal for an electric vehicle program enough?
Toyota is trying so hard to make its sedans interesting
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As states and provinces move away from the EV subsidy model, what would a comprehensive EV mandate look like?
by David Booth | November 2, 2018
In this file photo, GM CEO Mary Barra introduces the new Chevy Bolt during a keynote address at the CES 2016 show in Las Vegas, Nevada.Alex Wong / Getty Images
For all the skeptics who believe traditional automakers are dragging their heels in the transformation to electric mobility, Mary Barra's recent op-ed in USA Today must come as a stiff rebuke. Essentially, General Motors' CEO called for a U.S. federal mandate for zero emissions vehicles (ZEV), laying out the how (a further development of credits now offered by individual states), the target (seven per cent ZEVs by 2021, a two per cent increase per year after that) and its effect (a cumulative reduction of 375 million tons of CO2 emissions between 2021 and 2030).
Considering the Trump administration has essentially dismissed global warming as "fake news," is actively promoting fossil fuels and has announced its intention to challenge the California Air Resources Board's authority to regulate greenhouse gases, it's a brave move. Indeed, for all you Teslarati out there questioning the courageousness of Barra's initiative, consider this: The last "mobility" company to raise the 45th president's ire — Harley-Davidson, when it announced it would move some of its production overseas as a result of Trump's tariff war — has seen its sales drop more than 10 per cent since The Donald tweeted for a boycott. So, was Ms. Barra's proposition brave? Absolutely! For a company with profits still largely tied to internal combustion to risk the ire of this president for an EV future that is still uncertain took what my dear departed Scottish grandmother would have called "pluck."
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However, it's still motivated by the selling of automobiles. GM currently sells the Chevy Bolt and Volt, and will soon have a plug-in version of the Cadillac CT6 in dealerships. But that's small fry compared with the 20 EVs it plans to unveil in the next 20 years. And, unlike other traditional automakers that have promised to "electrify" their fleets — just a clever way of promoting hybrids and PHEVs in their press releases — all 20 of those new GMs will be purely electric.
So, as laudable as Ms. Barra's boldness is, it's still motivated by sales and profits. What's required, if we really are going to adopt everything electric, is a plan that goes beyond the individual corporation's profit mandate and the typical politician's "here's me taking action" incentives. What's needed is an actual plan — and unfortunately, for those who hate Big Government, one that requires massive federal commitment — far beyond Barra's consumer rebates and subsidies for charging stations.
Indeed, government actions so far — in North America, at least — smack of incrementalism, the kind of toe-in-the-water commitment that allows governments to claim action but not actually have to make serious budget decisions. Offering $14,000 rebates, as Ontario did, may make bold headlines, but the total monies involved, admittedly in the millions, are still minuscule enough — by Liberal government standards, at least! — that they can be plowed through without major policy debate. Again, what's needed, if we are really and truly committed to this zero emissions future, is a far more grandiose (that should be read expensive) initiative, especially if anyone is going to meet the ambitious 2040 target many constituencies, including California, have proposed. Here's a rough idea of what such a comprehensive plan might look like:
The Multi-Platform Plan
Following a similar "gradual" implementation plan, the way forward will have to promote plug-in hybrids (which, for the time being, will also use some gasoline) and some level of hydrogen refueling, most especially on the intra-city highway network.
Before all you "fool cell" Elon Musk acolytes dismiss the benefits of the concept — quicker refueling, zero emissions, "electric" operation, etc. — consider this: Long-distance haulage, which accounts for an increasing share of fossil fuel consumption, will not use batteries during my lifetime. Elon Musk can swear up and down that the future of the 18-wheel semi is with lithium-ion batteries, but the basic payload problem is such that the batteries required for a, say, 800-kilometre range are so heavy that the trucker can't haul enough product to make money.
Some companies, like Nikola — do you think it followed Tesla's lead in naming itself after the inventor of alternating current — have proposed fuel cell-powered semis, and taking a page out of the Muskian playbook, are already planning on building some 700 hydrogen refueling stations to service their ZEV trucks of the future. This would mean there would also be an infrastructure for future plug-in battery/fuel cell hybrid cars, which are probably the most convenient zero-emission alternative for the future.
In the meantime, PHEVs with enough range to on battery power alone in dense population centres could be promoted by offering increased subsidies on models with a minimum of 100 kilometres of lithium-ion, and then further incentivized by making gasoline significantly more expensive in urban centres than intra-city routes.
The Purely Battery-Powered Alternative
If all cars are to be purely battery-powered — Mr. Musk's dream — then we are going to have to put away this recharging infrastructure model. Other than avoiding large one-time capital costs, being able to gradually phase in recharging stations offers no advantages.
Current fast chargers — 350 kilowatts — still take five or six times as long to recharge as gasoline-powered cars do to refuel making long-distance travel extremely problematic. Any charging station quick enough to compete with the gas pump will have to be automated and will cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars each. And as for those who contend — and I'm look at you rabid Tesla fans who constantly clutter up my comment section — there will be a 1,000-kilometre-range car that we will never have to refuel on the highway, here's a news flash: Even the folks in the business of building charging infrastructures don't buy into that fantasy.
The solution is to simply eliminate recharging by building inductive charging right into our highways. With enough battery — again, say 100 kilometres of range — covering its urban use, an EV could go as far as it liked, charging as it went. As expensive as that may be — and we are talking about hundreds of billions of dollars — as my previous calculations indicate, it will be cheaper than building super-high-range EVs and the high-powered chargers to "refuel" them.
Whether these plans are viable — and I can poke some pretty big holes in my own arguments — the truth remains that any plan to truly convert to ZEVs is going to require far more money and commitment than simply increasing sales credits. Mary Barra is to be applauded for her courage, but — and at the risk of repetition — we need a far grander plan if we are serious about this ZEV movement.
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This would really be useful.
We use a client desktop backup tool to bridge this gap, but it would be nice to have a dashboard so we can get rid of the need for this backup tool. It's expensive to cover the "Broken sync" client scenario. Not end of world since another layer of protection is always good, but would be nice to have one less product to maintain.
I highly agree with this feature. I really hope this gets implemented. Shouldn't be hard to do.
I agree that a dashboard is important. I've had to deploy Resilio Sync on top of Office 365 instead of using OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online.
However, I think fixing their client and sync engine should be the real priority instead of a dashboard.
Staff think they are synching to the cloud when the client has actually failed (common problem on both Mac and Windows). Data loss potential is real.


