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Don't let the name fool you. pseudoboss is the real deal.
The trio, led by singer, guitarist and songwriter Noah Stroup, pulls from classic rock influences but their sound is a fresh, technical, melodic and ultra high-energy combo that is already packing venues and keeping crowds rocking all night.
Stroup, a multi-talented songwriter with a voice that's a dead ringer for Robert Plant (his other project is as lead singer for Led Zeppelin tribute Stairway Denied), originally launched pseudoboss in Corvallis in 2008 with fellow Stairway Denied member Chris Harver and teenage whiz guitarist Conner O'Shea. The band developed a cult following but split in 2010 when the members moved to different corners of the Northwest.
Two die-hard fans, Justin Gibson and Charley McGowan, never forgot the epic sound. Gibson and McGowan joined forces previously in the heavy metal band Honest to Empire. Gibson performed with Stroup at a charity show in Corvallis and McGowan collaborated with Stroup to promote the Corvallis music scene. They both hoped to see pseudoboss re-emerge – and wanted in.
"There is this swagger the band had and the energy and songs were just so good," Gibson said.
"I posted on Facebook, 'Dear lords of rock, please bring back the band pseudoboss. They know not their potential to the world," McGowan remembers.
The lords of rock did one better for McGowan and put him in the band.
When Stroup moved to Portland in 2014, he set out to recreate the magic. He tapped the furiously fingered Gibson (guitar, vocals) and storm of energy McGowan (drums) to kick around old pseudoboss songs, practicing above an old bookstore in Oregon City. The new pseudoboss was born.
The band pulled gems from the original pseudoboss catalog, along with new songs written by Stroup over the course of a ill-fated but musically productive relationship, and collaboratively rearranged them.
The trio is heavily influenced by classic rock bands including Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Queen, which is evident in the surging, melodic sound. Stroup, a mental health therapist by day, also brings his philosophy degree and sense of storytelling into his lyrics. He said he wants his lyrics to tell a story that leaves the meaning up to the listener.
As a guitarist and mechanical engineer, Gibson draws heavily from his metal background and is masterfully technical. "I'm pretty intentional about what I do," he said.
McGowan, also a mechanical engineer, brings a technical background along with a visceral force to the drums. He calls pseudoboss the "perfect blend of talent and drive."
The new iteration of pseudoboss is tighter, more focused and more powerful than ever. The band recorded their first full-length album at The Magic Closet in Sellwood with producer Ian Watts (Minmae, Ape Machine). It was mixed by Tony Lash (Oregon Music Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of Heatmiser.
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The human eye doesn't get the most limelight in the healthcare world. But vision is so essential to life itself, and when the eyes and brain don't work in harmony, problems can arise.
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the North American Society for Bat Research, meeting at its 44th Annual Meeting at Albany, New York, 22–25 October 2014, voices grave concern regarding the future of bat populations currently affected by and susceptible to white-nose syndrome; be it further resolved that NASBR calls upon appropriate organizations to support and coordinate sustained population monitoring, disease surveillance, and research efforts aimed at this devastating disease in order to try and minimize its effects on hibernating bats in North America.
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Here are the real lessons from flawed responses to Haiti's disasters
Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 12:45pm
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This snapshot shows the government response to Hurricane Matthew, amidst the evacuation, in Haiti.
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It was seven years ago today, at 4:53 p.m., that Haiti was violently shaken. In just 35 seconds, the 7.0 earthquake destroyed much of the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince, and claimed more than 200,000 lives.
Just over three months ago, on Oct. 4, Hurricane Matthew dealt another devastating blow to the country. The Category 4 storm's 145-mph winds tore through Haiti's southern peninsula, washing away farmland — one of the island nation's "breadbaskets" — along with vast swaths of homes and trees, and killing hundreds of people.
The two disasters were completely different — one urban, the other, rural; one arriving without warning, the other, visible in the distance — but both amounted to enormous humanitarian crises that called for immediate, aggressive action, locally, and across the globe.
As I drove around the disaster zone in the days after Hurricane Matthew, speaking with aid workers and others on hand, I was struck by what I heard over and over again: "We have learned from the mistakes of the earthquake response."
So, as horrible as the hurricane was, Haiti has been able to apply some of those lessons — and more recently, it has led to a much-improved disaster response. It starts with the government.
Lesson 1: The government must be in charge
In the earthquake, Haiti lost its National Palace and main government buildings, and many civil servants lost their homes and loved ones, if not their own lives. Still, the government's near absence in the midst of the crisis was surprising. It took days for the president to address the nation, and when aid workers and money flooded in, they largely bypassed the government.
The UN set up coordinating meetings, but they were usually in English; the number of responders was overwhelming, but no one entity was leading the charge. There was a lack of quality control, and there were redundancies and gaps in aid, and many Americans wondered where their money had gone — either the tax dollars slated for earthquake response, or, the nearly half a billion dollars that went to the American Red Cross.
In the aftermath of the hurricane, however, aid workers tell me the big, positive difference, is that this time, the government is in charge. That's not just because it's better equipped now, but it's also being more intentional about asserting control. This was clear in the statement issued by the Haitian Embassy in Washington the day after the storm; it expressed that the government was responding to the disaster and that anyone who wanted to help should work with local institutions.
The Haitian police also issued a statement telling aid convoys to contact their headquarters to develop a security plan. Also, government officials led coordination meetings.
The mayor of the hard-hit town of Port Salut, Wilson Denard, says he's been working with multiple government ministries, as well as nongovernmental organizations, on various aspects of humanitarian relief and reconstruction.
Still, most NGO workers I've heard from say they want to see more government control, but the nation's poverty is extremely limiting. The more than $9 billion in aid that went to Haiti in the two years after the earthquake was almost three times the Haitian government's revenue during that period, and only about 6 percent of that aid went to the Haitian government, and even less to other Haitian organizations.
Lesson 2: NGOs must cooperate
The consensus in the aid world is clear: International NGOs need to cooperate more with each other, with local organizations and with the government.
A major problem after the earthquake was how little this was happening: Some NGOs insisted on going it alone, even waging turf wars when partnering up would have better served those in need.
That's something that NGOs seem to have taken to heart. When I asked aid workers for success stories in the hurricane response, they brought up a number of partnerships. Including:
• Dr. Louise Ivers of Partners in Health said the most interesting news in the hurricane response was a cholera vaccination campaign that was made possible by support from the UN and NGOs but "very much led by the Haitian government."
• Heifer International donated food, seeds and seedlings to thousands of farmers who had lost everything. They accomplished this by tapping into their partner farmers associations and rural women's cooperative located in unaffected parts of the country.
• Gaskov Clergé Foundation, a group founded by natives of the hard-hit city of Les Cayes, signed a "memorandum of understanding" with the city's mayor after the storm. Under the plan, the city agreed to provide transportation and security for the foundation. In turn, the foundation would supply emergency aid and help rebuild schools and wells. In the end, the group also raised funds to buy two dump trucks for the city.
• After the earthquake, CARE Country Director Jean-Michel Vigreux says donors, including USAID (United States Agency for International Development), asked CARE and other NGOs to collaborate to set up a cash transfer program. He says donors should do that more — encouraging NGOs to join forces with others.
In 2013, CARE partnered with public and private entities to develop a social safety net program. Vigreux just wishes it had happened earlier: "What is really sad," he says, "is that between 2010 and 2012 there was so much money available that could have been better used, with expanded cooperation between actors."
• Oxfam's Marie Rivette says she now sees more international-domestic partnerships. By contrast, in the aftermath of the earthquake, outside organizations rushed in and tried to do everything themselves.
When the hurricane hit, local groups got more involved. "What we have to do on the level of international NGOs is support them technically and give them money," she says.
Persistent problems
Although great strides have been made here, not everyone has learned to cooperate — yet.
Angel Aloma, executive director of Food for the Poor, tells me NGOs are less likely than governments to change because of their different cultures and reluctance to work together. Aid veterans agree that turf wars continue.
Dr. Jean-Luc Poncelet, country director for the Pan American Health Organization, says that's why the government's role in coordinating these efforts is especially important.
The fact that the world didn't rush in after the hurricane, as it did post-earthquake, has been positive in one way: It's allowed for more local control and easier coordination of the response. The downside, though, is that money is tight in the impoverished country — and urgent needs persist.
In November 2016, the UN appealed to its members for $139 million, to go to relief efforts in Haiti, but by the year's end, it was only 62 percent of the way there.
So, as Haitian authorities apply the lesson of taking charge as best they can, would-be donors might still need to learn how to give them the means to do so.
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Joseph Eugène Schneider (* 29. März 1805 in Biedesdorf im Département Moselle; † 27. November 1875 in Paris) war ein französischer Industrieller.

