The breathtaking story of a young boy with a never-before-seen disease, and the doctors who take a bold step into the future of medicine to save him—based on the authors' Pulitzer Prize–winning reporting.In this landmark medical narrative, in the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher chronicle the story of Nic Volker, the Wisconsin boy at the center of a daring breakthrough in medicine—a complete gene sequencing to discover the cure for an otherwise undiagnosable illness.
Each section focuses on selected topics or particular lineages that present a significant insight or challenge. The contributors consider the fossil record of the paleontological circumstances in which animal multicellularity evolved; cooptation, recurrent patterns, modularity, and plausible pathways for multicellular evolution in plants; theoretical approaches to the amoebozoa and fungi (cellular slime molds having long provided a robust model system for exploring the evolution of multicellularity), plants, and animals; genomic toolkits of metazoan multicellularity; and philosophical aspects of the meaning of individuality in light of multicellular evolution.
There is a widening gap between the current organizational reality and the tools and methods available to managers for addressing its challenges. Game Based Organization Design shows that one of the ways to bridge this gap is to introduce insights and approaches from video game design into the design of organizational systems. This book takes basic ideas such as games, play, and rules as the foundation for a new approach to organizational design and strategy formulation. Based on seven years of research and consulting work, this is the first time these original ideas have been made available in such a comprehensive and accessible manner to both executives and students of management.
Game Based Organization Design combines a sound theoretical basis with many examples of practical application as well as useful pointers for readers who wish to put these ideas into action.
In Darwin's Dice: The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles Darwin, Curtis Johnson examines Darwin's early notebooks, his collected correspondence (now in 19 volumes), and most of his published writing to trace the evolution of his ideas about chance in evolution. This proved to be one of Darwin's most controversial ideas among his reading public, so much so that it drew hostile reactions even from Darwin's scientific friends, not to mention the more general reader. The firestorm of criticism forced Darwin to forge a retreat, not in terms of removing chance from his theory–his commitment to it was unshakable–but in terms of how he chose to present his theory. Briefly, by changing his wording and by introducing metaphors and images (the stone-house metaphor, the evolution of giraffes, and others), Darwin succeeded in making his ideas seem less threatening than before without actually changing his views. Randomness remained a focal point for Darwin throughout his life. Through the lens of randomness, Johnson reveals implications of Darwin's views for religion, free will, and moral theory. Darwin's Dice presents a new way to look at Darwinist thought and the writings of Charles Darwin.
Drawing on a wealth of archival material, including personal correspondence and diaries, Robert Leonard tells the fascinating story of the creation of game theory by Hungarian Jewish mathematician John von Neumann and Austrian economist Oskar Morgenstern. Game theory first emerged amid discussions of the psychology and mathematics of chess in Germany and fin-de-siècle Austro-Hungary. In the 1930s, on the cusp of anti-Semitism and political upheaval, it was developed by von Neumann into an ambitious theory of social organization.
It was shaped still further by its use in combat analysis in World War II and during the Cold War. Interweaving accounts of the period's economics, science, and mathematics, and drawing sensitively on the private lives of von Neumann and Morgenstern, Robert Leonard provides a detailed reconstruction of a complex historical drama.
The authors of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain present a bold new understanding of our genes and how simple changes in lifestyle can boost genetic activity. The leap into "radical well-being" is a promise waiting to be fulfilled. "You are not simply the sum total of the genes you were born with," writes Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi. "You are the user and controller of your genes, the author of your biological story. No prospect in self-care is more exciting." Learning how to shape your gene activity is at the heart of this exciting and eagerly-anticipated book from the bestselling duo behind Super Brain, which became a nationwide hit on public television.
For decades medical science has believed that genes determined our biological destiny. Now the new genetics has changed that assumption forever. You will always have the genes you were born with, but genes are dynamic, responding to everything we think, say, and do. Suddenly they've become our strongest allies for personal transformation. When you make lifestyle choices that optimize how your genes behave, you can reach for a state of health and fulfillment undreamed of even a decade ago. The impact on prevention, immunity, diet, aging, and chronic disorders is unparalleled.
Drawing the Map of Life takes the story of the Human Genome Project from its origins, through the race to its accomplishment, and on to today's vast efforts to exploit the complete, ordered sequence of the 3 billion subunits of DNA, the molecule of heredity. It is the first account to deal in depth and balance with the intellectual roots of the project, the motivations that drove it, and the hype that often masked genuine triumphs. McElheny profiles key people, such as David Botstein, Eric Lander, Francis Collins, Watson, Michael Hunkapiller and Craig Venter.
He also shows that, besides being a major event in the history of science, one that is revolutionizing medicine, the Human Genome Project is a striking example of how new techniques and instruments (such as restriction enzymes and sequencing methods), often arriving first, shape the type of questions scientists then ask.
This book makes available the proceedings of a symposium called "Evolution and the Molecular Revolution" held at the University of California, Los Angeles in October, 1994, and convened by the UCLA Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origins of Life (CSEOL). Presented at an appropriate level for first- or second-year college courses, the material provides an overview of our current understanding of the evolutionary process and shows, through a selection of in-depth examples, some of the most exciting advances that molecular biology brings to the study of evolution.
Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be educated. Unfortunately the remaining traces of what Darwin actually did and experienced in Cambridge have long remained undiscovered. Consequently his day-to-day life there has remained unknown and misunderstood.
This book is based on new research, including newly discovered manuscripts and Darwin publications, and gathers together recollections of those who knew Darwin as a student. This book therefore reveals Darwin's time in Cambridge in unprecedented detail.
The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hundred, and gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise.There are 2.2 metres of DNA inside every one of your cells, encoding roughly 20,000 genes. These are the 'recipes' that tell our cells how to make the building blocks of life, along with myriad control switches ensuring they're turned on and off at the right time and in the right place.
But rather than a static string of genetic code, this is a dynamic, writhing biological library. Figuring out how it all works ? how your genes build your body ? is a major challenge for researchers around the world. And what they're discovering is that far from genes being a fixed, deterministic blueprint, things are much more random and wobbly than anyone expected.Drawing on stories ranging from six toed cats and stickleback hips to Mickey Mouse mice and zombie genes ? told by researchers working at the cutting edge of genetics ? Kat Arney explores the mysteries in our genomes with clarity, flair and wit, creating a companion reader to the book of life itself.
"Switek seamlessly intertwines two types of evolution: one of life on earth and the other of paleontology itself."—Discover Magazine""In delightful prose, [Switek] . . . superbly shows that 'f we can let go of our conceit,' we will see the preciousness of life in all its forms."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Highly instructive . . . a warm, intelligent yeoman's guide to the progress of life."—Kirkus Reviews"Magisterial . . . part historical account, part scientific detective story. Switek's elegant prose and thoughtful scholarship will change the way you see life on our planet.
This book marks the debut of an important new voice."—Neil Shubin"Elegantly and engagingly crafted, Brian Switek's narrative interweaves stories and characters not often encountered in books on paleontology—at once a unique, informative and entertaining read."—Niles Eldredge"If you want to read one book to get up to speed on evolution, read Written in Stone. Brian Switek's clear and compelling book is full of fascinating stories about how scientists have read the fossil record to trace the evolution of life on Earth."—Ann Gibbons"[Switek's] accounts of dinosaurs, birds, whales, and our own primate ancestors are not just fascinating for their rich historical detail, but also for their up-to-date reporting on paleontology's latest discoveries."—Carl Zimmer"After reading this book, you will have a totally new context in which to interpret the evolutionary history of amphibians, mammals, whales, elephants, horses, and especially humans."—Donald R. ProtheroSpectacular fossil finds make today's headlines; new technology unlocks secrets of skeletons unearthed a hundred years ago. Still, evolution is often poorly represented by the media and misunderstood by the public. A potent antidote to pseudoscience, Written in Stone is an engrossing history of evolutionary discovery for anyone who has marveled at the variety and richness of life.
Physicist and Ig Nobel Prize–winner Fisher (How to Dunk a Doughnut) explores how game theory illuminates social behavior in this lively study. Developed in the 1940s, game theory is concerned with the decisions people make when confronted with competitive situations, especially when they have limited information about the other players' choices. Every competitive situation has a point called a Nash Equilibrium, in which parties cannot change their course of action without sabotaging themselves, and Fisher demonstrates that situations can be arranged so that the Nash Equilibrium is the best possible outcome for everyone.
To this end, he examines how social norms and our sense of fair play can produce cooperative solutions rather than competitive ones. Fisher comes up short of solving the problem of human competitiveness, but perhaps that is too tall an order. Game theory works better as a toolkit for understanding behavior than as a rule book for directing it. Fisher does succeed in making the complex nature of game theory accessible and relevant, showing how mathematics applies to the dilemmas we face on a daily basis.
As you read these words, Planet Earth teems with trillions of life-forms, each going about their own business: eating, reproducing, thriving . . . Yet, the life of almost every single organism draws nearer to certain death. On the other hand, "suicide" inside the mitochondria that live within us results in the death of millions of cells each second for our own good! Why is death such a universal companion to life on Earth? Why haven't animals evolved to break free of its shackles?In this wide-ranging exploration of death, Jules Howard attempts to shed evolutionary light on one of our biggest and most unshakable taboos.
He visits a salon that's trying to abolish our queasiness over talking about death. He also looks to the nematode, one of the most basic of life-forms, for clues about why near-starvation actually can prolong life. Encountering some of the world's oldest animals, and meeting the scientists attempting to unravel their mysteries, Howard also comes face-to-face with evolution's outliers–the animals that may one day avoid death altogether.Written in an engaging style, Death on Earth's journey ends with the inevitable question: Can we ever become immortal? And if we could, would we really want to?
In 1995, John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary published their influential book The Major Transitions in Evolution. The "transitions" that Maynard Smith and Szathmary chose to describe all constituted major changes in the kinds of organisms that existed but, most important, these events also transformed the evolutionary process itself. The evolution of new levels of biological organization, such as chromosomes, cells, multicelled organisms, and complex social groups radically changed the kinds of individuals natural selection could act upon.
Many of these events also produced revolutionary changes in the process of inheritance, by expanding the range and fidelity of transmission, establishing new inheritance channels, and developing more open-ended sources of variation. Maynard Smith and Szathmary had planned a major revision of their work, but the death of Maynard Smith in 2004 prevented this. In this volume, prominent scholars (including Szathmary himself) reconsider and extend the earlier book's themes in light of recent developments in evolutionary biology. The contributors discuss different frameworks for understanding macroevolution, prokaryote evolution (the study of which has been aided by developments in molecular biology), and the complex evolution of multicellularity.
This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the principal ideas and applications of game theory, in a style that combines rigor with accessibility. Steven Tadelis begins with a concise description of rational decision making, and goes on to discuss strategic and extensive form games with complete information, Bayesian games, and extensive form games with imperfect information.
This advanced textbook covers the central topics in game theory and provides a strong basis from which readers can go on to more advanced topics. The subject matter is approached in a mathematically rigorous, yet lively and interesting way. New definitions and topics are motivated as thoroughly as possible. Coverage includes the idea of iterated Prisoner's Dilemma (super games) and challenging game-playing computer programs.


