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Mom Of Twin Babies Gives One A Tattoo So People Can Tell Them Apart
By Dave Basner Dec 10, 2020
Anyone who has encountered twins knows how difficult it can be to tell them apart, and that's even true for family members. One 31-year-old new mother of two twin boys took matters into her own hands and had one of her kids tattooed so everyone would be able to know who is who. It might seem like a drastic measure, but in her case, it was necessary.
She explained on Reddit how one of her sons, Jack [not his real name], has a medical condition that requires he be injected with medicine once a week, while his brother, Adam [not his real name], does not have that issue. After her maternity leave ended and she went back to work, she left her mother-in-law in charge of the kids, but her husband's mom wound up administering the medicine to the wrong boy.
The twin's mom said in her post:
"Now they may be fraternal but they look identical. I'll be honest my husband and I even mix them up sometimes. Everyone does. She immediately noticed her mistake called 911 and they were transferred to hospital. By the time I got there Adam had been given the reversal agent and they were both happily sipping on juice loving the attention. He was never in danger. It's a very slow-acting medication that, at worst, would have given him diarrhea in a few days. Mother-in-law was beside herself. I tried to ease her worry but she refused to babysit so to daycare they went."
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To ensure the mistake would never be made again, her doctor suggested a medical tattoo - a mark that looks like a freckle on skin that is easily seen. It would be inked on while the child is under mild sedation, like the kind used at a dentist's office. After a couple years, as the baby develops other features, the tattoo will begin to fade.
The mom went through with it and got a two-millimeter brown freckle on the boy's earlobe, but when her mother-in-law learned of it, she flipped out. The twins' mom said,
"I tried to explain but she just freaked out so I put both kids on the floor and told her to pick up Jack and find the tattoo. She picked up Adam so I handed her Jack and after 20 minutes still couldn't find it. Stripped him to his skivvies. I finally pointed it out and she went, 'That's just a freckle.' I just said, 'My point exactly. Adam doesn't have a freckle there. So that's how daycare can tell them apart.'"
It didn't really calm her mother-in-law, which surprised the twins' mom, who wrote in her post, "Once I explain to others and they fail to find it they understand but they still think I went too far in tattooing my child and altering their body." She asked commenters if they agree and the consensus was she absolutely did the right thing.
One person said, "It's literally a fake freckle. It's not like you gave him a full sleeve of pin up girls and muscle cars. Also, it's to make it harder to accidentally kill him or his brother. You made the right call." Another commenter said they are a twin and wished someone had tattooed their ear since they are allergic to penicillin and, after a mix-up with their sibling, they were given the drug and nearly died.