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'Hamilton' kicks off season at the Orpheum in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS-A really, really big deal, a big deal last year, and a couple of big deals from years ago are the core of Hennepin Theatre Trust's 2018-19 "Broadway on Hennepin" season.The really, really big deal is - of course - the regional debut o...
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MINNEAPOLIS-A really, really big deal, a big deal last year, and a couple of big deals from years ago are the core of Hennepin Theatre Trust's 2018-19 "Broadway on Hennepin" season.
The really, really big deal is - of course - the regional debut of the blockbuster musical "Hamilton." While it's no secret that a touring production of the award-winning "Hamilton" is part of the Minneapolis theater season, the dates are official with today's announcement. "Hamilton" kicks off the season at the Orpheum and runs for six weeks, Aug. 29-Oct. 7.
Last year's big deal on Broadway, "Dear Evan Hansen," is part of the season. The winner of six 2017 Tony Awards, including best musical, is on stage at the Orpheum from May 28 to June 9, 2019.
And remember when "The Book of Mormon" was a big deal a few years ago? Or "Les Miserables" a few years before that? "Fiddler on the Roof" or "Hello Dolly" even more years before that? If they've grown to be your favorites, they'll be back in Minneapolis in the 2018-19 season. The national tour of "Dolly" will feature Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley.
The Broadway season also features the Minnesota premieres of "Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," March 6-17, 2019; "A Bronx Tale," Feb. 19-24; "On Your Feet," Jan. 22-27, 2019; and "The Play That Goes Wrong," May 7-12, 2019. Also returning are "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" and "Rock of Ages."
But the big ticket is "Hamilton." Season ticket holders have until March 12 to renew their 2017-18 subscriptions and have those seats for "Hamilton" and the other shows in the newly announced season. New subscriptions for the 2018-19 season go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Hennepin Theatre Trust media relations manager Dale Stark says that there will be some tickets available when single tickets go on sale at a later date.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a media partner with Forum News Service
Entertainment Nov 29th 2012 - 12am
Instrumental music instructor at YME gets by with a little help from her online friends
Entertainment Nov 9th 2012 - 5pm
Video: CLIMB Theater Performs at ACGC