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Prof. Nathan Clarke
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Professor Clarke is a Professor in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at the University of Plymouth and Deputy Head for the School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics. He is also an adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University in Australia. His research interests reside in the area of information security, biometrics, forensics and cloud security. Prof Clarke has over 200 outputs consisting of journal papers, conference papers, books, edited books, book chapters and patents. He is the Chair of the IFIP TC11.12 Working Group on the Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance. Prof Clarke is a chartered engineer, a fellow of the British Computing Society (BCS) and a senior member of the IEEE. He is the author of Transparent Authentication: Biometrics, RFID and Behavioural Profilingpublished by Springer. Prof Clarke has been involved in a number of successful EPSRC, Knowledge Transfer Projects and EU Framework 7 and H2020 projects. He has graduated over 24 doctoral students is currently supervising a further 25. Prof Clarke also undertakes flying faculty to NSBM in Sri Lanka teaching CNET335SL Cybercrime and Digital Investigation.

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By: David G. Bayliss – August 31, 2019. RECORDS DISCLOSURE IN ONTARIO[1]
The disclosure to third parties of an individual's police records has become exponentially more problematic with the advent of interconnected digital databases. With today's ease of storage and access to personal records, disclosure of private information in the hands of law enforcement agencies takes very little effort.
As supply begets demand, everyone is asking for background checks—employers, volunteer organizations, social clubs, landlords, educational institutions etc. Companies specializing in facilitating the hunger for candidate background information proliferate. The number of police records being disclosed to third parties in Canada is mindboggling. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), in its seminal 2012 report Presumption of Guilt? The Disclosure of Non-Conviction Records in Police Background Checks[2], noted:
In 2010 alone, Calgary and Edmonton police ran over 140,000 individual background checks
The consequences for individuals affected can be devastating; nightmare stories abound[3]. Employment and volunteer applications are rejected, housing refused, club or organization membership vetoed, even school admission declined. Often, the individual affected may not know that incorrect or unsubstantiated police records are the cause of their serial misfortune. The problem, in part, stems from a misunderstanding of what a "police record" is. Many assume a police record means a criminal record, that is, a record of actual convictions for criminal offences. Hence, it is also assumed that, if there have been no findings of guilt, there is nothing to fear when a potential employer asks for a police background check. Not so, as the CCLA also wrote:
Contrary to popular belief, however, the information that is revealed in these background checks is not limited to criminal convictions. A wide range of "non-conviction" records can be disclosed, including information about criminal charges that were withdrawn, cases where an individual was found not guilty or even complaints where charges were never laid. Even non-criminal interactions, such as experiences with police due to mental health needs, are recorded in police databases and may show up on background checks.[4]
To this list of what can get you onto a police data base could be added—making a call to 911, being present when the police attend on a 911 call, being interviewed as a person of interest or witness to a crime, having a dispute with a cranky neighbour who reports to the police (even if the police don't tell you about it) or making a missing persons report. Any interaction or report in which the police have your name may result in creation of a narrative that is digitally filed. The information in your police records will not necessarily be accurate.
Compounding the problematic nature of non-conviction records, has been the lack of a consistent policy or legally binding framework to deal with the release and dissemination of information in the hands of the police. While individual police services have begun to develop internal guidelines for the handling of non-conviction records, the decision as to whether and what records are released is a haphazard process in which local police forces and the personnel manning their records departments have great discretion. The results of background check requests can vary widely. In Toronto a records request may not be granted, but in Oshawa the same request might be. Or vice versa; depending on who's on duty when the request is made.
The Police Record Checks Reform Act (Ontario)
In November of 2018, after three years on the parliamentary to-do list, The Police Record Checks Reform Act[5] (PRCRA, the Act) became law in the Province of Ontario. While the PRCRA is by no means a complete solution to the problem of non-conviction records disclosure, it does provide some structure and consistency to the records disclosure process within which police services, organizations and individuals must operate in the province of Ontario.
Take-aways from the PRCRA
The Act applies to:
Any Ontario police force having access to the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) databases (and other entities specifically designated or authorized by the Act) (see Section 1 definition of "police record check provider", and Subsection 2(4)).
Any person who desires a police record check to screen for "suitability for employment, volunteer work, a licence, an office, membership in any body or to provide or receive goods or services; or for the purposes of assessing his or her application to an educational institution or program" (Section 2, 5).
Subsection 2(2) exempts specified government officials from compliance with the Act and permits other exemptions to be designated in the Regulations to the Act. Regulation 347/18[6] imports a long list of exemptions to the entire Act or discrete parts of the Act for specified entities or in relation to specified positions being applied for. This regulation must be reviewed by anyone applying for a position to determine if the PRCRA applies to their specific situation.
"Non-conviction information" is narrowly defined as "information concerning the fact that an individual was charged with a criminal offence if the charge (a) was dismissed, withdrawn or stayed, or (b) resulted in a stay of proceeding or an acquittal". (subsection 1 (1)).
The Act prohibits the disclosure of any information in possession of the police that is not either a finding of guilt or related to a criminal offence actually charged (non-conviction information). The countless other records compiled in day-to-day police work, and which concerned the CCLA and other privacy advocates, cannot be disclosed in response to background check requests. (Section 9) (subject to Regulation 347/18 exemptions to the Act-see above)
Three levels of police background checks can be requested under the Act:
Level 1—Criminal Record Check (actual findings of guilt);
Level 2—Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check; or
Level 3—Vulnerable Sector Check.
The information that can be disclosed pursuant to any level of background check is limited to what is specified in the Schedule to the Act:
Mobile Users: Turn phone to landscape mode for complete view of Schedule.
Item Type of Information Criminal record check Criminal record & judicial matters check Vulnerable sector check
1. Every criminal offence of which the individual has been convicted for which a pardon has not been issued or granted. Disclose. However, do not disclose summary convictions if the request is made more than five years after the date of the summary conviction. Disclose. However, do not disclose summary convictions if the request is made more than five years after the date of the summary conviction. Disclose. However, do not disclose summary convictions if the request is made more than five years after the date of the summary conviction.
2. Every finding of guilt under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada) in respect of the individual during the applicable period of access under that Act. Disclose. Disclose. Disclose.
3. Every criminal offence of which the individual has been found guilty and received an absolute discharge. Do not disclose. Disclose. However, do not disclose if the request is made more than one year after the date of the absolute discharge. Disclose. However, do not disclose if the request is made more than one year after the date of the absolute discharge.
4. Every criminal offence of which the individual has been found guilty and received a conditional discharge on conditions set out in a probation order. Do not disclose. Disclose. However, do not disclose if the request is made more than three years after the date of the conditional discharge. Disclose. However, do not disclose if the request is made more than three years after the date of the conditional discharge.
5. Every criminal offence for which there is an outstanding charge or warrant to arrest in respect of the individual. Do not disclose. Disclose. Disclose.
6. Every court order made against the individual. Do not disclose. Disclose. However, do not disclose court orders made under the Mental Health Act or under Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Do not disclose court orders made in relation to a charge that has been withdrawn. Do not disclose restraining orders made against the individual under the Family Law Act, the Children's Law Reform Act or the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017. Disclose. However, do not disclose court orders made under the Mental Health Act or under Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Do not disclose court orders made in relation to a charge that has been withdrawn. Do not disclose restraining orders made against the individual under the Family Law Act, the Children's Law Reform Act or the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.
7. Every criminal offence with which the individual has been charged that resulted in a finding of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. Do not disclose. Do not disclose. Disclose. However, do not disclose if the request is made more than five years after the date of the finding or if the individual received an absolute discharge.
8. Any conviction for which a pardon has been granted. Do not disclose unless disclosure is authorized under the Criminal Records Act (Canada). Do not disclose unless disclosure is authorized under the Criminal Records Act (Canada). Do not disclose unless disclosure is authorized under the Criminal Records Act (Canada).
9. Any non-conviction information authorized for exceptional disclosure in accordance with section 10. Do not disclose. Do not disclose. Disclose. Set out the information in the prescribed form (if applicable).
Frequently Asked Questions About the PRCRA and Police Records Disclosure
How can I find out what records about me are in police databases?
A :The PRCRA (Section 7) permits an individual to request a police records check for their own records. Note that the results of such a check would only return actual findings of guilt or non-conviction information as defined in Section 1 (criminal charges that did not result in convictions). As of the time of this writing, the fee for a personal records check is $75. An individual may also apply for a more comprehensive records check about him or herself under the Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act[7] or the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act[8] (or under equivalent federal legislation).
Does the PRCRA allow me to ask for information about me in police databases to be modified?
