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The gucci shoes threads remind me that countries in the continental EU are currently having a purge to root out and destroy the market in fake goods.
I was stopped and my car searched a couple of times in France and near the French border in Spain - the fines in France for even having a fake branded goods item are eye-watering! It is not a case of just finding the wholesalers/retailers - anyone who has received such an item is also on the target list.
Make sure that if you have anything suspect that you leave it at home!
Re: Warning re Gucci shoes etc.
I wondered what on earth you were on about, so I went to have a look, and for the benefit of otheres it was a spam post and I have banned the poster.


The Honors Program and the Career Center are co-sponsoring a Going to Graduate School Seminar. This event is open to all students, freshmen through seniors, who might be considering attending grad school. Topics that will be covered by the panelists include the application process, how to prepare for graduate school as an undergraduate, and how to succeed in graduate school. Grad admissions staff, career center staff, past and present grad school students, and faculty members from various schools on campus will be panelists at this event.
This entry was posted in events and tagged graduate school on October 8, 2015 by Dr. Jamie Pinchot.


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Балканолошки институт САНУ
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The Balcanica is an annual, peer-reviewed journal of the interdisciplinary Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA). Their histories have been intertwined since 1934, when King Alexander of Yugoslavia founded the Balkan Institute in Belgrade as the only of its kind in the region. The newly-founded institute started to publish Revue internationale des Etudes balkaniques, a high-profile scholarly outlet that disseminated the findings of the most prominent European experts on the Balkans. This journal was terminated, along with the work of the institute itself, in 1941 by the order of the German occupation authorities. It was not before 1969 that the institute resumed its scholarly activities under its present-day name and within the framework of the SASA. The Balcanica became a principal platform for publishing the results of Serbian (and former Yugoslav) scholars as well as their foreign colleagues interested in different aspects of Balkan studies.
Today, more than ever, Balcanica reflects the original aspirations of its founders: its aim is to publish articles of the highest standard which deal with the Balkans from prehistoric times to modern age and through the prism of a number of disciplines. These encompass archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, history, art history, linguistics, literature, law. Such orientation perfectly fits with the most recent scholarly trends in humanities and it will contribute, along with other sustained efforts to further advance the quality and impact of its issues, to Balcanica's finding its place among the top internationally-renowned journals of this kind. In order to increase our visibility and reach as wide readership as possible, the Balcanica is published in English language with the exception of a small number of articles written in French or German.
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De la Grèce rêvée à la Grèce vécue. L'armée d'Orient dans une interculturalité complexe
Puppinck, Thérèse Krempp (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
The British Adriatic Squadron and the Evacuation of Serbs from the Albanian Coast 1915–1916
Ković, Miloš (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
British-Serbian Relations from the 18th to 21th Centuries, ed. Slobodan G. Markovich. Belgrade: Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade & Zepter Book World, 2018, 521 p.
Fundić, Dušan (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Studia Balkanica Bohemo-slovaca VII. Příspěvky přednesené na VII. mezinárodním balkanistickém sympoziu v Brně ve dnech 28.–29. listopadu 2016, eds. Václav Štěpánek and Jiří Mitáček. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum – Ústav slavistiky Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, 2017, 714 p.
Luković, Miloš (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Heritage and Memory of the First World War in Greece during the Interwar Period: A Historical Perspective
Lemonidou, Elli (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
The Serbian Heritage of the Great War in Greece
Vlasidis, Vlasis (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
The Serbian Army in the Chalkidiki in 1916: Organization and Deployment
Milkić, Miljan (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Eleftherios Venizelos, British Public Opinion and the Climax of Anglo-Hellenism (1915–1920)
Markovich, Slobodan G. (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Stéphane Courtois, Lénine, l'inventeur du totalitarisme. Paris: Perrin, 2017, 502 p.
Milosavljević, Boris Z. (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Alexander Watson, Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918. London: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. xv + 788.
Bakić, Dragan (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Italian Volunteers in Serbia in 1914
Antonio, D'Alessandri (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Dominic Lieven, The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution. New York: Penguin Books, 2015, 443 p.
Dragaš, Konstantin (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Pieter M. Judson, The Habsburg Empire: A New History. Cambridge and London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018, 567 p
Nikolić, Anja (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
The Great War and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia: The Legacy of an Enduring Conflict
Turtucaia/Toutrakan 1916: la postérité d'une défaite dans la Roumanie de l'entre-deux-guerres
Țurcanu, Florin (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
What Exactly did Romanian Post-War Nationalism Mean
Theodorescu, Răzvan (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Paschalis M. Kitromilides, Religion and Politics in the Orthodox World. The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Challenges of Modernity. London and New York: Routledge, 2018, 130 p
Đurić-Milovanović, Aleksandra (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Catherine Merridale, Lenin on the Train. London: Penguin Books, 2016, 353 p.
Lompar, Rastko (Belgrade: Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Franchet d'Espèrey et la politique balkanique de la France 1918–1919
Pavlović, Vojislav G. (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
Le Front d'Orient dans la Grande Guerre: enjeux et stratégies
Yannis, Mourélos (Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018)
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Disappearance Reward Offered
Ellie Sutter
YUKON - The mother of a missing Yukon man said a reward has been established in an attempt to obtain information about what happened to her son.
Peggy Abbe said her son, Derrick Abbe, has been missing for six weeks.
She and his friends are offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her son's disappearance.
Derrick's brother, David Abbe, has said Derrick is not the kind of person to be gone long without getting in touch with someone.
But Derrick Abbe has been missing since about 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, when he left the home of his ex-wife, Susan Abbe, and his 4-year-old twin daughters. When he left their house, he told Susan Abbe he was going to visit a friend, then pick up some cigarettes for her and bring them back to her house.
He never returned, David Abbe said.
Derrick Abbe, 28, has sandy hair and green eyes. He is 6 feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds, his brother said.
He likes hunting and fishing and restoring his red 1982 Chevrolet S-10 pickup.
The truck, which had been stripped, was found in Oklahoma City along with his jacket.
David Abbe said his brother has no criminal record. Both brothers live with their parents in Yukon.
Oklahoma City police are helping Yukon police in the investigation of his disappearance.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers in Oklahoma City at 235-7300, the Oklahoma City homicide unit at 297-1296 or Yukon police at 354-2553. BIOG: NAME:


