1] Research provided by "Rozanova", today, reveals that Sir Hugh Sykes is a Non Executive Director of A4e – Europe's largest provider of Welfare to Work Programmes.
"Pathways to Work delivers a holistic approach to ensuring that those in receipt of Incapacity Benefit have the support they need to return to work.
"A4e is a successful international business and a market leader in global public service reform. We work with government and the private and third sectors to design, develop and deliver front line public services that benefit individuals, organisations and communities.
Sheffield-based employment and training provider, A4e, has appointed Sir Hugh Sykes as a non-exec board director.
A4e is one of the UK's premier organisations in the delivery of social change on behalf of Government, providing services in areas such as employment and training solutions, education and childcare, and business support. With the philosophy `Improving People's Lives', A4e champions the disadvantaged and underprivileged members of society, helping thousands of people back into employment every year.
Sir Hugh brings a wealth public and private sector experience to the role.
His distinguished career includes being appointed as Chairman of the Sheffield Development Corporation and, to the Board of National Australia Group Europe – responsible for operating four UK banks, Yorkshire, Clydesdale, Northern and National Irish Banks.
Chairman of The Industrial Trust, Director of the British Urban Regeneration Association and Chairman of Renaissance South Yorkshire.
His successful business career is matched by his extensive national and local charity work, including involvements in the Prince's Youth Business Trust.
I have a query in connection with the CISSD Project.
I have already been in contact with Professors Rachel Jenkins, Kurt Kroenke and Michael Sharpe in the last couple of days, none of whom has been able to answer my queries. Michael Sharpe has suggested that I contact you.
I understand that you are the Co-ordinator of the CISSD Project and an Honorary Member of the WHO Collaborating Centre, Institute of Psychiatry.
But the source of the first two grants remains unclear.
Professor Kroenke has told me that he had nothing to do with the finances of the Project and he wasn't able to provide me with information about the source of the first two grants.
Were these two grants in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 provided to Action for ME by the WHO, Geneva?
Or was this funding provided to Action for ME by the WHO Collaborating Centre?
Or was this funding provided to Action for ME by another organisation, body, agency or institution, and if so, what was the source of the first two grants?
I shall update when I have received a response from Dr Sykes. With thanks to Rozanova for providing the A4e links.


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Propsteikirche Basilika St. Clemens (Basilika St. Clemens), Hanover
St. Clemen's Basilica is the mother church of the Catholic diocese of which Hannover is part. It is dedicated to Saint Clement of Rome.
Construction started in 1712, and finished in 1718. This was the first Roman Catholic church to be built in Hanover since the Reformation, when the Kingdom of Hanover became Protestant.
The church was almost totally destroyed during the Allied bombings in 1943 during World War II, as Hanover and other major cities were major targets for strategic bombing in an effort to cripple the Nazi regime. Reconstruction began in 1946, and the completed church was dedicated on 24 November 1957. On 12 March 1998, Pope John Paul II made the church a Minor Basilica.
It's easily distinguished from other buildings in the city due to its unusual shape. Built in Venetian baroque style, it is also often referred to as the "St. Peter of the North". Its services attract not just community members, but also many visitors to the city of Hannover from other parishes in the region and further afield.
Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Christian A. Schröder (ChristianSchd).
Want to visit this sight? Check out these Self-Guided Walking Tours in Hanover. Alternatively, you can download the mobile app "GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities" from iTunes App Store or Google Play. The app turns your mobile device to a personal tour guide and it works offline, so no data plan is needed when traveling abroad.
Propsteikirche Basilika St. Clemens (Basilika St. Clemens) on Map
Sight Name: Propsteikirche Basilika St. Clemens (Basilika St. Clemens)
Sight Location: Hanover, Germany (See walking tours in Hanover)
Hannover's Historical Churches Walking Tour
Walking Tours in Hanover, Germany
Create Your Own Walk in Hanover
Creating your own self-guided walk in Hanover is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Shopping Areas in Hannover
Hannover is ideally suited for shopping – replete with wonderful markets and elegant boutiques fit to satisfy most shoppers. All the world's top brands are packed here within easily accessible areas. Only a few cities in Germany can offer such a high density of shopping opportunities within just a few hundred meters of each other.
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Hanover Introduction Walking Tour
Hanover began in medieval times as a small village of fishermen on the banks of the River Leine. By the 13th century, it was a large town by the day's standards. The name, initially "Honovere," likely meant "high river bank".
The town's location is a natural crossroads in the region, with the river providing navigable routes and its location on the North German... view more
Established on the south bank of the river Leine, Hannover began as just a small village of ferrymen and fishermen. Around the 14th Century many churches and basilicas were built here. Today we can still witness these beautiful constructions, as they have remained intact all this time. Take this self-guided walking tour to visit the main religious edifices in Hannover.