There are countless reasons for growing peach trees: the satisfaction of picking your own homegrown fruit, creating family memories, preserving your harvest... there are so many!
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The Answer of this week's Question!
At my University a group of students from all faiths and religions, including Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindus, Buddhists meet weekly to discuss many subjects. A recurring question often comes up: "Did man create G‑d or did G‑d create Man?" What would you have to say on that?
Imagine a new colour. Not a new combination of existing colours, or a shade of another colour, but an entirely original colour that does not resemble any other.
You can't. It has never been done. It is beyond the human capability to conceptualise anything that has no basis in reality. All human creativity is the result of taking existing ideas and rearranging them, using ingredients that are already present and making a new combination. There is nothing completely new under the sun.
Human invention is the mimicking and harnessing of nature. That's why airplanes are modeled on birds, with wings and tails, and cars are built like horses, on all fours with two eyes at the front and exhaust coming out the back. If you look at every human invention, you will find that nothing is absolutely original.
Even in the world of fantasy, human imagination can only invent characters that somewhat resemble real creatures. The most outlandish aliens from the weirdest science fiction stories are no more than overgrown frogmen or human lizards with big ears. The scariest space monster looks strikingly similar to a giant lobster. The wildest imaginations have never been able to dream up an entirely original being. Even fictional characters are based on real life.
This was also true of the gods of ancient mythology. The Babylonian, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman deities were all merely exaggerated humans or personifications of forces of nature. It is easy to see how they were man-made, a combination of mortal man's fears and hopes and fantasies. All ancient gods, like all human inventions, were creative depictions of familiar realities.
The only exception to this is the G‑d of the Torah. G‑d is unlike any creature.
A being that is infinite, above the limits of time and space, who can create something out of absolute nothingness has no parallel anywhere. G‑d is the only being that is indescribable and incomparable, unequalled and unlimited. He is not made up of parts, not a combination of characteristics, not a magnified version of some other being. He is totally and utterly original.
No human could have come up with that. Just as we can't invent a new colour that doesn't exist already, we can't invent a new being that has no basis in our reality. So the fact we are aware of an absolutely original being means we didn't make Him, He made us.
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About Sue Maslowski
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Featured Bridal Shop: Heart to Heart Bridal
Bridal Shop Spotlight
For over 15 years Heart to Heart Bridal has been the Premier Bridal Shop in the Rochester, NY and Finger Lakes regions. With 2 locations, in Webster, NY and Manchester, NY, they have a dress for every bride! At Heart to Heart Bridal the focus is 100% on the bride and her dream dress. Heart to Heart Bridal carries industry leading designers such as Allure Bridals, Maggie Sottero, Justin Alexander and Stella York.
Photo Credit: Callie Lauren Photography
If you would like to learn more about this month's featured bridal salon, please visit www.hearttoheartbridal.com and follow them on Instagram @HearttoHeartBridalWebster or @HearttoHeartBridalManchester
Featured Bridal Shop: Heart to Heart BridalSue Maslowski2019-06-18T10:45:25-04:00
June Bridal Shop of the Month: Savvi Formalwear
For over 25 years, Savvi Formalwear & Bridal is Raleigh's Premier Retailer of Wedding Gowns, Bridesmaid Dresses, Special Occasion dresses and Tuxedo Rentals. Savvi is nationwide, locally owned and takes pride in helping brides in the Triangle make their dreams a reality! Representing fabulous designer attire from the hottest industry leading brands such as Morilee, Michael Kors, Casablanca and more.
If you would like to learn more about this month's featured bridal salon, please visit www.savvincgowns.com
June Bridal Shop of the Month: Savvi FormalwearSue Maslowski2019-06-04T10:12:13-04:00
August Bridal Shop of the Month: Jay West Bridal
Bridal Shop of the Month: August
Jay West Bridal
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Jay West is owned and operated by Sue Maslowski, who is also the founder of NBSE. Jay West won the South Jersey Magazine's 2018 Readers' Choice Award.
Sue took home the first ever LAUNCH award for unifying the industry at the educational summit hosted by LAUNCH in Atlanta earlier this month.
Below: Sue helping CBS News channel 3 reporter Tori Woodill try on a voluminous Justin Alexander gown at Jay West.
If you would like to learn more about this month's featured bridal salon, please visit JayWestBridal.com.
August Bridal Shop of the Month: Jay West BridalSue Maslowski2019-06-18T10:03:13-04:00
August Designer of the Month: Justin Alexander
Justin Alexander is a designer of mid- to high-end wedding dresses under four collection labels: Justin Alexander, Justin Alexander Signature, Lillian West, and Sincerity Bridal. Inspired by vintage fashions from the 1950s and 1960s, Justin Alexander embodies a classic, refined, and timeless feel. The collection is designed and produced in rich fabrications with hand-crafted details to create elegance with a touch of Old Hollywood glamour.
August Designer of the Month: Justin AlexanderSue Maslowski2018-08-12T15:48:06-04:00
July Designer of the Month: Enzoani
Designer of the Month: July
THE ENZOANI BRAND EMERGED IN 2006, AND QUICKLY ROSE TO COMPETE WITH TOP BRANDS BY MERGING TRADITIONAL AND MODERN EUROPEAN STYLES INTO EXQUISITELY HANDCRAFTED GOWNS. FROM ITS INITIAL LAUNCH, ENZOANI HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER BRANDS ACROSS MULTIPLE CONTINENTS DUE TO ITS DEDICATION TO INNOVATIVE STYLE, EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY, AND ABOVE ALL, A FIT AND FINISH LIKE NO OTHER.
A London College of Fashion graduate, Enzoani Creative Director Kang Chun "KC" Lin is the creative mastermind behind the design and development of the brand name Enzoani. Additionally, he has since pioneered the innovative creations for the Blue by Enzoani and Beautiful Bridal collections. Through his vision, the label has gained attention for its use of luxurious fabrics, exquisite beadwork, and unmatched construction techniques.
For more information about our Designer of the Month and to see the full collections, please visit Enzoani.com.
July Designer of the Month: EnzoaniSue Maslowski2018-07-05T17:34:31-04:00
July Bridal Shop of the Month: Bijou Bridal
Bridal Shop of the Month: July 2018
Bijou Bridal began its elegant journey as a single store in Paramus, New Jersey in 2006. It was founded with the idea of providing "a luxurious, couture experience without a couture price tag."
Now, the bridal salon has a total of five locations — the original flagship store in Paramus plus Honolulu, HI, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, Ardmore, PA, and Coral Gables, FL.
"We believe in providing our customer with exceptional customer service in a comfortable, pressure free shopping environment. Our staff, led by a management team with countless years of experience, will guide you every step of the way as you choose your gown. We really do believe that it is a "service" helping beaming brides, proud mothers, and bridesmaids find the gowns of their dreams. We take pride in this service. Come be a Bijou bride!"
Bijou features gowns from well-known designers as Allure Bridals, Calla Blanche, Casablanca, Enzoani, Justin Alexander, Mori Lee, and many more. Each of the five Bijou locations is equally beautiful, modern, spacious and inviting. The bridal consultants who work here are eager to guide brides in their search for a dream gown, and are caring and attentive every single step of the way.
"Offering an exquisite collection of bridal fashions and the most current styles in evening wear."
"Hi! My name is Bijou Pup and I'm the little boss at Bijou Bridal & Special Occasion. Some of you may see me running around the store or sitting behind the desk. Come by and say Hi when you see me."
If you would like to find out more about our featured bridal shop of the month, please visit their website at BijouBridal.com.
July Bridal Shop of the Month: Bijou BridalSue Maslowski2018-07-06T12:49:03-04:00
May Designer of the Month: Mon Cheri
Designer of the Month: May
MON CHERI BRIDALS, LLC WAS FOUNDED IN 1991 WITH THE GOAL OF PRODUCING QUALITY DESIGNS AND ESTABLISHING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER RELATIONS. IT HAS DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE MOST WELL-RECOGNIZED BRIDAL MANUFACTURERS OVER THE YEARS, WITH OVER TWENTY BRANDED SPECIAL OCCASION LINES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM RETAILERS WORLDWIDE.
Mon Cheri was one of the first brands to begin putting out traditional bridal gowns in non-traditional colors on the market, which earned the company plenty of recognition. Their confident use of the colors Rum Pink, Blush and Café at the time inspired other bridal manufacturers to begin playing with color in their own bridal collections, as well.
The founder of Mon Cheri, Stephen Lang, is an active and respected member of the wedding industry community. He is the President of the ABPIA – the American Bridal and Prom Industry Association.
The designers behind the beautiful collections at Mon Cheri are the talented Sophia Tolli – who favors soft classic romanticism and traditional bridal drama, Joan Calabrese – who specializes in designing children's special occasion clothing, Ivonne Dome – whose designs incorporate intricate beading, elaborate embroidery and flattering placement of pleats, and Martin Thornburg – whose work often includes high quality fabrics, hand-beaded Swarovski crystals, and impeccable fit.
For more information on our designer of the month, please visit MonCheriBridals.com.
May Designer of the Month: Mon CheriSue Maslowski2018-07-02T17:47:13-04:00
May Bridal Shop of the Month: The Bridal Collection
Bridal Shop of the Month: May 2018
The Bridal Collection was established in 2000 by mother and daughter team, Lynn Crandall and Gaylynn Rediger. Lynn and her mom set out to create a special place where women could come to celebrate life's most important occasions with those who matter most to them.
Dream team co-owners of our Colorado-based bridal shop of the month: mother and daughter Gaylynn and Lynn.
Now, many years later, The Bridal Collection has celebrated thousands of weddings and expanded to include accessories, moms' dresses, pageant gowns and prom dresses.
"We pride ourselves on our fun, knowledgeable and fashionable stylists who take the stress out of gown shopping."
If you would like to find out more about our featured bridal shop of the month, please visit their website at TheBridalCollection.com.
May Bridal Shop of the Month: The Bridal CollectionSue Maslowski2018-07-02T17:47:25-04:00
March Bridal Shop of the Month: White Dress by the Shore
This month, we're featuring White Dress by the Shore in Clinton, CT. If you're looking for a dress-shopping experience that will truly make you feel like a princess, venture into Beth Chapman's magical bridal shop. Drawing clientele from all over the world, you might expect a hoity-toity attitude at this posh, in-demand bridal shop, but the experience is quite the contrary.
Tiffany Joyce Photography
Photo credit: Tiffany Joyce
March Bridal Shop of the Month: White Dress by the ShoreSue Maslowski2018-07-02T17:47:35-04:00
March Designer of the Month: Casablanca
CASABLANCA BRIDAL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 AND HAS SINCE BECOME ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING, WELL KNOWN MANUFACTURERS OF BRIDAL GOWNS IN THE INDUSTRY.
Casablanca Bridal is committed to designing and manufacturing bridal gowns that reflect superb quality, original design, and attention to detail. Our privately owned factory allows us to ensure all phases of production from start to finish are to our exact standards. Every Casablanca gown is made to order one at a time. We take great pride in the fact that we do not mass-produce our bridal gowns. Each gown is unique from the hand beaded designs & exquisite laces to the fit and customization for every bride's specific needs.
Casablanca Bridal understands the importance of finding the "perfect" bridal gown for your wedding day. Our gowns are available in stores across the US and around the world. There is sure to be a location near you that you may visit to try on and view our gowns in person. Casablanca Bridal discourages the sale of our gowns over the Internet. We recommend that you visit and place your order with a full-service bridal salon that can provide you with the personal service and attention that a bride deserves.
Casablanca Bridal is extremely honored to be recognized by the bridal industry receiving multiple nominations for awards of excellence in design and service.
March Designer of the Month: CasablancaSue Maslowski2018-07-02T17:47:51-04:00