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Q: How to change "ddd" datetime format to a number view I want to make that code to show me a current datetime on my pc clock when i click a button... i did it with that code listed down. But here is my question how can i make the "ddd" (day of a week) to be shown in number, not in words, I mean:
00-sunday
01-monday
and etc. ...
This is my code for the button:
private void SetClock_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SetClock.Click += new EventHandler(SetClock_Click);
            {
                DateTime time = DateTime.Now;
                string format = "yy-MM-dd-ddd-hh-mm-ss";
                txtSend.Text = time.ToString(format);

            }
        }

What i have to add to make it. Thanks

A: txtSend.Text = string.Format("{0:yy-MM-dd}-{1:00}-{0:hh-mm-ss}", time, (int)time.DayOfWeek);

A: A format isn't required, you can just cast DayOfWeek to an int:
var dayAsInt = (int)DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek;

Looking at the Custom Date and Time Format Strings page, there doesn't appear to be a format string for it :-(

A: The following should do it:
txtSend.Text =
    time.ToString("yy-MM-dd-") +
    ((int)time.DayOfWeek).ToString("00") +
    time.ToString("-hh-mm-ss");

A: You could use this to get the day of week numeric
int dayofweek = (int)DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek;

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Cassowary Florida United States
Flightless bird kills owner in Florida
ByScott Leffler
A Florida man was killed Friday when a six-foot-tall bird attacked him, according to officials.
ALACHUA, Fla. — One of the world's more dangerous birds — a cassowary — attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his property, according to authorities. Its four-inch-long claws were likely the bird's weapon of choice against its owner.
Cassowaries are native to New Guinea and parts of Australia, and are known to attack people and animals if they feel threatened. They are similar to emus and stand up to 6 feet tall and weigh up to 130 pounds, with black body feathers and bright blue heads and necks.
The San Diego Zoo's website describes the cassowary as being "rightfully considered the most dangerous bird in the world! Each 3-toed foot has a dagger-like claw on the inner toe that is up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) long. The cassowary can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick. Powerful legs help the cassowary run up to 31 miles per hour (50 kilometers per hour) through the dense forest underbrush."
Alachua County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Brett Rhodenizer identified the man as 75-year-old Marvin Hajos. He was the owner of the bird and the farm where the attack occurred.
"It looks like it was accidental. My understanding is that the gentleman was in the vicinity of the bird and at some point fell. When he fell, he was attacked," Deputy Chief Jeff Taylor told the local media.
Maryland man ambushes pelican, charged with animal cruelty
Alabama man recruited into The Bird War as spy?
By Scott Leffler
New Jersey Turkey United States
Nov 11, 2019 Scott Leffler


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FirstService Residential Selected to Manage Oceanview Village Owners Association in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (December 21, 2021) --- FirstService Residential, North America's leading association management company, was awarded the management contract for Oceanview Village Owners Association in San Francisco, California. FirstService Residential began managing the 370-unit mid-rise condominium in November 2021.
"FirstService Residential represents the best of professional property management with their deep knowledge base and extensive support infrastructure," said Paul Chan, vice president at Oceanview Village Owners Association. "They bring the A-game to the management of our association."
Oceanview Village Owners Association was built in 2002 and consisted of five mid-rise buildings that feature one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with home sizes ranging from 500 to 1,200 square feet. The Oceanview Village gated community offers residents underground parking and a retail center with mixed businesses such as 24 Hour Fitness, banking and grocery stores. Residents can walk to the Daly City BART station to commute into the heart of San Francisco.
"We are thrilled to be chosen by Oceanview Village, and we look forward to bringing our resources to serve the community," said Natalie Valdez-Smith, vice president of community management in San Francisco. "The Board of Directors is fully engaged in all details that benefit the health of the community, and this makes them a great partner for our management team."
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Die Vishvarupa () ist eine ikonographische Abbildung der hinduistischen Gottheit Vishnu oder seines Avatars Krishna.

Etymologie
mini|300px|Arjuna verbeugt sich vor der Vishvarupa
Das Sanskritwort Vishvarupa setzt sich zusammen aus Vishva (विश्व – viśva, seinerseits abgeleitet von der Wurzel विश् (viś) – durchdringen, eingehen in; Vishva hat somit die Bedeutung All, Gesamtheit, Universum, jedermann (alle), allgegenwärtig, alldurchdringend), sowie rupa (रूप – rūpa) Form, Gestalt, Erscheinung. Die Vishvarupa ist folglich die universale Gestalt Gottes. Volkstümliche Bezeichnungen für die Vishvarupa sind Vishvarupa Darshan, Vishwaroopa und Virata rupa.

Beschreibung

Der Eine ohne einen Zweiten, der Herr des Universums manifestiert diese mystische Erscheinung seinen Geweihten. Die berühmteste dieser Theophanien findet sich zweifellos in der Bhagavad Gita, dem Lied Gottes, das Krishna Arjuna, dem Prinzen der Pandus, auf dem Schlachtfeld von Kurukshetra vorträgt – Teil des im Mahabharata geschilderten epischen Krieges zwischen Pandus und Kurus. Im Kapitel X und XI der Bhagavad Gita offenbart sich Krishna als Höchstes Wesen und zeigt Arjuna seine Vishvarupa. Da Arjuna von Krishna mit göttlicher Sicht versehen wurde, kann er diese mystische Vision überhaupt erkennen und beschreibt sie dann mit folgenden Worten:

Oder etwas weiter in Vers 19:

Die Vishvarupa gilt als die höchste Form Vishnus bzw. Krishnas, es ist aber durchaus auch eine Vishvarupa von Shiva bekannt. In ihr ist das gesamte Universum enthalten, und obwohl sich in ihr die zentrale Gottheit in verschiedenen Gottheiten manifestiert, ist sie in Wirklichkeit eins und unteilbar.

