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James Mayfield, Ph.D. - CHOICE Humanitarian Co-Founder
Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & Middle East Studies, University of Utah.
James B. Mayfield, Ph.D., is a co-founder of CHOICE Humanitarian and a Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and Middle East Studies at the University of Utah where he served as a full professor for 35 years. He is a former member of the Civil Service Commission in Salt Lake and Past Chair of the International and Comparative Administration (SICA) in the American Society of Public Administration, Washington DC.
He has been a senior management consultant for private companies, NGOs, and international donor organizations, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and UNICEF. He has also served on numerous boards in the private sector.
He has conducted research and management training in 18 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Dr. Mayfield is the author of five published books including Go To the People (forward written by Muhammad Yunus & widely used by Peace Corps), The Time Has Come, and One Can Make a Difference.
In 2013 he launched the Nepal Self Developing District Program - an initiative supported by the Nepali government to end extreme poverty in a designated area that can be replicated worldwide and will help Nepal to become the first developing country in the world to end extreme poverty.
With 40 years of experience in village development, Dr. Mayfield continues to define and shape CHOICE's approach to poverty alleviation, specifically the CHOICE Humanitarian Model of Leadership Development in self-developing villages and districts based on a rural networking and empowerment strategy.
Timothy S. Evans, D.D.S., - CHOICE Humanitarian Co-Founder
Tim is a retired dentist living on a ranch in Oakley, Utah where he and his wife Melissa raised five daughters. Since a service mission in Peru (1969-1971) he has devoted his efforts to alleviating international poverty. He returned to Peru in 1982 to launch the Andean Children's Foundation which was later absorbed by CHOICE Humanitarian, another foundation dedicated to ending extreme poverty. He has also worked with many other international efforts, has published articles in international journals, and has been recognized by foundations and agencies as a leader in sustainable international development initiatives.
Following several years working with LDS Self-Reliance Services in Ghana, Mexico, and Guatemala, he rejoined the Board of Directors for CHOICE Humanitarian.
Stuart Anderson
Chief Operating Officer, Crown Council
Stuart's entire business career has been focused on healthcare. Since 2001, he has been a partner and Chief Operating Officer of the Crown Council. The Crown Council is the largest independently owned and operated dental association in the world. The Smile for Life Foundation is the dedicated public charity of the Crown Council.
As a volunteer, Stuart and his Crown Council team have been responsible for raising almost $42 million dollars for children's charities over the past 20 years. Stuart is a proud graduate of the University of Utah with his BS in Political Science. Stuart has two daughters, a beautiful wife and can be found most mornings ascending the canyons of the Wasatch mountains on his road bike.
Mary Lee Call Ph.D. - (Arizona)
Professor Emeritus, Brigham Young University
Mary Lee Call received a doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics from UCLA, focusing on second language learning, teaching, and assessment. She worked as a language teaching consultant for the Peace Corps in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon, and for the U.S. Information Agency in Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine. She is fluent in Spanish, having lived in Argentina and Spain. After teaching in the Linguistics Department at Brigham Young University for six years, Dr. Call resigned to marry and become an instant mother to four children. She was board chair for The Institute for Self-Reliant Agriculture and currently serves on the board of CHOICE Humanitarian.
Josh Cameron, CPA
Finance and Strategy Consultant
Josh is the Head of Strategy for CV Humanitarian Travel. He spent the last seven years in senior finance roles at two of the country's fastest-growing companies and holds a Masters in Finance from the University of Utah. Josh and his wife Kathryn love traveling, being with their family, and playing in the outdoors. He has traveled to over 70 countries in his lifetime and has been in the field of every country CHOICE operates in. He loves CHOICE Humanitarian's model and anything else that combine his two passions of helping others and traveling.
Vice President, Wheeler Machinery Co.
Jonathan Campbell has been involved with CHOICE since his first expedition to Guatemala in 2010. Since then he has returned to Guatemala several times as well as leading expeditions to Mexico and Bolivia. He continues to work with CHOICE because he has seen the impact that giving a person the opportunity to improve their lives through education, health, and economic opportunities can have. He's looking forward to visiting the rest of the CHOICE countries in the near future and continuing help search for opportunities to work with the CHOICE communities. Jonathan is the Vice President at Wheeler Machinery Co.
Corbin B. Church
Corbin is an entrepreneur and real estate investor. About 9 years ago, he and his family went on their first humanitarian expedition and have been hooked ever since! Their expeditions have taken the family to Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Guatemala, Peru and the Philippines. Corbin believes that these family experiences have shaped the unique perspective that his children have of our world. It is his belief that there is no better way to teach your children to appreciate what they have than to serve those in developing countries.
Marc Fuller
Partner, Peterson Partners
Marc is a Partner at Peterson Partners. Prior to Peterson Partners, Marc was a Managing Director with Leucadia National Corporation, a New York-based investment company with approximately $50 billion in assets. Before working with Leucadia, Marc was an Associate at a merchant bank, Coleman Furlong, in San Francisco and an Analyst at CS First Boston in New York. Marc received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Brigham Young University.
Shannon Freedman - Attorney
I joined CHOICE because I believe so strongly in its model. Growing local leadership, empowering people to solve their own problems and facilitating cultural exchange is our best chance to eradicate extreme poverty. Most importantly, it will leave our world better for all our children.
Shannon Freedman is an attorney and mother of four sons.
Rich Israelsen
COO DownEast Home & Clothing
Rich Israelson helped pioneer the concept of retail outlets in the western United States. He is the Chief Operating Officer for DownEast Outfitters, which he helped start as a college student by selling liquidated brand name clothing in a sandwich shop. DownEast has diversified to furniture and its own private label clothing line. It's in malls throughout Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, California, Washington, Colorado and Wyoming with hundreds of employees. Israelson is a father and an ecclesiastical leader.
Teresa Larsen
Panache Enterprises, Owner
Enthusiastic supporter of Choice Humanitarian since 1989. Participated in seven expeditions in Mexico, Nepal, Vietnam, Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia. Graduate of Brigham Young University. While raising a family, and managing a small business, Teresa has had multiple volunteer experiences including: Mental Health Association of Utah (Board Member, Chair).
Paul Mayfield
Partner, Microsoft Corporation
Paul is a 20 year veteran of the software industry, leading commercial product development in areas of networking, security, and management. His volunteer work includes participating in or sponsoring STEM education-related activities such as DigiGirlz, First Robotics competitions, the GREAT computer camp, the Utah Scholars program, and in-classroom Code.org advocacy. He also serves on the Engineering National Advisory Council for the College of Engineering at the University of Utah, his alma mater where he earned his degree in Computer Science. A long-term CHOICE supporter, Paul joined the board in 2017 after an expedition to Mexico. Paul hopes to enable CHOICE to scale up its operations through a digital transformation that starts with automating the collection and analysis of field activities in the countries in which CHOICE operates. A father of three daughters and one son, Paul hopes that his volunteer work can help create a better, more fair world where everyone's children can live happy and productive lives.
Brad Merrill
Partner, Snell & Wilmer, LPP
Brad Merrill is a corporate, banking, and securities lawyer with over 20-years' experience. His practice is concentrated in corporate governance, public company disclosure, mergers and acquisitions, bank regulatory, capital raising and related financing transactions, and general corporate law. Brad received a Bachelor's of Science. in Business Finance and his law degree from the University of Utah. He is a member of the American Bar Association, has published several articles, and is very active in his community. He enjoys time at his family farmhouse and Harley-Davidson motorcycle touring. Brad is married and has four great kids.
Krista Sorenson
Director, Sorenson Impact Foundation
Krista is the mother of two sons and calls Salt Lake City home. She is currently a director of the Sorenson Impact Foundation where she works alongside her husband, Jim as they travel around the world facilitating projects and ideas that have the potential to become sustainable, scalable and maximize positive impact on the lives and societies they touch. She spent 19 years in medical and pharmaceutical sales working for companies like Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, and Bristol Myers-Squibb. She believes strongly in the arts and as a young girl danced at Juilliard and for Ballet West. She loves people and being able to give of her time, talents and energy in helping others and doing community service. She loves being active, is an avid cyclist and loves to travel.
Kristin Allred Stockham, Past Board Chair
Chair, Waterford Board of Directors and School Parents' Advisory Council
Motivated people, partnered with opportunity and leadership skills, can alter poverty's path. Kristin is confident we can end extreme poverty in our world and is excited to be a part of this vital work with CHOICE Humanitarian.
She has a communications background and is involved in leadership positions with CHOICE Humanitarian, The Waterford School, and The Neighborhood House. She is a married mother of four, passionate about people, education, photography and antiques with stories.
Niels Valentiner, Board Chair
Founder & President, VCBO Architecture
Niels Valentiner is the Founder and President of VCBO Architecture and has guided the firm's development as one of the major architectural firms in the Western United States over the past 41 years. Under his direction, the firm offers services in architecture, planning and interior design. In his role as Principal architect, Niels has a history of designing projects for Corporate Office Complexes, Civic and State Institutional Buildings, Universities, Sports and Arena facilities, Medical Facilities, and significant religious buildings, both in the United States and abroad in Central America, Europe, and Asia. His management and design direction create a high standard inside and outside of the firm, and he has fostered an environment of collaborative design efforts among the design teams, that has garnered numerous local and national awards and professional recognition. Niels is serving on the Board of Advisors for the University of Utah School of Architecture and Planning, served on the Salt Lake Chamber Board of Governors and Executive Committee, was the Chairman of the Salt Lake Area Small Business Council and has been appointed by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark as the Danish Consul of Utah. Niels' corporate social responsibility extends to the co-founding of CHOICE Humanitarian, as chairman and board member, providing leadership and village development in rural areas of Guatemala, Bolivia, Mexico, Nepal, and Kenya.
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In times of financial crises, people take refuge in gold, as it is a well-known safe-haven asset that protects their personal capital. Do you remember 2008's crisis? Back then, gold prices doubled in a matter of three years. This is why central banks and investors acquire gold: to avoid money depreciation and protect their national currencies.
Gold is a limited and nonrenewable resource, which makes it a sought-after product in the market. This precious metal is used not only in the field of investment and jewelry, but also in medicine, technology, engineering, etc.
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We talk about the 90's, Brandi found some weird eggs and Travis got a beard trim.
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He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth. In fact, Ganesha is one of the five prime Hindu deities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Durga being the other four) whose idolatry is glorified as the panchayatana puja . Ganesha, the Destroyer of Pride Ganesha is also the destroyer of vanity, selfishness and pride. He is the personification of material universe in all its various magnificent manifestations.Lord Ganesh, who is also known by various other names such as Ganapathi, Vinaayaka or Vighneswara, is the God who helps us overcome obstacles in life. He is the son of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvathi. Every rite or ceremony or project starts with the worship of Lord Ganesha. Ganesh is the lord of new beginnings and guardian of entrances. A prayer to Ganesh is invariably accompanied by smashing a coconut, symbolic of smashing the undesirable forces inherent in oneself.The coconut is broken and placed before the Lord. It is later distributed as prasaada.The fibre covering of the dried coconut is removed except for a tuft on the top. The marks on the coconut make it look like the head of a human being.
The coconut is broken, symbolising the breaking of the ego. The juice within, representing the inner tendencies (vaasanas) is offered along with the white kernel - the mind, to the Lord.
A mind thus purified by the touch of the Lord is used as prasaada.