Patrons to be Proud of!
Well we're proud of all of our Patrons, obviously, but two in particular have received some very public, and very well deserved, praise right from the top!
2012 - a year to remember.
As we move towards the end of yet another amazing year here at the Adventure Farm, we remember both the good times and the bad.
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Halloween the final chapter - Monster Mash!
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Hooghly Infrastructure Private Limited (HIPL), Unit- .Hukumchand Jute Mills is a Private Limited Company having its registered office at 10, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sarani (Clive Row), 3rd Floor; Kolkata-700 001 incorporated on 1919. It is a professionally managed company engaged in the manufacture of Jute & Jute allied products. The factory is situated at Hazinagar, 24 Paraganas (N), PIN 743135. The present Management has an experience of over 22 years in running largest jute manufacturing units in the world efficiently, maintaining good rapport with the skilled workforce of the Company. The unit has extensively been modernized to produce value added diversified jute products like geo-textiles, food grade quality jute cloth and bags apart from traditional jute - products including yarn/twine, bleached yarn & cloth, coloured yarn & cloth, Hessian Cloth & Bags, Hukumchand Jute Mills is BIS Certified Company. It is one of the fast growing Jute manufacturing & exporting company and is a Recognized Export House. It produces about 300 Metric tonne weaving production per day making it the largest Jute Production Unit in the World.
Our mills is located near the bank of River Hooghly; at Hazinagar is one of Mills of Ganga Deltic Region Processing Jute. It is situated at 79 acres of land, comprising 5 Mills with 240 Spinning Frames. On 21st September 1988, Jute Baron Mr. Arun Kumar Bajoria bought this mill and it was under his command till 14th July 2009. After his dismay death, it has been taken over by Hooghly Infrastructure Private Limited (HIPL). When Mr. A.K. Bajoria bought the mill, there were only two sub-mills, namely Mill No. 1 & Mill No. 2 till 2000. In 2001, under the direction of Sri Arun Kumar Bajoria and executed by Sri S. K. Chandra [Chief Executive (Works)], the mill was extended and a new mill namely New Extension Mill-1(NEM1) was set-up. Again, in 2003, another sub-unit New Extension Mill-2 and in the year 2006, New Extension Mill-3. Today, Hukumchand Jute Mill is the largest jute mill in the world.
Our Company's turnover is more than Rs. 450 crores and employs around 14,000 skilled workers under one single compound. The Company has not only expanded and modernized the mills but also has nurtured a team of skilled and dedicated workforce. Our Company has been awarded by "Process Capability Certificate" from Indian Jute Industries Research Association. Our Company also maintains the norms putforth by the Pollution Control Board, Government of West Bengal. In 2011, our mills has being certified for Quality Management System IS/ISO 9001:2015 by BIS.
The finished products of our Company such as Sacking Bags are mostly purchased by Food Corporation Of India, Government of Punjab, Haryana, Tamil Nadu , Government of India's Purchase Procedure, etc. We manufacture Goods as per the requirement of these buyers.
The Company exports its products such as Hessian Cloths, Yarns etc. to the companies in USA, Germany, New Zealand, Ukraine, Australia, U.A.E., Syria, Turkey, Philippines, Japan, Thailand.


Houston has long since transformed from being a capital to a cosmopolitan city in its own right. With a vibrant culture, a dynamic night life, with quality infrastructure in place along with some of the quintessential cuisine that makes Houston what it is today, it is easy to see why this city continues to feature as a top tourist destination. With more companies queuing up to set up shop here there are more opportunities for skilled professionals opening up across all sectors.
Companies need to derive key business insights in time and as data is getting increasingly complex and more nuanced, companies often find it hard to analyse their data and run analytics on time. This is why most companies today prefer to work with advanced data visualisation tools such as R Programming to enable them to process raw data into easily comprehensible and rich visuals. With Zeolearn Academy's R Programming courses in Houston, you should be able to master all the nuances of this data visualisation tool, including learning about the basics of R Programming, R packages, R data structures and graphs. The R Programming course in Houston should provide you with all the key fundamentals of R Programming and enables you to master the same with their advanced workshop, lectures, and demo. and practice sessions. The Institute's R Programming training courses in Houston is detailed and comes with over 32 hrs of immersive, hands-on sessions with extensive lab sessions and chance to work on live projects as well. With it, you should be able to handle large data clusters, process the same and transform it into easily comprehensible visualisations.
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Saudi Arabia (MNN) — How would you like to be in a movie? Would your answer change if your safety was on the line?
Jesus Film Project is working to get their movie translated into every language around the world, but not every dialect is easy to conquer. For example, because of security issues, a major Saudi language has gone without translators or voice actors for years now.
Then Horizons International stepped in. George Houssney, the organization's founder and CEO, says six years ago, they started mentioning the project at regular conferences for Saudis. However, everyone they found was worried about having their voices recognized.
But as numbers went up, possibilities opened up. The first time Horizons held the conference, there were only about six attendees. Last year, there were 12. This year, they had 25.
Finally, they could get to work.
"As you have more people attend you have more people willing to help, so we found some and were able to record about 80% of the JESUS Film," Houssney says. Now they're only four roles away from finishing the entire project.
Even though voiceovers aren't finished, the translation is already changing lives. The actor who voiced Jesus said the experience was life-changing, Houssney reports.
Houssney and the team believe this translation will help a hurting people in need of hope. This particular dialect within the Khaliji dialect grouping, known as "Gulf Arabic", is spoken by some of the most closed-off areas of Saudi Arabia. If they can get this translation in, Houssney believes the film could be massively impactful.
If everything goes according to plan, the film will be released this year, even as early as the summer.
Still, it won't be an easy journey. Actors are risking their families, livelihoods, freedom, and even lives by helping with this project.
But Houssney says prayer always wins out, and the changes coming to Saudi Arabia are a perfect example.
Houssney says there are an estimated 50,000 hidden believers in Saudi Arabia, and that number is starting to grow.
Ask God to provide these remaining four actors. Pray for their protection, and for the project to impact many lives.
Find out how you can participate in that movement right here.


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Documentary on Michael Jordan's time with Wizards reportedly in the works
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WASHINGTON - Michael Jordan's short stint with the Washington Wizards is reportedly the subject of a new documentary.
According to hoopswire.com's senior NBA writer Sam Amico, the documentary is in the works, and he was asked to be a part of it.
"Happy I'm old enough to have been asked to help with the documentary on Michael Jordan … with the Wizards. Details soon," he tweeted Wednesday.
Jordan came out of his second retirement to suit up for the Wizards in 2001. He'd be paired with the team's no.1 overall draft pick Kwame Brown, and his old Bulls coach Doug Collins.
Despite the addition of Jordan playing alongside veterans Richard Hamilton, Tyronn Lue, Christian Laettner, and Brendan Haywood, among others, the team finished with a 37-45 record and missed the playoffs.
UNCASVILLE, UNITED STATES: Michael Jordan (L) of the Washington Wizards drives past Paul Pierce (R) of the Boston Celtics in the first quarter during a pre-season game 26 October 2001 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. AFP PHOTO/John MO
In year two, Jordan turned 40 years old and played in all 82 games. Although the team frequently sold out the MCI Center, M.J. failed to lead the struggling Wizards to the playoffs once again.
In two seasons in Washington, the six-time NBA champion averaged 21.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 4.4 assists in 142 games for the Wizards. He was selected to the NBA All-Star team in both seasons.