I have a virtual machine at SLES12 SP-3 with up-2-pdate patches applied. It's SCC entry is attached, without keys, showing the full story.
Using a RC-2 installer I run an UPDATE (Migration) to SLES15 RC-2. bar some V3 keys nags which we have had for months, it worked.
I run a couple of tests, looked grand.
I issue SUSEConnect --rollback which from the messages on the virtual machine and the SCC worked but not as I thought, or maybe as I thought.
I wanted to "rollback" the SLES15 RC-2 environment to the original SLES12 SP-3, so that I can amend the SP-3 enviroment and try the UPDATE (Migration) again. It's simple to put the virtual machine back to SP-3 from the snap-shot, but I want to have the SCC back in-sync too so that I could try again.
The SCC did some work, but in the end it's still at SLES15 RC-2, shown in the attached files.
The attached files show the full story.
Question: should the SUSEConnect --rollback command put the SCC back to SLES12 SP-3 after a UPDATE (Migration), if so then I'll create a bug report, if not then how does one get the SCC back in-sync with the virtual machine when it's reloaded with the SLES12 SP-23 snap shot. I did suggest another SCC command which loads the SCC from the machines /etc/zypp area, which would reflect the correct environment, but --rollback was suggested.


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Zénaïde Bonaparte, född 1801, död 1854, var en fransk prinsessa.

Hon var dotter till Joseph Bonaparte och Julie Clary och brorsdotter till kejsar Napoleon Bonaparte.

Hon gifte sig 1822 med sin kusin Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Äktenskapet hade arrangerats av hennes far som hoppades att stärka arvsrätten till den franska kejsartronen om dynastin Bonaparte någonsin återkom till makten, vilket vid denna tid inte ansågs omöjligt. De fick elva barn.

Duvarten Zenaida har fått sitt namn efter henne.

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Roncalli Catholic High School is the first Catholic High school in Omaha to offer Career Academy Courses to students.
Starting in the fall semester of 2018, Roncalli Catholic, in partnership with Metro Community College, will become the first college preparatory school in Omaha to introduce a Career Academy Program to students. Career Academies are designed to provide high school students with opportunities to explore career fields and get a jumpstart on their post-secondary education.
While the College Preparatory Curriculum at Roncalli Catholic prepares students to be successful at a four year college or university, the school has also had a high demand for alternative educational and career opportunities for students. The program is open to junior or senior students who are interested in pursuing career fields such as nursing, civil engineering, theatre technology, architecture, welding, information technology, auto mechanics, and many others. Students can use this opportunity to gain credits towards an Associate's Degree or certificate in these fields while still in high school. There are 22 Academies to choose from featuring career fields in high demand areas, with a near 100% employment rate following completion of the academy program at Metro Community College.
With the help of a generous donation from an alumni, Roncalli Catholic is happy to be able to offer students the opportunity to take these college level courses at a reduced cost, or no cost at all. This allows our students a real jumpstart on their future careers. Available funding will be divided by the number of students who are accepted to the program, up to full tuition paid. There are many ways to provide access to this program at little or no cost to our students.
How long will my student need to be in the Career Academy Program?
Students begin the program in their junior or senior year, starting in the fall. Most Career Academy programs are one year in length and provide students with a solid foundation in each area of interest. Students may wish to take additional MCC courses (CollegeNOW!) which apply towards a certificate or an Associate's degree. Visit www.mccneb.edu/secondarypartnerships for more information about the CollegeNOW! Program and/or MCC Career Academies.
What will the daily class schedules be like?
Students are expected to commit one-half of each school day to the Career Academy, from approximately 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Specific program class times are listed on the Career Academy Programs document.
What courses are offered as part of The Career Academy?
Each MCC Campus offers different classes and programs. For a complete listing of information, refer to MCC's Program, Schedule, and Descriptions.


Devotions are prayers and practises, which, while not forming part of the church's formal liturgy, form a significant portion of the prayer and spiritual formation of Catholics.
Certain devotions have developed over time as our understanding of the faith has grown. Many of them have been supernaturally revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Examples of these include prayers such as the Rosary, the Stations of the Cross, and Sacramentals such as the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Carmel and the Miraculous Medal. Private revelations through history have led to devotional practises such as devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.