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pesticides with the potential to cause cancer.
the potentials of the technology were never wholly controllable.
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Which is more appropriate — "I work for" or "I work at"?
"Potential of" or "potential for"?


"Senior, could it be that that illusion is there to deliberately affect me?" Chu Feng felt very shocked.
"That's right, it is there to deliberately affect you. If you are to attempt to break through this formation with what you've comprehended from that illusion, you will definitely die," Ying Mingchao spoke in a very certain manner.
"But, if this Unknown Burial Ground does not plan to allow me to pass through the Life and Death Formation, it could totally make it into a death trap. Is there really a need for it to do all that?" Chu Feng asked.
He was truly confused. He felt that this simply doesn't make sense.
"Chu Feng, it's me, Zi Xunyi," Right at this moment, Zi Xunyi's voice sounded.
"Senior Zi, you also came?" Chu Feng was pleasantly surprised upon hearing Zi Xunyi's voice.
Chu Feng had witnessed what had happened back then. He had thought that he would never see Zi Xunyi again. Never did he expect that he would hear her voice so soon.
"After hearing that you were trapped here, Xunyi immediately rushed over to help. Else… likely not even the gods would have been able to move her," Ying Mingchao explained.
Hearing those words, Chu Feng felt even greater warmth in his heart. After all, that indirectly revealed that Zi Xunyi cared deeply about his safety.
If one were to encounter someone that they got along well with, one would not need to know the other for long in order to go through water and tread on fire for the other.
However, if one were to encounter someone fake, then regardless of how good the mutual relationship between the two might be, that person would not do anything when you were in a crisis.
As for Zi Xunyi, she was evidently the former type.
"Chu Feng, hear me out. Do not be discouraged and do not be scared. The reason for that is because there have been survivors among the people that have entered the Unknown Burial Ground," Zi Xunyi said.
"Someone managed to successfully pass through the Unknown Burial Ground's three checkpoints?" Chu Feng revealed a joyous expression after hearing what Zi Xunyi said.
The reason why Chu Feng felt this joyous was because what Zi Xunyi said meant that the Unknown Burial Ground was not a death trap. Instead, one could really pass through it.
At the same time, Chu Feng also felt admiration from the bottom of his heart toward that survivor.
Being inside the Unknown Burial Ground, Chu Feng knew very well how dangerous the Unknown Burial Ground was. He even felt that he only had a thirty percent chance of being able to pass through this Life and Death Formation.
As such, the person who managed to safely pass through the Life and Death Formation would naturally be qualified to receive Chu Feng's admiration.
"Indeed, there have been people that managed to pass through the Unknown Burial Ground's three checkpoints. As for those people, they are Xunyi and myself," Ying Mingchao said.
"It's seniors?" Chu Feng felt even more joyous upon hearing those words. If they had managed to pass through the Unknown Burial Ground, they most definitely knew how to pass through this Life and Death Formation.
It seemed that there was some promise in Chu Feng being able to pass through this Unknown Burial Ground.
"Thus… you must make mental preparations," Ying Mingchao said.
"It's alright. As long as I can quickly pass through this Life and Death Formation, I am not afraid of any suffering," Chu Feng said.
Actually, he was this impatient not because he wanted to quickly leave the Unknown Burial Ground.
Rather, it was because he was worried for Zhao Hong.
One must know that Zhao Hong had been in the Life and Death Formation for much longer than him. Right now, her life and death was undetermined. As such, how could Chu Feng not worry?
Thus, it was a race against time for Chu Feng right now. He must quickly break through this Life and Death Formation.
Then, Ying Mingchao began to give directions on how to pass through the Life and Death Formation to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng did not hesitate in the slightest. He began to crash through the Life and Death Formation as per Ying Mingchao's instructions.
As Ying Mingchao stated, after Chu Feng started moving according to Ying Mingchao's instructions, he began to encounter countless torments.
The reason for that was because Ying Mingchao's method was truly extreme. Whenever Chu Feng was to encounter slaughtering formations or traps, he would not try to find a way to break through them. Instead, he would directly pass through them. He would use his body to endure the countless attacks from the slaughtering formations.
Furthermore, the injuries brought forth by the slaughtering formations in this Life and Death Formation could not be healed.
As Chu Feng continued onward, his body once again became badly mangled. He was trembling. Each and every step onward became incomparably difficult.
In this sort of situation, even the crowd that had seen countless slaughters and corpses was unable to steel themselves to continue watching this.
The scene before them was simply too cruel. Chu Feng was crashing through the various obstacles with his life.
At this very moment, a sword formation filled the sky. Like a torrential rain, the swords were dancing about with blustering noises in the ravine.
The countless light swords were only attacking a single target, the person that was proceeding onward through the ravine, Chu Feng.
Chu Feng was like a loose leaf in a violent windstorm as he was knocked left and right by the swords that filled the sky.
However, even with that being the case, Chu Feng did not cower. Dragging his battered body, he continued onward with great difficulty.
Seeing Chu Feng's current situation, Kong Yuehua started to waver. She was no longer certain as to whether or not such a method would work.
"Since this method is something that Ying Mingchao obtained through his own experience, it is most definitely effective," Kong Shunlian said.
"But, that grand formation is simply too powerful. Will Chu Feng really be able to endure it if he is to continue to force his way through like this?" Kong Yuehua said worriedly.
"That is something that you do not have to worry about. Although Chu Feng is a Martial Ancestor, he is the strongest Martial Ancestor. Likely, the Ying Mingchao from back then was not be as strong as the current Chu Feng. Since Ying Mingchao was able to pass through it, Chu Feng will most definitely be able to do so too," Compared to Kong Yuehua, Kong Shunlian was filled with confidence toward Chu Feng.
In fact, although Chu Feng's situation was extremely devastating, the great majority of the people present felt the same way as Kong Shunlian.
They felt that Chu Feng would definitely be able to pass through the Life and Death Formation and walk out of the Unknown Burial Ground alive as long as he persisted.
Ying Mingchao was also extremely confident in Chu Feng. Even though Chu Feng was already on the verge of collapse, Ying Mingchao's expression was growing more and more emotional, more and more excited.
"Chu Feng, hold on a bit longer, a bit longer and you'll be able to leave this formation," Ying Mingchao spoke very excitedly.
Hearing those words, the crowd also became extremely excited.
They all felt that Chu Feng would soon pass through the Unknown Burial Ground. As for them, they would be able to witness that scene.
Not to mention the others, it was true for even Chu Feng. Upon hearing what Ying Mingchao said, a greater amount of strength emerged from his body. His originally slow-moving pace accelerated greatly.
Most shockingly, Chu Feng actually managed to force his way through this sword formation that seemed to be impossible for one to force one's way through.
At this moment, Chu Feng had arrived at an open land. A cliff was before him.
That cliff stood perfectly straight. It appeared as if it was leading directly to the sky.
This cliff blocked Chu Feng's path forward.
"Senior, what must I do now?" Chu Feng asked.
However, Chu Feng did not receive an answer from Ying Mingchao.
Chu Feng continued to call for Ying Mingchao. Yet, he still did not receive a response.
"Could it be that some sort of problem has appeared in the spirit formation that they used to communicate with me?" Seeing that Ying Mingchao did not respond, Chu Feng started to worry.
Actually, nothing had happened to the spirit formation that Ying Mingchao was using to communicate with Chu Feng.
Everyone was able to clearly see the situation that Chu Feng was in.
Merely, both Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi had turned pale. They no longer possessed the joyous expressions that they did before.
"How could this be? Logically, Chu Feng should have passed through the Life and Death Formation. But…. why is he still in the Life and Death Formation?" Confused, Ying Mingchao looked to Zi Xunyi.
"Chu Feng took the exact same steps as we did. There was no mistake at all. Something like this shouldn't be happening," Zi Xunyi also had a confused expression.
The conversation between Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi was not done through voice transmissions. Thus, they were heard by everyone present.
This included even Chu Feng, who was inside the Unknown Burial Ground's grand formation.
"Senior, you're saying… that I failed?" Even though he had heard the conversation between Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi, Chu Feng wanted to verify it.
"For you to not be able to exit the Life and Death Formation, a problem must've occurred somewhere. Chu Feng, don't panic. Let Xunyi and I analyze the situation. We will most definitely be able to let you leave that formation," Ying Mingchao said.
"Chu Feng, you must absolutely not listen to them," After hearing what Ying Mingchao said, Her Lady Queen grew extremely furious.
As for Chu Feng, he also started to hesitate.
Even though Chu Feng was hesitant, he knew the state of his body very well.
After passing through all these trials, Chu Feng's body was extremely weak right now. Most importantly… he was actually unable to cure his injuries.
If he had a thirty percent chance of being able to pass through the Life and Death Formation when he first arrived, now that he was seriously injured, he would at the very most only have a ten percent chance of being able to pass through the Life and Death Formation.
But, to only have a ten percent chance, his hope of success was truly faint.
Should he continue to listen to Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi, or should he attempt to pass through the Life and Death Formation on his own?
At this moment, Chu Feng was stuck between a rock and a hard place.


