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Updated Apr 26, 2018 - Energy & Environment
Birds-eye view: How deforestation takes over in Brazil
Lazaro Gamio, Eileen Drage O'Reilly
A time-lapse satellite view of deforestation in Brazil from 1984 to 2016. Images via EarthTime.
As seen in the graphic above, based on EarthTime's deforestation data and story, Brazil's Rondônia state changed drastically over a 30-year period. It started as pristine forest in 1984, then came a single road the following year that exploded into a town of 20,000 people with tens of thousands of square kilometers of forest cut for crops and cattle.
Why this matters: Deforestation can create areas of extreme heat, make forests vulnerable to mega-fires, and lead to the loss of habitat for millions of species. Forests lock in carbon — and about 12% of man-made climate emissions today are linked to deforestation.
What's happening now: Brazil, which made great strides to combat illegal deforestation years ago, appears to have started slipping into cutting down more trees due to political and agriculture lobbying pressures, per the Financial Times.
For example, there was a surge in deforestation of 184 square km of Brazil's Amazon forest in December 2017 — 20 times more than the same month in the prior year, according to conservationist news service Mongabay.
Bright spot: Globally, forests are being replanted, particularly in western countries, and stronger protections have been issued by other Amazon countries like Colombia, whose higher court recently ordered the government to protect the forest. New technologies could also help — like drones that can plant 100,000 trees in a day.


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1 February 2005 Standardization of Cage Techniques to Screen Chickpeas for Resistance to Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Greenhouse and Field Conditions
H. C. Sharma, G. Pampapathy, R. Kumar
H. C. Sharma,1,2 G. Pampapathy,2 R. Kumar2
1Corresponding author, h.sharma@cgiar.org
2International Crops Research Institute for the Semiarid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India
J. of Economic Entomology, 98(1):210-216 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-98.1.210
Because of variations in insect populations and staggered flowering of chickpea, Cicer arietinum L., genotypes, it is difficult to compare the genotypic performance across seasons and locations. We standardized a cage technique to screen chickpeas for resistance to Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). Leaf feeding by the larvae was significantly lower on ICC 506 than on ICCC 37 when the seedlings were infested with 20 neonates per five plants at 15 d after seedling emergence or 10 neonates per three plants at the flowering stage. Maximum differences in pod damage were observed when the plants were infested with six third-instar larvae per three plants in the greenhouse, and with eight larvae per plant under field conditions. Larval weights were significantly lower on ICC 506 than on ICCC 37 across growth stages and infestation levels. At the podding stage, percentage of reduction in grain yield was significantly greater on ICCC 37 and Annigeri than on ICCV 2 and ICC 506. The no-choice test can be used to screen segregating breeding material and mapping populations for resistance to H. armigera. It also provides useful information on antibiosis mechanism of resistance to H. armigera.
H. C. Sharma, G. Pampapathy, and R. Kumar "Standardization of Cage Techniques to Screen Chickpeas for Resistance to Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Greenhouse and Field Conditions," Journal of Economic Entomology 98(1), 210-216, (1 February 2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-98.1.210
Received: 6 January 2004; Accepted: 1 November 2004; Published: 1 February 2005
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Abdominal Imaging Radiologists
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Internal Number: RAD052
The University of Chicago's Department of Radiology is expanding and searching for full-time faculty members at any rank. Appointees will have responsibilities in all aspects of abdominal imaging including interpretation of CT, MRI, US, performance of abdomen/pelvis fluoroscopy and image guided biopsies.
As full-time faculty members, the appointees will contribute to patient care, medical education, and scholarship, and join a vibrant and distinguished community of faculty colleagues and learners at UChicago Medicine, the Biological Sciences Division, the Pritzker School of Medicine, the University of Chicago and its affiliates. The appointees also participate in a variety of interdisciplinary conferences, in order to build collaborative relationships across campus. Other duties will include training and supervision of medical students, residents, and fellows. There are numerous opportunities for collaboration available within the University and with community partners. Academic rank and compensation (including a generous package of fringe benefits) are dependent upon qualifications.
The Department of Radiology includes more than 80 full-time faculty members, clinical associates, and postdoctoral researchers. In addition to teaching medical students, residents and fellows, our faculty conduct cutting-edge translational and clinical research. A tradition of excellence in patient care, basic, clinical, and translational sciences, combined with the strengths of one of the world's top academic institutions provides the foundation for a career as an academic radiologist. A more complete overview of the department is available at http://radiology.uchicago.edu/.
Prior to the start of employment, qualified applicants must: 1) have a medical doctorate or equivalent, 2) hold or be eligible for medical licensure in the State of Illinois, 3) be Board certified or eligible in Radiology, and 4) have completed a Fellowship in Abdominal Imaging or have equivalent experience.
To be considered, those interested must apply through The University of Chicago's Academic Recruitment job board, which uses Interfolio to accept applications: http://apply.interfolio.com/119648. Applicants must upload: CV including bibliography and cover letter. Review of applications ends when the position is filled.
All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints; with cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression; and with welcoming and supporting all their members.
We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University's Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.
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Sukantara Luxury Eco Resort and Spa, a small luxury natural Chiang Mai boutique resort lies on the sloping bank of a mountain stream in Maerim district, Chiang Mai province.
With a growing reputation worldwide, travelers from all corners of the world are drawn to the blissful retreat of Sukantara Cascade Resort & Spa to be embraced by the surrounding lush hills and inspired by nature.
Resort guests come from various walks of life, ranging from senior executives at multinational companies, to business entrepreneurs, sultans, and even Hollywood royalty, including Angelina Jolie. In addition, Sukantara Cascade Resort & Spa has won recognition from prestigious media worldwide, including a spot in the "Five Best Hotels by Waterfalls" featured in The Independent newspaper, United Kingdom since 2007.
This small boutique resort is designed to leave a minimal footprint on the landscape and conserve as many trees as possible. As a result, the guest rooms and suites are nestled in and around existing trees and surrounding foliage. All 16 rooms and suites of the resort are designed incorporate the essences of unique Lanna art and culture. By the same time, cultural retreat can hardly be considered authentic without Lanna charming service from resort's local Chiang Mai and Karen staff.
The resort are positioned along the path of the waterfall right next to their Lanna Cottages, Panorama Villas and Suites, and Waterfall Tented Villas. A trickling waterfall cascades through the resort offers an unforgettable experience that begs to be undertaken at least once in a lifetime. Tales of Sukantara's boundless tranquility have fueled word of mouth recommendations amongst well-heeled travelers who seek a unique natural hideaway in an absolute state of purity.
All 16 rooms and suites at Sukantara Casade Resort & Spa are positioned along the path of the waterfall. The design concept of Sukantara Cascade Resort & Spa was based on working with the existing terrain, leaving a minimal footprint on the landscape and conserving as many trees as possible. As a result, the guest rooms and suites are nestled in and around existing trees and surrounding foliage.