It's been really fun writing about konmari this week, especially since it seems like the whole world is watching Tidying up with Marie Kondo and posting pictures of discarded piles of clothes on Instagram. That's not a judgment — I really do like seeing it, and I think the fact that everyone's so caught up in this movement is less because it's a fad and more because a LOT of us have this problem — the problem of having too much stuff.
As I've blogged about how much I believe in the konmari results (I completed the process four years ago), I've gotten a lot of questions about the process through Instagram, on Facebook and in person. I shared responses to a lot of these on an Instagram story highlight, but I've gotten a couple more questions since then, so I thought I'd collect them here as well.
How do you know if an item sparks joy?
It was very hard for me to determine whether or not I was feeling joy when holding an item — to the point that it was sort of depressing. The solution that worked for me was to flip the equation around: I didn't know when an item sparked joy, but I could tell right away which items sparked guilt. There were so many things I'd been keeping around that made me feel bad — a book I'd meant to read and ever gotten around to, a broken vase that reminded me how clumsy I was, a sweater that was missing a button that I knew I'd never getting around to sewing on, gifts that I didn't like but felt bad giving away — the list could go on. I was shocked by how many things in my home actually created tiny waves of guilt or disappointment. When I can't figure out if something brings me joy, I ask myself if it makes me feel guilty, and if it does, I either fix the problem or get rid of the thing. Once I removed the possessions that were making me feel guilt, it was a lot more obvious which ones brought me joy.
Marie Kondo also has a trick for this — when you feel stumped about what brings you joy, go back to those few items that you absolutely KNOW bring you joy. Pick one of those up and notice how you feel, and it'll be a little bit easier to identify that feeling again.
Do you konmari your books? This would be really hard for me.
Yep, I went through the books, and I discarded a LOT. It was hard, but I realized that so many titles had been sitting my shelf for years, and I'd passed them over so many times that it actually made me feel guilty, not good, to look at them. Once my library was smaller and filled with my favorite books and books I was excited about, I found that I read from my library more often.
Did you throw out photos?
Yes … and no. I went through my prints and only kept the ones that made me happy. But I kept all the negatives, so theoretically I have all my photos, just not in print form. I saved them in negative sleeves in three ring binders. It's not full konmari, but it's as far as I was willing to go.
How many trash bags did you throw out?
What was the hardest step for you?
What about book manuscripts, notebooks, papers, etc. I could never part with mine.
I kept my journals and most all writing ideas and interview notes. Throwing that away isn't best practice for a writer, I don't care what Marie Kondo says! I did narrow it down a lot through (down to 5 banker boxes from 25), and I organized it so I can actually find stuff now. I also had a few journals that I'd only written a few pages in, so I cut out those pages and put them together in a box so they take up a lot less space. I have a dream of scanning in my own notes and keeping them digitally, but that's proven a lot more difficult to work out than I'd hoped.
How did you tackle komono when you've got a lot of it?
I think for komono it's good to make your own categories that apply to what you own. In some respects, it's probably okay to do some komono room by room because it's already sorted by theme, like bathroom, kitchen, etc. But I still tried to sort like items together — all makeup at once, for example, even though some might be in the bathroom and some in the bedroom.
How do you deal with the piles of stuff while doing this if you can't go through it and put it away all at once?
When I lived by myself, I just left it all out for the most part (except kitchen and bath). But when you live with people, I think you can't help but organize it somewhat. Maybe try to block off a weekend at a time to tidy a section and also put it back in order. Or try to put things back where they used to go until you're done eliminating things, then pull it back out and approach organizing. It's tough!
What about clothing you know will come back around and that you will want to wear in the future?
This is when knowing nothing about fashion comes in handy. 🙂 I do have a few things I can't wear now but can't part with (maxi dresses that were my grandmother's, for example). I try to store them in a way that brings me joy.
Does it annoy you when people say they're doing konmari when they're really just cleaning out a drawer or something?
Haha, well, I'm a rule follower, so yes it does. On the one hand, if anyone is working to make their life better, that's great. If someone wants to go through a drawer to see what sparks joy, or start in the kitchen, or whatever — I don't think that's wrong at all. But it's not the konmari process, either. To do konmari, I think it's important to follow her order of tidying. It seems silly, but it's not arbitrary, and it's designed to "teach" you how to tidy and feel joy along the way. Of course, like I said, I'm a rule follower, so of course I'm going to stick to the guide book!
I'm very thankful for this week; it's been really fun to hear from everyone about their tidying process, successes and questions. I'm going to tackle another subject this week, but if anyone has more questions about konmari, feel free to send them my way! I'll try to share, if not on the blog, through my Instagram or other social media (the links are below).