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Under-17 - A 'football-crazy island' opens its arms - News
A 'football-crazy island' opens its arms
Thursday 24 April 2014 by Domenic Aquilina
Handed the honour of taking Malta into their first major finals at any level, Under-17s coach Sergio Soldano believes the "football-crazy island" can impress in May.
Malta Under-17s coach Sergio Soldano ©Domenic Aquilina
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship from 9 May will not only be Malta's debut hosting a UEFA tournament – their sqad will also be the first to represent their nation at any finals.
The man given the honour of leading Malta into their maiden campaign will be 53-year-old Sergio Soldano, who spoke to UEFA.com about Group A opponents England, the Netherlands and Turkey, objectives for the tournament and a "football-crazy island".
UEFA.com: Are you pleased with the group's preparation over the past two years?
Sergio Soldano: Yes, I am very satisfied because all the boys have worked hard, with big sacrifices involved considering their school studies. Many of these young footballers will be undergoing their final exams during the tournament itself. Education comes first, then football.
UEFA.com: Malta have been drawn in a very tough group – how will your boys cope with opponents like England and the Netherlands?
Soldano: All of Malta and everyone in Europe knows the limits of this football-crazy island. We will look to make the most of everything we have learned over the past two years. If our opponents are the best at the end of the match, we will shake their hands as a sign of respect and fair play. However, before we do this I am sure we will give our opponents a hard time. We know how England and the Netherlands play – now it's time to see Malta, because we can play good football too.
UEFA.com: Who starts the tournament as favourites?
Soldano: It's very difficult to pick out one team. I have heard good things about Scotland but in my view Germany will be the team to beat. In football you have to come up against many different philosophies. This is why the team who have the best organisation, quality and luck will end up as winners.
UEFA.com: What are your strengths and where do you think your team need to improve?
Soldano: We have been working on defence, midfield and attack on an individual basis. At the moment our midfield is our strongest asset, and we must keep working on our defence, paying particular attention to our organisation.
The National Stadium will host Malta v England©Domenic Aquilina
UEFA.com: Malta start against mighty England – what do you think about this for a debut in the competition?
Soldano: It's a very important match which will bring together two different styles of football. It is all about how you interpret the game of football; the simpler the better. We know that the English are physically powerful and that their philosophy is to attack and look for the aerial and physical duels.
UEFA.com: What are your objectives?
Soldano: This tournament will be a very good test for my boys and the Malta Football Association (MFA), especially our organisation skills. Maybe they will not have a similar experience again, which is why we have to show Europe that Malta play good football and can organise an event of this size. I will always remain grateful for the chance that the MFA have offered me to work in such wonderful conditions and facilities.
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package io.circe.tests

import algebra.Eq
import cats.data.Xor
import cats.laws._
import cats.laws.discipline._
import cats.std.option._
import io.circe.{ Decoder, Encoder, Parser, Printer }
import org.scalacheck.Arbitrary
import org.scalacheck.Prop
import org.typelevel.discipline.Laws

trait PrinterLaws[A] {
  def decode: Decoder[A]
  def encode: Encoder[A]

  def printerRoundTrip(printer: Printer, parser: Parser, a: A): IsEq[Option[A]] =
    parser.decode(printer.pretty(encode(a)))(decode).toOption <-> Some(a)
}

object PrinterLaws {
  def apply[A](implicit d: Decoder[A], e: Encoder[A]): PrinterLaws[A] =
    new PrinterLaws[A] {
      val decode: Decoder[A] = d
      val encode: Encoder[A] = e
    }
}

trait PrinterTests[A] extends Laws {
  def laws: PrinterLaws[A]

  def printer(printer: Printer, parser: Parser)(implicit
    A: Arbitrary[A],
    eq: Eq[A]
  ): RuleSet =
    new DefaultRuleSet(
      name = "printer",
      parent = None,
      "roundTrip" -> Prop.forAll { (a: A) =>
        isEqToProp(laws.printerRoundTrip(printer, parser, a))
      }
    )
}

object PrinterTests {
  def apply[A: Decoder: Encoder]: PrinterTests[A] =
    new PrinterTests[A] {
      val laws: PrinterLaws[A] = PrinterLaws[A]
    }
}