Situated on the opposite bank of the cascade and accessible via a suspension footbridge, the Waterfall Tented Villas are perfect for guests seeking safari adventure-styled accommodation. The unique hilltop tented villas are extra special because they are positioned close to hundred-year-old gnarled vines wrapped around large trees that cast wide shades over the verdant undergrowth. The shade of the cassia trees on the terrace invites guests to take a front row seat and enjoy an up close view of the waterfall.
Inside, the tented villas are fully furnished with every modern comfort, including air-conditioning and custom-made bamboo furniture. The en-suite bathrooms feature a bathtub and spacious surroundings decorated with gilded art pieces commissioned by a well known Lanna artist. The large space is big enough to double as a living area, providing a cosseted space for a well deserved soak and to disappear into a good book.
Although all the accommodation offers close proximity to the flowing waters, the units situated closest are the Deluxe Lanna Cottages, some with the cascade streaming past right outside the doors. These standalone villas are constructed from hard wood and designed in a Lanna-Balinese style with high vaulted ceilings allowing the interiors to be well ventilated.
One of the highlights in the Deluxe Lanna Cottage rooms is the open-air bathrooms, which invite guests to enjoy a relaxing shower under the moonlight in traditional Lanna style.
Some cottages are just right next to the main Sukantara's waterfalls called "Waterfall Lanna Cottage".
The Deluxe Jacuzzi Panorama units are located on the two-story buildings tucked into a hillside in the mountain wing. Styled in a Lanna-Colonial design, the suites offer wide panoramas of the lush mountainsides streaming in through oversized glass windows. All of them, however, feature a private Jacuzzi in the en-suite bathrooms.
Our Twin-Lanna Cottage is actually a combination of the Deluxe Lanna Cottage + Jacuzzi Lanna Cottage where you get more privacy and larger veranda. It is designed with Balinese and Lanna style blending with nature environment. The cottages feature natural wood beams, Lanna style-high ceiling, and local-silk furnishings to create a warm, Northern ambience.
The most luxurious room in the same wing as the Deluxe Jacuzzi Panorama units is the Panorama Suite, which is situated on the upper floor of the buildings. This large suite feature tall windows that wrap around the front and side, looking out over treetops and down across the lush valley as far as the eye can see.
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The Suite Waterfall Pool Villa comprises three separate pavilions, a design cue borrowed from generations past. Unlike those commonly found nowadays, the pavilion roofs are covered with handmade clay tiles. The largest pavilion houses the master bedroom, complete with an indoor Jacuzzi. The smaller pavilion at the back can be used as a private relaxation area to lounge in peace, or as accommodation for additional guests. The third pavilion is a versatile space designed for additional living and leisure activities, built in hardwood and decorated with intricate gold lacquer furnishings.
The resort restaurant, swimming pool, spa, and common areas are positioned to take advantage of the spellbinding vistas of the waterfall and surrounding forest. Guests who cannot resist the clear water are more than welcome to indulge in a refreshing dip. They can also try their hand at fishing using traditional Karen hilltribe woven rattan baskets. This is a popular pastime, especially amongst our younger visitors, and an activity which is bound to bring laughter and enjoyment for the whole family. A gaggle of affable peacocks, geese and Bantam chicks roam the resort grounds and waterfall freely, adding to the unrivaled appeal of Sukantara, to the delight of shutterbug visitors.
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Another favorite pastime of guests at Sukantara Cascade Resort is indulging in the resort's Chiida Spa. In recognition of the high standards provided to guests, Chiida Spa was awarded a prestigious gold award from the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Delighting even the most well-heeled and experienced spa-goers, Sukantara's Chiida Spa remains committed to provide a holistic wellness experience that is yet to be duplicated elsewhere.
Active guests will be spoilt for choice when staying at Sukantara Cascade Resort & Spa. One of the most popular activities is exploring the surrounding wonders of nature and a well marked trail meanders through the forest leading to a national park, while the main "Taad Mok Waterfall" is just one kilometer away by car. The hiking path starts at the suspension bridge, and once you reach the opposite bank, the walkway joins with a trail that the local Karen hill tribe villagers regularly trek to forage in the forest, where they dig for bamboo shoots, look for mushrooms, find orchids, and collect honey. The walk takes about one and a half hours roundtrip, which as experienced forest trekkers will tell you, is not a strenuous hike.
For guests who would rather take a more leisurely walk with multiple pitstops to enjoy the view, just 15 minutes by foot is a cliff viewpoint where the sun sets against a backdrop of lush green rice paddies. Lining the trail is a plethora of natural wonders which vie for attention and admiration, including colorful wild flowers, orchids, and other rare plants. The ongoing forest conservation efforts also mean exotic wild birds are still in abundance. Along the forest path, a patch of bamboo forest flanking both sides of the trail forms a picturesque photo opportunity. The tips of the bamboo clusters gently lean inwards to form a symmetrical arch as if to welcome an auspicious ceremony. Walking under the captivating bamboo arches, just as guests may start to feel the first tinges of weariness, a refreshing mist announces arrival at the main "Taad Mok Waterfall". Any inklings of tiredness will instantaneously float way with the mist. Like a proud conqueror standing at the highest point of a cliff, guests can lean out and admire the cascade tumbling 20 meters down onto the rocks below and snaking off in a clear stream.
Sukantara Resort is located in Mae Rim district in Chiang Mai, a popular tourist destination offering varied attractions and adventures. Guests have myriad activities they can partake in depending on their preferences. Family excursions include a trip to Mae Sa Elephant Camp to ride the large gentle giants who also show off their artistic skills in painting, children can also enjoy monkey and crocodile shows, or visit Tiger Kingdom to get up close with the regal beasts. Other leisure activities include a stroll around Queen Sirikit Garden, a sprawling botanic park, or visitors can learn about the region's indigenous flora and fauna at the orchid and butterfly farms. Golfers can head to the nearby Summit Green Valley Country Club which is one of top three golf clubs in Chiang Mai. For active guests looking for a bit more adventure, ATV driving, horse riding, shooting, paintball, and go-karting are all available year-round. Another attraction situated just two kilometers from Sukantara Cascade Resort & Spa and recently opened is the Eagle Track Zipline, an eco-friendly activity which offers the chance to glide in a harness high above the treetops. 20 minutes further into the hills by car, before you reach the Hmong Nong Hoi Royal Project, the viewpoint known as Mon Jam provides a sweeping vantage point 1,300 feet above sea level.


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Indicators Integrating All Environment Information
Thu, 08 Nov 2012 | Population Dynamics
Some indices try to integrate the whole or most of the environmental information in a single value. Nevertheless, these indicators are rarely used in a generalized way because they have usually been developed to be applied in a particular system or area, which turns them dependent on the type of habitat and seasonality. Moreover, their application usually requires a large amount of data of different nature. The most commonly used indices are listed in the following:
Pollution coefficient. This index, proposed in 1982 by J. Satsmadjis, takes into account the relationship between the infauna and sediment structure. The calculation involves the following assumptions: (1) the number of species increases linearly with the number of individual animals; (2) sediment structure can be represented by a single value (the sand equivalent, s') based on the relative percentages of sand and silt; and (3) faunal abundance is related to s and depth. These following integrated equations are used:
S' = s + t/(5 + 0.2s) i0(-0.0187s'2 + 2.63s' -4)(2.20-0.0166h) g' = i / (0.0124i + 1.63)
where P is the coefficient ofpollution; S9 the sand equivalent; S the percent sand; t the percent silt; i0 the theoretical number of individuals; i the number of individuals; h the station depth; g9 the theoretical number of species; and g the number of species.