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Fast-growing commercial fitness manufacturer, Freemotion, has appointed Apostolos Seintis as Sales Director for Europe.
Hired to drive the growth of Freemotion in Europe, Apostolos brings with him a wealth of experience in the health and fitness industry. Having spent 15 years at All Sport S.A, where he was instrumental in the introduction of a nine-brand portfolio to the Greek market, including Cybex and Trotter, Apostolos continued his career with a six-year stretch in senior roles at Cybex, followed by a year at Life Fitness. Most recently, he was Director of Sales for Physiolab, a UK-based, medical company specialising in soft tissue repair products.
Also a decorated student, with degrees in mechanical engineering and sports science, and an MBA in business, Apostolos has a strong track record of growing sales throughout Europe and developing relationships while holding distributors accountable. The main focus of his role at Freemotion will be to develop the distributor network in Europe and build strong partnerships with key accounts.
Apostolos said: "The most exciting thing about my role at Freemotion is the potential of the organisation. With the excellent people and resources we have around us, Freemotion could become the biggest global player in the fitness industry, and, alongside my colleagues, I'm looking forward to helping it reach the top.
"We want to be known as a company that helps people to build successful, profitable and reputable businesses, not just one that sells products, so a great opportunity exists to have a real impact, and make a true difference, in the European market and wider afield."
Apostolos will report to Chris McGill, who was recently promoted to Vice President of Global Sales, extending a nine-year career at the company which has seen him rise impressively through the ranks.
Chris said: "We've seen double-digit growth at Freemotion over the last three years, well above industry average, which is phenomenal, but we want to be a more prominent brand internationally. We've done a great job domestically (in the US) but there's still work to be done in the international marketplace. For us, it's about the people, which is why we're hiring great talent like Apostolos to help us drive more brand recognition, both through our direct and distributor channels."
As further evidence of Freemotion's employment push and determination to significantly increase its presence on the world stage, Leopoldo Torres has also been added to the team as Sales Director for Latin America, following previous roles at BH Fitness, Technogym, Precor, and Bodytech Columbia. Leopoldo will be looking to build on his early success having joined the company in 2018, and Freemotion will continue to benefit from his extensive experience in sales, business strategy, and public relations within the fitness sector.
Now the hunt is on to find Freemotion a Sales Director for the UK, as the effort to strengthen its European team continues. Applications can be made by visiting: www.freemotionfitness.com
44-46 Morningside Road, Midlothian , EH10 4BF


A website that is very user-friendly and resonates to the simple yet professional personality of the brand.
A website that is practical and easy to navigate as well as attractive and very professional.
A website that is both friendly and trustful and easy to read.
A website that is easy and fun to navigate for any age!
A website easy to browse and navigate with a serious and professional look and feel.


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Robsoul 212 – Joss Moog – Music On
A1: Music On
http://www.robsoulrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/1-Joss-Moog-MUSIC-ON.mp3
A2: More Than A Little Bit
http://www.robsoulrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/2-Joss-Moog-MORE-THAN-A-LITTLE-BIT.mp3
B1: Little Wonder
http://www.robsoulrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/3-Joss-Moog-LITTLE-WONDER.mp3
B2: Body Language
http://www.robsoulrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/4-Joss-Moog-BODY-LANGUAGE.mp3
B3: Walk On By
http://www.robsoulrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/5-Joss-Moog-WALK-ON-BY-corrected.mp3
Distractions out: Music On. Joss Moog shuts out the noise with a killer return to his spiritual stomping ground Robsoul. He follows up 2018's 'Tokyo Night' with a brand selection of five crucial thumpers.
The title track 'Music On' leads from the front. Chunkier than a sumo wrestler in a bubble coat and laced with subtle jazz motifs, it's the stately, no-messing sound of Joss going back to the foundations he dug with Robsoul when they introduced him to the world in 2006. It's back by more sterling pedigree house cuts: the cheeky sample funk on 'More Than A Little Bit', the dusty jazzy introspection on 'Little Wonder', booty-shaking electro boogie on 'Body Language' and the piece de resistance 'Walk On By' where Joss's hip-hop roots are just as tangible as his soul's connection with house music.
Turn it on, don't ever turn off; Moog is back on Robsoul and the summer just started to sound 10 times hotter.
https://soundcloud.com/jossmoog
https://www.facebook.com/jossmoogmusic
Release Date: May 31st 2019


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Damolândia est une municipalité brésilienne de l'État de Goiás et la microrégion d'Anápolis.