Leben
Schneider war Sohn von Antoine Schneider (1759–1828), notaire royal und conseiller général de la Moselle, und von Anne-Catherine Durand.
Schneider war nach dem Tod seines Vaters mittellos. Er arbeitete im Bankhaus Seillière. Dort erkannte man seine Fähigkeiten und er wurde Leiter der Eisenwerke in Bazeilles.  1836 kaufte er mit seinem älteren Bruder Adolphe Schneider (1802–1845) die ehemaligen königlichen Gießereien in Le Creusot und gründete das Stahlwerk Schneider et Cie. (später Schneider SA und Schneider Electric). Das wurde die Grundlage für eines der größten Industrieimperien im Frankreich des 19. Jahrhunderts. Sie bauten 1839 die erste Lokomotive und 1840 das erste Dampfschiff in Frankreich. Sie expandierten auch in die Rüstung und international nach Ost- und Mitteleuropa (Böhmen, Rumänien, Polen, Ungarn).

Schneider war auch politisch aktiv und wurde 1845 und 1846 in die Nationalversammlung gewählt. 1851 war er kurze Zeit Minister für Landwirtschaft und Wirtschaft. Ab 1852 war er wieder in der Nationalversammlung, wo er Napoleon III. unterstützte. Zeitweise war er Vizepräsident und Präsident der Nationalversammlung.

1864 war er erster Präsident der Bank Société Générale.

1874 erlitt Eugène Schneider einen Schlaganfall und war danach teilweise gelähmt. Am 27. November 1875 starb er im Alter von 70 Jahren in Paris und wurde auf dem Friedhof von Le Creusot (Département Saône-et-Loire) bestattet.

Auch seine beiden Söhne waren in der Politik. Einer davon war Henri (1840–1898), der die Firma nach dem Tod seines Vaters leitete, gefolgt von seinem Sohn Eugène II Schneider (1868–1942) und dessen Sohn Charles Schneider (1898–1960).

Ehrungen
Schneider ist einer der 72 Namen auf dem Eiffelturm. Er erhielt das Großkreuz der Ehrenlegion.

In Le Creusot wurde ihm zu Ehren ein Denkmal errichtet.

Fußnoten

Unternehmer (Frankreich)
Person (Schneider Electric)
Mitglied der Ehrenlegion (Großkreuz)
Franzose
Geboren 1805
Gestorben 1875
Mann

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Ok. Here's where I get brutally honest and tell you the truth. You know that fast I talked to you about 2 weeks ago? Well, I quit. Yup, I just up and quit. I really didn't want to write about this today. But I just felt I had to be honest with all of you.
Before you make any assumptions let me tell you why. It's not because my cravings where too much too handle. It's not because I had a breakthrough and felt release. It's not because I just didn't feel like trying any more.
I stopped fasting because I realized I was doing it all wrong. Well, maybe there is no specific way to fast properly. I realize it can be giving up shopping to one person, no Facebook for another, liquids only to yet follower. I realize that. But in my heart of hearts I realized that really what I was doing was dieting but labeling it a fast.
Was I purposely misleading myself or any of you? No. But I just realized over the last few weeks that I wasn't thinking about God when I wasn't eating certain foods. I was thinking about what the scale might say. Or how the skinny jeans would feel.
Will I ever fast again? Absolutely.
But before I even begin I will check my heart to know I'm doing it with the full intent of drawing closer to God and not for any personal gain.
I feel like I was hurting God by calling it a fast yet looking for other results. The only result I should have been expecting was a richer relationship with Him. My hurt was heavy. My burden deep. What I intended for good I turned around for vain pleasure.
I'm so thankful for His mercy.
Have you ever done that? Took something meant for God and turned into earthly gain?
It could be money, giving, sharing, serving. They can each be used for good. Or they can be used for our own vain reputation.
I'm kneeling my heart down. Low. Surrendered to the One.
"So what can I say?
Today I pray you see my honesty as a heart cry to honor God in all that I say and do.
Your words are always so touching to me. I'm human and I've fallen to these faults too, some I'm sure I haven't even recognized yet.


What one sentence best describes Humaity Planner?
Image a world that benefits everyone, not just a few. Imagine that world was created via the internet. You have heard of mass collaborative efforts in creating an online encyclopedia – Wikipedia. You have heard of YouTube which allows millions of people to share videos online. Now imagine a million people collaborating online to create a world that works for all. There are very few times in recorded history where information became accessible to the masses. The era of the Guttenberg Press was one time and another time is now with the internet. It is the internet of today that is allowing for the Wikipedias and the YouTubes and people to mass collaborate online. Now, imagine using this enormous emerging power for the benefit of humanity. Humanity Planner will provide a framework and web applications for online users who share a vision of creating a world that works for all. The users will be able to develop a plan to implement this vision, and track the progress towards this vision. Humanity Planner users will be able to provide feedback to one another on what is working and what needs adjusting while they are collaborating. Historically, individuals and organizations have worked separately in an uncoordinated effort towards their vision for their causes. Humanity Planner provides a systemized and coordinated process for solving world wide problems. For example, there could be thousands of problems or challenges that Humanity Planner users want to address and bring solutions to. All of Humanity Planner users will be able to collaborate simultaneously online in addressing their specific causes.
Who benefits the most from Hummanity Planner?