Coefficients of 1.5-2.0, 2.0-3.0, 3.0-4.0, and 4.0-8.0 are assumed to indicate slight, moderate, heavy, and very heavy pollution, respectively.
Benthic index of environmental condition. In this index, proposed by Engle in 1994, the expected diversity is calculated throughout Shannon-Wiener index adjusted for salinity:
Benthic index of environmental condition
= (2.3841 x proportion of expected diversity)
+ (-1.6728 x proportion of total abundance of tubifids) + (0.6683 x proportion of total abundance of bivalves)
Expected diversity = 0.75411 + (0.00078 x salinity) + (0.00157 x salinity2) + (-0.00030 x salinity3)
This index was developed for estuarine macrobenthos in the Gulf of Mexico in order to discriminate between areas with degraded environmental conditions and areas with nondegraded or reference conditions. The final step in its development involved the estimation of discriminating scores for all sample sites and normalizing calculated scores to a scale of 0-10, setting the break point between degraded and nondegraded reference sites at 4.1. Therefore, values lower than 4.1 indicate degraded conditions, values higher than 6.1 indicate nondegraded situations, and values between 6.1 and 4.1 reveal moderate disturbance.
Trophic index (TRIX). This index, introduced by R. A. Wollenweider in 1998, is based on chlorophyll a, oxygen saturation, mineral nitrogen, and total phosphorus. The parameters, to be included in this trophic index, were selected as directly related to eutrophication phenomena and the index aims at characterizing the trophic state of coastal waters. It is expressed by the following equation:
n in which k = 10 (scaling the result between 0 and 10), n = 4 (number of variables integrated), Mi is the measured value of variable i, Ui the upper limit of variable i, and Li the lower limit of value i.
The resulting TRIX values are dependent on the upper and the lower limits chosen and indicate how close the current state of a system is to the natural state. However, the comparison of TRIX values obtained for different areas becomes more difficult. In general, when a wide, more general range is used for the limits, TRIX values for different areas are more easily compared to each other.
Ecological functional index (EQI). This index, used by E. A. Fano in 2003, is based on the characteristics of the primary producers and benthic faunal communities and has been designed to assess the ecological quality of the coastal lagoons. The parameters (macrofaunal abundance; number of taxa; taxonomic diversity; functional diversity; macrofaunal biomass; phytoplankton biomass; and macro-phytal biomass) are taken into account. Each one of these attributes, which are expressed by heterogeneous units, is then transformed onto a dimensionless quality scale ranging from 0 to 100, simply by assigning 100 to the highest value, and by normalizing all the other values to 100. Once all attributes are expressed by means of this scale, they are combined to obtain the integrated index, whose maximum theoretical value varies from 700 to 800, depending on whether macroalgae are present in a particular habitat. These values would correspond to the optimum condition of the index, irrespective of the units and magnitudes used to measure the different individual attributes. Obviously, the closer the actual values are to, let us say, 800, the better the condition of the environment.
EQI also allows comparisons to be made between sites from different lagoons (nEQJ). Data sets from the different lagoons are merged into a worksheet so that the value of each attribute can be rescaled, using the same quality scale of 0-100 on the complete data set. Finally, scores are summed and divided by the number of attributes measured in each different lagoon. In this way, the use of EQI can derive a series of continuous values, from 0 to 800 (nEQI: from 0 to 100). The result obtained is a functional classification of the sites within a lagoon or between different lagoons.
Up to now, this index has only been applied in a few Mediterranean coastal lagoons.
B-IBI.The following metrics are used to estimate the B-IBI values, used by S. B. Weisberg in 1997: Shannon-Wiener index; total species abundance; total species biomass; percent abundance of pollution-indicative taxa; percent abundance of pollution-sensitive taxa; percent biomass of pollution-indicative taxa; percent biomass of pollutionsensitive taxa; percent abundance of carnivores and omnivores; and percent abundance of deep-deposit feeders.
The scoring of metrics to estimate B-IBI is carried out by comparing the value of a metric from a given sample of unknown sediment quality to thresholds established from reference data distributions (see Table 5). This index was developed to establish ecologic status of Chesapeake Bay, and therefore it is habitat type and season specific, advisable to use in spring only.
This index was modified by Van Dolah in 1999 and it was calculated using the average score of the following metrics: mean abundance; mean number of taxa; percentage of abundance of the top two numerical dominants; and percentage abundance of pollution sensitive taxa.
Biotic integrity for fishes. A fish-based index of biotic integrity (IBI) was developed by M. McGinty and C. Linder in 1997 for tidal fish communities of several small tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Nine metrics (number of species; number of species comprising 90% of the catch; number of species in the bottom trawl; proportion of carnivores; proportion of planktivores; proportion of benthivores; number of estuarine fish; number of anadromous fish; and total fish with Atlantic menhaden removed) are used to calculate the index taking into account species richness, trophic structure, and abundance.
The quantification of the different metrics utilized to estimate the index is carried out by comparing the value of a metric from the sample of unknown water quality to thresholds established from reference data distributions.
Table 5 Thresholds used to score each metric of the B-IBI
Scoring criteria
Tidal freshwater Shannon-Wiener Abundance (m-2) Biomass (gm-2)
Abundance pollution indicative taxa (%)
Oligohaline Shannon-Wiener Abundance (m-2) Biomass (gm-2)
Abundance pollution indicative taxa (%) Abundance sensitive taxa (%)
Low mesohaline Shannon-Wiener Abundance (m-2) Biomass (gm-2)
Biomass pollution sensitive taxa (%)
Biomass >5 cm below sediment-water interface (%)
High mesohaline sand Shannon-Wiener Abundance (m-2) Biomass (gm-2)
Abundance pollution indicative taxa (%) Abundance sensitive taxa (%) Abundance carnivores and omnivores (%)
High mesohaline mud Shannon-Wiener Abundance (m-2)
Biomass (gm-2)
Biomass pollution indicative taxa (%) Biomass pollution-sensitive taxa (%) Abundance carnivores and omnivores (%) Biomass >5 cm below sediment-water interface (%)
Polyhaline sand Shannon-Wiener Abundance (m-2) Biomass (gm-2)
Abundance pollution indicative taxa (%) Biomass pollution-sensitive taxa (%) Abundance deep-deposit feeders (%)
Polyhaline mud Shannon-Wiener Abundance (m-2) Biomass (gm-2)
Biomass pollution indicative taxa (%) Biomass pollution-sensitive taxa (%) Abundance carnivores and omnivores (%) Taxa >5cm below sediment-water interface (%)
>1000-4000
500-1000 or >4000-10000 0.25-0.5 or >3-50 25-75
500-1500 or >3000-8000 0.5-3 or >25-60 25-75 10-40
500-1500 or >2500-6000 1-5 or >10-30 10-20 40-80 10-80
1000-1500 or >3000-5000
<500 or >8000 <0.5 or >60 >75 <10
<1000 or >5000
This index is extensively treated in Biological (health) between the potential and actual fish assemblages
Integrity. and is calculated using the formula:
Fish health index (FH/). This index, proposed by J. A. Cooper in 1993, provides a measure of the similarity FHI = 10(/)[ln(P)/ln(Pm"x)]
where J is the number of species in the system divided by the number of species in the reference community; P is the potential species richness (number of species) of each reference community; and Pmax is the maximum potential species richness from all the reference communities. The index ranges from 0 (poor) to 10 (good).