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Home Technology Open Sourcing Google's HR Secrets
Open Sourcing Google's HR Secrets
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Feb 27, 2016, 10:54 pm
For six years in a row, Google has topped Fortune's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For." It has also been recognized over 100 times in the past five years as an exceptional employer both in the U.S. and other countries.
What makes Google's work environment so outstanding? Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations for Google, has authored a book titled,Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead. Speaking at a 2015 Wharton People Analytics conference, he called the book "really an effort to open-source what we learned at Google … to make work better in other places."
Bock leads Google's people function globally, which includes "all areas related to the attraction, development and retention of 'Googlers,'" to quote his bio. He observed candidly that for too many people in the workforce today, "work just sucks…. It's just not pleasant; it's a means to an end." He pointed out that "nobody works 40-hour weeks anymore," and that if one were to actually calculate it, people spend more time working than they do anything else, including hobbies, being with loved ones and even sleeping. "If we're going to invest all that time, it should mean something; it should motivate you. You should love it."
In his talk, Bock described some of the innovations he and his team have made at Google to make work more effective and enjoyable. The special sauce, he said, is introducing more analytics into the realm of HR.
HR Needs More Than Just HR People
According to Bock, one significant difference about Google's HR division — or People Operations, as the company calls it — is that a "three-thirds" hiring model is used to staff it. Bock explained that one-third consists of people from traditional HR backgrounds, another third is recruited from strategy consulting and the final third is composed of academics in fields ranging from organizational psychology to physics.
"If we're going to invest all that time [in working], it should mean something; it should motivate you. You should love it."
Bock observed that "each brings something different to the party." The traditional HR people, he said, understand Google, have great intuition and can deal well with problematic situations. The consultants understand business in general, and can take a complex problem, structure it and break it down for analysis. And the academics "actually force us to prove that all this stuff we're [claiming] actually works."
For 30 years, "HR as a profession has been saying we need a seat at the table, only to be told that [we] need to understand the business first," said Bock. But they need to demonstrate more than just "an understanding of an income statement…. If I say performance management should work a certain way, or that we should stop doing a certain kind of recruitment, that takes more than just understanding the business. That takes analytics."
Bock described how he and his colleagues changed some basic hiring processes at Google based on experimentation and analysis. One change was to the average number of interviews it took to hire someone. When he first became head of people operations in 2006, building up the staff was a priority. Yet it was taking somewhere between six and nine months to get hired. The absurdly long hiring cycle became notorious: Bock recalled that "everyone had a story about their bad interview experience with Google," and people would eagerly share it with him whether he was out to dinner in a restaurant, looking at houses with a realtor or anywhere else.
"So we did a lot of math, we did a lot of experiments," said Bock. In Work Rules! he credits then-staffing analyst Todd Carlisle with discovering that four interviews were sufficient to predict with 86% confidence whether or not the company should hire someone. The company then instituted this "Rule of Four," and Google's time to hire, according to Bock, "went from something like six months to 45 days." (During Bock's tenure, Google's number of employees has grown from, he writes, from "6,000 employees to almost 60,000, with 70-plus offices across more than 40 countries.")
And who was Google hiring? Another problem perceived by Bock was that "we were really biased toward people with fancy degrees…. If you attend Harvard versus being number one at SUNY Binghamton, who does better?" He quoted findings that showed that the very best students from any school outperformed the average students — and even the 60-70th percentile students — at major Ivy League universities. Bock commented, "So there's actually evidence to suggest [that] as a recruiter, you're better off casting a wider net, which is what we do."
The absurdly long hiring cycle became notorious: Bock recalled that "everyone had a story about their bad interview experience with Google."
Grades, too, have been overrated, said Bock. "We did a bunch of analysis and found that grades are a little predictive for your first couple of years, but for the rest of your career, they don't matter at all…. What matters is the education you got and your ability to learn…. We know those things are predictive." Bock also shifted Google's focus away from SAT scores. He said it had been a mistake for the company to be asking all candidates, some as old as 50, for their SAT scores (and college transcript), often passing on those that didn't score high enough.
Performance Management at Google
Bock has also brought his analytical approach to evaluating existing employees, managers and teams. He described a study of the top quartile of good managers, reviewing their behavior to see what they did differently from less-effective managers. But the only way to truly measure the effect of a manager's performance on his or her team, said Bock, would be to make people switch teams. Although normally that would be "cruel," said Bock, Google provided a natural laboratory for the experiment, because Googlers, as a company policy, routinely switch jobs. So Bock was able to assess whether bad performers working for bad managers improved when they went to work for good ones, and vice versa. He compiled evidence that showed that "the actions that a manager takes actually have measurable, real consequences in terms of performance…. It was a beautiful, beautiful finding," said Bock.
Other HR functions that are handled differently at Google include the well-known (and generally dreaded) annual performance evaluation. Google has a structure whereby employee development feedback is separated from performance feedback. Bock noted that this was instituted because when people receive feedback that they believe threatens their bonus or salary grade, they become defensive and stop listening.
"We've all worked with people who are kind of struggling, and you go to them and say: 'Hey, things aren't going so well….' [Then,] they devote all kinds of energy toward arguing, 'My performance is fine — you, manager, just don't get it.'" Then, said Bock, they spend two weeks documenting their performance themselves. And many managers' typical response will be: "Oh, just take the bonus." At Google, on the other hand, said Bock, "we want our managers to be open to developing people…. We do that by removing the performance stigma."
Managers, too, are evaluated. At Google there are twice-yearly surveys in which employees give upward feedback. The organization has some unique transparency around the reporting of this, although Bock points out that it has limitations. He explained that if an executive has more than 100 direct reports, the survey is made openly available. But executives who have fewer reports get to choose whether or not to make the results public — a rule based on the idea that a manager's low rating might have been caused by "a good purpose." "If you have a manager whose ratings look really low … she [might be] trying to make the team better. She's being really tough, and firing people, and moving people around, [and that's why] the team's going to be unhappy." Google doesn't want everyone in the organization to assume this person is a terrible manager, said Bock, when she might be one of the best.
"[We found that] the actions that a manager takes actually have measurable, real consequences in terms of performance. It was a beautiful, beautiful finding."
A Word to the Wise HR Professional
Bock noted that getting Google to allow him and his team to establish a robust human resources program has often been an uphill battle, even though he said he has "fought for performance management from day one." He commented that Google is an engineering company, and as such there are some special challenges. "My brother's an engineer, my dad's an engineer, so I can say this," he began. "[Engineers] are really good at one set of problems, and they're really smart, and so they extrapolate that they're good at all kinds of problems, and know better."
In addition, he said, Google has a culture in which the employees — who are, of course, engineers — run the company. So Bock's early attempts to introduce programs like talent management and succession planning were not well received. "Eric Schmidt [Google's then-CEO] told me, 'That's all a waste of time; that's a terrible idea,' and I thought, 'This is not going well.'" He said that the mechanism to finally achieve change was to start with small pilot experiments. "We did a small experiment on only 6,500 of our employees recently where we had around eight different systems running in parallel to figure out what worked the best."
Bock stated that a company doesn't have to be as big or profitable as Google to run some experiments from its HR department. He advised HR practitioners to "hire somebody with a quant background and a semester or two of MBA-level statistics. That's all you need … someone to be able to tell random variation from actual, cause-driven variation." He suggested HR professionals think of a problem that both matters to the business and is interesting to them, and examine performance differences between different categories of people. Then they could set up test situations. "Take two more groups — it doesn't matter if they're five-person groups or 500-person groups … and say, 'We're going to treat them differently, and let's see what happens.'"
Bock observed: "All of our clients, all the people we work with and partner with, they all think they're really good at 'people stuff.' Because our [human] intuition is to think, 'I'm a keen judge of character; I of course, make fair decisions; I'm completely unbiased.' And we all make unfair decisions. We're all biased. So, whenever you can qualify what you're saying with these experiments is a way to get there and improve your credibility."
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maNavALa mAmunigaL thus far, requested SrI rAmAnuja to bless him with several things. SrI rAmAnuja's ease of accessibility is such that he blessed all those wishes to turn true. Already being vowed by SrI rAmAnuja's ease of accessibility, maNavALa mAmunigaL in this pAsuram falls for the beauty of SrI rAmAnuja and sings mangaLAsAsanam (glories) to it. He does not just stop with singing mangaLams to only SrI rAmAnuja but goes ahead and sings mangaLams to all those who have the connection with SrI rAmAnuja.
periyAzhvAr sang thirupallANdu in which he sang mangaLams to SrIman nArAyaNan in multiple dimensions. While periyAzhvAr sang mangaLams to bhagavAn, maNavALa mAmunigaL is singing mangaLams to bhAgavathas. maNavALa mAmunigaL recognizes that there are some people who stand in "charama parva nishtai", as revealed by "adiyEn sadhirthEn inRE (kaNNinun chiRuth thAmbu 5). "charama parva nishtai" is the condition in which people regard their AchAryan (guru) as their everything. SrI rAmAnuja's devotees who are in this state, always sing, "long live ethirAsa, long live ethirAsa, long live ethirAsa". They sing this forever. Let us call this group "Group A". There is another group of people (Group B) who live under the lotus feet of those people who sing "long live ethirAsa, long live ethirAsa, long live ethirAsa", just like how a child is under the protective shadow of its mother. Group B people recognize the purport of the phrase "nin thALiNAik kIzh vAzhchchi (thiruvAimozhi 3.2.4)" and live in the shadow of the lotus feet of Group A people. The blessings that are being showered upon the Group B people is being discussed in the latter half of the pAsuram. AzhvArgaL are counted as ten in number. madhurakavi AzhvAr and AndAL are counted within nammAzhvAr and periyAzhvAr respectively. These AzhvArs who are being celebrated as "mayaRvaRa madhinalam aruLa"ppeRRavargaL (thiruvAimozhi 1.1.1) . In other words, they are the recipients of the causeless mercy of SrIman nArAyaNan, as a result of which their ignorance got vanished completely and knowledge about and bhakthi (devotion) towards SrIman nArAyaNan started to grow profoundly. These AzhvArs did not stop their devotion to just SrIman nArAyaNan. Rather they extended their devotion to the devotees of SrIman nArAyaNan as seen in the phrase "ellaiyil adimaith thiRaththinil enRumEvumanaththanarAi" (perumAL thirumozhi 2.10). People in Group B get all the blessings showered upon them from all the 10 AzhwArs. It is because of their blessings that these people in group B have steadfast belief in charama parva nishtai and will continue to be there forever. It behooves us to take cognizance of the fact that in the first pAsuram, maNavALa mAmunigaL described these people as those who will be revered by the nithyasUris (ayaRvarum amarargaL (thiruvAimozhi 1.1.1)). In this pAsuram, maNavALa mAmunigaL celebrates that these people in group B will be celebrated by AzhvArs who are described as "mayaRvara madhinalam aruLa"peRRavargaL (thiruvAimozhi 1.1.1) .
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Speaker Robin Vos was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2004 and is currently serving his eighth term as a state representative. Robin is the 75th Speaker of the Assembly. He was chosen by his Assembly peers for that post in 2013. Representative Vos previously served as the chair of the powerful Joint Finance Committee.
Speaker Vos currently leads a Republican majority of 63 representatives. Under his leadership, the legislature has approved one of the largest tax cuts in Wisconsin history and became the 25th right-to-work state in our country. He also is proud of the bipartisan work in the Assembly where more than 90 percent of the bills passed receive bipartisan support. His speaker's task forces have developed important legislation on topics including mental health, rural schools, Alzheimer's and dementia, urban education, youth workforce readiness and foster care.
Born in 1968, Robin is a lifelong Racine County resident, graduating from Burlington High School in 1986. He attended the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, where he served as a UW Board of Regents student member from 1989 to 1991. Robin graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and a minor in Public Relations in 1991.
After college, Robin worked as a legislative assistant for state Representative Jim Ladwig from Racine County. Robin also worked for Jim's successor, his wife, state Representative Bonnie Ladwig. He also served as the district director for then Congressman Mark Neumann until he began his first small business.
In 1996, he purchased Rojos Popcorn in Burlington – a popcorn packaging company that he still operates today. Robin also owns several other small businesses including the Union Grove Car Wash in Union Grove, Knights Popcorn in Milwaukee, and rental properties in Whitewater.
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Robin also serves on several national boards. He is the current President-Elect of the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Vice Chair of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation.
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A senior official with the Palestinian party Fatah was badly beaten up in the Gaza Strip on Monday, with the group accusing the strip's rulers Hamas of responsibility.
Hamas denied the claim and pledged to investigate the attack, which comes amid days of violent crackdown by its security forces on protests in Gaza.
Atef Abu Seif, spokesman for Fatah in Gaza and a member of its central committee, was beaten by a group of men near his home in the enclave, the official Fatah-aligned Palestinian news agency Wafa said.
Pictures posted on Wafa showed Abu Seif with a bandaged head and leg, with his clothes speckled with blood.
Mahmoud Aloul, deputy chairman of Fatah, accused Hamas of carrying out an assassination attempt.
Iyad al-Bozum, spokesman for the interior ministry in Gaza, condemned the incident, telling AFP "the police are investigating the attack".
Hamas, which has controlled Gaza since seizing it from Fatah in 2007, has faced a series of protests in recent days over rising prices.
Security forces have responded by violently breaking up gatherings, with dozens of journalists, rights workers and others arrested.
The United Nations on Sunday condemned the response, and on Monday Amnesty International said its local researcher had been detained for several hours by Hamas.
"The crackdown on freedom of expression and the use of torture in Gaza has reached alarming new levels," Saleh Higazi, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Amnesty.