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This article is about the World War I army of Germany. For the World War II army of Germany, see German Army (Wehrmacht). For the modern army of Germany and post-World War II army of West Germany, see German Army. For other uses, see Heer (disambiguation).
Protecting the German Empire and its interests by using ground and air forces.
The Imperial German Army (German: Deutsches Heer) was the name given to the combined land and air forces of the German Empire (excluding the Marine-Fliegerabteilung maritime aviation formations of the Kaiserliche Marine). The term Deutsches Heer is also used for the modern German Army, the land component of the Bundeswehr. The German Army was formed after the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership in 1871 and dissolved in 1919, after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I.
The states that made up the German Empire contributed their armies; within the German Confederation, formed after the Napoleonic Wars, each state was responsible for maintaining certain units to be put at the disposal of the Confederation in case of conflict. When operating together, the units were known as the Federal Army (Bundesheer). The Federal Army system functioned during various conflicts of the 19th century, such as the First Schleswig War from 1848–50 but by the time of the Second Schleswig War of 1864, tension had grown between the main powers of the confederation, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Confederation was dissolved after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.
Prussia formed the North German Confederation and the treaty provided for the maintenance of a Federal Army and a Federal Navy (Bundesmarine or Bundeskriegsmarine). Further laws on military duty also used these terms. Conventions (some later amended) were entered into between the North German Confederation and its member states, subordinating their armies to the Prussian army in time of war, and giving the Prussian Army control over training, doctrine and equipment.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the North German Confederation also entered into conventions on military matters with states that were not members of the confederation, namely the Bavaria, Württemberg, and Baden. Through these conventions and the 1871 Constitution of the German Empire, an Army of the Realm (Reichsheer) was created. The contingents of the Bavarian, Saxon and Württemberg kingdoms remained semi-autonomous, while the Prussian Army assumed almost total control over the armies of the other states of the Empire. The Constitution of the German Empire, dated April 16, 1871, changed references in the North German Constitution from Federal Army to either Army of the Realm (Reichsheer) or German Army (Deutsches Heer).
After 1871, the peacetime armies of the four kingdoms remained relatively distinct. "German Army" was used in various legal documents, such as the Military Penal Code, but otherwise the Prussian, Bavarian, Saxon and Württemberg armies maintained distinct identities. Each kingdom had its own War Ministry, Bavaria and Saxony published their own rank and seniority lists for their officers and the Württemberg list was a separate chapter of the Prussian army rank lists. Württemberg and Saxon units were numbered according to the Prussian system but Bavarian units maintained their own numbers (the 2nd Württemberg Infantry Regiment was Infantry Regiment No. 120 under the Prussian system).
The commander of the Imperial German Army, less the Bavarian contingent, was the Kaiser. He was assisted by a Military Cabinet and exercised control through the Prussian Ministry of War and the Great General Staff. The Chief of the General Staff became the Kaiser's main military advisor and the most powerful military figure in the Empire. Bavaria kept its own Ministry of War and General Staff, but coordinated planning with the Prussian Great General Staff. Saxony also maintained its own Ministry of War and the Ministry of War of Württemberg also continued to exist.
Command of the Prussian Army had been reformed in the wake of the defeats suffered by Prussia in the Napoleonic Wars. Rather than rely primarily on the martial skills of the individual members of the German nobility, who dominated the military profession, the Prussian Army instituted changes to ensure excellence in leadership, organization and planning. The General Staff system, that sought to institutionalize military excellence, was the main result. It sought to identify military talent at the lower levels and develop it thoroughly through academic training and practical experience on division, corps and higher staffs, up to the Great General Staff, the senior planning body of the army. It provided planning and organizational work during peacetime and wartime. The Prussian General Staff, proven in battle in the Wars of Unification, became the German General Staff upon formation of the German Empire, given Prussia's leading role in the German Army.
The basic peacetime organizational structure of the Imperial German Army were the Army inspectorate (Armee-Inspektion), the army corps (Armeekorps), the division and the regiment. During wartime, the staff of the Army inspectorates formed field army commands, which controlled the corps and subordinate units. During World War I, a higher command level, the army group (Heeresgruppe), was created. Each army group controlled several field armies.
Germany was divided into army inspectorates, each of which oversaw three or four corps. There were five in 1871, with three more added between 1907 and 1913.
The basic organizational formation was the army corps (Armeekorps). The corps consisted of two or more divisions and various support troops, covering a geographical area. The corps was also responsible for maintaining the reserves and Landwehr in the corps area. By 1914, there were 21 corps areas under Prussian jurisdiction and three Bavarian army corps. Besides the regional corps, there was also a Guard Corps (Gardecorps), which controlled the elite Prussian Guard units. A corps usually included a light infantry (Jäger) battalion, a heavy artillery (Fußartillerie) battalion, an engineer battalion, a telegraph battalion and a trains battalion. Some corps areas also disposed of fortress troops; each of the 25 corps had a Field Aviation Unit (Feldflieger Abteilung) attached to it normally equipped with six unarmed "A" or "B" class unarmed two-seat observation aircraft apiece.
In wartime, the army corps became a mobile tactical formation and four Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando (Higher Cavalry Commands) were formed from the Cavalry Inspectorate, the equivalent of corps, being made up of two divisions of cavalry.
The areas formerly covered by the corps each became the responsibility of a Wehrkreis (Military District, sometimes translated as Corp Area). The Military Districts were to supervise the training and enlistment of reservists and new recruits. Originally each Military District was linked to an army corps; thus Wehrkreis I took over the area that I. Armeekorps had been responsible for and sent replacements to the same formation. The first sixteen Reserve Corps raised followed the same pattern; X. Reserve-Korps was made up of reservists from the same area as X. Armeekorps. However, these links between rear areas and front line units were broken as the war went on and later corps were raised with troops from all over Germany.
The basic tactical formation was the division. A standard Imperial German division consisted of two infantry brigades of two regiments each, a cavalry brigade of two regiments, and an artillery brigade of two regiments. One of the divisions in a corps area usually also managed the corps Landwehr region (Landwehrbezirk). In 1914, besides the Guard Corps (two Guard divisions and a Guard cavalry division), there were 42 regular divisions in the Prussian Army (including four Saxon divisions and two Württemberg divisions), and six divisions in the Bavarian Army.
These divisions were all mobilized in August 1914. They were reorganized, receiving engineer companies and other support units from their corps, and giving up most of their cavalry to form cavalry divisions. Reserve divisions were also formed, Landwehr brigades were aggregated into divisions, and other divisions were formed from replacement (Ersatz) units. As World War I progressed, additional divisions were formed, and by wars' end, 251 divisions had been formed or reformed in the German Army's structure.
The regiment was the basic combat unit as well as the recruiting base for soldiers. When inducted, a soldier entered a regiment, usually through its replacement battalion, and received his basic training. There were three basic types of regiment: infantry, cavalry and artillery. Other specialties, such as pioneers (combat engineers) and signal troops, were organized into smaller support units. Regiments also carried the traditions of the army, in many cases stretching back into the 17th and 18th centuries. After World War I, regimental traditions were carried forward in the Reichswehr and its successor, the Wehrmacht, but the chain of tradition was broken in 1945 as West German and East German units did not carry forward pre-1945 traditions.
the Prussian system... was based on service of only three years with the colors... and four years in the reserve. The Prussian standing army had become simply a training cadre for the intake of conscripts. The Prussian army's organization for peace and war was virtually the same. Prussia was divided into army-corps districts for the purposes both of administration and of recruitment. On the outbreak of war the command organizations of the district became that of a corps in the field. Localization of the Army and its recruitment gave the districts pride and interest in their 'own' corps.
Germany had the largest industrial base in Europe, having surpassed Britain by 1900. The Army closely cooperated with industry, especially in the World War, with particular focus on the very rapidly changing aircraft industry. The Army set prices and labor exemptions, regulated the supply of credit and raw materials, limited patent rights so as to allow cross-licensing among firms, and supervised management–labor relationships. The result was very rapid expansion and a high output of high quality aircraft, as well as high wages that attracted the best machinists. Apart from aircraft, the Army's regulation of the rest of the war economy was inefficient.
The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte, known before 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (Imperial German Flying Troops), was the over-land air arm of the German Army during World War I (1914–1918). Although its name actually means something very close to "The German Air Force", it remained an integral part of the German Army for the duration of the war.
Lance Corporal (Gefreiter); up until 1918 the only rank (with exception of Obergefreiter in the foot artillery) to which an enlisted soldier could be promoted, the rank was a deputy rank to the Corporal (Unteroffizier) rank.
One-Year Volunteer Enlistee (Einjährig-Freiwilliger): despite the name, one-year volunteers were actually conscripts who served a short-term form of active military service, open for enlistees up to the age of 25. Such enlisted soldiers were usually high school graduates (Matura, Abitur), who would opt to serve a one-year term rather than the regular two or three-year conscription term, with free selection of their chosen military service branch and unit, but throughout were obligated to equip and subsist themselves at entirely their own cost. In today's monetary value, this could at bare minimum cost some 10,000 euro, which purposely reserved this path open to officer-material sons from mostly affluent social class families wishing to pursue the Reserve-Officer path; it was the specific intention of Wilhelm II that such Reserve-Officer career path should only be open to members of so-called "officer-material" social classes. On absolving their primary recruit training and shorter military service term, those aspiring to become Reserve-Officers would have to qualify and achieve suitability for promotion to the Gefreiter rank and then would continue to receive further specialized instruction until the end of their one-year term, usually attaining and leaving as surplus Corporals (überzählige Unteroffiziere) (Reservists), with the opportunity to advance further as reservists. Enlistees who did not aspire to officer grade would leave at the end of their one-year term as Gemeine (Ordinary soldier) enlisted rank (for example Musketier or Infanterist) and a six-year reserve duty obligation. Eligibility for this specific one-year path of military service was a privilege approved upon examining the enlistee's suitability and academic qualifications.