The FHI was used to assess the state of South Africa's estuaries, and although it has proved to be a useful tool in condensing information on estuarine fish assemblages into a single numerical value, it is based only on presence/ absence data, and consequently does not take into account the relative proportions of the various species present.
Estuarine ecological index (EBI). This index, introduced by L. A. Deegan in 1993, includes the following metrics: total number of species; dominance; fish abundance; number of nursery; number of estuarine spawning species; number of resident species; proportion of benthic associated species; and proportion of abnormal or diseased fishes. The expected trends of the selected metrics as a response anthropogenic stress (direction of change) are listed in the Table 6.
The usefulness of this index requires that it reflects not only the current status of fish communities but also its applicability over a wide range of estuaries, although this is not entirely achieved.
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Ruben, first of all, why are the topics of knowledge sharing and learning culture so #TypicallyYou?
Knowledge sharing is one of the bedrocks of our company. At TriFinance, we have – amongst a lot of other initiatives – a well-developed mentoring system. TriFinance mentors guide and counsel colleagues to perform better on the job and increase their expertise on certain topics.
Explaining how things are done is a great opportunity for both the colleague and the mentor. It is obvious for the one who receives guidance, but it is also very instructive for the mentors as they receive questions they did not think about. So, they are challenged on the 'why'. Therefore, knowledge sharing is a great exercise for our soft skills (every person needs to be approached in a different way) and our hard skills (we get an even better understanding of what we are teaching about). Seeing a colleague perform a task I explained and noticing that he or she understands it and can put it in the bigger picture is a great experience for me.
Could you share your personal knowledge sharing best practices?
Provide context and take enough time. Start by explaining the 'why' and give context so that the connections with other topics become apparent. Take for example a step in the closing process or a KPI report. As an instructor you can either opt for the quick and dirty approach, often chosen due to limited time available, or the investment approach. The quick and dirty option limits your explanations to highlighting the (manual) actions that are needed to complete the report, the bare minimum. The investment approach goes beyond and takes your apprentice on a journey explaining how the input came about, who is involved, the WHY of the report and the impact it might have on the organization. Clearly the latter approach takes more time and effort for both parties as you provide the overall context, the importance or impact of this step/report. However, people will more easily remember it in this way and will be able to function independently a lot faster.
Afterwards (e.g. during the next closing) let your colleagues go through the process by themselves. Challenge them if they run into issues and try to feed just enough information to them that they can find the solution on their own. People will more easily remember in this way. Make sure to provide constructive feedback and to explain and repeat. Humor is a good way to break the ice and create confidence between you and your apprentice.
How do you yourself contribute to TriFinance's learning culture?
I participate in our TriFinance book club where colleagues get the opportunity to read books on a variety of topics, share their findings and challenge the audience. My choice went to 'Weapons of Math Destruction', explaining that decisions that affect our lives are increasingly being made by mathematical models.
As a TriFinance mentor I am currently mentoring 5 colleagues (Hadrien, Stephen, Jérôme, Tiziana and Maarten). Some of these colleagues are new at TriFinance and it is always a great opportunity for me to get them better acquainted with the way TriFinance works, how the client works, and of course with the job content.
How do you yourself contribute to TriFinance's knowledge management?
I am active in the TriFinance workgroup for Insurance where we currently focus on IFRS 17. In this workgroup we are preparing a knowledge circle (i.e. information sharing session) to give our colleagues a better view on what we need to know about this new International Financial Reporting standard. The workgroup is also working on manuals and process descriptions.
Besides that, I am active in the Radar Team Data Governance. A Radar Team at TriFinance is a knowledge gathering workgroup where we upgrade our technical expertise. We currently focus on the GDPR regulations on which we will give an insightful knowledge circle on 24/5, the day before the deadline.
Lastly, what is the main take-away you want to share regarding a learning culture?
As a company you should provide a stage. Give people the freedom to take initiative and talk about their passions. TriFinance enables people to write their own story and to share their knowledge without imposing a predefined format. Colleagues have the opportunity to introduce their ideas to others in the manner they opt to be the best whereas TriFinance will act as a facilitator and will assist in creating the necessary buzz.


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As we reach the crucial last weeks of the 2019-20 NFl regular season the Seattle Seahawks are all set to go up against the Los Angeles Rams. This is a game you won't want to miss as this is the second time these two NFC West teams have met on the field this season and this time the Rams will be out for revenge. We're here to make sure you catch every minute of today's game - see how to get a Seahawks vs Rams live stream regardless of where in the world you are and it's even FREE to watch in the US today with a simple online stream.
Seattle has fared quite well this season and the Seahawks are going into today's game 10-2 after losing just two games, one to the Saints in week 3 and one to the Ravens during week 7. The Seahawks have won their last five games in a row and the team is close to setting a new franchise record of winning more than six games on the road in a season. The Rams may be the underdog in today's game but Seattle's defense ranks 24th in yards per game, so the Seahawks will have to not let up if they want to continue their winning streak.
Los Angeles on the other hand has had quite a different season and the team is going into today's game 7-5. The Rams started out the season quite well with wins during weeks 1 to 3 against the Panthers, Saints and Browns but unfortunately this was followed by three losses to the Buccaneers, Seahawks and 49ers. In their last game against the Seahawks, Los Angeles came real close to winning but Seattle running back Chris Carson managed to score a touchdown during the fourth quarter with just two minutes left on the clock, which brought the score to 29-30. Will the Rams get their revenge against the Seahawks?
Whether you're a Seahawks fan in Seattle, a Rams fan in Los Angeles or just want to see these two NFC West teams meet on the field - we'll show you how to get a Seahawks vs Rams live stream regardless of where in the world you are so you don't miss a single play.
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Watching this game from the US, UK, Canada or Australia? We'll tell you how to catch the NFL game further down in the article.
But if you're somewhere else in the world - or if a coverage blackout is stopping you from watching in the US - then there's still a way you can live stream the Seahawks vs Rams online (and you don't even have to slum it with a grainy, illegal feed you've found on Reddit). Instead you could use a VPN - or Virtual Private Network - to change the IP address to one in a different state or country which does have a stream. And it's not even hard to do.
How to watch the Seahawks vs Rams in the US for free
Can I watch with the NFL Game Pass?
Well it's a no and a yes. The NFL Game Pass in the US will only let you watch a replay of the game, but not the live action.