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У́лица Куту́зова — тупиковая улица в Москве на территории Можайского района Западного административного округа.

Расположение
Улица начинается от дублёра Можайского шоссе, проходит в направлении на северо-запад и заканчивается тупиком возле въезда в ЖК «Грин Хаус». Нумерация домов начинается от Можайского шоссе.

Рядом с улицей расположен пруд, очистка которого идёт с конца 2008 года.

Происхождение названия
Улица получила своё название в честь полководца Михаила Илларионовича Кутузова ещё в составе города Кунцево, многие объекты которого были названы в память Отечественной войны 1812 года.

После включения города Кунцево в состав Москвы в 1960 году улица своё название сохранила.

Здания и сооружения
По нечётной стороне:
 № 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — панельные жилые дома
 № 11к2, 11к3, 11к4 — жилой комплекс «Greenhouse»

По чётной стороне:
 № 2 — панельная многоэтажка
 № 6 — панельная многоэтажка
 № 8 — панельная многоэтажка
 № 20 — школа № 65

Транспорт

Железнодорожный транспорт
 Станция «Рабочий Посёлок» Смоленского направления МЖД

Наземный транспорт
По улице общественный транспорт не ходит.
Неподалёку, на Можайском шоссе, расположена автобусная остановка «Дорогобужская улица», откуда ходят автобусы
 до метро «Кунцевская»:
 № 45 — (66-й квартал Кунцева — Метро «Кунцевская»)
 № 190 — (Беловежская улица — Метро «Молодёжная»)
 № 612 — (Улица Герасима Курина — Троекуровское кладбище) только к Улице Герасима Курина
 до метро «Славянский бульвар»:
 № 157 — (Беловежская улица — Киевский вокзал)
 № 205 — (Совхоз «Заречье» — Улица Довженко)
 № 231 — (Беловежская улица — Метро «Филёвский парк»)
 № 818 — (Международный университет — Метро «Филёвский парк»)
 № 840  — (66-й квартал Кунцева — Киевский вокзал)
 в соседние районы города:
 № 104 (Метро «Филёвский парк» — Платформа «Рабочий Посёлок») (кольцевой, только к платформе «Рабочий Посёлок»)
 № 609 (Беловежская улица — Кунцевский рынок) (кольцевой, только к Беловежской улице)
 № 732 (Крылатское — метро «Славянский бульвар»)
 № 779 (Улица Федосьино — Платформа «Рабочий Посёлок») (кольцевой, только к платформе «Рабочий Посёлок»)

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Москва


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At this time the theory of capitalism was invented. This said that free markets, in which anyone could make, buy and sell freely, would evolve to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Competition between businesses would bring prices down to the lowest possible level while keeping employment at its highest possible level, and governments should not try to control markets. The theory said that monopolies kept prices too high and should not be allowed. Competition always led to the best conditions, according to capitalist ideas. The industrial countries adopted this system and it led to the end of mercantilism.