With the final passage of the Fiscal Year 2004 budget resolution, I expect that many in Congress will congratulate themselves for a job well done. I expect a flurry of press releases to emanate from Washington about who is or is not a friend of the taxpayer, and who is or is not a friend of the President.
Those characterizations underscore just how ridiculous this budget debate has become.
The economy is floundering. Economists are warning that it could begin to contract in the months ahead, raising the risk of a disastrous double-dip recession. The airline, manufacturing, and tourism sectors are already in outright recession.
More than 2 million jobs have been lost nationwide since January 2001, and 3.5 million workers are drawing unemployment benefits.
During that same time frame, the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- a symbol of the retirement holdings of millions of Americans -- has declined by a disastrous 23 percent.
Budget deficit projections are soaring, with some private-sector projections for the current fiscal year topping $400 billion.
The trade deficit remains disturbingly high, with the economy losing tens of billions of dollars every month in growth to other nations.
The dreaded twin deficits plaguing the U.S. economy have raised alarms around the globe, with the world's economic leaders pleading with this Administration to reverse its policies and trim its deficits.
Now, the Senate is on the verge of passing this budget to authorize over a trillion dollars in new tax cuts before the American people can even begin to come to grips with just how badly our fiscal position has deteriorated. This budget deliberately obscures from the American public the mounting levels of deficits and debt we are accumulating.
This budget resolution is a sham. The spending and deficit numbers it contains are phony; and I doubt that there is a member in this body who believes the assumptions included in this budget.
We haven't even figured out yet how we are going to pay for the war -- a war that began three weeks ago, and that this Administration has been eyeing since it took office two years ago. The budget is in deficit. Under this so-called balanced plan, the national debt will almost double in just 10 years, reaching $12 trillion by 2013. That's trillion, with a capital "T". We are borrowing hundreds of billion of dollars and exhausting the Social Security surpluses to just finance the current operations of government.
The Congress will soon pass a roughly $80 billion supplemental, but those funds are just a down payment on the war and post-war reconstruction that is likely to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. This budget resolution includes only $75 billion for the war in Iraq, and pretends that not budgeting for this effort will not have long-term consequences for our troops and humanitarian relief efforts.
The economy is faltering. The budget is deteriorating. And all this Administration says is that tax cuts will save us. They have pinned their hopes to ideological rhetoric. Meanwhile, the poor, beleaguered American taxpayer gets stuck with bigger debt and more interest costs.
The Congress has struggled for weeks about whether to endorse the President's tax cut proposals. For a while, there appeared to be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. A number of Senators, despite immense pressures from the White House and their party leadership, voted their conscience. Tax cuts were trimmed so that funds could be set aside to pay for the war, for deficit reduction, and for the other priority needs of the nation.
What's more, the Senate sought to create parity between emergency designations for homeland security and defense spending.
This budget resolution effectively erases those decisions, and replaces them with a lot of nonsense that has already been rejected by this Senate.
We haven't the funds to pay for a war, let alone a massive new tax cut. Our only option is to go deeper and deeper in debt. How deep we are going to go is anybody's guess, but one thing is sure: Our children and grandchildren will still be paying the tab many years hence.
We hear the cry for stimulus through tax cuts. I say bunk! Economic stimulus is a code word for covering your political backside. The economy of this nation has been mismanaged by those who put protecting their political base instead of enacting sound economic policy. If all we had to do was to pass massive tax cuts every time the economy began to stumble, if it was just that simple, we would have done away with recessions in the last century.
President Ronald Reagan had the common sense to recognize the consequences of long-term deficits and the courage to repeal portions of his own 1981 tax cut. President George Herbert Walker Bush likewise recognized the dangers of long-term deficits and signed legislation to increase taxes in 1990. But this Administration refuses to recognize how badly its economic policies are failing. They can only stubbornly argue for more of the same, more tax cuts.
It was unwise, unfair tax cuts which helped to push the budget into deficit in the first place. The much touted stimulus to the economy did not happen. The only thing these tax cuts will stimulate is campaign contributions from fatcats.
The budget process is supposed to provide this Congress with a road map that will guide us toward reasonable spending and tax policy. But under this budget resolution, the war and post-war reconstruction will not be paid for, deficits and debt will continue to pile up, and the American taxpayer won't even know that the nation has veered off the road until the economy is on its back -- spinning its wheels -- deep, deep inside of the deficit ditch.
In The New York Times on Wednesday, Sam Nunn, Warren Rudman, Bob Kerrey, Peter Peterson, Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker -- Republicans and Democrats, moderates and conservatives, former Federal Reserve and Treasury officials -- they all joined together to warn us not to do exactly what we are about to do. They urged us not to rely on unrealistic budget assumptions, not to ignore the deteriorating long-term fiscal outlook, and not to enact these fiscally irresponsible proposals.
This budget makes promises to the American public that we know we cannot keep. It piles years of interest and debt payments on the public, and then tries to obscure them with the promise of economic stimulus.
I oppose that kind of manipulation. I oppose not being forthright with the American people. I oppose this budget resolution.


R.W. Schambach is preaching to a standing-room-only crowd under the big tent. Suddenly the organ swells in a mournful funeral march…and from each side of the tent, pallbearers carry two coffins to the platform! As Brother Schambach exhorts the shocked congregation about the soon return of Christ and the rapture of the church – a trumpet sounds. One of the coffins flies open…and a victorious believer springs out, dancing and praising God. But the other coffin stays closed! One of the most dramatic and powerful illustrated sermons ever filmed, How to Raise the Dead is must-viewing for you and your loved ones.