Einzelnachweise

Indische Mythologie
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ICHS Town is planned to be developed over an area of 9000 kanals of land located near Fateh Jang Road at about 24 KM from Zero Point. The society aims to cater to the housing requirement of about 35 to 40 thousand of the local population.
This is one of the best low cost housing projects in the close vicinity of New Islamabad Airport which is suitable for long term investment and future residence.
As you can see it is map attached above, the society is going to get direct access through Kashmir Highway Extension that will give it easy approach to New Islamabad Airport as well as Islamabad.
The society is fully engaged in development work on the project. You can visit the location and see the development work yourself before you make your decision.
The map divides the society into 6 residential sectors comprising mostly of 1 kanal residential plot. There are different sizes of commercial plots also available in the commercial markaz of the society.
ICHS Town is an old housing project launched in 1989, so majority of good options are available on full payment only. Nevertheless, few plots of 5 marla, 7 marla, 10 marla and 1 kanal sizes were launched recently on 14 months installment plan. Plot prices are very reasonable, so it is a good opportunity for those who want to invest in low cost housing projects near new Islamabad Airport for good return in future.
It is very simple to book your plot in ICHS Town, you can simply download the following booking form, fill it and submit along with required documents (cnic and photo) and down payment.


Calculated Risk: Housing: Inverted Reasoning?
Housing will experience a soft landing, because the economy and job growth are strong. That appears to be the logic of certain pundits, and California's Inland Empire is an example of this New Millennium economy.
There's just too strong an economy and too much job growth for much other than the "soft landing" Husing and other economists have been predicting for the end of the five-year housing boom.
"We are right on the cusp of a very powerful period in job growth," Husing said. "Local [Inland Empire, San Bernardino/Riverside area] unemployment in May was 4.2 percent, and that's the lowest I have seen for May in 42 years of studying the local economy.
... inhabitants of the Inland Empire should hunker down for an unprecedented retail boom. ... that was the consensus at a panel ... at the first annual RealShare Inland Empire Conference, held [August 9, 2006].
That is the optimistic view and many pundits have made the same argument for the entire U.S. economy too. On the other hand, is it possible that the Inland Empire economic boom has been driven by housing, and that the housing bust will start a downward vicious cycle?
First, here is some housing data released today by DataQuick: Southland home sales slowest in nine years; price gains lower.
Southland home sales downshifted last month to the slowest pace in nine years as the rate of appreciation fell to the lowest level since fall 1999, a real estate information service reported.
Last month's sales total marked the lowest for a July since 1997, when 22,302 homes sold, and fell below the July average of 24,669 going back to 1988.
Perhaps the Inland Empire immune to the housing slowdown. The following graphs are based on the DataQuick data. This is a comparison between Los Angeles and the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino) for the number of housing transactions and median house price.
The first graph shows the monthly median home prices for Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside since 2002.
Prices in the Inland Empire increased about the same as Los Angeles, and recently appear to have flattened out. Prices in both Riverside and San Bernardino are about 2% below their recent peaks.
The second graph shows the year-on-year change in the median price for the three markets. YoY price appreciation is falling for all three markets.
The third graph shows the YoY change in the number of transactions for each market.
There doesn't appear to be anything special about the Inland Empire when comparing the housing market to Los Angeles.
This graph compares construction employment, as a percent of total nonfarm employment, for the U.S., California, Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Note: Construction includes non-residential construction.
Here is the hierarchy: Los Angeles has benefited less, in terms of employment, than most of California and the U.S. from the housing boom, California has benefited from the housing boom more than most of the U.S., and the Inland Empire is perhaps the greatest beneficiary.
So what happens during a housing bust? Just look at the unemployment rate in the previous bust.
The unemployment rate in California rose from 5.2% to 10.4% in just over two years. For the Inland Empire, the unemployment rate rose from 4.8% to double digits in the same period, peaking at 12.4%. Yes, California was impacted by Defense cutbacks in the early '90s, but the areas that were most dependent on housing saw the largest increases in the unemployment rate.


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Pattern Matching Example

One of the more interesting use cases for pattern matching in Scala and other
functional languages, is for simplifying the visitor pattern.

Wikipedia describes the visitor pattern:

    "In object-oriented programming and software engineering, the visitor design
    pattern is a way of separating an algorithm from an object structure on
    which it operates. A practical result of this separation is the ability to
    add new operations to existing object structures without modifying those
    structures. It is one way to follow the open/closed principle." -
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor_pattern

A simple example of the visitor pattern in Java is described here:

http://java.dzone.com/articles/design-patterns-visitor

In this repo I've created a similar example, to demonstrate how one might
separate the computation of tax based on the nature of an item, from the
definition of the item itself. This is a good way to insulate the core data
model from changes over time -- for example tax rules may change, or grow as
part of international expansion, or a host of other issues.

The visitor pattern is sometimes described as a language failure. The problem
is that there is a lot of machinery required to get the implementation
relatively clean. Things need to be visitable, there needs to be a visitor,
that visitor needs to change as the data model grows, and the actual
logic-per-type is in a method-per-type and sometimes a class-per-type. But very
often it's useful to have the relevant data (e.g., tax codes) in one place in
the code.

The scala version of this example shows how pattern matching can be used to
simplify the visitor model dramatically. In this case both examples are fairly
simple, but as the system grows more complex, the java visitors grow in
complexity, typically, much faster than the scala version.

Here are some links demonstrating richer examples:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8618082/visitor-pattern-in-scala
http://andymaleh.blogspot.ie/2008/04/scalas-pattern-matching-visitor-pattern.html

There is a great academic paper by Burak Emir, Martin Odersky and John Williams
that's worth a read if you're interested in the theory behind pattern matching:

http://lampwww.epfl.ch/~emir/written/MatchingObjectsWithPatterns-TR.pdf

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"We will be learning constantly throughout our careers as workers and citizens, and once young people graduate from formal institutions, much of that learning will be self-directed and unstructured. What I hope that students could take away from my Connected Course where the skill sets to participate in that kind of learning out on the open Web, and the belief that lifelong learning can be most powerful when we intentionally build networks of people to learn with us."
CATALYST Podcast: Why? How? and What?