A: Yes, but to a limited degree. Section 15 of the Act permits an individual to request that information in police databases be corrected if they believe there is an "error or omission" in the information. Section 10 (and an associated regulation to the Act) outlines a detailed process for challenging information that might be released in response to a vulnerable sector check.
Does the PRCRA permit me to ask for my information in police databases to be removed?
A: The PRCRA does not provide for expunging of information from police databases. However, pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, requests can be made directly to police services for destruction of records such as fingerprints, mugshots and CPIC entries, in cases where a criminal offence has been charged but no finding of guilt is made. Refusals by police services to expunge such records can be challenged in court[9].
What is a "vulnerable person" according to the PRCRA and when is a vulnerable sector check likely to be required?
A:The PRCRA defines a vulnerable person as "a person who, because of his or her age, a disability or other circumstances…is in a position of dependency on others or is otherwise at greater risk than the general population of being harmed by a person in a position of trust of authority towards them". Although the PRCRA does not specify who can request a vulnerable sector check, it has historically been required when an individual is applying to work with young people, the elderly, the disabled or other persons or groups who fall within the definition of vulnerable person.
Is my consent required for the disclosure of my records in a police database?
A: Subsection 8(3) of the Act prohibits a police records check unless the subject of the records has given written consent to the specific type of police records check that has been requested. Section 12 requires that the results of the search be provided to the subject of the search first and not provided to a third party unless the subject consents.
If I have an outstanding criminal charge (one that has not yet been decided by a court), can it be disclosed in a police records check?
A: Field 5 of the Schedule to the PRCRA permits disclosure of an unresolved criminal warrant or prosecution in level 2 and 3 records checks. This appears to be an anomaly that is not sanctioned by the wording of the PRCRA (see discussion below).
Can an absolute or conditional discharge be disclosed in a police records check?
A: Yes, but only within 1 year of an absolute discharge and within 3 years of a conditional discharge and only in response to a level 2 or 3 check (see fields 3 and 4 of the Schedule to the Act).
Can a peace bond be disclosed in a police records check?
A: In most cases a peace bond cannot be disclosed. A peace bond is a court order and is therefore covered by field 6 of the Schedule. It is prohibited from disclosure in a level 1 records check. Since a peace bond is almost always imposed in connection with a charge that has been withdrawn, disclosure will usually be prohibited in level 2 and 3 records checks as well. Although a relatively rare occurrence, a peace bond can be imposed in relation to a charge that has been stayed or even after a finding of not guilty. In such cases, the bond would be disclosable in level 2 and 3 checks.
Can a conviction for which I have received a pardon (or records suspension) be disclosed on a police records check?
A: No. Do not disclose unless disclosure is authorized under the Criminal Records Act (Canada). (See field 8 of the Schedule to the Act).
Can records relating to persons under the age of 18 years be disclosed on a police records check?
A: According to field 2 of the Schedule to the PRCRA, on all 3 levels of police records checks, any "finding of guilt" against a person under the age of 18 may be disclosed "during the applicable period of [records] access under the [federal] Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)"[10]. Accordingly, any record of proceedings against a young person which did not result in a finding of guilt is not disclosable. Moreover, the PRCRA may conflict with the federal statute such that even findings of guilt may not be legally disclosable either. Part 6 (Sections 110 to 129) of the YCJA is a self-contained regime for the collection and disclosure of YCJA records. This regime does not contemplate disclosure of youth records to private persons or entities requesting police records checks. One important exception to this generality is that Part 6 of the YCJA will cease to apply to YCJA records if the young person is sentenced as an adult (this requires an order by a Youth Court Judge) or, in some circumstances, if the young person is later convicted of an offence committed as an adult. In these scenarios, any conflict with the provincial PRCRA evaporates. The YCJA privacy and disclosure provisions are complex; legal advice should be obtained if you have questions about disclosure of youth court records where a finding of guilt was made.
Practical problems with the PRCRA regime
From the perspective of individuals whose records are of interest to a potential employer or other service provider, a practical concern with the PRCRA centres on the issue of consent. While the Act has provisions requiring the subject's consent to the disclosure of the results of police records checks (see FAQs above), this is a pyrrhic victory in practice.
It is self-evident that position applicants will not get very far in the interview process if they refuse to consent to a potential employer's request that they submit to a background check. The PRCRA does not prohibit such consent requests, which continue to be a standard clause of professionally drafted employment or service applications. If you do not provide your consent to the employer, you don't get the job. Other jurisdictions have addressed this inequity by prohibiting the potential employer from requesting police background checks until after a conditional offer of employment is made to the applicant[11],[12]. This approach ensures that candidates are honestly screened based on their qualifications before their past indiscretions can be considered.
The PRCRA is silent as to what level of police records check interested parties may request. Thus far, no regulation to the Act addresses the issue either. The Act leaves the decision to the discretion of the person or organization seeking the background check. Some employers and service providers will be responsible in exercising this discretion; others may not be. There will be a natural inclination to default to the most intrusive level of background check and the Act contains nothing to deter this tendency. Section 10 of the Act, dealing with vulnerable sector checks, provides criteria to be considered before making the 'exceptional disclosure' of non-conviction information, but does not include the type of employment, position or service being applied for as one of the considerations. Further, it is difficult to envisage scenarios in which an employer would prefer the level 1 criminal records check over the level 2 criminal records and judicial matters check.
The disclosure of actual criminal convictions remains unregulated. The PRCRA permits disclosure of criminal convictions as a matter of course, unless a pardon or records suspension has been granted. Other jurisdictions have recognized that automatic disclosure of prior convictions is inappropriate and have passed laws to limit the practice[13].
The PRCRA also permits the disclosure of an outstanding criminal charge, except in a level one Criminal Record Check. This seems anomalous. First, an outstanding charge is disclosable in a level 2 Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check and there are no restrictions on when the level 2 check can be requested. This renders the level 1 Criminal record check prohibition meaningless. Second, an outstanding criminal charge does not fall within the definition of non-conviction information in Section 1. Since non-conviction information is the only information that can be disclosed beyond actual findings of guilt according the PRCRA, the inclusion of outstanding charges in the Schedule is not technically authorized by the Act. More fundamentally, a charged person is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. From this perspective, it seems unprincipled to permit an outstanding charge to be relied on for any purpose.
The PRCRA is an improvement over the Wild West of police records disclosure that preceded it, but it is hardly a cutting-edge document when it comes to balancing privacy rights and community safety concerns.
Canadian Civil Liberties Association—what you need to know about the Police Records Checks Reform Act
https://ccla.org/need-know-new-police-record-checks-reform-act/
Canadian Civil Liberties Association—non-conviction records
http://www.ccla.org/recordchecks/doc/Non-Conviction%20Records.pdf
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/02_05_d_15/
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction and Restoration of Rights in American jurisdictions
http://ccresourcecenter.org/2019/06/26/national-survey-of-law-enforcement-access-to-sealed-non-conviction-records/
[1] This article is written for consumption by persons not trained in the law. It is intended for the layperson interested in general information about the subject. It is not intended to be legal advice for a specific legal problem. If you have a specific legal problem, call a lawyer. Initial consultations, by phone or in person, are often free of charge.
[2] https://ccla.org/cclanewsite/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Presumption-of-Guilt.pdf at, p. 2
[3] See CCLA Non-conviction records-The Human Story https://ccla.org/recordchecks/humancost/
[4] Note 2 above at p. 2
[5] https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/15p30
[6] https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/180347
[7] https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/stat/rso-1990-c-f31/latest/rso-1990-c-f31.html
[8] https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/stat/rso-1990-c-m56/latest/rso-1990-c-m56.html
[9] R. v. Dore https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2002/2002canlii45006/2002canlii45006.html?resultIndex=2
[10] https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/Y-1.5/index.html
[11] California Laws on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records http://ccresourcecenter.org/2019/06/26/national-survey-of-law-enforcement-access-to-sealed-non-conviction-records/
[12] Washington Laws on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/washington-laws-employer-use-arrest-conviction-records.html
[13] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-use-arrests-convictions-employment.html
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Q: Single Sign On(SSO) to Microsoft Bot v4 (WebChat) through Angular webpage I have a webpage(Angular), which authenticates the user, after login in(oAuth2), the user has an option to interact with the bot (Bot Framework v4 C#) as of now I had the bot Independent, hence had used the OAuthCard in the bot to authenticate the user.
Now I want to have a Single Sign-on. I am not sure how the user token will be passed from the webpage to the bot, I have two scenarios now sure which is the correct one:
1. Send the user token with every message, requires validation on every message, too much computation.
2. Send the token with a TTL, and handle the expiry.
But for now, I am not sure how to send the token from the Webpage to the C# App.
I did go through this, and as it says
"A third option, called Single Sign-On (SSO), is in development and is where the client UI takes the client's user token for the client app and exchanges it for a different token that can be used with the same identity provider, but a different app/scopes. For now, it is possible to create a similar user experience using WebChat by using technique #1 above."
And the document seems a bit too sparse to understand how exactly it was done with technique #1