Long-Term Volunteer Enlistee "Capitulant" (Kapitulant): enlisted soldiers who had already absolved their regular two or three-year military conscription term and had now volunteered to continue serving for further terms, minimum was 4 years, generally up to 12 years.
The Imperial Army was abolished on 6 March 1919, and the provisional Reichswehr was created.
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What has Happened to the Olympic Games?
Where did it go wrong, this seemingly ready-made debacle that is occurring in Rio ahead of the 2016 Summer Games? What with the pollution, poverty, crime, Zika virus, terrorism, and unfinished venues, it appears this year's Olympics are primed for disaster. There have already been a number of athletes robbed at gunpoint ahead of the Games. Liesl Tesch, Fernando Echavarri, and Santi Lopez-Vazquez have all been accosted, at gunpoint, by thugs attempting to steal money. How long before an athlete or coach is shot or killed? With Brazil's economy in a serious decline it only makes sense that increased crime and poverty will follow.
There are some notable athletes that have elected not to compete in the Olympics for fear of the Zika virus. Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Vijay Singh, Stephen Curry, and Tejay van Garderen are but a few of the athletes electing not to compete in this year's competition, with many others vocalizing significant concern. Frankly, who can blame them? It's difficult enough for an athlete to prepare and qualify for the Olympics, let alone have to worry about getting shot or contracting some life threatening virus. So how did it come to this?
When Brazil was awarded the Games in October of 2009 the economy was thriving and things were good. However, since that time there has been a change in leadership and the policies that have been implemented have driven the economy into a drastic decline. That, coupled with significant delays in venue construction as well as the other issues facing Rio, has created the potential for this to be a less than accomplished event. It's a shame as Rio de Janeiro couldn't be a more beautiful place to hold the XXXI Summer Games of the Olympiad.
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Dr. Ramsey is the Chair of Sports Exercise Science at the United States Sports Academy, and can be reached at vramsey@ussa.edu.
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Agencies pool funds to buy defibrillator
Shepshed Lions Club provided half of the money for the new equipment, with the other funding coming from the Rotary Club of Shepshed Charnwood and Shepshed Town Council.
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Hind Leys Swimming Pool is to benefit from a defibrillator thanks to generous donations from Shepshed Lions Club, the Rotary Club of Shepshed Charnwood and Shepshed Town Council. Pictured from left to right: Mike Hall from the Rotary Club of Shepshed Charnwood, Coun Claire Poole of the Shepshed Dolphins Swimming Group, David Hayes and Alan Darby from the Rotary Club of Shepshed Charnwood, Shepshed Lions Club president Ann Bodycote, Rotary Club of Shepshed Charnwood president Mike Lister, Alison Riggall, chair of governors for Shepshed High School and Hind Leys College, Stephen Bodycote from Shepshed Lions Club, Max Boden from Shepshed Rotary Club, chair of Hind Leys Swimming Pool Committee Jenny Warner, and Robert Hall of the Rotary Club of Shepshed Charnwood.
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HIND Leys Swimming Pool is to benefit from a defibrillator thanks to generous donations from three town organisations.
A defibrillator is a device that gives a high energy electric shock to the heart through the chest wall to someone who is in cardiac arrest.
Plans are now being made to provide training in how to use the equipment.
The defibrillator was officially handed over to the Hind Leys Swimming Pool Committee on Saturday, July 23.
Shepshed Lions Club President Ann Bodycote said: "Shepshed continues to grow, and yet the town still has no dedicated leisure centre.
"The pool at Hind Leys is therefore an especially valuable asset, and I applaud the efforts of the Pool Committee to get more people using it.
"This makes the need for a defibrillator even more pressing, and while I hope it never has to be used, if it does, it may make the difference between life and death for someone."
Jenny Warner, chair of the Hind Leys Swimming Pool Committee, said: "On behalf of the swimming pool committee and everybody that uses the facility, I would like to say a big thank you to those who donated money for the defibrillator.
"It will be installed on the outside wall near to the front door so that it is available to people even at times when the pool is closed."
The pool is based on the Hind Leys College and Shepshed High School campus and is open for extended hours during the summer holidays.
For more information, visit the pool's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Hind-Leys-Swimming-Pool-278564665641376/
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The following recap contains spoilers for the Doctor Who episode "Arachnids in the UK."Doctor Who has a long history with scary episodes. At their best, they're famous for driving generations of British children diving behind the couch cushions from Daleks, Weeping Angels, or other less infamous monsters of the week. At their worst, they leave us with wooden mothers in the attic, or whatever those eye gunk monsters were supposed to be in "Sleep No More.†Still, with Halloween around the corner, it's the perfect time for this new Who crew to do their best attempt to scare us. And what better way than with "Arachnids in the UK,†bringing us a story all about one of the most utterly terrifying things in the world: family.
Okay, yes, also spiders. Giant, killer spiders. They're around too. We're just shy of halfway through series 11, and with the arrival of the TARDIS back in Sheffield on the day our team originally left, we've officially come to the close of the "lost in space and time†mini-arc of the first three episodes. We're introduced to Yaz's (Mandip Gil's) family, Ryan (Tosin Cole) gets a letter from his dad, Graham (Bradley Walsh) returns to his Grace-less home, and the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) sadly ponders the prospect of returning to the universe in her empty TARDIS. Sure, there are creepy cobwebs everywhere and something is up with an equally creepy rich guy (Chris Noth), but these are the beats that ground our story. Despite the rather large supporting cast, including Noth in a comedic turn (as a clear Donald Trump stand-in masquerading as a fictional Trump rival),  this episode felt the most solid so far of the season for giving all of its main cast presence on screen. A huge reason for this is that The Doctor and her friends all are getting used to the 'mucking about and helping out' parts of the show. As the mystery elements of the episode unfold, our trio of new companions slides almost seamlessly into their tasks, freeing up time for dialogue that focuses instead on their relationships to each other and their blood family around them. For the most part, these story threads really work. Graham's lingering grief issues really landed, as Sharon D. Clarke's return as the echoes of Grace in his memory is used just enough to tug at the heartstrings without feeling too over the top or distracting from the narrative. Ryan's mysterious letter from his father only makes a few appearances, but his attempt to express his distaste for the term "proper family†when talking about it with Graham says more about their bonding than any scene between then so far on the show. I had hoped this episode would be the one to really give Yaz some focus, but I have to say that I again feel like she's not as well served by the writing as the rest of her team. Yaz pulls her weight when it comes to the adventuring part of things, and Gil's chemistry with the rest of the team has a lot of charm, but the depth of her character is by far the most lacking, and most of what we do get seems to be more telling than showing. Yaz brings Ryan and the Doctor home to meet her father and sister but leaves before spending much time with either. We get a lot more of her with her mother Najia (Shobna Gulati), but while she asks a lot of questions about who this "Doctor†is and why Yaz knows her (tossing a little bone to the Yaz/Doctor shippers as well), none of them seem all that unreasonable. On a show with a history of mothers like Jackie Tyler, Francine Jones, and Sylvia Noble, the things about Yaz's family that drive her crazy seem fairly tame. Yaz is dissatisfied and restless, but so far the reasons she's cited for that -- her job and her family -- haven't led us to see why. As to our eight-legged freaks of the week, the spiders of the episode's title are legitimately scary, and not just for those with actual arachnophobia. The episode slowly teases them, shots of cobwebs here or there, tense music from new composter Segun Akinola working hard to rachet up the tension until finally we're introduced to the crawlies in their frighteningly large form. In true Who fashion, though, that's not where the story ends. Yes, giant spiders are scary; yes, moments like discovering human beings held in cocoons of webbing is very chilling; but on this show, monsters are frequently not truly evil or even malicious. Like our characters, they're a family. A legion of baby spiders working with a giant, terrified mother. The Doctor, and by extension the audience, genuinely find reasons to feel for them. This revelation of babies following a mother could have felt ham-fisted, but was used with a gentle enough touch that it fit nicely into the episode's...yes, I'm doing it.. web. We're four episodes into Jodie Whittaker's era, and it really feels like she has found her footing. It occurred to me after viewing "Rosa,†that there was never a sensation during the episodes of feeling like we're still waiting for the new actor to feel fully at home in the Doctor's skin. She's just here. While we can often point to exact moments in other Doctor's runs where they became the Doctor, Jodie instead just quietly settled into the role as effortlessly as throwing on her already iconic jacket. "Arachnids in the UK†might have done something better with that, though. As the episode wraps up, and the Doctor's friends make the collective decision to continue traveling in the TARDIS despite making it home, we get a Doctor moment. Jodie's Doctor doesn't immediately smirk and welcome them aboard, begging them to run away with her. She checks on them, she makes sure they understand the gravity of what it actually means. When she looks at them and tells them she doesn't know what'll happen to them if they travel with her, we're seeing a direct link to the Doctor who sat in his TARDIS afraid to regenerate because he was tired of losing people. Her concern for them at that moment carries the weight of the experiences of the faces that came before hers, and we can see them clearly. Her glee when they agree and her immediate desire to call them her "fam†is palpable. And when Yaz tells her she's the greatest person she's ever met, it feels real for us too, because we've known her for over 50 years.