The Gogoro 2 Series is an electric scooter from Taiwanese electric scooter startup Gogoro, a subsidiary of HTC, one of the biggest smart phone makers in the world.
The 2 Series Plus is available in multiple colors. The cover of the 2 Series can be replaced like a smart phone cover, allowing for personalization of the scooter.
The Gogoro 2 offers almost the same performance as the Gogoro 1 but has a much lower price.
The scooter is equipped with regenerative braking that will return power to the batteries. The braking system is a unique innovation called Synchronized Braking System (SBS) that delivers simultaneous braking force to the front and rear wheels, automatically balancing stopping force to reduce slips when hard braking or during panic stops.
The Gogoro scooter is remotely serviced like Tesla cars. With more than 80 sensors constantly tracking the vehicle's every heartbeat, Gogoro engineers keep watch on every aspect of the Smartscooter, ensuring all functionality stays perfectly in tune. The dahsboard of the scooter provides Gogoro's iQ System that pushes your riding info to a colorful smart dash, helping the driver to ride more efficiently. It also automatically updates with new advanced features wirelessly. The dashboard is fully customize able like a smart phone home screen.
The scooter has innovative 2 compound racing tires that provide less friction when driving fast and that provide extra traction in steep turns.
The scooter has a large buddy seat that provides space for 2 helmets.
Unlike other electric scooters that charge via a wall outlet, the Gogoro is provided with a battery subscription and a network of GoStation battery swapping stations. When the charge on the scooter runs low, you stop by a station and swap the batteries with fresh ones. Gogoro charges a monthly subscription fee for this service.
Next to the battery swap network Gogoro also offers a home charging station called a GoCharger that charges both batteries in 2.5 hours.
The Gogoro connects to a smart phone app that allows for an incredible amount of customization. Riders can use the Gogoro app with their iPhone or Android to change the colors of the lights, monitor their battery usage, find a battery swap station, call for help if they crash, or locate where they parked.
Gogoro offers 2 years of unlimited mileage warranty.