A: I agree, that blog post is quite confusing and I still have no clue what they're intending to eventually do for what they describe as the "SSO scenario". The major difference they describe there from simply handing the bot the token from the SPA is that they will do some sort of token exchange for a different set of scopes that the bot needs vs the SPA. This would certainly be useful, but, as of right now, it's "all talk" and I'm not aware of anything they've built to enable it.
Let me just address your two points real quick first..

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*Send the user token with every message, requires validation on every message, too much computation.

First off, I would venture to say that the majority of the web is built on token exchange at this point. Tokens need to be continually passed around, signatures validated and then checked for expiry. This is just the nature of authentication; I don't think this is a bot specific problem.

*Send the token with a TTL, and handle the expiry.

Are you using JWTs? They have TTL built into them via the standard exp claim, so you shouldn't need to worry about inventing your own TTL. Yes, you do need to check for expiry.

Ok, that said, if you're concerned with the overhead of constantly passing the token to the bot, you can choose to send it once via a custom, "backchannel" event over the DirectLine connection. Your bot can then take this token, validate it once and associate it with the conversation state so that the client need not send it on every request. Keep in mind however, you will still need to continually validate the token has not expired.
This backchannel event and the handling of it would be completely proprietary (e.g. there is nothing in the box to do this for you today). Just like you would have an event from the client to the bot to send the token in, you can also have an event that goes from the bot to the client to tell it it needs a token from the client (e.g. first request, or refreshed one because of expiry).