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RIP IDA – 119 years? Not many people know that.
No need to say it, it goes without saying, it should be obvious to all but,
just in case it isn't obvious to all,
IDA is dead.
IDA, now known as "GOV.UK Verify (RIP)",
is the Cabinet Office Identity Assurance programme.
And it's dead.
"If Verify is the answer, what was the question?"
GDS, the Government Digital Service, were meant to have an identity assurance service "fully operational" by March 2013.
That didn't happen but they have been testing GOV.UK Verify (RIP) since February 2014 ...
... and the system was declared to be live on 24 May 2016.
Between 23 May 2016 and 11 December 2016 237,850 GOV.UK Verify (RIP) accounts were created. That's an average of 1,172 per day.
The Office for National Statistics estimate that there were 50,908,702 people in the UK aged 18 or over in mid-2014.
At the rate of 1,177 1,172 per day, it would take 43,450 days to create 50,908,702 GOV.UK Verify (RIP) accounts. That's more than 119 years.
Updated 10:43
GDS have a number of "identity providers" under contract to provide GOV.UK Verify (RIP) with identity assurance services. Relying parties like HMRC, for example, need to know that the person on the other end of the line applying for a tax rebate really is who they say they are before any money can be legitimately handed out.
These contracts are entered into under the terms of a framework agreement.
There was an early framework agreement covering the test phase of GOV.UK Verify (RIP). Then, on 25 March 2015, GDS announced that they had Framework 2 up and running. There were to be nine "identity providers". PayPal never showed up and Verizon have disappeared so, in the event, there are just seven. Those seven "identity providers" have trouble registering more than about 70% of applicants. Even where an application succeeds, it is unclear how reliable the identity is.
The contract notice for Framework 2 is available on OJEU, the Official Journal of the EU: "The Government's aim is that all the central government services that need identity assurance for individuals will be using GOV.UK Verify [RIP] by March 2016". That didn't happen.
The contracts under Framework 2 last for a maximum of four years. If the registration of adults in the UK is going to take 119 years – please see above – then we must expect it to end under Framework 30.
Framework 1 was valued at a ridiculously low £25 million + VAT.
Framework 2 was valued at £150 million: "Estimated value excluding VAT: 150 000 000 GBP". In a UK population of 50,908,702 adults, that's about £2.95 of assurance per person.
Suppose the next 28 framework agreements are valued at the same £150 million. That takes the total for all 30 frameworks to £4,375 million.
We know from the Framework 2 contract notice that: "This procurement competition is managed on behalf of the Contracting Authority by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS)".
We know from a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) that: "... This reduction in CCS's income will be offset by an increase to an existing levy that suppliers pay when they provide services under CCS frameworks ... The levy is currently around 0.5% and will become around 0.9% of the costs of services provided under CCS frameworks" (para.3.5, p.47). So over the course of the 30 framework agreements, CCS would expect to rake off between £21.875 million commission at ½% and £39.375 million at 0.9%, call it £40 million in round numbers.
That may seem like a relatively small amount of money but, given that the NAO find that CCS add no value whatever, it's a waste: "it is not possible to show that CCS has achieved more than departments would otherwise have achieved by buying common goods and services themselves".
@gdsteam & HMG's digital transformation strategy


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KENT, February 27, 2015 — The Prince George Cougars defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday night, winning 5-4 in overtime. The loss puts Seattle's record at 31-22-4-4 this season. Despite the loss, Seattle earned a point in the standings tonight and is now just seven points behind the Portland Winterhawks for second in the U.S. Division. Prince George improves to 25-33-2-2.
Jansen Harkins scored 33 seconds into the overtime period on a rebound to give the victory to the Cougars. Zach Pochiro's initial shot bounced off of Kozun's pads and went to the other side of the net, where Harkins was waiting.
The T-Birds take on the Portland Winterhawks Saturday at 7:05pm at ShoWare Center.
The T-Birds forced a physical early pace to the game with an aggressive forecheck and several solid hits that carried through the whole period.
Prince George went in front 1-0 on their second shot of the game. Jari Erricson tipped a shot from Josh Connolly past Taran Kozun at 13:01 on a four-on-three Cougars power play. Chase Witala had the second assist on the goal.
The T-Birds stormed right back and score three goals, two on the power play, in 4:23 to take a 3-1 lead.
Shea Theodore tied the game 1-1 at 13:30 of when he tapped the puck into empty net. Mathew Barzal skated from the top of the left circle straight at Prince George goalie Ty Edmonds. Barzal crossed the puck into the crease, forcing Edmonds down, right to Theodore and he put in the net for his 10th goal of the season.
The T-Birds struck on the power play 50 seconds after the first goal when Cory Millette finished off tic-tac-toe passing play. Barzal cross the puck from the right circle to Theodore in the left circle. Theodore centered the puck to Millette on top of the crease and he put the puck through Edmonds' legs.
Roberts Lipsbergs scored a five-on-three power goal at 17:53 of the period to get the T-Birds third goal. Jerret Smith fired a shot from center ice. Millette banged at the rebound and the puck went into the right corner where Lipsbergs got to it. Lipsbergs brought the puck out of the corner and into the right circle. Lipsbergs snapped a wrist shot over Edmonds left should with Millette screening the goal.
Seattle outshot Prince George 20-3 in the first period.
The Cougars tied the game 3-3 with two five-on-three power play goals 39 seconds apart early in the second period. Pochiro scored both of the goals from the left circle on cross slot passes. Harkins and Connolly had the assists Pochiro's first goal and Harkins and Witala had the assists on the second.
The T-Birds fought back and took the lead at 14:44 on a goal Luke Osterman. Nick Holowko got to a puck behind the Prince George net. Holowko passed the puck to Lane Pederson at the bottom of the left circle. Pederson took a shot that got through Edmonds but lay in the crease. Luke Osterman fought through a defenseman and while falling down poked the puck across the goal line.
Prince George tied the game 4-4 on a power-play goal from Jordan Ross at 17:53 of the period. Ross beat Kozun from the left circle on assists from Brad Morrison and Pochiro.
The Cougars outshot the T-Birds 16-4 in the second period and the T-Birds had a 24-19 lead in shots after two periods.
Up-and-down hockey in the third period led to no goals, sending the game to overtime. Keegan Kolesar had a chance as the period expired when Theodore found him at the side of the net but Kolesar's shot went wide of the goal.
Shots were 12-8 Seattle in the scoreless third period.
Seattle will host the Portland Winterhawks Saturday night at 7:05 pm at the ShoWare Center. The T-Birds will hit the road after that, playing on Monday in Victoria against the Royals at 7:05 pm.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2014-15 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.
First period – 1, Prince George, Erricson 15 (Connolly, Harkins), 13:01 (pp). 2, Seattle, Theodore 10 (Barzal), 13:30. 3, Seattle, Millette 18 (Theodore, Barzal), 14:20 (pp). 4, Seattle, Lipsbergs 11 (Millette, Smith), 17:53 (pp). Penalties – Bear, PG (major-fighting), 3:43. Kolesar, Sea (major-fighting), 3:43. Ruopp, PG (tripping), 8:13. McAuley, PG (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:13. Barzal, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:13. Spencer, Sea (roughing), 12:02. Andrlik, PG (roughing), 12:02. Kolesar, Sea (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 12:28. Pochiro, PG (roughing, major-fighting), 12:28. Eansor, Sea (slashing), 12:28. Gropp, Sea (roughing), 14:05. Erricson, PG (cross checking), 14:05. Ruopp, PG (roughing), 14:05. Spencer, Sea (major-fighting), 14:31. Anderson, PG (major-fighting), 14:31. Witala, PG (interference), 15:11. McAuley, PG (slashing), 17:15. Ruopp, PG (cross checking), 17:23.
Second period – 5, Prince George, Pochiro 13 (Harkins, Connolly), 3:10 (pp). 6, Prince George, Pochiro 14 (Harkins, Witala), 3:49 (pp). 7, Seattle, Osterman 2 (Pederson, Holowko), 14:44. 8, Prince George, Ross 1 (Morrison, Pochiro), 17:53 (pp). Penalties – Wardley, Sea (interference, slashing, cross checking) 2:06. Smith, Sea (delay of game), 2:10. Smith, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 9:23. Bethune, PG (10-minute misconduct), 9:23. Bear, Sea (hooking), 10:28. Gropp, Sea (holding), 15:56.
Third period – No scoring. Penalties – Ross, PG (tripping), 6:21.
Overtime – 5, Prince George, Harkins 19 (Pochiro, Ruopp), :33.. Penalties – No penalties.
Shots on goal – Seattle 20-4-12-0 36, Prince George 3-16-8-2 29. Goalies – Seattle, Kozun 29 shots-24 saves (28-16-4-4); Prince George, Edmonds 36-32 (22-22-2-2). Power plays – Seattle 2-6; Prince George 3-8. A – 4,055. Referees – Kevin Bennett, Jason Nissen. Linesmen – Aaron Mills, Tim Digby.