Wake up, sing in the shower, exit your flat, whistle a tune, commute, i-Play a favorite ditty, Zumba to beats, 150+ per minute, dine to ballads, promenade to hip-hop, talk over soft jazz, shop to Pop, fall asleep to pink noise. Music and sound everywhere.
Now consider your workplace and its soundtrack, the themes motivating the dancers on your projects, programs, and change initiatives. A lonesome horn, over some bass and swirling brushwork? A blend of finely tuned multi-part harmonies? 12-tone and dissonant or easy to hum? The usual verse-chorus-verse-chorus-fade, or something more?
Satie's Trois Gymnopédies. Miles's Blue in Green. SOS Band's Take Your Time. Sinatra's Come Fly With Me. Segovia's Bach Prelude. St. Vincents Party. Your favorite?
They're all playing out there, in your head, in the office next-door, on the floor below, down the boulevard, across the country, after the sun, the different tunes, the backbones laid down by the different drummers.
To each their own. Include your favorites and then play them all. Not one at a time, but all at once. You will potentially need to, dear Maestro, to bring order to what would otherwise be cacophony.


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Telewerk is het werken vanop afstand. Dit wordt gemaakt door de aanwezigheid van telecommunicatieverbindingen (vaak een internetverbinding) met de buitenwereld. TNO gaf eind jaren '90 als definitie: "arbeid die op afstand van de werk- of opdrachtgever wordt uitgevoerd met behulp van informatie- en communicatietechnologie (ICT)". De Vlaamse Overheid spreekt anno 2022 over het werken tijdens de werkuren op een andere locatie dan de arbeidsplaats (bv. thuis of in een satellietkantoor)

Geschiedenis
Telewerken is ontstaan rond 1975 en vanaf halverwege 1980 werd er meer gebruik van gemaakt doordat technologie dit toeliet.

Door de opkomst van goedkopere telecommunicatieverbindingen en laptops en de ontwikkeling van toepassingen als LAN, client-serversoftware, groupware, VPN en andere IT-toepassingen, is telewerk met name vanaf de jaren 80 in gang gezet. Telewerken is in opkomst, en de groeiende technologische ontwikkelingen maken het mogelijk om telewerken toe te passen, maar technologie wordt ook als boosdoener gezien vanwege de trage groei.

Working Naked Day – Nederlands: Naakt werken dag – is een metafoor om telewerken dan wel thuiswerken te stimuleren. Begin jaren 2000 is de Amerikaanse freelance schrijfster Lisa Kanarek het telewerken gaan promoten. Zij deed dit destijds vanwege de daarbij behorende voordelen, zoals vrijheid, flexibiliteit en het vermijden van woon-werkverkeer. De term "Working Naked Day" gebruikte ze daarvoor omdat in eigen huis niet uitmaakt hoe men zich – of helemaal niet – kleed. Ook refereert zij naar het gevoel op jezelf te staan. Een direct klankbord of hulp als er iets misgaat, is mogelijk niet meteen aanwezig.
De dag staat oorspronkelijk gepland op de eerste vrijdag in februari.

In 2020 was er vanwege de coronapandemie een grote stijging in telewerken wereldwijd; vaak verplicht of sterk geadviseerd door overheden of medisch instituten ter indamming van het virus. Sommige technologiebedrijven besloten om dit niet alleen tijdelijk toe te passen, maar permanent. Volgens het Kennisinstituut voor Mobiliteitsbeleid (KiM) heeft de meerderheid van de thuiswerkers positieve ervaringen met telewerken tijdens de coronacrisis. Daarom verwacht een groot deel van hen vaker te blijven thuiswerken als de crisis voorbij is. Deze stijging in telewerken tijdens de coronapandemie heeft geleid tot een nieuwe werkvorm: hybride werken. Bij hybride werken verdeelt een persoon de werktijd tussen telewerken en werken vanuit een centraal kantoor.

Soorten telewerk
 telewerk als substituut voor werk buitenshuis;
 ondernemers die van huis uit online werken;
 werknemers die achterstallig werk thuis afmaken.

Voordelen
 meer vrije tijd omdat de pendeltijd wegvalt
 geen last van files en of vertragingen
 besparing van kantoorruimte
 verhoogde flexibiliteit voor de werkgever en werknemer
 meer rust om te werken, meer mogelijkheid om te concentreren
 meer zelfstandigheid voor de werknemers
 hogere productiviteit

Nadelen
 de werkplek is ook de leefplek, wat de grens tussen werken en leven kan doen wegvallen. De werknemer kan hierdoor een constante druk voelen om 24 uur per dag beschikbaar te zijn, ook bij ziekte of vakantie
 afstandswerken is geen vervanging voor sociale contacten met collega's
 procedurevereisten en het vierogenprincipe zijn moeilijker na te leven
 het contact met collega's valt weg of is afstandelijker
 de werkgever heeft geen directe aansturing over de werknemer. Wanneer bovendien de telewerkende werknemer zelf leidinggevende is, is het voor hem ook moeilijker het werk van de werknemers aan wie hij leiding geeft te controleren.
 Telewerken is vaak ook niet mogelijk door het gebrek aan kennis van de werknemers die het moeten uitvoeren met betrekking tot de software. Dit komt doordat telewerkers vaak een hogere leeftijd hebben.

Nederland
In Nederland, dat de meeste telewerkers ter wereld heeft (27% van alle werknemers), gaat het bij telewerk meestal om de laatste categorie. Veel mensen gebruiken de mogelijkheid van telewerk namelijk als een vorm van crisismanagement uit tijdnood. Telewerkers zijn vaak wat ouder, bestaan voor het merendeel uit mannen en betreffen vooral hogeropgeleiden.

Ter stimulering van het telewerken, werd in 1990 door o.a. het Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat het Nederlandse Platform Telewerken opgericht, dat na het wegvallen van de subsidie in 1995 door het bedrijfsleven en een kleine subsidie van het Ministerie doorstartte als de Stichting TelewerkForum, waarbij met name de ICT leveranciers en de Telecom industrie sponsorde, maar ook bedijven als ikea. Sinds 2006 is dit een zelfstandige organisatie zonder dat het afhankelijk is van subsidies.
Het TelewerkForum reikt, om haar werkzaamheden en doelstellingen onder de aandacht te brengen, jaarlijks de Telewerkprijs uit.

Fiscale behandeling - België
De Belgische fiscus verstrekt in de circulaire nr. Ci.RH.241/616.975 (AAFisc Nr. 2/2014) van 16 januari 2014 meer uitleg over de fiscale behandeling van telewerk.
Een verplichte vermelding in het telewerkcontract betreft de onkostenvergoeding. De wet voorziet hiervoor geen minimum of maximum vergoeding. Zonder begroting in het contract en bij gebrek aan een cao hierover geldt als onkostenvergoeding een wettelijk forfait van 10 procent van het brutoloon dat betrekking heeft op de thuisarbeid.

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Rheenendal is een dorp in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie West-Kaap. Rheenendal behoort tot de gemeente Knysna dat onderdeel van het district Tuinroute is.

Zie ook
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Plaats in West-Kaap


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Prepared for an exciting day? The South African Maths Challenge 2011 is under way!
There has been an early charge from some enthusiastic students, with plenty of time still left to join the fun – Today's challenge finishes at 11:59pm, before we launch into tomorrow's Live Mathletics sprint.
If you already use Mathletics and want to join in, just look for the button in the top right corner of your consoles and click through to participate. With 30 Gold Coins to collect today, and a maximum of 300 points available to achieve from each activity, all students have the chance to reach the 15,000 point maximum for today's event.