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This attractive scroll begins with three large figures of the human body — front, rear, and side views — with locations of acupuncture points (red dots) and moxibustion locations (black dots). Each of the acupuncture pressure points are labeled in manuscript with their names. The moxibustion points are also labelled but with notes giving their locations. The three images are delicately painted with flesh colors and black hair. The anterior view depicts the 21 bones of the spine. Many of these are numbered with references to specific organs. Again, pressure points are displayed.
Large-scale colonization of Hokkaido Island ("Ezo") began in the mid-18th century. Hata (1764-1808), a Tokugawa bakufu official who served in Hokkaido from 1798-1800, wrote a self-illustrated text concerning the ethnology of the Ainu, the aboriginal inhabitants of the island. A copy of his manuscript was prepared ca. 1800 with woodblock illustrations and the only known copy was in the Hyde collection (sold Christie's NY, 7 October 1988, lot 48 for $66,000).
AKATSUKI, Kanenari (author) & MATSUKAWA, Hanzan (artist).
Omukaibune ningyo zue [trans.: Illustrations of Dolls for the Tenjin Festival].
First two openings with double-page colored woodcut borders, three double-page woodcuts, & 28 full-page woodcuts. 33 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers (spine perished). Osaka: Naraya Matsubei, 1846.
First edition. The Tenjin Festival, dating back to 951, is one of the three largest festivals in Japan (the others are the Sanno Festival in Tokyo and the Gion Festival in Kyoto). It takes place in late July and is dedicated to Michizane Sugawara, who was deified as a god of learning. It was the custom in the 17th century for residents of each district of the city to make beautiful dolls based on the main... More about Omukaibune ningyo zue [trans.: Illustrations of Dolls for the Tenjin Festival].
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Many fine double-page woodcuts. Six vols. 8vo, orig. thick embossed wrappers (a little worn), orig. block printed title label on each upper cover, new stitching. Kyoto: Preface dated 1799.
First edition of this famous, finely illustrated, fictional tale of the Gempei War (1180-85), the final struggle in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto clans which resulted in the Minamoto's establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, a military dictatorship that dominated Japan from 1192 to 1333.
88,  pp. Small 4to, orig. blue cloth, uncut & unopened. Tokyo: Noda Shobo, 1936.
First separate edition, limited to 170 copies, originally published in 1918 in two newspapers. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story "In the Grove" which was the basis for the classic film Rashomon by Kurosawa. The theme of the present story is concerned with artistic obsession. It was dramatized by Mishima in 1953 and made into a movie — Portrait of Hell — in 1969.
Fine copy in the original slipcase. This limited edition is printed on fine handmade paper with a watermark reproducing the author's signature. The binding and original... More about Jigokuhen [trans.: Hell Screen].
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Mittsu no takara [trans.: Three Treasures].
Finely colored title & 12 colored tipped-in plates by Ryuichi Oana. 1 p.l., 160 pp., one leaf of colophon. Small folio, orig. yellow cloth with pictorial medallions inset into each cover, orig. glassine wrapper & slipcase. Tokyo: Kaizosha, 1928.
First edition, posthumously published, of this beautiful book, a collection of fairy tales, including the famous story "Kumo no ito" ["The Spider's Thread"]. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story "In the Grove" which was the basis for the classic film Rashomon by Kurosawa.
Fine copy of an example of luxurious Japanese bookmaking.	More about Mittsu no takara [trans.: Three Treasures].
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Shuki sanpo [trans.: Selected Jewels of Mathematical Method].
Many woodcut illus. & diagrams in the text. 43; 44; 39; 49; 55 folding leaves. Five vols. 8vo, orig. patterned blue wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Edo: Suharaya Mohei, 1769.
First edition of this important and influential mathematical book. "The Seki school was the most popular of the many schools of mathematics in Japan. Yoriyuki Arima (1714-1783), Lord of Kurume, was one of its leaders and was the first to publish its secret theories of algebra. Arima personifies the anomaly of a member of a hereditary warrior class drawn, in a time of enforced peace, to mathematics of the mostly highly abstract... More about Shuki sanpo [trans.: Selected Jewels of Mathematical Method].
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Copper mining at Ashio in Tochigi Prefecture began about 1600 and production continued until 1973; in the late 19th century, it produced 39 percent of Japan's copper output. At the end of that century, it was decided to build a railway connecting the mine to major rail lines to facilitate transportation of the outbound copper ore and inbound supplies (horses had carried or pulled everything before). The engineering problems were considerable: the line runs along the Watarase River through a deep valley subject to frequent flooding. The railway was finished in 1911-12.
BIWA INSTRUCTION FOR A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
Finely illustrated scroll on paper in brush and color, 270 x 8670 mm., silk brocade endpapers.
Our beautifully illustrated scroll depicts the preparations and actual instruction session for the emperor or prince on the biwa, a plucked lute brought to Japan from China in the late 7th century. Pear-shaped and generally with four or five strings, the biwa immediately became one of the most important musical instruments of gagaku, the traditional court music of Japan. More about Finely illustrated scroll on paper in brush and color, 270 x 8670 mm., silk brocade endpapers.
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These beautifully drawn paintings are in the karako (Chinese children) tradition of painting which was prevalent in Japan, starting in the early Edo period. Karako is a term for a certain kind of pictorial art with the constant theme of children dressed in Chinese clothing, with their hair in Chinese style with partially shaved heads.
[Japan: 17th or 18th century].
In the seventh and eighth centuries, when trade flourished with the rest of Asia, especially Korea and China, Japanese nobility melded foreign dance and music traditions with native Shinto songs. This amalgam was eventually incorporated into official court functions and became so important that it even merited the establishment of a ministry of dance in 701. Trained court nobles and professionals were the only ones permitted to execute these complex choreographies. Bugaku (now known as gagaku) was a type of dance performed at the imperial court during the Edo period.
DOU, Guifang, trans. & proofreader.
Shinkan Kotei meido kyukyo [trans.: The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Moxibustion].
45 woodcut illus. in the text. 29 folding leaves. Three vols. in one. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers (rather rubbed, some light dampstaining), remains of block-printed title label on upper cover, modern stitching. [Kyoto]: Osumi Seibei, [Foreword dated 1311, colophon dated 1675].
The third edition — preceded by an undated early 17th-century undated edition and a 1659 edition — of this collection of dissertations on moxibustion and acupuncture. It concerns moxibustion treatment for adults and children with 36 pictures of adults and nine of children, illustrating the locations of acupuncture points with explanations of efficacies. This edition is notable for presenting an entirely new set... More about Shinkan Kotei meido kyukyo [trans.: The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Moxibustion].
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In the tradition that was so prevalent in Japanese medicine, medical techniques and treatments were kept in manuscript in order to keep them secret (hidensho or confidential teaching texts) and passed on to students through lectures and brief demonstrations. This remarkable scroll, which depicts nearly two hundred pairs of diseased eyes, is such an example. It is very much in the tradition of the famous Majima school of ophthalmology, which was founded in the 14th century. Eye diseases were common in Japan in the pre-Edo and Edo periods, due to malnutrition and infectious diseases.
FLOWERS, PLANTS, & TREES: PICTURE SCROLL.
A most attractive picture scroll, containing a series of finely drawn studies, almost all finished, of various flowers, plants, and tree branches. The only evidence of the name of the accomplished artist, who has exhibited here a fine technique, is illegible.
This scroll is part of an important tradition and genre in Japan, the bankoku jinbutsu zu ("people of the world illustrated"). In spite of the country's policy of isolation (sakoku), the intelligentsia of the country were quietly fascinated by foreigners and the rest of the world. Our scroll contains 21 scenes depicting 45 people, all finely hand-painted in rich colors, of foreigners from around the world. Each scene depicts an adult man and woman. All are clothed in their native dress.
About 60 bound notebooks and about a dozen unbound sheets, many finely illustrated with brush and ink, with colors. [Japan: ca. 1839-ca. 1912].
Twelve plates in fine color. Folio, orig. paper-backed decorated boards (spine faded). San Francisco: [Printed at the Grabhorn Press for] The Book Club of California, 1965.
Many fine full-page color illustrations (some double-page, one triple page), many of which are printed on mica paper. Folio, orig. cloth-backed decorated boards (spine faded). San Francisco: [Printed at the Grabhorn Press for] The Book Club of California, 1959.
Many fine full-page color illustrations (one folding, one double-page). Folio, orig. cloth-backed decorated boards (spine faded). San Francisco: [Printed at the Grabhorn Press for] The Book Club of California, 1962.
Many fine full-page color illustrations (one double-page, one triple page). Folio, orig. cloth-backed decorated boards (spine faded). San Francisco: [Printed at the Grabhorn Press for] The Book Club of California, 1960.
Taizen jinkoki [trans.: Encyclopedia of Mathematical Problems].
Numerous woodcut illus. in the text. 168 folding leaves (several leaves misnumbered). Large thick 8vo, orig. wrappers (slightly soiled), orig. block-printed title labels on upper cover, new stitching. Edo & Osaka: 1834.
Second edition. Both this and the first edition of 1832 are rather rare in libraries; WorldCat locates no copy of either edition. Hasegawa (1782-1838 or 1839), a leading member of the Seki school of mathematics, made a series of notable contributions to geometry. In his Sanpo shinsho of 1830, he "provided an extensive coverage of everything from practical mathematics using the abacus to the circular principles, but also included some of... More about Taizen jinkoki [trans.: Encyclopedia of Mathematical Problems].
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(HASEO, Tale of, PICTURE SCROLL).
No colophon: n.d. [ca. 1750].


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The fragmented gables that make up this children's centre by Danish studio CEBRA feature matching dormer windows that in some places have been extruded, inverted or turned upside down (+ slideshow).
Located in Kerteminde, a rural town on the Danish island of Funen, the Children's Home of the Future was designed by CEBRA to provide a 24-hour care centre for children and teenagers with special needs.
The Aarhus-based architects, whose past projects vary from a low-cost sports hall to a snowflake-shaped ski dome, worked with the gabled profile of the archetypal house to create a building that they think occupants will find "homely".
"Whether you look at children's drawings or a web browser's stylised icon, at all ages we recognise and use the rectangular pitched-roof building with a chimney as a sign for home. It is the visual essence of the functions it contains," they said.
The team combined and abstracted four gabled volumes to create the basic form of the complex. They then added extensions and recesses that offer different takes on the traditional dormer window.
Some are extended upwards or downwards, and one has even been turned upside down.
"The design takes the familiar basic shapes of the typical Danish home as its natural starting point," said the architects.
"The two elements are used in their most simplified form to create a recognisable exterior appearance and integrate the building into the surrounding residential area."
This is reinforced by the use of domestic building materials, including clay tiles that resemble brickwork and vertical lengths of wood reminiscent of conventional weatherboarding.
Internally, the 1,500-square-metre building is organised over two main floors and one basement level. The upper and lower levels house most of the staff rooms and storage areas, freeing up the ground floor to offer facilities for children with behavioural, social and mental health problems.
Areas are divided up by age range, so younger children occupy a space orientated towards the garden and playground, and teenagers use a space that faces out towards the street.
"The layout aims at providing the residents with a sense of belonging to their unit – a homely base where they can retreat alone or in smaller groups," said the architects.
The dormer window areas, described as "bonus spaces", give each age group spaces for more intimate activities that include reading, watching films, painting or completing homework.
"The Children's Home of the Future combines the traditional home's safe environment with new pedagogical ideas and conceptions of what a modern children's home is and which needs it should fulfil," added the team.
The entrance occupies the middle volume and is slightly set back, meaning that a regular influx of visitors and deliveries would cause as little disruption to the neighbourhood as possible.