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Discussion: GNC 2022 to include 3 WRE events
in: GAOC Georgia Navigator Cup Sprint: University of West Georgia (Jan 14 - Carrollton, GA, US)
Nov 11, 2021 11:12 PM #
cmorse:
The 2022 Georgia Navigator Cup will feature Sprint, Middle & Long WRE for elite classes. Sprint + 2-Day classic for non-elite classes. Detailed information forthcoming shortly.
Dec 3, 2021 2:50 AM #
yurets:
looks like they finally put some info on web site
http://gaorienteering.org/Special_Events/GNC/GOFin...
Dec 3, 2021 12:15 PM #
Yes, Registration is now open.
Dec 9, 2021 8:01 PM #
CHARLIE-B:
Bulletin 1 published. Course lengths published.
Dec 12, 2021 4:10 PM #
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaNavigatorCup
Today's post:
"Orienteers never get lost. They just do accidental field work."
On March 18-19, 1978, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) organized an orienteering event at Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park (FDR). The map used was a USGS quad, which was cut and pasted to make it a manageable size, and then overprinted with magnetic north lines and the courses in red. DNR's intentions were good, but they were a little optimistic about the response. They printed 4000 maps!
In 1980, Cheatum produced a black and white map of FDR, using the USGS map as a base, converting the scale to 1:15000, and adding point features. In the words of Robin Shannonhouse, "We had a mass field check with about 8 club members on Feb. 9th [1980] and Bill Cheatum put our efforts together for the final map. It was, in retrospect, a lousy map, but probably the real beginnings of the club as a team effort." The date on the map is 1980, and the copyright is assigned to the Oconee Orienteering Club.
#GeorgiaOFest2022
Bill Cheatum has now produced a new LIDAR-based map of FDR for GNC 2022.
Saturday/Sunday course info updated with climb and some small changes.
While still provisional, the courses are unlikely to change much, except for the Long M21(WRE) which is likely to be made a little less challenging.
Gswede:
Dec 23, 2021 11:00 PM #
Mr Wonderful:
Assuming a three hour course limit, as is length would mean four whole blue runners from GNC Saturday 2019 would have a shot to avoid dq.
Jan 4, 2022 4:28 AM #
Sunday course info updated again with climb, some small changes and larger changes for M21E.
More people might finish.
Jan 11, 2022 9:28 PM #
Question: According to the website, the sprint starts for the WRE start at 2:00 and continue every minute, and the NRE starts at 3:00. However, there will only be around 30 runners doing the WRE course. Is it possible that NRE start times are going to be pushed forward to prevent such a long wait time, or will NRE runners still have to wait an hour to start their courses?
Jan 12, 2022 2:23 AM #
There is no need for NRE runners to be there at 2 pm. The intention is that the WRE runners are off the course before the NRE runners start. Think of them as two separate events. The NRE event starts at 3 pm.
On the other hand, there will be a fine spectating opportunity to watch the WRE runners finish - starting around 2:15 pm.
Start times are posted
mikeminium:
We definitely encourage spectating for the WRE! There is a paved patio with tables and chairs overlooking the finish arena; bring a lunch and enjoy cheering on the WRE finishers (the same goes for the NRE). You also are permitted inside the Campus Center building with modern restrooms, and a spacious area with large windows where you can also look out over the finish. See the Friday Info and Site Map
Link to start times
JanetT:
Please note: the GNC event page linked from Event Reg is not the same as the page linked from AP (GNC). This one has course info; the page linked from EventReg does not. Anyone looking for info solely from EventReg (GNC2022) is handicapped.
Find all info in this version: http://gaorienteering.org/Special_Events/GNC/GOFin...
maprunner:
Any results available?
See the Live Results linked from the Meet Guide.
Jan 15, 2022 11:01 PM #
If you are in Georgia and your shoe size is US10 -- I saw this morning Go Orienteering had a pair of Icebug spirit2 OLX. This is a legendary shoe, grab it.
Mine lasted 10 yrs. They do not make anything these days close in terms of quality and style.
SUNDAY POSTPONED BY AT LEAST TWO HOURS. High winds and downed trees on park roads. MORE INFO BY 9 AM.
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PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS TO MOVE THE WORLD AHEAD
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Today's students are exhausted, stressed, and really "good at playing the school game".
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Before I had my son, I pictured vacationing with kids much like the picture above. Once I had my son and attempted the 11-17 hour drive to some of favorite vacation destinations, I quickly realized that picture is FAR from the actual truth! It takes so much planning, work and redirection for long car rides with kids to achieve "happy time" moments. I have compiled some of my favorite tips to help even the newest parents survive enjoy long road trips with kids.
1. Choose hours that your child can sleep whilst you drive. We tend to leave around 1am let him sleep through the night. Be warned in doing this you will be exhausted the next day and need to rest while your child is up and energized. We take turns driving through the night. Less traffic and a smooth ride for us.
2. Bring along a Travel Bin...These things are LIFE SAVERS trust me!
3. Pack a Snack bag!! I don't know about you but I get cranky when I'm hungry. So avoid unnecessary whining and spending with a simple reusable bag and load it full of snacks.
4. This about takes the cake as far as important tips for going on long drives with your small children. Every few hours (maybe whilst you are refueling) let them out! Yes, find a grassy patch and let them run, explore. This five minute stop will have them refreshed, exhausted if you encourage running around. You stretch your legs and they need to stretch theirs. Plus it really help change their scenery and gives them an outlet for energy because as we all know hey have TONS of energy!!
5. Make sure you STOP when your kid has to go to the bathroom. I have been on trips where families would NOT stop and just kept telling their child to wait. Let me just say this ALWAYS ends badly. Either you will have a melt down or they will have an accident in their pants only causing more grief.
6. Have a trash bin in the car! We have one that attached to the back of our seat and it is WONDERFUL! Found ours on Amazon.
7. Give them a map of your journey. My son loved this so much when he was younger he now collects Maps at travel stops.
8. Read or listen to books on CD/Tape. I personally cannot read whilst riding in a car BUT my son loves to do it.
9. Let them watch a movie on a portable DVD player.
10. Play car games. We often play "I spy" , Harry Potter "Would you rather" or "Travel BINGO" you can print out different games just do a quick search on Pinterest to find some that suit your child and family.
11. Let them enjoy their favorite shows on Netflix. You can stream it on your photo, tablet, ipad you name it! I do not like doing this but if it is a ling drive or we are in traffic I would rather he be occupied then causing a fuss which can be very distracting if you are trying to focus on traffic or bad weather conditions.
12. Let them bring a game system. Again I do not usually allow him to spend hours on his Game boy (picked it up for $5 at a yard sale!) but we do bring it along and let him enjoy some time with it. Since he never uses it unless we are on a long trip I feel like this is a treat for him.
13. Pack a collection of "just in case" items. Bandages, Tylenol, Wet Wipes, paper towel roll, grocery bags ( we use this for trash), Zip lock bags, sunscreen, extra extra snacks.
14. Bring sandwich bags. My son collects things. He has always done it so I allow him to store his treasures (usually rocks) in zip lock baggies.
15. Along with the toys, snacks and emergency just in case items also pack a blanket and pillow. We also have a "Seat belt pal" that attaches to his seat belt. He can cuddle with it and usually falls asleep on it with out hurting his neck.
16. Explore travel destination Welcome centers. They often have fun kid things to do while you stop, refresh and use the facilities!
17. Talk to your child while driving/riding. Often times I hear people say kids are to be seen not heard. I love hearing my son gibber away. When he gets old, I have to say I'll miss that little voice in the back seat so talk to them.
18. Reusable bottles are your best friend. Avoid spills as much as you can!
19. Get head phones.... Headphones avoid the "kid song hell". I love Disney songs as much as the next person. Let's face it, I am not a on repeat "Let it go" song kind of person for 12 hours straight. Headphones are AMAZING in my book!
20. Play the "Who can be silent the longest game". Hahaha, Love this and by the way I always loose this game...go figure!
21. Take deep breathes. Seriously, Mom, Dad out there take a deep breathes!!!
22. Re-direct. Long car rides get the best of us. Try not to get upset with one another but re-direct the energy on something positive and diffuse situations.
23. Have a go bag. We place one set of clothing each in a bag for those just in case moments we need a change of clothing. Someone gets sick, has an accident you name it. Much easier to take form a small bag then unpack our suit cases.
24. Plan for bad weather. If you were stuck in your car for 33 hours do you have the essentials? This happened to us when we hit a bad snow storm. We had no warning and it really tested the limits of what we could handle. You just never know so always plan.
25. The best tip I can honestly give you is plan ahead. Do not wait until the day of to do all of these things. Taking a child on a long trip requires a LOT of patience better to be as prepared as you can be.
Our snack bag always includes snacks that my kids love but rarely get to eat; along with some tried and true favorites. Just the novelty of new snacks perks them up. We used to pack a mini ball in the glove compartment for rest stop games too.
My Dad ALWAYS chose #1! He would toss the three of us in the car at 5 am with pillows and tell us to sleep until we got hungry :) It was always a quiet four hours for the beginning of the trip. Great tips!