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People with an overriding desire to be widely known to strangers are different from those who primarily covet wealth and influence. Their fame-seeking behavior appears rooted in a desire for social acceptance, a longing for the existential reassurance promised by wide renown. People who want power disire it that want to know what its like. A lot of times people will do whatever it take to get power or what they want. Personal desire can cause a man to do horrible things. Once he desires something such as power, he will likely go to any extent to achieve it. In the beginning of Macbeth, three witches predict futures for Banquo and Macbeth. When Macbeth discovers that he shall be thane of Cawdor he believes it to be a temptation. Soon after, when he is officially named thane of Cawdor, Macbeth realizes that the witches might be right. "...Two truths are told/As happy prologues to the swelling act/...This supernatural soliciting/Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,/ Why hath is given me earnest of success/...If good, why do I yield to that suggestion." At this moment he is thinking about murdering Duncan but decides that he would be unable to do it. As the play moves forward his desire increases. He wants the power. He is not fine with Duncan being king anymore. When Macbeth doesn't want Duncan to be king anymore he king because he wants the power. Then he starts killing more people. He kills Banquo and his family. Then he kills Macduff. The only reason I think he keeps killing and wanting power. Because ever time he would see the witches they would tell him more what would happen. Instead of changing it that way it wouldn't be true he did what they said was going to happen. He let his desire get control of him.
...subject of the supernatural causes great fear. The supernatural is associated with paranormal occurrences, while in religious opinions the supernatural is a miracle. In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, supernatural events take place which are believed by all the characters. While the hero's tragic flaw is often the driving force that develops the plot in many of William Shakespeare's tragedies, it is the supernatural elements in Macbeth that play an important part in developing the plot, his ambition and his downfall. This can be proved by how the witches, the ghost of Banquo, and the three apparitions are seen interacting with Macbeth, and what affect these supernatural encounters have on him. Without the supernatural encounters to increase his ambition therefore leading to his downfall, Macbeth would not have become one of Shakespeare's great tragedies. At the beginning of the play (Act 1, Scene 1), the audience is introduced to the three witches. The first scene highlights their importance and foreshadows their influence in the story. The witches are very mischievous and always want to cause problems. They give Macbeth ideas which keep the play moving. An example of one of their ideas is the three prophecies, which lead Macbeth to murder Duncan and Banquo. The prophecies give Macbeth confidence and expand his ambition because he relies on the prophecies for proof of his...
...Thebodo Macbeth Macbeth's flaws lead to corruption and the disturbance of fate In the era of Macbeth, many of the beliefs were based upon fate. It was a major part of the culture and how everything happens for a reason. In this play by Shakespeare, fate is corrupted by the main character Macbeth; this corruption unbalances the universe. Macbeth provides an example of contradicting the beliefs in this time frame, eventually fate restores the kingdom and the universe balances out. "Tragedy, according to Aristotle, involves usually a noble man fighting against his fate which lies in the hands of God" ( Jean-François Vernay. Literary Contexts in Plays: William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'). According to this quote by Vernay, it relates to Macbeth and all the other Shakespearean tragedies. In Macbeth, the main character was a noble man in the beginning and does fight against his fate. At first he tries to make his fate come faster and then later Macbeth tries to contradict it. While, it was really planned out for him the whole time. Macbeth is corrupted by power, causing him to make decisions that interfere with fate, in which witches tell Macbeth he is destined to be king; however, Malcolm is the one who is next in line. Macbeth does anything he can to get the crown which leads to chaos in the kingdom. He kills anyone who...
...William Shakespeare wrote the Tragedy of Macbeth in approximately 1606 AD. He loosely based it on a historical event occurring around 1050 AD. Macbeth is the story of a nobleman, who, while trying to fulfill a prophecy told to him by three witches, murders his King to cause his ascension to the throne of Scotland. After the King's murder, Macbeth reigns as a cruel and ruthless tyrant, who is forced to kill more people to keep control of the throne. Finally, Scottish rebels combined with English forces attack Macbeth's castle, and Macbeth is killed by a Scottish Thane named Macduff who has sacrificed everything to see peace return to Scotland. In the play, the word "blood" is mentioned numerous times. Shakespeare's use of this particular word is significant; he uses it to develop the character of Macbeth and the unfolding events of the drama. The powerful symbolic meaning of blood changes from the beginning to the end. Near the beginning of the play, after Macbeth and the Scottish army defeated the rebel Macdonwald's army, a bleeding sergeant comes on stage. The sergeant then proceeds to describe the battle and how bravely Macbeth and his friend Banquo fought, "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name- / Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel / Which smok'd with bloody execution, / Like valor's minion carv'd out his passage…"...
Macbeth and Fear Essay
...280: Essay #1 Due: Thursday, October 11th Word Count: 930 Macbeth is filled with symbols that work to shed light on the nature of the play and the inner workings of its characters. In The Well-Wrought Urn, Cleanth Brooks confidently and effectively argues the image of the babe as the most powerful symbol in Macbeth by both comparing the babe to other symbols within the play, showcasing the babe as a symbol of superior importance, and representing it as a marker of Macbeth`s future. Brooks` arguments regarding the babe are indeed paradoxical, which I intend to prove throughout my own argument. In Macbeth, Brooks states that the babe acts as the most powerful symbol in the play, of special importance as it "demonstrate(s) for Shakespeare how obsessive the symbols were." (Cleanth Brooks pg. 31) He does this by first analyzing the other symbols at work in the play: the symbolism of clothing, cloaking & darkness, the significance of "manliness", planting and growth. Brooks uses these minor symbols to gain new insights into characters, whereas the babe is more often used to explain plot. An example is Macbeth's pride in his new dressing clothes: "Macbeth here is proud of his new clothes. He is happy to wear what he has truly earned." (Brooks 35) Brooks is careful to not just present Macbeth's emotion (happiness), but to showcase the emotions to shed light on his character. We now know that...
Macbeth Study Guide Essay
...Name _____________________________________ Date __________________ Macbeth | Act I Study Questions 1.	What atmosphere or mood is established at the very beginning of Macbeth—in Scene 1? What sets this mood?	2.	How does Banquo describe the Witches when he first sees them upon the heath? 3.	Macbeth is reported to be a valiant soldier in Act I. The line, "Till he unseamed him from the nave to th'chops And fixed his head upon our battlements", paints a picture of Macbeth. What can you infer from that line? 4.	In Scene 1 the Witches say, "Foul is fair and fair is foul." What are they referring to? Which characters do you consider fair or foul? 5.	Why do you think Shakespeare opened Scene 3 with the Witches discussing an evil deed they have committed?	6.	What prophesies do the Witches make for Macbeth and Banquo? 7.	What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says of Macbeth, "Yet do I fear thy nature. It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way"? 8.	Macbeth is having second thoughts about killing Duncan. What are the reasons he gives? Based on these reasons what does he decide?...
Macbeth Essay How are the witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth held responsible for the tragic events in the play? Macbeth written by William...
...The tragedy Macbeth written by Shakespeare shows a man fall from the greatest pedestal, kingship. It is one of the greatest tragedies because it demonstrates how a once loyal and courageous man can diminish into an immoral 'butcher'. Macbeth receives a prophecy from three witches' stating that he would become King. This prophecy enkindled Macbeth's 'vaulting ambition' and after the prompting of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth commits regicide. Killing the King is the beginning of Macbeth's tragic fall. After Macbeth rises to kingship he begins to behave like a tyrant because he becomes obsessed with his elevated position. He becomes paranoid about Banquo's prophecy so he kills Banquo and tries to kill his son. He commits evil after evil, killing anyone who threatens his reign. Macbeth's monstrous behaviour ends with his death and the restoration of Duncan's royal line. In Macbeth there are many tragic events that are caused because of the involvement of the witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. These tragic events led to the demise of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The witches are the first to appear in Macbeth and this signifies their importance in the tragic events of the play. Their first appearance straight away categorises the witches as evil as their riddles show that they want to stir up trouble. 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair'...
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Co-Arc International Architects were responsible for the urban design of Harbourtown. Developed by one of Gauteng's 'Blue Chip' developers and situated on the most picturesque area of the Vaal Dam, Harbourtown is a secure marina residential estate that offers owners the true harbour feel of a waterfront which follows strict architectural guidelines developed by Co-Arc.
The estate comprises 230 residential erven or stands, 6 recreational and or park areas (including a "Chip and Putt" – one of South Africa's best PAR3 golf course), 2 waterfront and dam areas, a site for the Club House and its facilities, 91 purpose built boat garages and harbour-masters full valet facilities. All of these areas form part a secure gated community with 4km's of paved recreation paths.
The residential design concept focused on creating a harmonious, aesthetically pleasing environment characterised by flat grassland and wide open spaces. By controlling the form and materials of the residences Co-Arc were able to ensure that the development would consist of a number of compatible, yet individual designs. Specific controls were introduced to ensure that the architecture would have as little impact on view as possible by emphasising linear, horizontal quality and introducing open plan living areas, flowing into outdoor spaces. Through allowing a certain level of flexibility in the architectural guidelines, monotonous, clinical uniformity can be avoided, whilst the potential for richness and variety still exists. As a consequence of the carefully considered controls the development has achieved unity and variety simultaneously. Co-Arc were appointed as architects for the gate house, club house and numerous houses.