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The holidays bring out the amateurs
It was last year or maybe the year before, or even the year before that. It doesn't really matter because this sort of thing happens every year. I took one look at the rumpled gentleman in his untucked tuxedo shirt and plastic New Year's Eve top hat and knew exactly where this was going.
"I need another champagne," he said and then giggled as if that was the funniest thing he had ever heard.
His date, replete in her plastic New Year's tiara and equally rumpled gown, giggled as well. Birds of a feather flock together, someone once said.
"Sir," I said. "I told you 20 minutes ago that we are closed."
He giggled and so did she. I, however ,didn't.
"I guess I need a taxicab then," he said.
"I know, you told me that 20 minutes ago."
"Well, where is it?"
"It will be here in an hour," I said.
"You mean that I am stuck here for the next hour?"
"That sucks," he said.
For the both of us.
Maybe you've heard the term amateur night? Well amateur night is a misnomer because really it's an entire amateur season. From Dec. 10 to about Jan. 10 we in the restaurant business are inundated with people who don't go out a lot. They don't really know how the whole restaurant thing works. Like how a taxicab after midnight on New Year's Eve is going to take a long time. All of which is fine, it is the hospitality industry after all; the only problem is that amateurs don't seem to know that they are amateurs. We as service professionals, however, can usually identify amateurs by the first thing that they say.
• "I'll have a chardonnay." As if any restaurant in Northern California has only one type of chardonnay. Even the deli by my house has two, albeit in little bottles, but you get the point.
• "Do you have gherkins?"
Gherkins? In a bar? Unlikely.
• "Can I order a Manhattan?"
• "Do you work here?"
Let's see, I am wearing an apron in a restaurant. I am gonna go with yes.
Sometimes amateurs are not identifiable by what they say but rather by what they do. Here are examples of actions speaking louder than words:
• If you couldn't get reservations on the phone, showing up at 8 p.m. without them is probably not going to get you a table.
• If you have never been to a restaurant before, it's probably not going to waive a corkage fee, especially for multiple bottles. Incidentally, corkage is just restaurant terminology for bringing in your own wine. Pulling the cork out yourself will also not eliminate the charge.
• After making the hostess cry, then yelling at the manager and then creating a scene in the bar, shouting, "I am never coming back here!" is probably going to have far less of an impact then one might think.
• Similarly, announcing to all the people seated at the bar, "I wish I could get a seat," is probably going to have the opposite effect than intended.
But not everyone out in amateur season is an amateur. Sometimes time and circumstance dictate that a person just ends up, out.
"I'll have a Maker's Mark 46 Manhattan up, with Antica vermouth and a Luxardo cherry if you have it," said just such a person. "And an orange twist if you don't."
She then stood back out of the way, letting the cocktail waitress get through to the area that she knew she had to. It's really not that hard. If someone has asked you to move more than twice, you are probably in the way.
I returned with her Manhattan and set it down.
"Would you like to run a tab?" I asked.
"No," she said. "I am waiting for my Uber."
"This one's on us."
"Just because."
Before I could explain a man in a Santa hat pushed his way up the bar.
"I'll have a chardonnay, two cabernets and Manhattan."
Nearly 10 minutes and 20 questions later I had sorted out the brand of chardonnay, the types of cabernets and exactly what sort of Manhattan Mr. Claus wanted. It was in those ensuing 10 minutes that I suspect Ms. Manhattan figured out why.
Leaving me with just one thought. Only one more holiday to go until we get back to normal, unless you count Orthodox Christmas or Chinese New Year. Luckily, most amateurs don't.
Happy holidays indeed.


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Immoral Tales () is a 1973 French anthology film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The film was Borowczyk's most sexually explicit at the time. The film is split into four erotic-themed stories that involve the loss of virginity, masturbation, bloodlust, and incest.

After the release of Immoral Tales, Borowczyk began to fall out of favor with film critics. Modern critical reception to the film is that it is not one of Borowczyk's strongest works.

Plot
The film is separated into four stories:
 The first story involves André (Fabrice Luchini), who takes his 16-year-old cousin (played by Lise Danvers) to the beach to perform fellatio on him in tune to the waves of the incoming tide.
 The second story is titled 'Thérése the Philosopher', an adaptation of the 1748 novel of the same name. It involves a teenage country girl (Charlotte Alexandra) who intermingles sexual desires in her imagination with her dedication to Christ after being locked in her room.
 The third story features Elizabeth Báthory (Paloma Picasso) as a countess who murders young girls in order to gain eternal youth by bathing in their blood and a girl (Marie Forså) putting pearls inside her vagina.
 The final story involves the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia (Florence Bellamy), having sex with her male relatives.

Production
By 1972, Walerian Borowczyk was known predominantly for his various short films which were made to support feature-length releases. Borowczyk's feature films had made very little income from their theatrical releases while short films were not in demand as much as supporting features in cinemas. At this time, Borowczyk met with producer Anatole Dauman, who suggested that because France's film censors had relaxed the laws concerning censorship, Borowczyk should make an erotic feature to gain an audience.

The film's stories are taken from various sources, including surrealist writers and poets. The first story in the film is taken from surrealist writer André Pieyre de Mandiargues. The title of the second story is taken from an anonymous sacrilegious novel from the 18th century. The third story is a re-telling of the case of Elizabeth Báthory from the study of surrealist poet Valentine Penrose.

A fifth story in the Immoral Tales was originally planned, but was taken out of the film and developed into the feature film La Bête (1975).

30 gallons of real blood (from pigs) were used for the Countess Bathory's bath.

Release
Immoral Tales was screened in Britain in September 1973 as an incomplete work. This version included the short film A Private Collection, The Tide and The Beast of Gévaudan.
Immoral Tales was released in French theaters in 1974. The French film magazine Le Film français stated in 1974, 128 films that were classified as "erotic" were screened in Paris. This accounted for 16% of the total French box office. Immoral Tales sold 359,748 tickets, making it the second most popular release of these films, the most popular being Emmanuelle.

It was shown at the 17th Regus London Film Festival held in November and December 1973. The film won the London Festival Choice award at the festival.

Immoral Tales was shown at the 12th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival in London in May 2014.

Reception
In 1974, Immoral Tales won the Prix de L'Âge d'or, an award intended to commemorate the spirit of surrealism. After the release of Immoral Tales, Borowczyk began to fall out of favor with film critics. New York Magazine wrote an unfavourable review, referring to the film as "episodic and disjointed, but also written with a great deal of stupidity" and describing the story-telling, directing, acting and photography in the film as "wretched."

Among modern reviews, AllMovie gave the film three stars out of five, feeling that first two stories did not work as well as the second two as well as saying that it was Borowczyk's move from "art house material and toward softcore; as such, the material displays its director's characteristic intelligence but lapses into exploitation a little too often." In an overview of Borowczyk's work in the film magazine Senses of Cinema, Immoral Tales is referred to as his weakest amongst his first five feature films and that "an unsensational approach to the material and detached gaze of the camera make it closer to a surrealist text than a pornographic movie." Dave Kehr wrote a review for the Chicago Reader praising that the film "contains some very elegant images" but compared it negatively to Borowczyk's followup The Story of Sin, which Kehr proclaimed "avoided the trap of superficiality by adopting an ironic mode. Here, he seems entirely too sincere—and more than a little dull."

In his 2014 review for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw praises the film, citing the influence of Ken Russell and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

See also
 List of French films of 1973

References

Bibliography

External links

 Immoral Tales on Polish Internet Movie Database

1973 films
French avant-garde and experimental films
French anthology films
1970s erotic drama films
1973 LGBT-related films
Films about virginity
French erotic drama films
Films directed by Walerian Borowczyk
French LGBT-related films
Lesbian-related films
Surrealist films
Incest in film
Films produced by Anatole Dauman
Cultural depictions of Lucrezia Borgia
Cultural depictions of Girolamo Savonarola
Films based on French novels
Cultural depictions of Elizabeth Báthory
1970s avant-garde and experimental films
1973 drama films
1970s French-language films
1970s French films