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What two secrets do you need to know about knapping in order to create stone tools?
Knapping can be an incredibly complex art that can require years of experience to create beautiful and functional tools. But knapping, in its simplest form, is banging two stones together causing one to fracture and create a sharp edge. That edge could be used as a crude tool as it is. Probably 80% of the tasks you would need to tackle could be done with that edge. The next 15% of refinement would probably take weeks or a few months to learn and the last 5% of refinement may take years. So for simplicity, let's focus on what you need to know to create a tool that would do 80% or more of what you need done. If you were to bang enough stones together, you would eventually figure out the two most important things about creating a predictable flake:The Cone and The Platform.
The Cone: The type of stones used in knapping have a conchoidal fracture. (If you aren't sure what types of stones make good tools, read this entry) Conchoidal fracture means that the instant the blow strikes the surface it is transmitted into a cone radiating at about 100 degrees.This cone (also called a Hertzian Cone) determines at what angle you must strike a blow to remove a particular chunk of stone.
If you only had to know one thing about knapping this would be it. The images show a stone core being struck at the correct angle to produce the desired flake and at an incorrect angle in which the cone radiates too deeply into the core.
Striking the blow correctly (as shown at left) aligns the edge of the cone with the flake you want to remove. The chances you will get the desired flake are good.
Striking the blow at the wrong angle(as shown below) causes the cone to penetrate too deeply into the core. The chances you will get the desired flake are very poor.
The platform:The platform is the point of impact on the core stone. What is important is that the platform allows the shockwave to travel along the stone and create a fracture in the direction that you want.You are going to hit the stone somewhere and you just want to make sure that the somewhere is going to be conducive to transferring the energy in a direction that you want. That may mean shaping the platform by chipping or grinding so that you have a suitable point of impact. The image below shows a poor (non-existant) platform. The blow will just glance off the core because the platform doesn't exist.
Is a great primer on the subject and a good place to start for the beginning knapper.
"Flintknapping - the art of making stone tools" by Paul Hellwig.
Is one of the best books out there but it has so much depth that it will probably just frustrate the beginning knapper.
This is a great series that should help you get started.


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To seriously embark on a practice of Yoga Nidra, be sure to gather those skills of stillness and of focus, and of observation. Polish them up the way you would a tarnished, old genie lantern…and dive in to your Nidra practice…all-in…nothing ventured, nothing gained…and when you feel ready to reach, reach far and reach true, because really, there is everything there for you. The power of Yoga Nidra to change your life is far reaching once the decision is made and the mind accepts that decision; because once accepted, the mind will be open to observing anything and everything that fits that new life decision. Gradually and incrementally, these new observations will start gaining familiarity, naturally becoming incorporated into daily life decisions. Before you know it, life is different….OR…maybe, the change will land in one fell swoop (this is less likely…but not to be ruled out).
But this observing style of behaviour begins with, or follows, the ability to be still within. To cultivate not only inner stillness, but dynamic inner stillness (rather than just falling asleep) is the practice of Yoga Nidra. Because it is within that stillness that the statement of intent (the Sankalpa) is set…this is powerful and it's sacred because it comes from the heart. This can't be done when the mind is fragmented in distraction. Wrapped within the Nidra practice itself, the whispering of the Sankalpa is heard in our stillness because it is a desired shift that our heart longs for. So if the intent with which we enter into the Nidra isn't the one our heart longs for, then our heart driven Sankalpa will come forward within the Nidra. This is where the initial practice of Yoga Nidra lies.
The follow through to Nidra practice is to stay alert to our daily waking life…this is as significant as being in the Nidra itself. The Sankalpa is active in our lives through the new decisions we start to make which are in alignment with it, no matter how big or small doesn't matter….size isn't relevant. Here is the witnessing of life at work, life in process, and it is being allowed to happen through alignment with the decisions being made. It is the stated intention now infused into our waking life. It is the aspect of the practice we carry throughout the day, being attentive to the opportunities which arrive that are in line with the direction of our Sankalpa. The mind in focus backed up by the power of the heart is an unstoppable mix.
Our lives can be so filled with distraction that we learn to think in a distracted way. And we approach our Sankalpa in the same way, in a mirror image of being tempted to jump from one Sankalpa to the next as a method of consumption, there is the tendency to want to move fast and multiply. But to nurture an individual Sankalpa we need to focus on one at a time…to realize the sacredness of what we're bringing forward. Stillness develops this cohesion as well as patience, increasing our ability to choose wisely.
We don't know how long a Sankalpa will take to be realized, nor whether we'll give credit to the form in which it arrives if it's not to our exact specifications. But again be open to the possibility of how it shows up as much as you're open to the possibility of imagining it in the first place. To move toward that shift we desire in life requires sincere efforts and a lot of heart! Giving time each day to the state of Yoga Nidra trains oneness of mind, bringing forward the true essence of your desired shift in reality.
Becoming more open to the increasing possibilities Yoga Nidra brings can feel vulnerable when not used to it. A vulnerability which we'll naturally want to protect and can therefore sabotage. We tend to want to control and hold on, to steer the outcome ourselves. In doing this…this pushing forward in anticipation of the new…we often miss its actual arrival. We achieve more to strengthen our Sankalpa by practicing the Yamas and Niyamas in our lives, as the quality of our true heart's desires mirror the quality embedded within the Yamas and Niyamas and the practice of them. They will lead our dream into reality if we're willing to commit to the process.
Our minds, hearts, and Beings, will give us time to adapt to the changes life commands of making such a sincere commitment to change…time to consider and work it through. Some discomfort is often necessary….that's usually the best way to recognize that change is happening. So have faith in your Yoga Nidra practice but give it the time it needs, you're nurturing a fine wine don't forget. All of us are challenged at times, to let old negative thinking patterns wash away. It's discipline to ignore those thoughts when they roll in, and instead to refocus on the new, the way you would ignore the rudeness of anyone…like water off a duck's back…but then, eventually, you won't be hearing them at all anymore. Your focus turns elsewhere.
I repeated myself 108 times before falling silent. In that silence I could actually feel the vibration of my words as a palpable structure around me. This was a breathtaking moment for me. I was sitting in class at the time, on the cold, hard floor in the ashram in Northern India. Earlier we had been learning Yogic Philosophy and Mantra, and I had been leaning in to every grace filled word that Mataji was teaching. But now, we had just recited a mantra through the 108 beads of the mala before moving into meditation. I learned right then and right there, the power of speaking, what we choose to say, and how we say it….it becomes real, because it's sound, it's frequency, and it settles into something.
Toward the end of the video we see the musicians put on a protective layer as the vibrations become increasingly intense…isn't this what we wish we could do when interactions with another become more intense?...we want to, or need to shield ourselves if there is an element of threat perceived in those words…an imaginary cloak but nonetheless, that innate reaching for it within a tangle of words is reflective of their reverberating impact. There is a very real impact of sound vibration because of its creative force. So to be "impeccable" with our word offers us the choice, we don't really have an excuse to blurt out whatever toxic thing slithers off the tongue, not really…we can always choose integrity, even within moments of anger or trial. We can still do the best we can to make that choice. At this point in time are we willing to stop shooting bullets from our mouths…to roll the reel in a bit and make it a personal challenge before we begin addressing the bigger picture?