Notes et références

Municipalité au Goiás


Hints it may make it illegal to merely visit sites connected with terrorism.
In the wake of last Friday's attacks in Paris, France is bringing in new legislation extending the country's temporary state of emergency to three months. The new laws also grant the authorities new powers to carry out searches of seized devices and to block websites.
Under the legislation, police searches of digital equipment are no longer limited to the device itself. Instead, they may also extend to include any data that is "accessible from the initial system or available for the initial system," as the French digital rights site La Quadrature du Net explains. In practice this means police may use seized devices in order to search for "any type of information on any type of electronic device of any French resident and especially any information available via usernames, passwords collected during a police search, any content stored online."
The state of emergency legislation also extends measures put in place in November 2014 that allow France's Minister of the Interior to block any website "promoting terrorism or inciting terrorist acts." Previously, the Minister was only able to force sites to be blocked after a delay of 24 hours; now this happens immediately.
An amendment that would've made it illegal to merely visit a site connected with terrorism was rejected. Currently, it is an offence if the visits are habitual and linked with preparations for concrete acts of terrorism. However, the French prime minister said that legislators will soon be discussing the matter again, suggesting that his government has plans to bring in a law along these lines.
Finally, La Quadrature du Net points out a worrying vagueness in a section of the new law dealing with powers to dissolve groups or associations that "take part in committing acts that seriously endanger the public order or whose activities facilitate or encourage committing such acts." For example, this could include "many associations promoting the use of encryption technologies, which are indeed used by criminals but also mainly by many innocent citizens."
The fear is that by rushing through this legislation while emotions are understandably running high, the French government will pass measures with unforeseen and harmful consequences.


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Q: Why do multiline strings skip intended whitespace at the beginning? I have some multiline strings with intended whitespace. For some of those, some whitespace is removed:
const WORKING: &str = "\
┌─┬┐
│ ││
╞═╪╡
│ ││
├─┼┤
├─┼┤
│ ││
└─┴┘
";

const NON_WORKING: &str = "\
  ╷
  │
╶─┼╴
  │
╶─┼╴
╶─┼╴
  │
  ╵
";

pub fn main() {
    println!("{}", WORKING);
    println!("{}", NON_WORKING);
}

It removes some whitespace at the beginning of the line in the non-working one. Printing:
╷
  │
╶─┼╴
  │
╶─┼╴
╶─┼╴
  │
  ╵

I think it has to deal with the use of \ but I don't know how to solve it without starting the line after the "
Playground

A: I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard the indoc crate is intended to help write multiline string literals containing indentation. It removes leading whitespace equally from all lines, rather than \'s behavior of removing leading whitespace from each line independently.

Using indoc
use indoc::indoc;

fn main() {
    let testing = indoc! {"
        def hello():
            print('Hello, world!')

        hello()
    "};
    let expected = "def hello():\n    print('Hello, world!')\n\nhello()\n";
    assert_eq!(testing, expected);
}

A: Rust will automatically remove intended whitespace, as long strings are usually broken into multiple lines like this, with the whitespace being just for formatting purposes.
You can use raw strings to disable this behavior. Notice the extra r and the custom delimiter # at the start and end.
const NON_WORKING: &str = r#"
  ╷
  │
╶─┼╴
  │
╶─┼╴
╶─┼╴
  │
  ╵
"#;

A: I finally used plain str and removed the initial \n:
let WORKING: &str ="
 ──

 ──

 ──
 ──

 ── ".trim_start_matches("\n")