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The Unwavering Anvil
Uncover a vital tool for a blacksmith. The anvil is essential in helping a smith regain as much energy as they put out swinging their hammer.
By Robert Thomas
| July 2018
The shape of an anvil is important to use the returned energy effectively and control the upswing.
Photo by Sully Sullivan Photography
"The Art and Craft of the Blacksmith" by Robert Thomas is perfect for those aspiring to try blacksmithing as a hobby. All skill levels will learn the tools and techniques needed to get started, as well as a look at iron and historical forging traditions.
Cover Courtesy of Quarto Publishing
In The Art and Craft of the Blacksmith: Techniques and Inspiration for the Modern Smith, Robert Thomas provides readers everything they need to know to take on blacksmithing as a hobby. The book introduces readers with the fundamental tools and techniques to modern blacksmithing and provides how-to projects for every level. The following excerpt is from Chapter 2, "Techniques and Tooling."
If I could describe blacksmithing as any one thing, it is the process of controlling kinetic energy to deform metal. A great deal of that energy comes from the anvil.
This may sound counterintuitive; after all, an anvil is (one hopes) the most solid object in a smithy. It's still a cultural shorthand for massiveness, weight, and stability; long after most children are likely to encounter a blacksmith in real life, they still know what it means when an anvil is dropped on a cartoon character's head.
But when a blacksmith swings his or her hammer, they are expending kinetic energy, of which they have a limited supply. Smithing is hard work. To be able to work long hours crafting a fine piece of metal, the smith needs to be able to recoup as much of the energy they expend swinging their hammer as possible.
That's where the anvil comes in. An anvil is heavy enough to not shift when the blacksmith strikes it and hard enough to deflect the strength of the blow back up, returning a portion of the blacksmith's energy for the next swing. It's like running on asphalt: runners find it much easier than softer surfaces like sand.
To control the upswing and effectively use the returned energy, the shape of the anvil is important. Every curve, point, corner, and edge on the anvil has a specific function, and where the smith places the metal on the anvil allows for the creation of different effects.
On most anvils, those parts include a horn, or pointed conical section, used for shaping curve or thinning out metal (also called drawing down). It is the horn that gives the anvil its characteristic shape. Across from the horn, on the other side of the anvil, is the face, or work surface. Often, holes will be incised into the face to aid with punching and tooling; in fact, one of the holes, called a Hardy hole, has an entire set of tools specially crafted to slot into it and hold steady. Between the face and horn is usually a step, where chisels can be safely used. Of course, not every anvil conforms to this pattern; some anvils are used for specialist operations and have different shapes.
The main anvil in our shop dates from 1882 and was probably cast in England to create chains for tall ships. I like to think of the hundreds of years of history and countless swings of the hammer it has seen when we use it.
And use it we do; power hammers and hydraulic presses do not replace hammer and anvil in the modern blacksmith shop. We still use the anvil for shaping, finishing work, and occasionally, a technique called Smith and Striker.
Smith and Striker is a method of cooperation between two workers; in the days before power hammers, it was the only way to accomplish the backbreaking work of flattening bar iron. The smith is the more experienced; they hammer the metal in precisely the place they wish the striker to use more force, often with a much larger hammer. As smith guides and striker strikes, a rhythm is established.
Sometimes, we still use Smith and Striker, even though we have perfectly good power hammers just a few feet from the anvil. It's fun. And it's a fantastic reminder of the roots of our craft and a way to increase our connection as artists.
More from The Art and Craft of the Blacksmith:
The Hammer: An Essential Tool with Primitive Roots
Forge Your Own Iron Book Ends
The Role of the Smith
Excerpted from The Art and Craft of the Blacksmith, by Robert Thomas. Published by Quarto Publishing, © 2018. Used with permission from Quarto Publishing.


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Тущикуду́к () — село у складі Мангістауського району Мангістауської області Казахстану. Адміністративний центр Тущикудуцького сільського округу.

У радянські часи село називалось Тущикудик.

Населення — 2030 осіб (2009; 1998 в 1999).

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Dr. Latner is serving on the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Charitable Foundation's (AACDCF) Board of Trustees. Through its flagship program, Give Back a Smile, the AACDCF assists in rebuilding the smiles and lives of adults who've suffered dental injuries from domestic and sexual violence.
"I'm passionate about restoring smiles and lives for survivors of domestic violence and honored to lead this organization by serving on the Board of Trustees." said Dr. Latner.
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As much as he's known for excellence in dentistry, Les Latner is also known for his love of football. While attending UCLA in the early '70s, he divided his time between earning his Master's Degree in Kinesiology and managing the school's famed football team. After graduating, he received his dental degree from Washington University in St. Louis but soon returned to his old stomping grounds as the team dentist, helping the Bruin boys with their oral injuries for many years. More than 30 years later, he still can't separate himself from the action. Dr. Latner currently keeps stats for the referees during games, staying as close to the field as he can without actually wearing a uniform and enduring bone-crunching tackles.
In addition to his pigskin endeavors, Dr. Latner graduated from Washington University in St. Louis School of Dental Medicine and completed a two year residency in pediatric dentistry at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. However, his true passion is general dentistry. Dr. Latner is one of fewer than 10 dentists who've achieved both accreditation in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry. Also, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, is a clinical assistant professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry, lectures regularly on esthetic dentistry, and has authored an article published in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. Fittingly, the sports-loving dentist was officially recognized by the Sports Dentistry Commission for the World Cup in 1994 and was a presenter at the 1986 Academy for Sports Dentistry National Symposium.
When away from the office, Dr. Latner spends time with his beautiful wife, Nora, and his black lab, Shaina, while missing his son who attends Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Whenever they can, they steal away to the mountains for some rejuvenating snow skiing.
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Introduction: Despite eradication and control measures applied across Europe, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) remains a constant threat. In Belgium, after several years of bTB disease freedom status, routine movement testing, as currently practiced, revealed itself inadequate to detect some sporadic breakdown herds. The aim of this study was to strike the balance between cost and effectiveness of different surveillance system components to identify sustainable alternatives for early detection and substantiation of freedom of bTB while maintaining acceptance of these amongst the different animal health stakeholders. Methods: Stochastic iteration model was built to simulate, first, the expected current surveillance system performance in terms of sensitivity and specificity of detection. These results were then descriptively compared to observed field results. Secondly, the cost and effectiveness of simulated alternative surveillance components were quantified. To measure impact of key assumptions (i.e. regarding diagnostic tests and true prevalence), sensitivity analysis was performed. Results: Discrepancies between the predicted and observed performance of bTB surveillance in Belgium were observed. Secondly, simulated alternatives revealed that targeted IFN-γ as well serological testing with Antibody ELISA towards risk herds would enable increasing the overall cost and effectiveness of the Belgian bTB surveillance system. Sensitivity analysis showed that results remained constant despite modification of some key assumptions. Discussion: Performance of current bTB surveillance system performance in Belgium was questionable. This exercise highlighted that not only sensitivity, but specificity is a key driver for surveillance performance. The quantitative and participative conceptual framework revealed itself a useful tool to allow evidence-based decision making regarding future tuberculosis surveillance in Belgium, as required by the international standards.