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Beyond Tax Prep: Helping Small Businesses Survive and Succeed
H&R Block has a long history of supporting the unique needs of small business owners, but that help doesn't stop with tax prep.
In December 2019, we announced our community impact program, Make Every Block Better, through which we are investing in programs nationwide to connect neighbors and support small business owners. We're bringing this commitment to life through several programs that strengthen the spirit of entrepreneurship, with a goal of helping at least 500,000 small business owners by 2025.
"Small businesses are the heart of every community, so helping them succeed also helps build more vibrant communities and strengthens the backbone of the American economy," said Jeff Jones, H&R Block President and CEO. "We didn't want to just write a check, we wanted to do something to really help small business owners solve their toughest problems. And right now, those problems – and the need for help – is greater than ever before."
A pioneering partnership with the Urban League
Research and history have shown that Black-owned businesses have faced greater challenges than their peers, especially when it comes to accessing traditional sources of financial capital. Unfortunately, these challenges have been exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic. Because every small business owner deserves equitable access to success – starting with access to money and connections – we're piloting a program with the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, offering free financial management coaching to Black-owned businesses. The goal is to increase their financial confidence and help their owners gain access to capital through improved financial readiness.
If you're a small business owner or nonprofit looking for information on how to bring this program to your community, reach out to H&R Block's Make Every Block Better initiative.
From restaurant to shop owners and consultant firms, program participants like Ron Smith, Angelynn Howell, and Reggie Hines take part in a series of coaching sessions over several months. Specific financial coaching topics from both Block Advisors and the Urban League of Greater Kansas City include financial assessments, credit repair, capital source awareness, quarterly income and payments, underutilized tax deductions, business structure, marketing, and general readiness for capital.
Helping female entrepreneurs overcome unique challenges
To foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and build connections among female entrepreneurs, Block Advisors recently partnered with Selfmade, a 10-week virtual business course offered through Brit+Co, helping female founders create and grow their businesses. Through our partnership, we provided 200 scholarships for women (primarily women of color, and women from underserved and underrepresented communities) to take the course at no cost.
We're following several Block Advisors scholars on their way toward continued business success, and we're helping them with tax prep and other financial services so they not only survive their first year, but also thrive into the future. Because while female-owned businesses are on the rise (currently 31% of all small business or franchise owners are women, up 27% from 2019), gender norms are still affecting the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and creating unique challenges for women. This often includes less access to financial capital, a lack of support and fewer business contacts, otherwise known as "social capital."
Block Advisors scholars like Stephanie Smith, Kathy Austin, and Teia Collier all understand the value of social capital as they build their businesses. Taking the Selfmade course not only armed them with fundamental business skills, but also gave them access to vital social capital and networking through powerful role models, mentors, and peers who will continue to teach, support, and empower them on the road to success.
Read the stories of these and other female entrepreneurs overcoming major challenges as business owners by following our ongoing Female Founders Series on our Block Advisors Resource Center.
Investing in our hometown: the heart of the tech world
To incentivize innovation and prioritize small businesses in our hometown of Kansas City, we committed $2 million to the KCRise Fund II, a venture capital fund that invests in high-growth, early-stage tech businesses.
The Kansas City metropolitan area is at the heart of America's tech scene. In fact, its recent explosive job growth landed it fifth place on CRBE's Tech Talent list. From developing new innovations in healthcare technology to charting the course for more sustainable energy consumption, Kansas City's tech startups are putting it on the map as more than just "the heart of America," but the heart of the tech world.
H&R Block's investment has helped fund 11 startups so far—ranging from a human resources platform for employees to access "care coaches" on-demand (Cariloop), to a government dispatching and workflow platform for local utilities (Daupler). Also, as college costs skyrocket and Gen Z's interest in more affordable alternatives to the traditional four-year college degree has spiked, one investment went to Degree Insurance, a company that guarantees – for the first time ever – how much students at American universities will earn for the first five years after graduation.
H&R Block's $2 million investment is just the beginning of what the company hopes to accomplish for Kansas City's startup scene.
"My dream for this is that we're helping stand for what small business owners are all about. One of the things I worry about is that too many people here think, 'Haven't we done enough already? Kansas City's pretty good, isn't it?' But to be a place that's great — that we all want to be a part of — you can never stop," Jones told Startland News in 2019.
The same holds true for our commitment to helping all small businesses succeed. We continue to help them, through programs and partnerships like these, and more soon-to-be-announced programs providing meaningful, grassroots action. All of these efforts are aligned with our Make Every Block Better community impact platform and for more information, visit makeeveryblockbetter.com.
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Economic Development & Housing
Emeryville Art in Public Places Program
Art in Emeryville
City Installations
Pubic art installed through administration of the ordinance includes permanent installations. Installations include a collection in City Hall, additional pieces in pubic places and public buildings and award winning utility box art program.
Banners Emeryville Center
Emeryville Civic Center
Neighborhood Convergence
Peninsula Tell-Tail & Overlook
Pampers & Sparky
James Emery Skate Spot
Unique Emeryville Banners
In June 2005, the City of Emeryville installed the next phase of its banner program, entitled "Emeryville Life." Like the "Then and Now" banners that were installed in the first phase, the new banner program is intended to focus on what makes Emeryville unique as a city. Using bold colors and dramatic line drawings, the "Emeryville Life" banners highlight the varied daily activities of people who live or work in, or are visitors to, Emeryville.
Banner Themes
Some of the banner themes include a potter working at a wheel and the caption, "Emeryville Creates"; or a volunteer at the Emeryville Community Gardens, entitled "Emeryville Grows"; or a child and mother at the park, entitled "Emeryville Plays." The Emeryville Public Art Advisory Committee oversaw the implementation of the project. One hundred and ten banners are installed on major thoroughfares throughout Emeryville, and an additional 11 smaller banners were installed on the recently completed Doyle Street Greenway. Through a request for proposals process, the city selected Emeryville-based Walcott Ayers Group to design the banners. The banners were then fabricated by another Emeryville firm, Ferrar Color.
Completed in 1991 at the Emeryville Child Development Center, Narcissus Quagliata's work, "Untitled," consists of artwork panels installed in the 4 doors of an exterior wall of the lunchroom, opening onto an inner courtyard. The artwork is made from hand-blown glass, frosted flat glass, tempered safety glass, aluminum framing, and paint.
As a municipal development project, the recently completed construction of the Emeryville Civic Center was subject to the city's Art in Public Places Program, requiring that 1.5% of its development costs be allocated for public art. A selection panel was formed comprised of artist professionals, residents, members of the Public Art Committee, and members of the City Council to review entries and select the final artists. Roger Berry and Sheila Ghidini were chosen from over 50 artists submitting proposals for this project.
Design Concepts & the Solar Rose
Both artists used the circular dome of the old town hall building as a starting point and/or counterpoint for their design concepts. Roger Berry, an artist based in Clarksburg, California, designed and fabricated the "Solar Rose" window in the link area between the 2 buildings. The Solar Rose is made of stainless steel and diachronic glass that casts multicolored reflections and shadows in different directions depending on the time of year.
Three Spaces of Respite
Sheila Ghidini, a San Francisco-based artist, created a contemplative seating area in the tree garden area on the south side of the building, called "Three spaces of Respite". The artwork consists of 3 semi-circular seating areas surrounding labyrinths that are sandblasted into the concrete. Ms. Ghidini encouraged participation in her project design by sending a survey to city hall employees and area residents with 6 labyrinth choices, allowing them to choose the final three labyrinths that were included in the design.
Slowing Down for Art
During the summer of 2005, the artist team "Wowhaus" undertook design development and conducted workshops with the community to develop imagery for the art located at the Doyle Street pocket park. In April 2006, Wowhaus completed the installation of "Look Closely," a series of functional seating sculptures fabricated of pigmented concrete with etched granite insets depicting natural elements that have been placed along several locations on Doyle Street between 59th Street and Ocean Avenue. In the words of the artists, "as pedestrians walk along the Greenway they will be encouraged to slow down, look closely at both the art work and the nature around them."
"Look Closely" includes 3 curved benches on the semi-circular path near the Emeryville Community Organic Garden; a circular, central "seat / table"; 5 "touchstones" - boulder-like seating forms; installations of etched granite insets designed by community youth; and a curved bench installed in the landscaped pocket park just north of Ocean Avenue.
Under the Powell Street Underpass
In 2002, the City of Emeryville selected an artist team comprised of Emeryville-based Vickie Jo Sowell and M. Louise Stanley, and Berkeley-based lighting designer Jeremy Hamm for the commission of artwork under the Powell Street Underpass. The project, conceived by the city's Public Art Committee, had a main goal of improving the underpass environment to make it friendlier to pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The city received numerous proposals, but the artist team of Sowell, Stanley and Hamm were ultimately selected for their proposal to install eight larger-than-life painted steel figures that represent personalities drawn from the Emeryville population. The added element of evening lighting on the figures allows their silhouettes to be cast dramatically against the back abutment walls of the underpass, which were painted light blue to improve the overall appearance of the underpass and quality of the artwork. The figures include a father and daughter, an Emeryville police officer, a self-portrait of team member Louise Stanley, and tourists looking at an Emeryville map.
"Neighborhood Convergence" was one of the more complex projects that the city has undertaken in its Art in Public Places Program, with a total budget exceeding $200,000. The three-year project involved several approval stages from both the city and Caltrans, due to the project's location on Caltrans right-of-way. It was necessary to bring in electrical power for the lighting; the electrical work was completed earlier this year. The sculptures are supported by 4-foot footings on posts that can withstand 80 mph winds.
Edge of the San Francisco Bay
Bay Area artist Anita Margrill completed and installed "Peninsula Tell-Tail and Overlook" in 1992. The work is a 40-foot high weather vane / solar beacon at the edge of the San Francisco Bay, adjacent to a popular jogging path and the Emeryville mud flats.
Capturing a Traditional Notion
Hoping to shape the "mystical juncture" between wind, sun and water, the artist explained that she tried "to capture the traditional notion of idiosyncratic weather vanes that reflect a particular time and place - in this case, the Emeryville mudflats, which carve land from the San Francisco Bay at the eastern end of the Oakland Bay Bridge. From here, Treasure Island, against a backdrop of the San Francisco skyline, fills the eye - until one glances down at all the flotsam of modern society that washes onto the mudflats…."
Public Art at Fire Station #2
Emeryville artist Vickie Jo Sowell was selected by the City of Emeryville to install a new public art work at the Fire Station #2, located at 6303 Hollis Street. This public art project was implemented through the Public Art Committee and a selection panel composed of members of the Public Art Committee, Fire Department personnel, community residents and art professionals. In Fall 2001, Ms. Sowell installed "Pumpers" and "Sparky" at the Fire Station, part of a general facelift for the city property which included repainting the building prior to the art installation, and new landscaping to be installed in Spring 2002.
Ms. Sowell's sculptural approach to the project defines the entire Hollis frontage and consists of a 20-foot turquoise enamel steel panel mounted at sidewalk level. This is "Sparky," named for the eye-catching profile of a dalmation fire dog mounted in silver relief. Sparky looks to the right, at 2 panels that flank the gates of Fire Station #2's yard, adding to its privacy and security at the same time that it improves the appearance of the gate. These panels, "Pumpers," are executed in silver perforated metal stock with red enamel steel depictions of the big pumping trucks used in the firefighting world.
Public Art on Signal Boxes
In 2004, the Emeryville Public Art Committee initiated a project to install public art on many of the city-owned traffic signal boxes (the typically gray-painted utility boxes located at traffic intersections). The city allocated funds from its Public Art Fund and hired Oakland-based artist, Seyed Alavi, after conducting an extensive request for proposals process. Seyed Alavi, a self-described conceptual and interdisciplinary artist, was selected for his proposal to adapt the pedestrian figure well-know in traffic signage into new thought-provoking, engaging, and even playful compositions. The project, titled "Signs of the Times," involves art work installation on 17 signal boxes located throughout Emeryville.
Thought-Provoking Imagery
Seyed worked collaboratively with Emery Secondary School sculpture students to develop the thought-provoking imagery that he then adapted into his art work. The student voice comes through loud and clear in "Signs of the Times." Seyed guided the students though a process of brainstorming, discussion and sketching to develop their ideas into truly profound images. Utility boxes in Emeryville, designed to be invisible, now cause viewers to pause, reflect and see the human condition in a different way.
The students volunteered to be a part of this project and met twice a week with Seyed for about 6 weeks to develop their ideas. The students collaborated and critiqued the images until they were confident that their images were what they needed to be. The students gained an understanding of the meaning of conceptual art. The student artists spoke at a City Council meeting when the City Council considered final approval of the project. They now have firsthand knowledge about the approval process for public art. They have a deeper understanding of the relationship between an improved quality of life brought about by public art in their community and their city government that encourages public art.
Watch the KQED's Spark episode on artist Seyed Alavi.
James Emery Skate Spot Public Art
Manta" and "Sine Waves" by Michael Greenwald Creations opens March 19, 2016. "Manta" is a skateable art feature and "Sine Waves" is an artistic barriers between the skate spot and adjacent parking.
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If you want to experience Europe without the crowds, consider booking your next active holiday in December, January or February. The winter months are much quieter and you can have your chosen destination more to yourself. When you visit in these months, you'll come to appreciate cosy cafes, comforting meals and authentic interactions with locals.
Enjoy a variety of landscapes in temperate climates when you go on a cycling trip in winter. Experience a different side of popular winter cycling hotspots including Portugal, Spain, Italy and Ireland.
In destinations like the Algarve in Portugal and Sardinia in Italy, enjoy the raw natural beauty of the coastline and abundant winter flora. While the water is too cold to swim in at this time of year, you can still relax on the beach after you retire your bike for the evening. At the end of each cycling day in Ireland, warm yourself with a Guinness or whisky by an open fireplace.