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Я́ків Григо́рович Фе́йгін ( — ), економіст і географ родом з села Лісконоги на Чернігівщині, член-кореспондент АН УРСР.

Біографія
1932 — 1941 науковий співробітник Інституту Економіки АН СРСР, 1947 — 1948 — директор Інституту економіки АН УРСР, з 1949 керівник відділу розміщення виробництва Інституту Економіки АН СРСР.

Праці з теоретичних питань економічної географії та розміщення продуктивних сил у радянській економіці: «Розміщення виробництва за капіталізму та соціалізму» (1958), «Закономерности и факторы развития экономических районов СССР» (1965).

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The planned commercial area Westtangente II is located in the immediate vicinity of the Ganderkesee commercial airfield. It is an extension of the existing Westtangente commercial area, which is meanwhile completely occupied. The area is mainly conceived for skilled trade and service companies with low to medium space requirements.
A legally binding nature development plan (no. 246) is envisaged by 2017 at the latest. The site development should follow immediately and should be completed by mid-2018.
The municipality is a public corporation. It is represented by the mayor .


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by Bobby Wolff on December 13th, 2012
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
♠ Q 10 7 6
♥ K J 10 5
♣ J
♠ 9 3
♥ A Q 6 2
♦ K 4
♣ A 10 5 4 3 ♠ J 8 4 2
♦ 10 9 2
1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass
1 NT All pass
♣4
One aspect of the game that defeats beginners and intermediate players is the concept that every card means something. Take this deal from the second semifinal session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs from Seattle last year, and focus just on East's cards and the North's hand (dummy).
North-South were playing Precision, which resulted in an inelegant sequence to one no-trump rather than two diamonds. But it was up to East-West to punish them.
Using fourth-highest leads, West started with the club four: jack, queen, six. The club two went to the nine and 10, and the club three was returned to East's king. When West let the club eight hold the trick, East had to decide how to continue. Dummy had pitched a heart and two diamonds on the clubs; declarer had thrown a heart.
Should East play a spade, in case declarer started with the doubleton spade ace and five solid diamonds? Or should he play a diamond, in case declarer had the spade king and not the diamond king?
The answer came from West's decision to win the second club trick with the 10, not the ace. (He knows East has the club king from the play to the first two tricks, so he has a choice of plays from equals.) When he then returns the club three, not the ace or five, he has played his lowest card at each turn, signaling for a diamond through.
You might feel that you should breathe a sigh of relief and pass. But you have enough values to compete. You might easily have a 4-4 major fit or a relatively safe haven in a 6-1 club fit. Double for takeout and hope that partner has a convenient rebid. A bare club honor is almost as good as a small doubleton in terms of trump support.
1♦ 2♣ 2♦
John Howard GibsonDecember 13th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
HBJ : Yes, when West declines the opportunity to over East's 8 of clubs to cash out another winner in the suit, he clearly wants a switch to diamonds by his repeated inferential signalling of playing his lowest clubs .
This aspect of the game is so essential but so often overlooked. I know from my own experience that I ( and my regular partner ) make sloppy plays by taking our eye of the ball.
One always has to be thinking ahead as well as the present, and therefore mental stamina becomes the all important attribute of the experts' game.
I wish I had more of it.
bobbywolffDecember 13th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Hi JHG,
Entering the stage development of improving one's bridge is usually only a case of want-to.
Your enthusiasm, desire, work ethic and love of the game will enable you to progress positively.
As we get older, our enemies are the gremlins which sometime creep into our concentration, causing us into taking ruinous shortcuts, which not only cloud bridge issues, but stand tall in depriving us of the necessary elements, usually in defense, in error-free discarding and playing the right card, declarer play and the selection of the bid which will be most helpful to partner.
The ability to concentrate is usually necessary for the entire hand, so our habits need to emphasize the need to do so. On this hand both defenders need to play cards which help each other. The manipulation of the club spots by West should make it crystal clear to East that he prefers a diamond back (emphasizing low ranking suit) and now all that needs to be done is for East to cooperate in kind.
Such is the beauty of our game and separates the various classes of players. Without which we will fall to mediocre and those predictable results will take away, and even sometimes destroy, our desire to continue to compete.
Those who work hard to improve will positively influence our partners and others who will fall into line with copying what has made us more competitive.
Good luck and continue to serve as Johnny Appleseed, an American fictional hero, in getting the job done by, in your case, singing the virtues of intense concentration and therefore finding the way to satisfactory partnership communication.
Jeff HDecember 13th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Since this is from actual play, there may not be a good answer available to my question.
Often Precision is played with a weak 1NT. With a balanced 13 (IMHO a very good 13), South might have opened this had with a weak 1NT. North has the perfect shape to bid Stayman and pass any rebid by opener. That gets them easily into the best contract of 2D.
Any idea why they did not open 1NT?
JoeDecember 13th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Jeff – perhaps they play 1NT 10-12 and 1d-1nt 13-15, as many folks that I play with do.
Joe's reason is possibly the reason South elected to open 1 diamond instead of 1NT. Also your distinction of needing a good 13, which, although the togetherness of the pointed suits honors adds a bit to the value, the completely balanced nature of the hand and the absence of 10's detracts.
The game of bridge continues to be an enigma, since often, the opening of a weak NT, causes that partnership to lose a 4-4 fit in a major, when an opening of 1 of a minor will make it easy to find, in this case, and in following your suggestion, North will have a clear cut Stayman
inquiry and upon North, learning that South has no 4 card major should certainly pass 2 diamonds, which, on percentage, rates to find a fit with at least 3-4 (but not guaranteed, and often 4-4 and sometimes even 5-4).
The luck element in so many hands in bridge, while thought of by some as causing bridge not to be the equal of chess as a mind sport, at least to me, causes it to be more fun and challenging since the ever changing and unpredictability of it, causes surprises and adjustments, which tend to create more competitiveness in judgment.
Incidentally, I do not recommend 10-12 point NTs even though they are often exciting and tend to get good results against timid inexperienced opponents. To me, they are very dangerous and create too many opportunities for worthy opponents to get very good boards, without enough protection available for the NT openers.
However some like vanilla and others like chocolate, but, for an apt description, let's call 10-12 NT openers pistachio.