Interestingly, it's a different story with an International NFL Game Pass where all 256 regular season games are being shown absolutely live...shame you can't officially get access to that if you and your laptop's IP address is in the US.
Other ways cord cutters can stream NFL live online
Sling TV $40 per month - Sling TV splits its live NFL options across its $25 a month Blue plan and $25 a month Orange plan. By combining the two, you get a $10 dollar discount and access to Fox, NBC, ESPN and the NFL Network.
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Posted: June 24, 2017 in Civil Liberties, Islam, Politics, Religion
Tags: Al Qaeda, Alt-right, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, George W. Bush, Interventionism, ISIS, Islamic extremism, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic radicalism, Israel, Kurds, Muslim travel ban, Muslims, Saudi Arabia, YPG
Anyone who reads this blog should be well aware that I have no great love for Islam — nor for any other religion — and I consider Islam a graver threat to human freedom than the other major religions combined.
Islam itself is bad enough, but the current administration is poking an Islamic hornets' nest with a stick.
Its approach to Islamic peoples in the Middle East is extremely dangerous, as Donald Trump seems to be doing everything he can, via foreign policy, to encourage violence by radical Islamists, and seems to be doing everything he can to drive the young, impressionable, and desperate into the arms of violent extremists.
Trump is siding with the worst, most repressive regimes in the Middle East, most importantly Islamic extremist Saudi Arabia, but also the brutal military regime in Egypt, and the extreme right in Israel, which is turning Israel/Palestine into an apartheid state.
None of this plays well with the oppressed in those lands, nor with those in other countries who care about the oppression of their brothers and sisters.
Trump's (and Obama's, and Bush the Lesser's, and Clinton's, and their predecessors') interventionist policies in the Middle East have created a situation that's a festering sore, and that will remain one until the U.S. stops supporting oppression.
Just getting the hell out of the Middle East entirely would be a huge improvement on past and current U.S. policy. Even better, the U.S. could begin supporting democratic, secular elements in the region — shockingly enough, this is now happening in one very limited instance, with the Kurds fighting ISIS — and spending money on development aid.
But this is pure fantasy. I'd be more than happy with simple U.S. military withdrawal from the Middle East and the end of U.S. military and financial support for repressive regimes there. That alone would do more than all the bombs ever dropped to end Islamic radicalism.
To make matters worse, Trump also seems to be doing everything he can, via domestic policy, to promote radical Islam and violence by radical Islamists. While he supports repressive Islamist regimes abroad (our Saudi "allies" et al.), he's targeting powerless, desperate refugees at home, and his hateful rhetoric inspires violence against them.
Again, this drives impressionable, angry Muslim teenagers and young adults into the arms of ISIS and other Islamic death cults.
It also isolates the Muslim community, producing an us-versus-them mentality. This is what Trump, his goose-stepping alt-right supporters, ISIS, and Al Qaeda want, but it is not what the rest of us should want.
Tolerance and communication will reduce Islamic extremism, isolation won't.
If you want to fight Islamic extremism, don't harass Muslims. It might make you feel better to harass them, but it's cowardly and it'll ultimately backfire. Leave them alone. If you want to drive them into the arms of the fundamentalists and the terrorists, you won't find a better way to do it than to harass them on the street.
Think about it. How would you react to being harassed (or worse, physically attacked) simply because of your appearance? Your perceived religious beliefs? Would you be more sympathetic to your attackers or to those who present themselves as fighting your attackers?
How would you feel if someone attacked your family because of their appearance or perceived beliefs?
Harassment and physical attacks increase the isolation and fear level of Muslims in the U.S. — precisely the conditions under which extremism flourishes.
If we believe in religious freedom, let's act like it. Treat people with respect no matter who they are or what their perceived beliefs.
And let's exercise our freedom of speech. Islam (and Christianity and religious Judaism and Hinduism for that matter) cannot stand up to scrutiny and ridicule.
Give that to them in spades, subject those religions — but not their individual adherents — to scrutiny and ridicule at every opportunity. The best antidote to Islamic and Christian authoritarianism is freedom of speech and freedom of belief.
Our ideas are better than theirs. Let's start acting like we believe it. Let them express their noxious beliefs: they won't stand up to scrutiny.
Let's start acting like we have respect for human rights and individual human beings.
And let's start acting like we're serious about defeating Islamic fundamentalism, and stop harassing Muslims.


The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a stage-produced comedy fiction serial made in the style of old time radio. One of the main characters, Sparks Nevada, who is the marshal on Mars, has a pair of robot fists. Which he uses to dispense justice on the red planet. Naturally. And he has a theme song, which the audience sings along to, so that at the appropriate moment in the song everyone yells, "POW!"
There's a podcast of the shows if you'd like some context to that silliness. Anyway, I made this design as a fan of the show, and the Thrilling Adventure creators liked it so much they made a t-shirt out of it!
Below: A series of posters and supporting graphics for The Thrilling Adventure Hour, as it traveled and toured to New York, Australia, New Zealand, San Diego Comic-Con, and other exotic locales!
This is a piece of Halo-related character art for the hugely popular ARG called ilovebees; this is my interpretation of the main character, Melissa, an AI from about five hundred years in the future who had found herself thrown back in time, fragmented and confused. I envisioned her as a hologram with endless connections to communication systems throughout her UNSC intelligence vessel, the Apocalypso. The full story on this art and the ilovebees ARG can be found here. Melissa is one hundred percent Adobe Illustrator.
Key art and six-foot standee layout for Witchblade, the movie.
Standing about 6 feet tall, this life-size standee was produced to help pre-sell international distribution rights and drum up buzz for a potential Witchblade movie. The campaign was successful – rights were secured and buzz was generated – although the movie never got made. Such is Hollywood sometimes.
Since this is pre-production art, i.e., the movie hadn't begun to get made yet, I had to invent it from nothing. I composited a photo (the head and torso), a 3D render (legs and feet), and pure Photoshop illustration (for the Witchblade forearm itself).
Key art and logo design for a comic about Shakespearean characters come to life and committing crimes in the noir style.
Vector illustration layout for the holiday card that year, featuring the cartoon mascots reclining in traditional Southern California wintery style.
Below: More Witchblade. This time a series of versions for an ad announcing the Witchblade comic series' coming to the WOWIO e-book publishing platform. I re-modeled some flat art from the comic to give it some depth and dimension, and built the ad around the new key art. Illustrator for modeling graphical elements; Photoshop for compositing, effects, and re-finishing the art; InDesign for type/page layout and PDF output.
Below: Cover design for Better World Stories, an anthology short story collection for a small publisher. Photography for the pages, Illustrator for the globe, Photoshop for compositing and finishing.
Wraparound cover art and layout for a short story anthology. Click to enlarge.
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Antigenic Drift (development still in progress) is a game where the player defends the Earth's satellite defense grid against incursion by an alien intelligence, who is attacking by sending virus code to infect the satellites and take them over. The orbital UI allows the player to spin the globe and attendant satellites so he can quickly find which have become infected. Once isolated, the player fights the infection on the circuit grid of the satellite itself by surrounding and isolating the infecting elements. UI and board design work done in Illustrator. Virus art and animated GIF in Photoshop.