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At Baptist Health, a multi-phase renovation strategy has spread capital costs over several years and allowed the foodservice department to continue operating as its kitchen has been completely rebuilt, one piece at a time.
John Lawn, Willie Allen | Aug 01, 2003
Name: Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock; Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute
No. of licensed beds: 800 (Hospital); 120 (Rehabilitation Institute)
Authorized foodservice FTEs: 175.7
Cafeteria volume: 4000-4200 transactions daily
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Trays produced per meal: 650-700
Trays produced per minute: 6.5
Renovation Project Team: Master Plan and Foodservice. Design: The Hysen Group; Architect: The Wilcox Group
Before the renovations at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, there was the kitchen at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, CA. Before Turlock, there was the new kitchen and deli at the Community Hospitals of Central California in Fresno. And before Fresno, there was the renovation at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Indeed, if you were to look at the details in Charlotte Mosqueira's resume, it might seem her career as a hospital foodservice director has taken her from one renovation to another. In fact, that's probably not too far from the truth.
That experience in managing hospital foodservice operations while also overseeing major construction projects has paid real dividends at the Little Rock Medical Center, the largest facility in the Arkansas Baptist Health system. That's where Mosqueira has spent the last five years overseeing a complex renovation that has entailed rebuilding virtually every part of the 800-bed hospital's primary kitchen, even as the facility continued normal operations.
Aging infrastructures
Baptist Health is the state's most comprehensive healthcare service provider, with more than 80 facilities that include medical centers, family clinics, therapy and wellness centers. Mosqueira's department manages the foodservice for both the main Medical Center in Little Rock and its Rehabilitation Institute; it also provides bulk food to some satellite operations on and near its Little Rock campus.
The main campus buildings were built 30 years ago in the construction heyday of the healthcare industry. It was a time when hospitals were fully reimbursed for operational costs and there was relatively little concern about FTE counts or their relation to production facility design.
As is the case with many major hospitals, more than a decade of downsizing and department re-engineering austerity have taken their toll on Baptist Health's foodservice facilities. Its aging infrastructure had reached a point where major reconstruction was required in many key areas both to meet code requirements and to enable it to achieve planned productivity increases in the future.
In terms of foodservice facilities, "it has been clear since the early 90's that a major renovation was going to be required," says Glenyce Feeney, a former IFMA Silver Plate winner and Baptist Health's system director, nutrition and foodservices.
"It was also clear that much of the equipment that needed to be replaced would have to be selected in the context of an overall plan, rather than by 'in kind' specifications, which hospital policy had generally required in the past."
With that objective in mind, Feeney is the one who hired Mosqueira five years ago to run foodservice operations at the medical center and to help in designing and overseeing the major reconstruction effort she saw ahead.
Getting in phase
Changing demand patterns and the facility's growth as a major regional service provider had long since begun to overtax servery space that had originally been built to handle only half the number of customers the department now serves daily. In comparison to dining facilities available at newer facilities in the system, the servery at the main Baptist Health campus was typically so over-crowded and over taxed during peak meal periods that it had become a workplace quality issue.
And while the need to update front-ofthe- house facilities was obvious to staff and visitors, the foodservice department knew that the production facilities that were behind the scenes had even more immediate needs.
There, major structural repairs were needed for the floors, walls and ceilings. Cooking equipment, fryers, kettles and refrigeration equipment all needed replacement. Three different brands of dish machines and a tray washer were in place, all of them old, and all demanding excessive maintenance.
Among other challenges, the kitchen's central exhaust system required major asbestos abatement and needed to be completely rebuilt. Assuming that approval could be obtained to move forward with a major renovation, abatement requirements promised to complicate and extend every phase of the kitchen's remodeling.
"While we agreed the serveries badly needed an upgrade, we made the case that we needed to increase our production capacity to adequately support them before we could undertake redesigns that would almost certainly increase production demand," Mosqueira says.
With the beginnings of the project already sketched out, in 1999, Feeney and Mosqueira began working closely with The Hysen Group to develop a master plan that would address the physical renovation needs they had identified and which would meet the capital funding requirements of Baptist Health System's administration.
"In our kind of environment, you can not replace equipment with a justification based on a return-on-investment in most cases," notes Mosqueira. "New capital expenditures at this facility were frozen in 1997. If we hadn't gotten our projects classed as a renovation, rather than a capital equipment allocation, we wouldn't have gotten the project started.
"Instead, we justified it on the basis of intrastructure repair and modernization," adds Feeney.
Still, convincing the administration that their plans deserved funding promised to be a major hurdle. They began laying the groundwork for their case by focusing on the department's need to replace the aging equipment in its dishrooms, where maintenance and repairs had grown increasingly costly.
"That was also when we began to develop the phased approach to a master plan that we have followed since then," says Mosqueira.
"Frankly, it is easier on an annual basis to ask an administration for money if they know in advance it is part of an overall plan, not just a wish list presented in a piecemeal fashion. You have to ensure they know what they will get after the final phase, and to build their confidence that you won't be coming back for additional funding after the last phase is completed."
In practice, Feeney acted as the primary liaison to the Baptist Health System administration while Mosqueira worked with the facilities design and engineering staff and oversaw project execution at the facility.
"Ninety-five percent of my job is to be an advocate for this department," says Mosqueira. "Every time that Glenyce or I had an opportunity to speak to our administration, we would present our case for the modernization we knew we needed."
Looking for a blank square
Renovation plans were also complicated because no new space was going to be made available to foodservice.
While production capabilities needed to be increased, they had to do so within the original footprint of the department. That meant existing production and operations would have to continue even as some parts of the kitchen were closed down (and in the case of the area requiring asbestos abatement, sealed off). To do that, the middle of the production room, where most cooking had been done previously, was sealed off after other cooking locations had been created in perimeter areas of the kitchen.
"In most renovations, you try to free up some space that acts as a "blank square" in the puzzle, letting you repeatedly move some production or other activities into the empty area while the original space is renovated," says Mosqueira. "In our case, there was no blank square—we had to find a way to make one without using any additional space."
While the hospital was willing to consider their proposals for additional renovation work, it made clear that approval to move forward would still come with major strings attached. One was that each phase of the proposed renovation had to be self contained so that, if additional funding were curtailed at some point, the remaining parts of the project could be terminated at any stage. The project also had to show some immediate results in terms of labor productivity.
Their plan was first presented to Baptist Health administration in late 1999, and with approval to move forward with its first phase, construction began in mid-1999.
Phase I: A dishroom demonstrates credibility
Where to begin? Maintenance costs for the hospital's aging warewashing equipment had become a major problem and analysis showed that the three dish machines and tray washer could all be replaced with a single unit. That consolidation would reduce the total space requirement of the area by about 15 percent, freeing up a small amount of much needed space for subsequent renovation activities.
"It promised to be the best example of how the right kind of renovation could save FTEs and improve productivity—to demonstrate the savings you could have if you modernized with a plan rather than just doing 'in-kind' replacements," remembers Mosqueira. "It was a clearly-defined project that would let us demonstrate the credibility of our plans to the administration."
Those plans called for the location of incoming tray conveyors to be changed to provide a more efficient floor layout and for a single large dishwasher to replace the three older machines that had reached the end of their working life. The existing industrial pot washer was the only piece of equipment that was retained. Alongside it, they also added an agitated pot soaking sink and a pulper to help reduce waste, a change the department counts on to reduce long term disposal costs. Finally, when the project was completed, department staffing was reduced by five FTEs.
Phase II: Rebuilding refrigeration capabilities
With that part of their plan complete, in 2001 Feeney and Mosqueira began lobbying for approval to upgrade another key area. The kitchen's freezer and coolers "had been shored up many time, and were really long beyond repair," says Mosqueira. The insulation had become waterlogged and significantly reduced energy and cooling efficiency. Plus, "we simply didn't have enough refrigerated space for the amount of production we manage," she notes. "Like many operations, our menu mix requires far more refrigerated product today that was typical back in the 1970s."
The project once again clearly fit the infrastructure retrofit requirements the administration was looking for and approval was reached to move forward. Four new walk in refrigerators were custom designed with higher ceilings, better lighting and plexiglass doors, giving staff a clear view of their contents ( a fifth is scheduled for installation next year). Also, the w alk in doors are oversized so that a full pallet of product can be moved directly into the cooler. A similar door design built into the back of the new freezer opens directly to the receiving dock, permitting immediate movement of frozen product from a distributor's truck into frozen storage.
"Many operators do not appreciate the productivity improvement that comes with a see-through door design," Mosqueira says. "It is much easier for staff to know what is in each cooler without opening the door. It also encourages more pride in keeping these areas clean and organized, because everyone can see at a glance how the last person accessing a unit has left it."
Another notable design feature suggested by the consultant was the use of dual compressor systems for both refrigeration and freezer systems, providing redundant capacity so that minimum levels of refrigeration can be maintained even if a major component fails. "Parts delivery can sometimes take several days, and this ensured we would not face an immediate crisis if a spare part has to be shipped in from out of state," Mosqueira says.
A final key component added in Phase II was a blast chiller capable of chilling up to four mobile carts at a time. These can be rolled directly into it from a new bank of combi ovens that were added in Phase III.
"The blast chiller has revolutionized our production," says Mosqueira. 'We could not have envisioned how much we would use it once it became available, both for our daily production and for special applications.
"We have a conference center where we frequently cater sit down dinners for our foundation," adds Corporate Executive Chef Johnny Curet. "Now we can preplate, blast chill and refrigerate our meals in advance. When it's time to serve, they can be rolled into the combi ovens, 100 plates to a rack, and be re-thermed in six or seven minutes. Final plating only requires the addition of sauce and garnish. It becomes a simple matter to serve 450 people in 20 minutes."
Phase III: Reconfiguring the trayline
By the time the refrigeration facilities were in place, Feeney and Mosqueira received provisional permission to move on to Phase Three. The expanded refrigeration facilities had allowed them to move to partial advance food production, easing production demands as they began moving and reconfiguring the tray line. At the same time, the foodservice office space was reconfigured and half of the kitchen cooking areas was replaced.
A key need in the tray line area was the addition of space for staging of the hospital's mobile meal delivery carts, which up to then had been staged out in one of the building's hallways, blocking traffic and seriously hampering productivity.
Where did the extra space come from? "Mostly from two areas," says Mosqueira.
"By re-configuring our offices we made more efficient use of what designers call 'circulation space,' (the square footage of walk and hall space). And by replacing multiple reach-in refrigerators with a single walk-in cooler, we freed up floor space we could then dedicate to tray assembly use."
Where the walk-in supports the cold side of the tray line, 13 new mobile temperature & humidity-controlled food holding units support the hot side. These allow much greater quality control during holding periods. Another productivity-enhancing tray line feature added was a built-in water line that can fill all the lines consecutively, employing only single valves for filling and draining.
Baking production, formerly handled in a separate area, was integrated into the general production flow, with an emphasis on moving most to bakeoff-type products. Typical of production changes: dinner rolls, which formerly were proofed on one cart, transferred to different carts in a revolving oven, are now proofed as part of a programmable cycle in the combi ovens, cycled through a resting period, and then baked off in a continuous cycle.
Phase IV: Now we're cooking
Phase IV of the renovation began in early 2003. It called for replacement of the remaining half of the main production area, including cold prep, with special focus on the main cooking facilities.
The fryer bank was replaced with new, optionally-basketless units that can better accommodate the high volume catfish fries that have long been a traditional staple of Friday lunches at the facility. Also added: new grills, char-broilers and a bank of smaller mixer-kettles to be used in advanced food preparation.
Four state-of-the-art programmable combi ovens were installed in February that replace what had been separate steamers and convection ovens. (Another four will be installed in 2004). All are networked via Ethernet so they can be programmed remotely from the executive chef's offices and so the manufacturer can run remote diagnostics if required.
The kitchen's utility distribution system was streamlined and upgraded and its electrical panels, formerly in multiple closets throughout the department, were centralized in a single area.
Similarly, in preparation for tightened HACCP requirements now being implemented, more sophisticated temperature monitoring systems were also installed, with all readouts now monitored and recorded at a single site.
As Phase Four finishes up this fall, the renovation activity will move to the front of the house with a new quickservice café that will take some of the pressure off of the overtaxed main cafeteria and prepare the way for servery renovations that are coming next year.
Finally: moving into the front of the house
In Phases Five and Six, planned for 2004- 2006, there will be a complete redesign of the cafeteria servery and renovation of all dining areas. That work promises to finally give the medical center a servery comparable to those in some of the new facilities that exist elsewhere in Baptist Health system.
"We are looking at how we market our services and whether the model on the cash side needs to be more strategic," notes Feeney, "both to bring in revenue and to enhance the marketability of our facility to future employees and to retain current ones. Our plans call for us to significantly increase our retail revenues once we complete our front of the house serving capacity.
"Our servery is the part of the hospital with the greatest amount of public exposure," she adds. "We like to believe it is the 'human face' of the institution to its patients and their families.
"We want to be seen as a respite for them. We believe the dining areas should communicate a message about how we treat the people and patients who come to us.
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Stephanie Kitchen has been Managing Editor of the publications of the International African Institute, based at SOAS, London, since 2007. The publications include the leading African studies journal Africa; the major reference work, Africa Bibliography, the International African Library monograph series; the African Arguments book series; and the Readings in African Studies textbook series. She was previously with the African Books Collective, which distributes African-published academic, fiction and children's books.