My grandmother used to tell me the story of a proud mother who stood beside her at the passing out parade of soldiers who had completed their training in the First World War. "Look," this mother exclaimed, "They're all out of step but our John!"
Often while treading the spiritual path, the path of personal integrity, I feel like John - and my mother, looking on, sees me out of step with the "regiment" of which I am a part. I am delighted! Rather than being a conditioned soldier I feel I have more in common with my stone aged ancestors. Like them I don't strain to obey authority or move in step with the masses, rather I am free, flexible, cunning (in a good way) and inventive.
The recession is now in full swing and people are complaining everywhere. They want someone they can blame and they want someone, somewhere to do something about it. They look to clever politicians or their granny's inheritance to rescue them from the mess they are in. They will consider any option short of becoming self reliant by drawing on their God given talents and guidance. Their nice little controlled world, the world of aspirations, expectations and plans, is falling apart. The battle is descending into chaos. They can't find their commander and they are at a loss to act on inner guidance - or even to know that such resources for personal empowerment exist.
The enlightened live in this world too - they are not sheltered from its effects. However their affinity is closer to the stone-age hunter gatherer than a regimental soldier. The enlightened do not need a "commander" to tell them what to do or how to behave now that the battle has started. Like their stone age cousins, the enlightened listen only to the "commands" that well up from deep within and it is these subtle inner prompting to which they give their complete allegiance, and to which they have surrendered their life. This "inner commander" springs into action and brings them insights and understandings to deal with any situation.
Nor are the enlightened troubled by misfortune. They know that 98% of suffering is self generated in the mind. So even if they are threatened with losing their job and their home they still sleep soundly at night and remember to have fun.
The enlightened have learnt to love uncertainty and not to take life too seriously. Like Buddha they realize that it is their attachments to their plans, partners and possessions that cause mental suffering, like Christ they take no thought for tomorrow because they know that tomorrow will take thought for the things of itself, and like Sai Baba they know that there is some good in every situation. They see the flip side of every adversity.
The regimental masses have little inner discipline, or awareness, because they have their minds focused on the world. It is this persistent and insidious outward focus that causes their confidence to shrink as the world falls apart.
Because of this many people are disturbed by this recession and identify with a distraught Shakespearean character when he says, "Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Many people today, surrounded by "sound and fury," find their life increasingly meaningless. With their focus on the recession babble of the media and their thoughts on anxieties, generated by tortuous future imaginings, the regimental masses are all marching in step. I invite you to surprise your mother, and even win her admiration, by marching to the beat of a different drum. By focusing on your "inner commander" be out of step, like "our John!"
Wallace Huey is Director of Training at Trans4mind. If you would like help in listening to and following your "inner commander" please read his book Unfold Your Wings and Watch Life Take Off.