CSA stands for "Community Supported Agriculture"
...CSA originally was intended as a way for folks in the community to directly support their local farm by purchasing a "share" in the farm. Purchasing a share ahead of the busy growing season helps the farmer pay for many up-front costs like seed, fertilizer, and other supplies. In return for purchasing a "share", farm membership provides the season's bounty from that growing season to the farm members. Many farms run their CSA programs differently, but we all similarly provide weekly shares of fresh, in-season vegetables.
What's in a weekly share and how many people does your share feed?
We have two CSA seasons...and all seasons have similar cost structures. If you average the whole cost over the season, Full Share's end up only being $25/wk and Small Share's end up at a bargain of $20/wk.! Depending on what season and share you sign up for, the cost will vary. Find out more by clicking here.
When does the CSA Season Start?
Where do I get my CSA Share?
What if I go out of town or on vacation?
If you are unable to pick up your share on a given week, there are a couple of options... We find the best option may be to find a substitute, like a family member, friend, or co-worker to pick up your share, or you can donate your share and the farm will donate the value to one of the many charities we work with, or you may place a "hold" on the share, that can be made up on another pickup (...or the value can be "redistributed" throughout the rest of the season's shares) and lastly, you may simply "forfeit" the share.
You are able to go to the website, sign-in to place your vacation holds and manage your account, check balances, etc. However, we can only offer (2) vacation holds per season, and ask that you do so at least one week in advance!
It seems like a lot of food, do you offer smaller shares?
These shares are for individuals or couples who do not eat a lot of vegetables. If you're still not sure...some members "share a share" with a friend, neighbor or relative. The members who end up sharing a share have told us that this option ends up being a really valuable opportunity to connect with these friends on a regular basis as well as cover for some out-of-town or vacation weeks. FYI...Small Shares are only offered during the Summer season.
The prevalence of cheap fossil fuels and large-scale transportation infrastructure has made it possible to ship foods from many miles away...the average grocery store produce has traveled 1500 miles. This has made out-of-season produce so common that most don't even realize that there is a season when different vegetables are normally available locally. Prior to the 1950's you just didn't see strawberries in the grocer outside of the summer strawberry season...tomatoes weren't available in January...and folk's dinner table's reflected what was available from a more local production stream. This one seemingly small detail has HUGE implications for our local and global environmental "foot-print". When, as much as possible, you eat only what is in season your impact on the environment cannot be understated...all this while supporting your local food producers whom are deeply committed to providing the very thing that keeps us all alive!
Do you offer any special payment plans?
"Yes, we now offer a payment plan that members can contribute toward their CSA share for the coming season, prior to it's start."
Yes, we now offer a payment plan that members can contribute toward their CSA share for the coming season, prior to it's start. The plan is done with a credit card and schedules start and change at intervals through the late winter and spring. The only requirement is that all shares will be scheduled to be paid up in full by the week before the season starts. So, that means the earlier you start your payment plan, the less it is per month!
There isn't really a deadline for signing up for any given season. We pro-rate share value's as the season progresses so that folks can still sign up part way through a season already under-way.


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A Different Funeral in Shanghai: Farewell to a Beloved Little Pet
Category: Animals Tags: China / death / Dog / shanghai
The dog was lying peacefully in a small coffin, with two toy friends. (Image: qq.com)
Iris Lu
By Iris Lu, August 30, 2015
In the home, a pet is a special part of the family. They give us unconditional love and want nothing in return. Pets are a unique family member, communicating with us in their own language. When it is time for that long-time companion to go, it is just as heartbreaking as saying goodbye to our human family members.
Written on the flower wreath: 'Evin, thank you for accompanying us.' Evin was the dog's name. (Image: qq.com)
On August 29, in a secluded funeral home in Shanghai, a small funeral with formal procedures was slowly progressing. However, what made it different was that in the 3-foot-long coffin, there was a lovely little dog lying there.
Evin's family members are praying for her. (Image: qq.com)
The 9-year-old dog, Evin, was a pet from a Shanghai family that passed away three days ago from a heart attack.
The dog's owner couldn't help crying once she entered the mourning room.
"Evin was a very good girl. She was like our family. I'm still not used to the quite nights without any sound of Evin…"
The ceremony host was comforting Evin's owner. (Image: qq.com)
The family put Evin's favorite food on the altar. (Image: qq.com)
The dog's owner held a formal ceremony to say goodbye to Evin. She found a funeral service company for pets from a neighbor's recommendation. The founder of the company was a young entrepreneur, Zhou Jinxia, who gave up his own career in computer science five years ago and established this company in Shanghai. The pet funeral service is a newly emerging business in China.
Zhou was putting Evin's photo on the head of the hearse. (Image: qq.com)
Workers preparing for the funeral. (Image: qq.com)
Zhou believed the last farewell should be in peace and harmony, whether it's for human or a pet. Evin's funereal was held with formal procedures, according to Tencent News. The dog's owner and other families laid wreaths for the dog and gave eulogies. They viewed Evin for the last time, before the casket closed.
A worker putting on white gloves before the ceremony. (Image: qq.com)
The small coffin was custom made for the dog. (Image: qq.com)
Evin was dressed well for her departure. She was wearing a lovely red coat and got two stuffed toys as companions. The dog's owner stroked her head before the casket was finally closed. The owner told the reporter in tears: "We will not raise a second pet. It was just too hard to see her go."
The worker was grooming the dog before her final rest. (Image: qq.com)
The dog's owner stroked her head. (Image: qq.com)
The last farewell before cremation. (Image: qq.com)
Evin's ashes were put into a small ceramic jar. It was given to the dog's owner. (Image: qq.com)
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Skogvika est une localité du comté de Troms og Finnmark, en Norvège, se situant sur l'île de Rebbenesøya.

Géographie
Administrativement, Skogvika fait partie de la kommune de Tromsø.

Annexes

Liens internes
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EVs Need Government Subsidies to Thrive, Says Kia
The sales growth potential of electric vehicles is in the hands of government regulators, not carmakers, because price will trump any eco-conscience that consumers may express.
That's the opinion of Kia Motors Europe's chief operating officer Emilio Herrera. Speaking exclusively to TU-Automotive at the Paris Motor Show 2018, Herrera said the price point will also affect the uptake of hydrogen cell technology.
I have been fortunate enough to visit Kia's fuel-cell R&D facility in South Korea some years ago and drove a couple of the carmaker's early prototypes. It is a nation that can quite easily go to fuel cell technology because most of the cars already run LPG which uses similar dispensing equipment to liquid hydrogen.
Yet, Herrera told me, the extra cost of producing fuel cell vehicles is the biggest hurdle to date. He said: "It will take longer for fuel cell than it has taken with other electric vehicles, hybrids or plug-in hybrids first of all because the cost of producing fuel cell vehicles at this point in time is so high. Nevertheless, we have in the plan to launch a fuel cell vehicle in 2020 as part of our electrification strategy but this will take longer to become accepted."
Herrera was speaking after the unveiling of Kia's first all-electric mass market car, the e-Niro compact SUV. This claims a range of more than 300 miles between charges in the long-range version boasting a high-capacity 64 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery as well as a 39.2 kWh power pack. Plugged into a 100 kW fast charger, it should take just 54 minutes to recharge to 80% capacity.
Yet, price also affects battery electric vehicles (BEVs) especially at a time when demand remains flat in most European countries despite the cacophony of media noise about the so-called benefits of the technology in terms of climate change. Herrera explained: "Currently, the behavior of the consumer is driven by the decisions the different governments are taking. You can see that in Norway, here in France, the Netherlands and Sweden, wherever electric vehicles are getting into a different pace, it is because the governments have taken some steps.
"We were very curious about this and we did a survey in Norway, where 36% of the cars are electric, and we asked them 'why did you buy an electric car?' What came out was: 'because it was cheaper than buying an ICE vehicle'. It is as simple as that."
Norway saw 52% of all new car sales in 2017 were EVs which is hardly surprising considering the cost to owners. For example, thanks to government hand-outs, a Volkswagen e-Golf EV sells for $32,300 in Norway, just a little over its pre-tax base import price of $32,088, according to the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association. Yet, the gasoline-powered equivalent Golf, which costs just $22,215 to import, ends up selling for $36,778 after taxes are applied.
Of course, none of this, according to Herrera, has anything to do with climate concerns. He said: "I don't think the consumers have a particularly eco-friendly view on this. There are a few who will want to contribute to the health of the environment but the majority is looking at 'what is best for my wallet?' If an electric vehicle makes more financial sense than an ICE vehicle then, as in Norway, people will all get an electric vehicle."
Herrera said there are other advantages to governments who choose to support BEV sales with subsidies. He said: "What we will see is that pace of adoption will be different according to the measures the governments are taking to subsidize and support electric vehicles. As soon as a government starts its support, more EVs will be sold and, also, the energy suppliers will react to make sure there's a charging infrastructure whereas now the energy suppliers are in the wait-and-see stage in many countries. Yet, as soon as they the potential for selling energy to car drivers, they will do it."
Herrera said commercial entities and local authorities are likely to be the main drivers in bringing more EVs to our streets. He explained: "We also other see influences where corporations what to have a 'green' feel to them because they want to be seen as eco-friendly and also the pressure of public administrations. If you're a big city, like Paris, with the Mayor saying she wants better air in the city, then suddenly we see 200 police cars now eco-friendly!
"So, the early adopters are public administrations and companies who want the green image. The consumer is simply driven by the decision of the government whether to subsidize or not electric vehicles."
— Paul Myles is a seasoned automotive journalist based in London. Follow him on Twitter @Paulmyles_
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