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Osama Habib
BDL slaps $4.6M fines on banks over breaches
Osama Habib Sep. 05, 2018 | 12:06 AM
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Central Bank said Tuesday it has slapped LL6.9 billion ($4.6 million) of fines on some banks and clients for violating the rules and...
Developers plan $1B fund to ease real estate slump
Osama Habib Aug. 30, 2018 | 12:07 AM
BEIRUT: In the face of a struggling Lebanese real estate market, a group of real estate developers in the country has decided to take steps to help ameliorate...
Bank Audi's Turkey subsidiary weathering the crisis: Baz
Osama Habib Aug. 16, 2018 | 08:06 PM
BEIRUT: The fall of the Turkish lira against the dollar and its economic ramifications on emerging markets have become one of the main news headlines around...
Baz: False perceptions have hit interest rates
BEIRUT: A senior Lebanese banker brushed off claims the Lebanese economy is on the verge of collapse and its currency is under threat, but noted some banks...
Saddam-era Iraq deposits were repatriated: Torbey
BEIRUT: The President of the Association of Banks in Lebanon Joseph Torbey said Thursday that the money deposited in Lebanese banks during the era of former...
Local projects worth $1.1B at risk: official
BEIRUT: A senior World Bank official Tuesday warned the Lebanese authorities that the World Bank may be compelled to "cancel" $1.1 billion worth of...
Solidere set to replace seven board members in big shake-up
Osama Habib Jul. 24, 2018 | 12:20 AM
BEIRUT: Lebanon's largest listed company is expected to replace seven members of its board of directors Tuesday in a major shake-up, after Solidere...
Bankers allay concerns on pound devaluation
BEIRUT: Rumors surrounding the eventual devaluation of the Lebanese pound has kept growing in the past few weeks, despite the repeated assurances by Central...
Economists warn Cabinet formation delay will hurt
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is racing against the clock as he intensified consultations to form a Cabinet that is expected to tackle a wide...
More high returns on deposits expected
BEIRUT: A number of banks are expected to follow the footsteps of a leading lender that is offering clients a 14-16 percent interest rate if they convert...
Electricity cuts may worsen: EDL official
Osama Habib May. 25, 2018 | 12:04 AM
BEIRUT: Lebanon's electricity rationing is expected to worsen this summer if the prices of oil continues to exceed $60 a barrel, an Electricite du Liban...
Growth an urgent priority for new govt
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has a long list of measures to stimulate the sluggish economy, combat rampant corruption and red tape as well as...
U.S. official warns against Hezbollah Cabinet role
BEIRUT: A senior U.S. official Thursday described Hezbollah as a "cancer" that must be removed, urging the Lebanese government not to include the...
Development bank EBRD to invest $200M in 2019
BEIRUT: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development intends to invest at least $200 million in Lebanese equities, renewable energy and water...
Elections: A windfall for news media
BEIRUT: The unprecedented lavish spending on television talk shows hosting candidates running in the upcoming parliamentary elections indicates that money is...
Salameh rejects devaluation of pound
Osama Habib Mar. 29, 2018 | 12:24 AM
BEIRUT: Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Wednesday brushed off calls for a managed devaluation of the Lebanese currency, warning that such a step would be...
BDL: No rate hike in foreseeable future
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Central Bank has no intention to raise interest rates this year despite the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to hike its benchmark rate by 25...
Experts laud budget but call for more reform
BEIRUT: The modest reforms in the 2018 budget could encourage the countries participating in the Paris IV donor conference to provide Lebanon with billions of...
Real estate developers struggle to find buyers
BEIRUT: Real estate developers are struggling to cope with a stagnant market in Lebanon amid a cash crunch and an uncertain future. Vacant and unsold...
Hariri seeks 2018 budget before Paris IV conference
Osama Habib Feb. 23, 2018 | 12:08 AM
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri plans to travel to Paris in April armed with the 2018 budget and a government pledge to carry out urgent reforms in order...
Real estate graft costs $40M a year: judge
BEIRUT: A senior judge said Thursday that corruption in the real estate sector was costing Lebanon up to $40 million a year. "We estimate that...
Bankers lament pound-only ATMs idea nixed
Osama Habib Jan. 26, 2018 | 12:16 AM
BEIRUT: Some bankers said Thursday they do not object to the idea of confining cash withdrawals from ATMs to Lebanese currency only, disputing claims that...
Hariri wants ministries to slash budgets by 20 percent
Osama Habib Jan. 24, 2018 | 12:57 PM
BEIRUT: As part of a drive to rein in spending, Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday called on all ministries, government agencies and public institutions to...
Petroleb plays with the big firms in oil exploration
BEIRUT: It is not very common for a new and small firm to win a contract to drill for oil in the competitive markets in the Middle East. But the Beirut-based...
Kingdom Holding sells stake in Beirut hotel
BEIRUT: Saudi-based company Kingdom Holding sold its stake in the Four Seasons Hotel in Beirut for $120 million to a group of Lebanese and Arab investors,...


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- Version: 1.4
- Author: Phill Gray
- Build Date: 2011-07-18
- Requirements: Symphony 2.2.1

## Installation

- Upload the 'health_check' folder to your Symphony 'extensions' folder.
- Enable it by selecting "Health Check", choose Enable from the with-selected menu, then click Apply.

## Usage

This allows for easy checking of directories that require read/write permissions.

It runs a test against your server to determine the best permissions for your environment. If it fails, then it defaults to Symphony defaults of 0755 for directories and 0644 for files.

This also allows for integration with (Nick Dunn's Dashboard extension)[https://github.com/nickdunn/dashboard]. Simply add the Health Check Panel on the Dashboard page to display directories.

It lists your manifest/cache and manifest/tmp folders as well as any directories specified in any section using the inbuilt Upload Field or the Unique Upload Field.