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Public Protector Adv. Thuli Madonsela on Thursday released a report titled Unsettled Settlements, relating to a dispute between the Gauteng Department of Health (the Department) and CKB Washroom Sales and Services CC (CKB), a small business that supplied hygiene equipment to several health clinics around the province.
CKB was contracted by several individual clinics to supply hygiene equipment such as air freshener dispensers, soap dispensers, paper towel dispensers, hand dryers and sanitary bins, among other things, on a rental basis while providing related support services.
When the Department cancelled some of the service agreements, CKB instituted court action, which culminated in an out-of-court settlement. The settlement extended the agreements to the end of July 2010 and the Department extended them to 30 September 2010.
CKB turned to the Public Protector in July 2011, complaining that the Department had failed to pay an amount of R2 960 112.60 which was allegedly owed for services that CKB continued to provide to the department's clinics beyond 30 September 2010.
The company further alleged that the department wrote to Standard Bank in March 2011, confirming that it owed R1 448 790.06 to CKB in the context of a bridging finance application made by CKB and granted by the bank and that the Department subsequently repudiated CKB's claim.
After analysing the complaint, the Public Protector identified the following issues for investigation:
Whether the Gauteng Department of Health improperly caused the Complainant's hygiene equipment to remain in its Health Services Centres (clinics) after the period agreed to in an out-of-court settlement and mutually extended ?
Whether the Gauteng Department of Health improperly represented to Standard Bank that it owed the Complainant R1 448 790.06 and which it later improperly refused to pay;
Whether the conduct of the Gauteng Department of Health had prejudiced the Complainant;
If all or some of the above were answered affirmatively, what would it take to place the Complainant as close as possible to where he would have been had the improper conduct not occurred.
Following an investigation, which included the gathering and analysis of various documents, legal research, meetings and interviews with witnesses and respondents, the Public Protector made the following findings:
The Department failed to take resolute action to get the Complainant's company CKB to remove its equipment from its clinics and to prevent the continued use of CKB's hygiene equipment thus causing the clinics continue to benefit from the Complainant's property beyond the agreed service period.
On a balance of probabilities, some of the complainant's equipment, including sanitary bins, continued to be used by the clinics from 01 October 2010 until date of removal.
Having decided that it would not pay CKB the money it had initially determined to be owed to CKB for rental beyond 30 September 2010, the Department failed to verify the equipment rental claim and to adjudicate it timely to ensure that payment or a determination on payment was done within 30 days as required under Regulation 8.2.3 of Treasury Regulations issued under the PFMA during March 2005.
The impact of the Department's action is that it failed to subject the Complainant to an appropriate procurement system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective in violation of section 38 of the Public Finance Management Act. It equally failed to provide the Complainant with timely, accurate and accessible information regarding the claim he believed to have against it, in violation of section 195(1)(g) of the Constitution.
From a general governance point of view, the Department failed to ensure financial risk management and to prevent unauthorised and irregular expenditure in violation of section 38 of the Public Finance Management Act and to ensure efficient, economic and effective use of public resources in violation of section 195 of the Constitution.
The Department's conduct regarding failure to take decisive action to prevent the unauthorised retention of the Complainant's hygiene equipment after 30 September 2010 and to adjudicate his claim for payment properly and expeditiously, constitutes maladministration as envisaged in section 6 of the Public Protector Act and improper conduct as envisaged in section 182 of the Constitution
Mrs N Mekgwe, a Chief Director in the Gauteng Department of Health, issued, in her capacity as such, a letter: Acknowledging that the Department owed CKB the sum of R1 448 790.06 for work done for the Department; stating that the Department was not in the position to make this payment to CKB and that a payment would be made into the accounts of a clinic in April 2011 and; requesting the bank to assist CKB with bridging funding to allow it to run its operations without interruptions in the meantime.
It does not matter in the circumstances whether the Department vicariously incurred liability through Mrs N Mekgwe's actions. All that matters in the circumstances is that a senior manager of the Department made a written undertaking that placed the Complainant in a position where he legitimately expected to be paid shortly and on the strength of the promise incurred further debt instead of cutting his losses.
Mrs N Mekgwe's issuing of the letter of commitment to Standard Bank without properly adjudicating CKB's claim and following the necessary authorisation procedure for regularising unauthorised expenditure constitutes maladministration as envisaged in section 6 of the Public Protector Act and improper conduct as envisaged in section 182 (1) of the Constitution.
The Department probably continued to use and derive value from the continued possession and use of some of the hygiene equipment by its clinics while the complainant suffered a financial detriment principally due to the rental he continued to pay to the principal renting company and business overheads.
The Department's failure to competently and expeditiously assess the Complainant's claim while failing to pay for a period of four (4) years has also prejudiced the Complainant.
The Complainant was treated unfairly and suffered an injustice or prejudice as envisaged in section 6(4)(a)(v) of the Public Protector Act when Mrs N Mekgwe negligently communicated an acknowledgement of debt to Standard Bank without properly assessing the Complainant's claim and regularising the unauthorised expenditure that would have arisen from expenses incurred by the Department for rental beyond 30 September 2010 as such expenses would have been incurred without an agreement or proper approval.
The Department failed to the manage the exit of CKB's services from its clinics and to ensure a seamless transition to properly procured hygiene equipment and related services in its clinics thus prejudicing the Complainant from competing in an open tender process that should have taken place by 30 September 2010;
The Department's untidy handling of the procurement of hygiene equipment and related services in pursuit of the out of court settlement in 2010 has, without doubt, risked systemic service failure regarding the provision of hygiene equipment and related services at the affected clinics. It is worth noting that such equipment and services form a critical part of the National Department of Health's efforts aimed at cleanliness and preventing infections in clinics and hospitals as part of its national priorities that are linked to Millennium Development Goals.
The conduct of the Department regarding the poor handling of the procurement of hygiene equipment and related services for affected clinics constitutes maladministration as envisaged in section 6 of the Public Protector Act and improper conduct as envisaged in section 182(1) of the Constitution.
As part of the remedial action, the Public Protector directed the following:
The Head of Department must:
In consultation with the Complainant, subject CKB's invoices submitted in March 2012 (totalling to R 2 960 112.60) to an audit process and determine a reasonably payable amount for rental chargeable for the period starting on 1 October 2010 until the equipment was removed, taking into consideration the overpayment already made to the Complainant in the amount of R 295 180.20, and pay the Complainant accordingly within sixty (60) days after the issuing of this report.
Take urgent action to ensure that finality is attained regarding the procurement of hygiene equipment and related services for affected clinics, giving serious consideration to purchasing things that should ideally not be rented and where rental is opted for, to rent from a manufacturer rather than a middle company.
Expeditiously finalise disciplinary proceedings currently underway against Ms Mekgwe in terms of section 38(1)(h) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999.
Ensure that all of its management and general staff, including those in health centres, are trained on the correct Supply Chain and Procurement Processes and Procedures in order to avoid the recurrence of a similar matter in the future.
The MEC to:
Request the Auditor General to audit all payments made in respect of hygiene equipment and related services in hospitals and clinics;
Decide whether or not disciplinary action should be taken against all the officials who are responsible for exposing the Department to unauthorised expenditure and other financial risks in violation of the PFMA; and
Look into a possible systemic deficiency within the Department of Health regarding the payment of monies owed to service providers, particularly small business enterprises as non-payment contributes to their demise and loss of jobs.
Kgalalelo Masibi Spokesperson
Email: kgalalelom@pprotect.org
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