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Q: Using Decompose to remove empty tag I am trying to search for emails in HTML elements. I want to run the code so that when there are no emails found in the HTML, to search in another element in the HTML and in the end if it is not found to set email as "N/A".
I am new to writing code and I am trying to do it for a training exercise for a project.
Here is the HTML that I am trying to break down and extract the emails from:

 Search Location No.1

About

About

Search Location No.2

Here is the python code where I have created an empty list after extracting text from bio I search for emails and if the tag is empty it decomposes the tag:
email_list = []
    bio = soup.find('div', {'class': 'UserInfo'}).text
    for my_tag in soup.find_all(class_="UserInfo"):
        EMAIL_REGEX = "[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+"
        emails = re.findall(EMAIL_REGEX, my_tag.text)
        if not my_tag.text:  # if tag is empty
            my_tag.decompose()
            print(emails)

the outcome that I am receiving when I print(emails) , if there are no emails present in the for loop, in which I am trying to get rid of:
[]
[]
[]

My question:
The HTML which I am breaking down has similar classes under the same tag. My issue is that I just want to know how to search from one element with a specific class and if no outcome is found to search in another element with another class and in the end instead of receiving [] [] [] to become N/A

A: Rather than going iteratively class by class, why not go top to bottom across the whole HTML irrespective of the class, and if you find an EMAIL, just store the EMAIL along with the class of the element in a dictionary.
And then you can find email from the dictionary based on which class you want to check first.
EMAIL_REGEX = "[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+"
def applyRegex(element):
    if element.text:
       emailsFound = re.findall(EMAIL_REGEX, element.text)
       if emailsFound:
          return True
   return False

final_dict = {}
email_elements = soup.find_all(applyRegex)

for element in email_elements:
   emailsFound = re.findall(EMAIL_REGEX, element.text)
   for email in emailsFound:
      if element.has_attr('class'):
         classname = element['class']
         final_dict.update({classname: element.text})

if final_dict:
   # do whatever you want to do with the dictionary of <class>:<email>
else:
   print("N/A")


Eggs-tra, Eggs-tra, read all about it!
I'm gonna say a word that most of you most likely don't want to hear after the Easter holidays…'Eggs..' (Not the chocolate variety mind, so step away from the kids leftover Easter eggs now)… but really folks you won't beat these for simplicity, versatility, taste and all round bang for your buck - both in terms of nutrition and money.
It's St. Patricks weekend, the temperature is 15 degrees centigrade in March, and Ireland have just won the Six Nations rugby championship.
What better way to celebrate in the sunshine than to make some pizza's, Irish style, perfect after a skinful of Guinness, as we like to say! I'm using the best of Irish ingredients for toppings. Clonakilty Black Pudding (we live on the stuff down here!), Cashel Blue cheese, and some onions and rocket from the garden. I've relied on my buddy Jamie for the pizza base recipe.
Not so hot on tongue, but I like a bit of cheek..
It's great to see that people are looking at the cheaper cuts of meat again. This is definitely one that most people would avoid probably because of the part of the animal it comes from (for me its Ox Tongue, I know there are plenty of you out there that will disagree). Ox Cheeks are one of one of the easiest cuts to cook with, although you have to cook it for some time. Get your butcher to remove most of the fat and then it's as simple as making a regular stew. Remember compromising on price does not always mean compromising on taste, if you are buying your meat from your local butcher.
I made this with polenta after seeing something similar on Sunday Brunch. I hadn't cooked Polenta before; it's something I had avoided given that some of the offerings I had tasted in the past were akin to wallpaper paste in texture and in taste. The addition of butter, parmesan and cream in this recipe marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship between me and the afore much maligned Polenta..
While Nigella might be on the naughty list this Christmas, her Cranberry and Granny Smith chutney is really nice! This will go well with baked ham or turkey, and play a starring role on any cheeseboard. I've also included a recipe for Beetroot relish which is a perfect accompaniment to smoked salmon, spiced beef or leftover turkey.
Chutneys are super easy to make and also make great gifts when presented in rubber sealed jars. Make now as they will need a little time to mellow.
7 weeks since the arrival of our little man, and it's time to start getting my pre-baby shape back. It's time to hit the gym and get the diet in full flow. The middle of the night bottle feeds and the lack of healthy food have taken their toll on my figure and have seen me lose a few pounds. It's time to put them back on! With those cold and wet winter nights just around the corner a man needs a bit of insulation. What better way to spend your Sunday afternoon than making (and eating) an indulgent calorific Guinness and Chocolate cake.
Three weeks since the arrival of our baby boy and the tiredness has well and truly hit home. We've had cornflakes twice for dinner this week, failing that it is beans on toast, scrambled eggs on toast, and pretty much anything else you can fit on toast. It's too late to get organised now and start stocking up on old reliables for the freezer, like beef casserole or lasagne (expectant parents take note now!).
Plan B. Terry's 10 minute meals! Well, if Jamie can do 15 minute meals! With just a handful of ingredients (you can substitute or omit based on what is in the kitchen cupboard) , here are a few quick dinners you can knock up in a few minutes. Pukka!
After 15 years in Dublin, it's time for a new start for my family and I in West Cork. Since our move I've come over all Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, growing my own vegetables in the back garden and getting to know the people I buy my meat and vegetables from again. I've even bought a few books on growing your own food and the first salad leaves are beginning to take off.
Lest the 1m x 1m patch at the back of the semi-d doesn't work out, I'm lucky my father in-law is an avid gardener. Here are two recipes using his rhubarb and apples, as well as some fresh blackberries picked with my daughter last night. Buttermilk Panacotta with Poached Rhubarb and Strawberries and an Apple and Blackberry Tart.
My name is Terry Lyons and I'm a coffee snob!
I've realised over the past few years that I have become a creature of habit. At 7.10am each morning I duly arise, make my breakfast, wake a disgruntled child from her sleep and kick an even more disgruntled Missus out of the bed.
In the last few years a cup of coffee has become an integral part of that morning routine. I have to admit, previous to this I didn't really get the whole coffee thing. I grew up in a house of stalwart tay drinkers. We had a jar of powdered Maxwell House which lingered at the back of the cupboard since about 1982, only to be resurrected when the visitors came. The lumps had to be vigorously mushed out of it before adding the boiling water… it tasted like a cocktail of hot Guinness and tar that had been left to ferment in a rusty bucket in the back garden. I didn't start drinking coffee until I moved to Dublin, and bit by bit I became sucked into the emerging coffee culture. Of course we're all coffee experts these days… you can walk into most cafes and restaurants in the country now and waiting staff will nod duly as you ask for a cappuccino, a macchiato or tall skinny latte! Albeit, some offerings are still reminiscent of the contents of that rusty bucket in the back garden in Mayo.
Last week I went to a Barista class with @3fe Coffee in Dublin 2. www.facebook.com/3FECoffee. One of the first tasks we had was to taste 3 different glasses of water; distilled, tap and mineral water. Strange I thought, as I was at a coffee class. But as a cup of coffee is mainly composed of water, the quality of the water is very important. Tap water in Dublin is apparently perfect for coffee.
In the next few hours, I learned about the history of coffee, how to calibrate the machine, grind the coffee to the right consistency, weigh out the coffee (yes, they weigh the coffee for each cup at 3fe), froth the milk, and even have a stab at putting some designs on the top (to varying levels of success).
I'd highly recommend the class if you like your coffee and I couldn't believe the level of detail involved in making a consistently good cup of coffee. Now when I order a coffee, I'm finding it hard not to correct the person making it!
Last weekend, myself and some of the other contestants from Masterchef ran a Raw Food pop up in Smithfield, Dublin. The Raw Food movement is popular these days. In short, it means all food must be unprocessed and uncooked. When you think about it, it is very difficult. To make it even more difficult, we decided on having no dairy on the menu. Some elements of raw food I like, but some of it is extreme, and in my opinion, you'll never beat a steak and chips!
We had great fun in the kitchen and managed to raise a lot of money for Dyspraxia Ireland. The menu is below as are some of the photos.