- **0600** Read and write for owner, nothing for everybody else
- **0644** Read and write for owner, read for everybody else
- **0750** Everything for owner, read and execute for owner's group
- **0755** Everything for owner, read and execute for others
- **0777** Everything for everyone

You can change the permissions by selecting the item, clicking the 'with selected...' checkbox and selecting the permissions you need (This will almost always be 0777). Click apply and it will update for you.

Also, if the manifest folders don't exist, a create button will appear in the top right. Use this to create the missing directory.

**NOTE: The update options will not work if you are not the current user. The current user is the user under which PHP runs. It is probably not the same user you use for normal shell or FTP access. The mode can be changed through this method only by the user who owns the file on most systems. If this is not the case then it will need to be changed via sudo command line or through your Control Panel.**

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2019 Jul 9. pii: izz143. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz143. [Epub ahead of print]
Improved Population Pharmacokinetic Model for Predicting Optimized Infliximab Exposure in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Bauman LE1,2, Xiong Y3, Mizuno T3,4, Minar P2,4, Fukuda T3,4, Dong M3,4, Rosen MJ2,4, Vinks AA2,4.
Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Many pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) lose response to infliximab (IFX) within the first year, and achieving a minimal target IFX trough concentration is associated with higher remission rates and longer durability. Population pharmacokinetic (PK) modeling can predict trough concentrations for individualized dosing.
THE OBJECT OF THIS STUDY WAS T:
o refine a population PK model that accurately predicts individual IFX exposure during maintenance therapy using longitudinal real-practice data.
We exported data from the electronic health records of pediatric patients with IBD treated with originator IFX at a single center between January 2011 and March 2017. Subjects were divided into discovery and validation cohorts. A population PK model was built and then validated.
We identified 228 pediatric patients with IBD who received IFX and had at least 1 drug concentration measured, including 135 and 93 patients in the discovery and validation cohorts, respectively. Weight, albumin, antibodies to IFX (ATI) detected by a drug-tolerant assay, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were identified as covariates significantly associated with IFX clearance and incorporated into the model. The model exhibited high accuracy for predicting target IFX trough concentrations with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.86 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.81-0.91) for population-based predictions without prior drug-level input. Accuracy increased further for individual-based predictions when prior drug levels were known, with an AUROC of 0.93 (95% CI, 0.90-0.97).
A population PK model utilizing weight, albumin, ordinal drug-tolerant ATI, and ESR accurately predicts IFX trough concentrations during maintenance therapy in real-practice pediatric patients with IBD. This model, which incorporates dynamic clinical information, could be used for individualized dosing decisions to increase response durability.
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Crohn's disease; biological drug; individual dosing; pharmacokinetic model; ulcerative colitis
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Motivation and performance related pay in the public sector: a case study of the Inland Revenue
Marsden, David and Richardson, Ray (1992) Motivation and performance related pay in the public sector: a case study of the Inland Revenue. CEP discussion paper (75). Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Performance related pay has been extended to practically the whole of the Civil Service over the last few years, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced the Government's intention to enlarge its role even further. Almost no serious work on seems to have been published on whether the existing systems have succeeded. The present study, directed solely at the Inland Revenue, begins to fill the gap. Performance Pay was introduced for the majority of staff at the Inland Revenue in 1988. The reason for doing this is not completely clear but the central justification for performance related pay must surely be that it acts as a motivator. We therefore wish to establish whether Revenue staff have been motivated to improve the quality and quantity of their work in response to Performance Pay. We surveyed the views of nearly 2,500 staff on the impact of the Performance Pay system on their own behaviour and that of others. Our first finding is that the majority of Revenue staff support the principle of performance related pay but that a significant minority feels hostile to it. Our second finding is that any positive motivational effects of Performance Pay have been, at most, very modest among Revenue staff. Even worse, there is clear evidence of some demotivation among staff. It is by no means implausible that the net motivational effect has been negative. The main reason for this failure to motivate looks to be that the allocation of performance payments is seen by very many staff to be unfair. Awards are given only to those who have received good appraisal ratings, but many of our respondents feel that the appraisal system has been corrupted. A second reason is that staff feel the amount of money involved in performance pay awards is simply not large enough to justify a change in behaviour. A third reason is that very many staff feel that they are already working to the right standard and that they cannot improve.
© 1992 David Marsden and Ray Richardson
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Research centres and groups > Managerial Economics and Strategy Group
Research centres and groups > Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group