AIR is a world-building project themed around a fantasy steampunk-styled version of Earth. My work on it includes the logo, website design elements and typographic branding, and character concepting and illustration work.
Below: AIR logo, which is suitably overly-complicated to fit the steampunk aesthetic of the game itself. The major theme of AIR is airship combat and crew management, so I went with a cast iron look for the type and a flying machine motif for the supporting graphics. Illustrator for the design phase (a hundred versions and variations or so) and Photoshop for finishing.
Below: Character designs for AIR. The boardgame has cards for characters, combat stats, and so forth, and these are works showing various stages of progress for the card illustrations.
Below: Design elements for the company's website. Illustrator and Photoshop, exported to web-ready assets.
My World of Warcraft guild, The Pod People, was formed back in 2005 by a collection of popular podcasters (Taverncast, World of Warcast, and others), wanting to play the game with each other and their listeners. In 2015 we celebrated our 10th anniversary by renting a house in Anaheim for Blizzcon. We did it again in 2016; apparently it's a tradition now. Over the years I've designed a number of logos and special event treatments for the guild, to use on t-shirts and mugs. Here are some of my favorites. Illustrator for the design work, Photoshop for finishing and asset output (to web and print).
Below: A self portrait of my Warcraft character, Scruffi. Done as part of a Winter Veil holiday guild event promotion.
Below: We like to run our own holiday events in my guild, so I made a series of quests during our guild anniversary month a few years ago. Sort of a weeks-long scavenger hunt culminating in an all-out brawl where we all got to kill each other in the arena. Very therapeutic.
Below: Another piece of Scruffi art, this time in Illustrator, accompanied by notes about the process. I loved that gun.
A game world construction project, including character designs, world building, rules and game design, mapping, type design and digital calligraphy, and really everything that goes into creating a playable world.
This started as a tabletop campaign many years ago, and eventually became an exercise in creating a commercial game product. Everything here was built in Illustrator; the map files are zoomable to street level and individual houses and buildings. Impractical, but fun to make.


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The original home of the Samaritans, St Stephen's Walbrook, is now face to face with the City's newest completed building, New Court, headquarters for Rothschilds Bank. The bank building is designed by Rem Koolhaas and the Office of Metropolitan Architecture. The top two floors are set apart from the rest of the building in an ever so slightly scary way.
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Huawei's WiFi AX3 is a great option for growing businesses and large homes
For anybody working from home with increasing regularity or even just folks who are still using the router their ISP gave them when the internet was installed, it's time to upgrade your router.
Many routers on the market are severely lacking when it comes to features and if your WiFi is feeling slow despite upgrading your internet connection, then your router could be the culprit.
This isn't to say old routers are useless, but as technology has improved, old 802.11 b/g/n routers simply aren't up to the task of dealing with our data hungry lives.
Enter the Huawei WiFi AX3 Gigahome Quad-core router with WiFi 6 Plus.
As you might be aware, smartphones are just one aspect of Huawei's business. In fact, the firm's networking solutions are where it shines, with Huawei being behind much of the infrastructure that keeps South Africans online.
This work in the networking space makes a router an obvious solution for Huawei to introduce, but the firm has gone above and beyond with the AX3.
But first, what is WiFi 6?
For the most part, WiFi 6 won't feel much different from WiFi 5, but what you will notice is that when there are multiple devices connected to the network, your performance won't sink to the depths of the ocean.
Huawei takes this a step further with WiFi 6 Plus.
Here, some clever band balancing and improvements in frequency bandwidth by up to 160MHz, your experience on the network will be faster the closer you are to the router and more stable the further you are.
With Huawei's intelligent engineering, the AX3 is able to punch through walls (figuratively speaking of course) and if you have another WiFi 6 capable device, such as a Huawei smartphone or notebook, your experience won't be hindered by the walls.
For those whose homes might be bigger than most, the Huawei WiFi AX3 quad-core sports four signal amplifiers that can be used to create a mesh network. A mesh network is a great solution for a big home or office where connectivity needs to blanket the environment. This means that if you add more Huawei WiFi AX3 routers to your network you can easily add LAN or even more WiFi connectivity.
As for security, the AX3 features enterprise-level safeguards.
The HUAWEI WiFi AX3 quad-core version incorporates HUAWEI HomeSec security protections. An independent security zone (TEE-trusted execution environment) has been built into the Gigahome quad-core chip, and the TrustZone security solution has been constructed from the microkernel. This solution has obtained the Evaluation Assurance Level-5 (EAL5) certification from Common Criteria, a globally-recognised IT product certification organisation, further attesting to the product's financial-level security safeguards.
But this doesn't mean something like sharing your WiFi password with guests needs to be complex.
The built in NFC chip allows users to connect to your network without having to share your complex password.
This is just the beginning, however, as Huawei will be using Gigahome chipsets in products moving forward.
Huawei has invested tens of millions of dollars in developing dedicated chips for routers. Through the combination of software and hardware at the bottom layer of chips, Huawei has eliminated more than 80 percent of problems relating to frame freezing, delays, and disconnections.
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Sell Kilowatt Hours from your Solar Roof? One Day You'll Sell Kilovars too!
In California, a big change is about to happen to the way energy is sold to the grid.
Currently, if you have solar on your roof, you likely have sized it smaller than your total needs for the year, because the utilities have not been too generous in paying you for your individual contribution to the supply of energy on the grid.
But a new arrangement is about to start in California, and if you plan to go solar, you should know how this will work.
CA-ISO, the California Independent System Operator is getting ready to allow anyone who aggregates a bunch of distributed solar roofs together, to sell that power into the energy market.
Till now, the utilities and the ISO have not been able to "see" how much distributed solar is out there behind the meter. All they see is its "shadow"; the reduction in demand on the grid. But if it could be made visible, it could be used positively as a grid asset like a power plant.
So, instead of tracking all the solar roofs and electric vehicles and batteries individually, it is going to allow third parties — whether utilities or private companies — to aggregate them into virtual power plants of at least a half megawatt.
A typical home is under 5 kW, and that is too little to be useful to CA-ISO. But put together a large bunch of solar homes, or batteries or EV chargers into a 500 kW aggregation, and that is a very different picture for the grid.
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These so-called distributed energy resources (or DERs) could be any resources on the customer side or the distribution grid side of the electric system, such as rooftop solar, energy storage or plug-in electric vehicles or even "nega-watts" like demand response, which is another huge potential source that could be aggregated and wielded just like a power plant.
Demand response is where large commercial electricity users like hotels, or large factories, for example, agree to let the utility remotely control their air conditioning temporarily – in a way that is imperceptible on site – in order to ease peak demand on the grid.
California will be the first state in the nation to allow this aggregated distributed energy to be sold into the marketplace.
So who will be these aggregators?
The aggregator could be a utility "or any other entity, to have access to the ISO electricity market," said Steven Greenlee spokeman for CA-ISO.
It could be an existing solar company, for example. SolarCity sold 300 energy storage units last year in California. These could be aggregated together and their combined storage sold into the market.