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Through their knowledge of statistics, finance, and business, actuaries assess the risk of events occurring and help create policies for businesses and clients that minimize the cost of that risk. For this reason, actuaries are essential to the insurance industry.
Actuaries analyze data to estimate the probability and likely cost to the company of an event such as death, sickness, injury, disability, or loss of property. Actuaries also address financial matters, such as how a company should invest resources to maximize return on investments, or how an individual should invest in order to attain a certain retirement income level. Using their expertise in evaluating various types of risk, actuaries help design insurance policies, pension plans, and other financial strategies in a manner which will help ensure that the plans are maintained on a sound financial basis.
The duties of financial managers vary with their specific titles, which include controller, treasurer or finance officer, credit manager, cash manager, risk and insurance manager, and manager of international banking. Controllers direct the preparation of financial reports, such as income statements, balance sheets, and analyses of future earnings or expenses, that summarize and forecast the organization's financial position. Controllers also are in charge of preparing special reports required by regulatory authorities. Often, controllers oversee the accounting, audit, and budget departments. Treasurers and finance officers direct their organization's budgets to meet its financial goals. They oversee the investment of funds, manage associated risks, supervise cash management activities, execute capital-raising strategies to support the firm's expansion, and deal with mergers and acquisitions. Credit managers oversee the firm's issuance of credit, establishing credit-rating criteria, determining credit ceilings, and monitoring the collections of past-due accounts.
Many individuals take out loans to buy a house, car, or pay for a college education. Businesses use loans to start companies, purchase inventory, or invest in capital equipment. Loan officers facilitate this lending by finding potential clients and helping them to apply for loans. Loan officers gather information to determine the likelihood that individuals and businesses will repay the loan. Loan officers may also provide guidance to prospective borrowers who have problems qualifying for traditional loans. For example, loan officers might determine the most appropriate type of loan for a particular customer and explain specific requirements and restrictions associated with the loan.
Loan officers usually specialize in commercial, consumer, or mortgage loans. Commercial or business loans help companies pay for new equipment or expand operations. Consumer loans include home equity, automobile, and personal loans. Mortgage loans are loans made to purchase real estate or to refinance an existing mortgage.
Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents buy a vast array of farm products, durable and nondurable goods, and services for companies and institutions. They attempt to get the best deal for their company—the highest quality goods and services at the lowest possible cost. They accomplish this by studying sales records and inventory levels of current stock, identifying foreign and domestic suppliers, and keeping abreast of changes affecting both the supply of, and demand for, needed products and materials. Purchasing professionals consider price, quality, availability, reliability, and technical support when choosing suppliers and merchandise. To be effective, purchasing professionals must have a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.
Mathematics is one of the oldest and most fundamental sciences. Mathematicians use mathematical theory, computational techniques, algorithms, and the latest computer technology to solve economic, scientific, engineering, and business problems. The work of mathematicians falls into two broad classes: theoretical (pure) mathematics and applied mathematics. These classes, however, are not sharply defined and often overlap.
Market and survey researchers gather information about what people think. Market research analysts help companies understand what types of products people want, determine who will buy them and at what price. Gathering statistical data on competitors and examining prices, sales, and methods of marketing and distribution, they analyze data on past sales to predict future sales.