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The ribbon contains all the actions (icons) you may need to perform within Microsoft Project.
Locate the icon to insert a new task into the project.
Locate the checkbox to display the project summary task (or task zero).
Familiarize yourself with the view tab and the view section in the task tab. Note how there is a Gantt Chart icon in the view and task tabs, but the more frequently used icons are in the task tab.
00:04 Let's put what we just learned about the ribbon bar into practice.
00:15 And we should be able to get started.
00:21 the same view, click the task tab.
00:25 Locate the Gantt chart icon.
00:28 Click the pick list for Gantt chart.
00:30 And just make sure Gantt chart is selected here.
00:33 This way we're in the same place.
00:36 Now, the first thing we're going to do is create a task.
00:43 we want to learn more about using the ribbon bar.
00:46 So let's click the task tab, locate the insert section.
00:53 And click the pick list for task.
00:59 insert into our project.
01:01 We're just going to choose task.
01:09 a task for us.
01:12 Now, I see this task, but where's the project.
01:15 Well, the project is up here.
01:16 It says I'm using project one.
01:19 However, I'd like the project to display here, in the Gantt chart area.
01:29 Gantt chart tools and click the format tab.
01:39 feel of this view.
01:41 What we're looking for is the project summary task.
01:50 then locate the project summary task check box and go ahead and click that.
02:00 name is now displayed with what's called task zero.
02:04 You can't do too much to task zero.
02:07 It's really just a heading for you.
02:15 will always display underneath this project summary task.
02:22 you will find there are certain tabs that you will use frequently.
02:26 One of those such tabs is the view tab.
02:29 Let's go ahead and click the view tab right now.
02:35 but what I do want to point out is a few things.
02:38 Note how there's groupings of icons for resource views and task views.
02:48 which is very columnar and tabular right now.
02:51 So, we've got columns of fields and rows of information.
02:59 I can click calendar.
03:01 And you can see now I've got this calendar style view.
03:14 we'll talk more about what that is used for in a future lesson.
03:18 For now, I want to also go back to the Gantt chart view.
03:27 I can select Gantt chart here.
03:33 that if I click the task tab There is also a view option here.
03:44 and Font are things that you use very frequently in Microsoft Project.
03:49 So I can get to the Gantt Chart from the Task tab Of from the view tab.
03:54 So I'm gonna click the task tab and then choose Gannt chart.
03:59 And this brings me back to the Gannt chart.
04:03 That was a brief overview of using tabs and icons inside of Microsoft project.
04:12 we are gonna use it one time here.
04:15 And that's just so that we can save our project.
04:21 and that will bring us to the back stage.
04:24 Next click save as.
04:25 And there's a number of places that we can save our project.
04:32 we won't save it to the Cloud or to SharePoint.
04:36 Choose Desktop and then give the file a name.
04:41 I'm going to use the file name that is a number for this lesson.
04:53 Once you're happy with the file name go ahead and click the save button.
04:59 One thing I will point out is your project now changed.
05:05 you can see it no longer says project 1 on task level 0.
05:08 It's actually showing the file name for the project.
05:17 a few icons, and we saved our project.
05:23 cover a lot more detail of using the back stage.


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She fancied a walk, so we went around the local reservoir with my friends and then I asked if she wanted to go to lunch with them (she did), she was such a sleepy head the whole day, perking up occasionally after a dose of calpol. I still to this day don't know what it was, but she didn't eat barely anything all day, which is so NOT like her and instead opted for sleep and lots of cuddles.


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