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If a large collection of solar roofs or home batteries, or electric vehicles could be put together and organized, these DERs could, in large groups supply different kinds of value to the grid like smoothing power and shifting demand peaks. This also includes needed grid services like capacity, reserves, frequency regulation, and demand response.
Southern California Edison (SCE) is already aggregating nega-watts. It has arranged with Ice Energy to put together over a thousand of its thermal storage units – that freeze water at night with wind power and use it to reduce A/C energy use the next day – into a 26 MW total to cut demand immediately when needed near two substations.
From the system operator's point of view, for system reliability, ideally each DER has to be composed of assets within a particular utility district. There are three main utility districts within the state.
But if they do span multiple districts, then the ISO would prefer that they would have to be the same type of resource and be doing the same thing.
So, if you plan to aggregate in part of California where some of these solar roofs and home batteries are in the San Diego Gas & Electricity (SDG&E) district and some are in SCE's, then you would want to pick one or the other and aggregate say 100 solar roofs or 100 EVs across the two districts.
The concern is that otherwise it would impact CA-ISO's ability to assess congestion and identify critical constraints, according to Greenlee. If there is some kind of energy supply or frequency issue within one district, the ISO wants to be able to call on distributed resource aggregations to alleviate that constraint. But if the group of DERs spans across both sub-LAP regions, then one group can't balance out the other.
Some utilities are already out front in this new distributed grid.
SCE, which has more customers who have gone solar than any utility in America, is showing how utilities themselves could utilize this new market framework. SCE is aggregating 1 GW of demand response into wholesale energy markets.
This is more capacity than most thermal power plants, about the capacity of a nuclear plant.
But instead of being one giant centralized power plant, this 1,000 MW of demand response consists of a group of about 320,000 customers who have signed up to automatically reduce energy use when sent a signal from SCE, in order to decrease stress on the grid, when demand peaks.
Of course, from the individual solar roof owner's point of view, there would have to be something in it for them too. One idea, according to Josh Gerber, Smart Grid Manager at SDG&E, would be if instead of just selling power by the kilowatt hour, using smart inverters, solar homeowners would be paid for these grid balancing services by the kilovar.
"What we have now is a coarse-grained view of data. Smart inverters have the potential to give utility operators a fine-grained view of solar production data," said Gerber.
"This would have both operational benefits and would improve system modeling and planning," he added. "Solar customers could receive some sort of tariff for the grid balancing service that smart inverters could supply."
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Uk Legal Breaks
It is up to the employer to decide whether to offer longer or additional breaks in the working day, such as: Young people as well as truck and bus drivers have different rights to breaks. We hope you found our guide to working breaks in the UK useful. Other helpful workplace guides can be found on our website. Breaks at work entitle them to an uninterrupted rest period of 20 minutes during their workday if they work more than 6 hours. In the UK, employers must comply with labour disruption laws. This means that employees are entitled to breaks during their working day. The length of time employees can work continuously and the type of break they are entitled to vary by occupation. Employees who work more than six hours a day are legally entitled to an "uninterrupted" twenty-minute rest during their normal working day. This short rest period allows workers to take a tea or lunch break.
You`re probably entitled to breaks during your workday, as well as daily and weekly breaks. Most workers are entitled to breaks, but some jobs mean you are not automatically entitled to breaks. Learn more about employees who are not entitled to breaks at GOV.UK. You may not be paid for your rest periods – your employment contract will indicate whether you are. Again, not necessarily. It depends on what`s in your employment contract. Some employers (such as construction) are open to employees who take breaks when they feel the need. Others (such as offices and stores) may dictate when breaks are taken to ensure adequate staff coverage. If an employee works five hours, they do not have the legal right to a break from work.
However, employers may choose to give their employees a break as a good practice. Breaks can help improve employee productivity and well-being, so it`s in the employer`s best interest to offer them whenever possible. Minimum breaks are laid down in the Working Time Ordinance. These rules apply to most workers, but there are a few exceptions, which are explained below. If you need further advice on breaks and free time, please contact the Acas Online Helpline or the Acas Helpline: Check the employment contract for the rules for these breaks, for example if they are paid. An employee`s employment contract may stipulate that he or she is entitled to more or different rights at work breaks. Andrew Willis is Senior Director of Litigation and Employment and is also responsible for leading Croner`s telephone HR advisory teams, specialising in employment law, human resources and commercial legal advice for organisations large and small across the UK. Like most workplace regulations, the Working Time Regulations (1998) contain legislation on the right of workers to reasonable breaks.
The government views rest periods as a health and safety issue. Employers have a responsibility to give their employees breaks to ensure their health and safety is not threatened. This is especially important when the type of work is "monotonous" (for example, working in a factory). Your employer must give you at least the breaks required by the Working Time Ordinance, but also ensure that your health and safety are not endangered. This means that your employer may have to give you more than the amount specified in the regulation if it reduces a health and safety risk. Regular breaks during work are a legal right. for most workers. As a rule, your employment contract determines the actual conditions of breaks and whether you will be paid. However, some laws dictate how companies handle breaks. Some standard job positions tend to attract balance/flexible breaks, including:—It`s important to remember that work breaks aren`t just about physical health. Breaks can also help improve employee mental health.
For example, a break can give an employee time to get away from work and clear their head. Breaks can also give employees time to meet with colleagues, which can help reduce stress. Unlike 8-hour breaks, there is no entitlement to breaks for employees who work shifts of 6 hours or less. That`s why we`ve created this comprehensive guide to breaks at work in the UK. We will discuss what a rest is and what the law says about it. Start. The Working Time Ordinance 1998 provides the following rules for working and leisure breaks: some workers are entitled to compensatory breaks, e.g. shift workers. The Work Breaks Act also requires that employees be entitled to one full day of rest per week.
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Transitions From Career Employment Among Public- and Private-Sector Workers
Joseph F. Quinn, Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandrea
Issued in September 2018
NBER Program(s):Program on the Economics of Aging
Do the retirement patterns of public-sector workers differ from those in the private sector? Most private-sector workers today face a do-it-yourself retirement income landscape characterized by an exposure to market forces through defined-contribution pension plans and private saving, and the risk of financial insecurity later in life. Public-sector workers, in contrast, are typically covered by defined-benefit pension plans that both encourage retirement at relatively young ages and offer financial security at older ages. As a result, the consequences of private- and public-sector workers' retirement decisions could differ in important ways.
For workers generally, and for private-sector workers in particular, a focus among researchers and policymakers has been the importance of continued work later in life for improving financial security at older ages. Such concerns might be of less consequence for public-sector workers due to the prevalence of defined-benefit pensions. Public-sector workers' departures from the labor force might also differ from those in the private sector, all else equal, because of the age-specific incentives within their defined-benefit plans. Despite these important differences, the private-public distinction has received relatively little attention in the retirement literature.
Our paper examines how private- and public-sector workers transition from career employment to complete labor force withdrawal, with a focus on the role of bridge employment, phased retirement, and re-entry. We identify the prevalence and determinants of each pathway to retirement using longitudinal data on four cohorts of private- and public-sector career older workers from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Our findings suggest that the prevalence of work after leaving career employment among public-sector workers resembles that of private-sector workers, although with a higher prevalence of part-time bridge employment, a result that has important implications for public policy as the pace of societal aging accelerates.