If you're always looking for new ways to create your ideal home, you should consider the benefits of using home technology. This is one of the best ways to ensure that you're enjoying all of the comforts of modern life. Make sure that you don't just limit your use of technology to your office area. Instead, you should think about how it could work in your kitchen, your bedroom, and your living space. Technology will also come in handy if you're lucky enough to have a home gym. If you're looking for inspiration, you'll need to read on. Below are five areas in your home that could benefit from you using technology.
Telecommuting is becoming quite the norm in recent years meaning many of us work from a home office. It is important that if you work from home your office should be designed with the latest technology and up to date services. As an interior designer and design blogger that works from home, I want to make sure that my home office is as streamed-lined as it can be with the latest technology and services available to me. Also, I want to be as virtual as possible to be able to take my work wherever I go which means investing in connectivity options. I recently purchased the Surface Pro by Microsoft because I could easily grab it and go, having my office in one hand. Installing programs like LogMeIn, allows me to access my network of files, including my Auto CAD while traveling. For the best security in protecting your work, you will need to take it to the cloud with companies like Securedatarecovery.com. So, no matter what disasters happen you will be ready to work at a moments notice. The advancements in technology have allowed me to take my career in many different directions, from interior designer to writing and speaking for the industry and I like it!
Make sure that you invest in all of the latest technology gadgets for your kitchen like Best for Grill Masters. This smart gadget alerts you on your smart phone when your meat that you have been cooking is done. No more fretting over it, you can now enjoy your guests during a party.
Do you stress about your meal preparation? Well, not to worry, from your phone or tablet you can download Sidechef.com and immediately have access to 4000 + recipes. It will guide you through a step by step instruction as if your own personal chef was there to teach you how to do it. I love technology that makes me look and feel like a genius!
If you struggle to get a good night's sleep, you should turn to technology. There are automation systems like Crestron that will allow you to control your whole house lighting and security from the palm of your hand by connecting to your smartphone. No more having to get out of bed to turn on or off your lighting, it can even control shades in the room so you can decide how much natural light you want shining in. You could also invest in a white noise machine that connects to your whole house automation and plays gentle sounds like ocean waves through your bedroom speakers. From time to time I have a masseuse come to my home to give me a massage where she sets up a massage table in my bedroom. I can play my zen music through my speakers for a relaxing environment all because I have designed the right technology into my bedroom design.
What everyone needs in their home gym is a high-def TV connected to either an Apple TV or a Chromecast, or a Roku 2, which has many channels and a headphone-enabled WiFi remote to keep the boredom out of your hour of treadmilling. Of course, there are tons of apps for your iPhone that will be able to measure your fitness and give you your current analytics so you know how you are doing in your fitness level at any given workout.
Do you love to curl up in front of the TV? If so, you should try investing in a system that allows you to stream media from all of your different devices. Say you've found a film on your laptop, but want to watch it on the big screen. At the click of a button, your dreams will become a reality.
Like a lot of people you might be intimidated by technology, but don't be. Figure out what might benefit your life and get with an expert to find out what it would take to add it your home.
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You've used flash CARDS before, but have you ever tried Flash CHORDS?
Introducing my latest offering to the Dulcimer world.... hammered dulcimer and mountain dulcimer chords that you can learn any where and any time at your convenience! These cards are a great learning tool, as well as a valuable teaching tool.
If you've been struggling to make sense of your hammered dulcimer layout and/or chords in general, these flash cards will help you learn quickly and permanently.
In a comprehensive report released on Jan. 9 by the Association for Psychological Science, the authors, led by Kent State University professor John Dunlosky, closely examined different learning tactics and rated each from high to low utility on the basis of the evidence they've amassed.
"Research shows that the mere act of calling information to mind strengthens knowledge and aids in future retrieval. While practice testing is not a common strategy, there is one familiar approach that captures its benefits: USING FLASH CARDS". Using flash cards was rated as "high utility" by the authors of the study.
With "FLASH CHORDS" you will be able to easily learn Major, Minor, 7th chords (and more) using several different configurations on your instrument for each chord. Each card has a hammered dulcimer diagram with marked strings making up a chord. The answer are, of course, on the reverse side.
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Q: I want to assign the number of rows to "variable" I want to assign the total number of rows to a variable named "@row_count".
DECLARE @row_count int
SET @row_count = SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information