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Transitions from Career Employment among Public- and Private-Sector Workers, Joseph F. Quinn, Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandrea. in Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions, Clark and Newhouse. 2019
Joseph F. Quinn & Kevin E. Cahill & Michael D. Giandrea, 2019. "Transitions from career employment among public- and private-sector workers," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, vol 18(04), pages 529-548.


Hello all. This is actually a delayed progress report for yesterday, so there'll most likely be two posts today. Gasp!
Anyhow, what happened yesterday was trying out working from home. This particular time though, it didn't work so well. Didn't build up the proper motivation and inspiration until late in the evening, so that's basically when I got things done proper.
I've also fixed up arrays for the party for making quick and easy alignment checks, ability checks, etc. I'm not a hundred percent sure just yet, but I think it could also be used for going through and storing all the participants' battle commands. We'll see how it turns out!
I actually did get started on the battle system yesterday, mainly working on the layout of the system and trying out altering between characters, to simulate the battle-specific character stat display system progressing. All that's been done works well so far, hopefully by the end of today, I'll have an interesting first, rough version with a command queue working. Fingers crossed!
An empty display, though with a functional stat display system that can display all the battle-important stats. Also, blue arrow cursor! Zomg!
That's all for this time. Peace, duders!


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MUST HAVE for ALL Deep/Dub VinylLover!
Apart from the chords, the dark sounding sythn on Spiral 2 is iconic and a signature of what we have come to so love and cherish from Rod Model.
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The LunarG® Vulkan™ SDK provides you with a variety of resources to aid in creating Vulkan applications. The SDK includes the Vulkan loader and validation layers. Also included are the following utility layers: API Dump, Device Simulation, Assistant Layer, FPS overlay monitor, and Screenshot. Useful tools deliver critical functionality, such as vulkaninfo, trace and replay, SPIR-V™ tools, Vulkan Runtime Installer, Vulkan Installation Analyzer (vkVIA), vkcube, vkconfig, the Layer Factory, plus samples and demos. Refer to the documentation on the LunarXchange website for more information about the SDK and its' contents.


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Paul Gilbert Premieres "Everybody Use Your Goddamn Turn Signal" Music Video
By Damian Fanelli 2016-06-01T12:44:35Z
Paul Gilbert recently released the official music video for a new song, "Everybody Use Your Goddamn Turn Signal."
The song, which you can check out below, is from Gilbert's new album, I Can Destroy, which was released May 27.
"I lived in Los Angeles for around 20 years," Gilbert told GuitarWorld.com. "I love the place, but the driving can wear thin.
"I recently moved to Portland, Oregon, where I can walk and ride my bicycle everywhere. I'm hoping my misanthropic tendencies will relax a bit from being a pedestrian. Musically, I like that the riff swings. I love that the word 'goddamn' is sung with big, beautiful harmonies. And I like making the turn signal sound with my guitar by picking muted high strings. The solo is a trade-off with me first, then Freddie and then Tony. The original performance had a much longer solo, but I cut it shorter for the album. Live, I'll probably make it long again."
We've also included another new video featuring Gilbert. In the bottom clip, which was posted last week, the guitarist plays some Randy Rhoads licks and discusses his plan—when he was a teenager—to replace Rhoads.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — March 27, 2018 — Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the all-flash storage platform that helps innovators build a better world with data, today announced the industry's first comprehensive AI-Ready Infrastructure, AIRI, powered by NVIDIA. Architected by Pure Storage and NVIDIA, AIRI is purpose-built to enable data architects, scientists and business leaders to extend the power of the NVIDIA DGX-1 and operationalize AI-at- scale for every enterprise. With AIRI, cloud, enterprise and government organizations can accelerate time-to- insight and bring new, impactful innovations to humanity, faster.
AIRI enables organizations to turn data into innovation at an unprecedented pace. AI represents an opportunity for enterprises to innovate not only at a product level, but within day-to- day operations as they lead their industries through periods of tremendous change. According to Gartner, 80 percent of enterprises will deploy AI by 2020. AIRI provides a simple, yet powerful, architecture that empowers organizations with the data-centric infrastructure needed to harness the true power of AI.
Engineered as a fully integrated software and hardware solution by Pure Storage and NVIDIA, AIRI shatters infrastructure complexities that hold organizations back from deploying AI-at-scale. AIRI is powered by Pure Storage FlashBlade TM , the industry's first storage platform architected for modern analytics and AI, and four NVIDIA DGX-1 supercomputers, delivering four petaFLOPS of performance with NVIDIA ® Tesla ® V100 GPUs. These systems are interconnected with Arista 100GbE switches, supporting GPUDirect RDMA for maximum distributed training performance. AIRI is supported by the NVIDIA GPU Cloud deep learning stack and Pure Storage AIRI Scaling Toolkit, enabling data scientists to jumpstart their AI initiatives in hours, not weeks or months.
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From Dubai International Film Festival to Qatar's comedians attending comedy workshops, check out the special moments DFI had captured in Dubai.
DFI at Berlinale
DFI was in Berlin, Germany for the 61st annual Berlinale Film Festival - one of the premier events in the film world.
The 83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards belonged to The King's Speech, which won four Oscars from its 12 nominations. Find out more about the awards.
DFI at Gulf Film Festival 2011
The Gulf Film Festival is a non-profit cultural initiative that takes place annually in Dubai, 'the Pearl of the World'.
DFI at Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival
The 7th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival will be held from the 21-24th April at the Doha Sheraton Hotel amongst other venues.
DFI's cultural partner, the Tribeca Enterprises is holding its 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival from April 20 – May 1, 2011.
DFI at Cannes Film Festival 2011
The Doha Film Institute is supporting a number of industry platforms at Cannes Film Festival 2011.
Dubai International Film Festival 2011
Highlights of the 2011 Dubai International Film Festival.
DFI At Berlinale 2012
DFI is in Berlin, Germany for the 62nd annual Berlinale Film Festival - one of the premier events in the film world.
Highlights of the 2012 South by Southwest Festival.
DFI's cultural partner, the Tribeca Enterprises is holding its 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival from April 18 – 29, 2012.
The 8th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival
The 8th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival will be held from the 19-22th April at the Doha Sheraton Hotel.
DFI at the 69th Venice Film Festival
'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', the latest international film financed by DFI, opened the festival. We're catching the moment, offering tips and bringing news.
DFI at Toronto International Film Festival 2012
We're at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from 6 – 16 September. Find out more about North America's 'festival of festivals' here.
DFI at Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 is taking place from 11 - 20 October.
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Check out Day 2 updates of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival 2012.
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DFI is in Berlin, Germany for the 63rd annual Berlinale Film Festival - one of the premier events in the film world.
9th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival
The 9th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival was held from the 18-21 April at the Doha Sheraton Hotel.
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The 10th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival will be held from the 23-26 October at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.