I know. I'm doing wrong. But I haven't found anything on how to do it.

I want to do something like that:
CREATE PROC add_person
(
    @id tinyint,
    @name nvarchar(max),
    @surname nvarchar(max),
    @salary int,
    @job nvarchar(max)
)
AS
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO information
    VALUES(@id,@name,@surname,@salary,@job)
END

DECLARE @row_count nvarchar(max)
SET @row_count = SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information

BEGIN TRAN
add_person 34,'asdf','asdf',3000,'asdf'
IF @row_count > 33
    ROLLBACK TRAN
ELSE
    COMMIT TRAN
GO;

My goal: to prevent the addition of new people if the number of people exceeds thirty-four.

A: You can try like below
DECLARE @row_count int;
SELECT @row_count = COUNT(*) FROM information;

A: You need to use SELECT or a sub query:
SELECT @row_count = COUNT(*)
FROM information;
--or
SET @row_count = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information);

A: You don't need a variable in this case. You can solve it without using a variable. You can check the result of the query directly on the IF like the following:
BEGIN TRAN

EXEC add_person 34,'asdf','asdf',3000,'asdf'

IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information) > 33
    ROLLBACK TRAN
ELSE
    COMMIT TRAN
END

In case you need to assign the result of COUNT(*) into a variable have a look at the answers here or have a look at the following question on StackOverflow:

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*Saving a select count(*) value to an integer (SQL Server)

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How Is the Stimulus Funding Being Distributed?
Most of the nearly $100 billion for education activities will be delivered to states and districts through one of five distinct mechanisms: the existing Title I and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) formulae, the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Education Technology State Grants, and the innovation fund under the auspices of the secretary of education. See Figure 1 below for a funding breakdown.
When the stimulus funds were released, Secretary Duncan declared, "If all we do with the money is save jobs, then we've failed." Duncan wants to see states and districts use the nearly $100 billion in emergency education spending to dramatically improve education. These five streams of funding provide opportunities for schools and educators to achieve their reform goals.


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Great results from our first Scithon™!
Jacobo Elosua September 21, 2016
How to build a rocket with composite materials? Together with the leading European research institute Swerea SICOMP and Chalmers University we organised a science hackathon, or scithon, as we call it. The goal of the 4-hour sprint was to map out solutions to this space challenge and, in the process, get a grasp of where Iris.AI 2.0* stands compared to traditional science discovery tools.
On September 20th two teams of cross-disciplinary Masters and Ph.D. students from fields spanning from mechanical engineering and industrial design to computer science, astrophysics and entrepreneurship were handed a research challenge: Is it possible to make a reusable rocket made completely out of composite materials?
This challenge provided by Swerea SICOMP is particularly difficult due to issues like the performance of composites at extreme temperatures, the limited durability against UV and space radiation, chemical resistance issues with rocket fuels, and oxidation in high concentrations of oxygen.
After introducing the challenge and the rules of the game, the teams were pitted against each other. They both had four hours to achieve two goals: (1) map and categorise related scientific articles; and, (2) summarise the key findings by skimming through the categories and papers. Only one of the teams had access to Iris.AI.
The specific criteria they would be evaluated on were the relevance, breadth and completeness of the research papers identified. Teams' work was also assessed based on the quality of the conclusions drawn, including elements like issues surfaced, key trends and current research directions identified.
After the sprint, an expert panel evaluated the results obtained by both teams. Team 2, using Iris.AI as the tool, generated a score of 95%. Team 1, using the current market standard product, scored 45%.
The number of generally relevant papers identified was similar for both teams. The different angles covered by these papers (with categories like validation research vs. evaluation research vs. solution proposals vs. philosophical papers vs. opinion papers vs. experience papers) was broadly similar, too.
The scithon jury attributed a significantly higher score to the Team 2, i.e. the team that had used Iris.AI, on three accounts: (1) finding three papers with a top score in terms of fitting the problem statement; (2) showing higher quality of key findings structured around identified topics; and, (3) drawing superior conclusions and summarising the relevant knowledge.
While the team using an existing market standard tool struggled to formulate the relevant keywords to optimise their searches, i.e. facing issues around dated terminology, members of the jury from our co-organisers Swerea SICOMP were particularly impressed by the papers identified by the team using Iris.AI. More specifically, the team using Iris.AI found papers around silicon-based nanoparticles and a distributed health monitoring system for reusable liquid rocket engines. These two key avenues of research could bring us a lot closer to building reusable rockets made of composite materials!
This means that version 2.0 of Iris.AI, with its full text search, unbiased mathematical architecture, neural topic modelling and visual navigation interface features, is beginning to show significant value added for researchers looking to speed up the effective discovery and deployment of scientific research.
The scithon also allowed us to gather invaluable feedback from researchers around the importance of features like filtering (including search criteria refinements) and interaction (including discarding concepts presented by Iris.AI in results maps), which will be included in our near term product roadmap.
The next scithon will be organised on October 28th in Stockholm in collaboration with Iris.AI and Future Earth. If you are in the area and would like to join us to identify solutions to climate change, contact Maria at maria@iris.ai.
*The new version of Iris.AI will be launched on the 22nd of September. Be the first one to hear about it by signing up to our newsletter at www.iris.ai.
Interested in having a look at the Scithon material? Here's the Dropbox link to view the results delivered by both teams as well as the full version of the problem statement.
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He is the Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a position he has held since August 2011. Prior to that, he served for seven years as the CIO at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Maas has served as the director of the EDUCAUSE Leadership Institute, the leading professional association for information technology in higher education, and he is presently serving as the board chair. He is also a member of the Internet2 External Relations PAG and Co-Chair of the Internet2 Global Summit Planning Committee. In addition, Maas is a member of the Board of Directors of Unizin and is serving a three-year term on the Board of Directors of IMS Global. Maas holds an MS in administrative leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as well as bachelor degrees in Accounting and MIS.