Architectural Jewels
Even though some may find Hannover rather new looking, the city in fact has a long and eventful history. As a crucial transportation hub, Hannover couldn't escape Allied bombing during World War II; what used to be a grand city was turned into the rubble – with 90% of the local buildings destroyed. Yet, despite the bombing and ensued reconstruction, many pre-war architectural gems have... view more

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What is a neighborhood?
The term neighborhood has many meanings and uses. For example, neighborhood can be used to refer to the small group of houses in the immediate vicinity of one's house or to a larger area with similar housing types and market values.
Neighborhood is also used to describe an area surrounding a local institution patronized by residents, such as a church, school, or social agency. It can also be defined by a political ward or precinct. The concept of neighborhood includes both geographic (place–oriented) and social (people–oriented) components.
These many interpretations lead to a healthy debate on what boundaries are most useful in neighborhood planning efforts. Academically, every field has a different logic for their definition. Neighborhood associations and community groups offer their interpretations. City Planning departments often designate neighborhood boundaries along Census tract boundaries. And, in fact, community residents quite frequently have a very different mental map of their neighborhood than the officially designated neighborhood areas used by planners and policymakers. All definitions are important and meaningful. The question is how one begins to create agreement over the definitions so that the debate focuses not on boundary definitions but on how to make positive changes in the neighborhoods.
Choosing boundaries
Our purpose at The Data Center is to facilitate the strategic use of local data in decision–making. This purpose influenced our decisions on neighborhood statistical area boundaries for the Census 2000 data that is published on our Pre–Katrina Data Center Web Site. To decide on those initial boundaries, our staff researched alternative sets of neighborhood boundaries for Orleans Parish available at that time.
This research included police districts, Community Development Corporation (CDC) boundaries, neighborhood associations, and city planning boundaries. The conclusion we reached was that the neighborhood boundaries then used by City Planning, which were initially developed through a comprehensive citizen planning and research process in the 1970s and 1980s, would be a good starting place in the discussion on common neighborhood statistical area designations in Orleans Parish.
In addition, City Planning boundaries were the only existing neighborhood designations that did not overlap and largely followed Census tract boundaries. Having boundaries that neatly contain Census tracts makes it much more feasible to organize Census data at the neighborhood level.
City Planning's neighborhoods
In the 1980s, City Planning designated 68 neighborhoods for Orleans Parish. After the 1990 and 2000 Censuses, City Planning created additional neighborhoods based on changes in Census tract boundaries. City Planning no longer designates "official" neighborhood boundaries. However, in 2006, the New Orleans City Planning Commission did compile "unofficial" neighborhoods to form 13 planning districts.
The links below may be useful in understanding these area designations:
Citywide Planning District Maps
www.nola.gov/RESIDENTS/City-Planning/Special-Projects/Neighborhood-Planning-Guide/
Maps of the 13 planning districts and the "unofficial" neighborhoods that comprise each planning district.
New Orleans Neighborhoods: Official Listing and Corresponding 1990 Federal Census Tracts
nutrias.org/facts/noneigh.htm
Historical resource describing which 1990 Census tracts comprise each neighborhood.
The neighborhood statistical areas in this web site
The Data Center started its work with developing publicly available data at a sub–parish level with the initial release of the 2000 neighborhood statistical area data site (now known as the Pre–Katrina Data Center Web Site). We started with the neighborhood designations we received from New Orleans City Planning in 2001 and made some minor adaptations.
With the release of Census 2010 neighborhood statistical area data, The Data Center wanted to be sure that our data users could make comparisons back to 2000, so we compiled data according to the same neighborhood statistical area boundaries used on our Pre–Katrina Web Site with some minor adaptations to follow 2010 Census tract boundaries:
Desire Development and Desire Area statistical areas were combined by the Census Bureau to form one Census tract. Thus, we present data for one Desire statistical area yielding 72 neighborhood statistical areas instead of the 73 on our Pre–Katrina Web Site.
The boundary of the Tulane/Gravier statistical area is extended to include two Census blocks previously included in the Central Business District statistical area. Thus, the boundary of the Central Business District statistical area is also slightly changed. Claiborne Avenue is now the consistent boundary between the two neighborhood statistical areas.
The neighborhood statistical area boundaries used in this web site are not to be confused with neighborhood association boundaries or boundaries that are self–identified by residents.The boundaries on this web site are used for the organization and presentation of data.
Below the neighborhood statistical area level
Our neighborhood statistical area designations are made up of Census tracts, which are made of block groups. You could look at data at these smaller levels, but it's a bit unwieldy. With 177 Census tracts and 497 block groups in Orleans Parish, for example, it's easy to see how the 72 neighborhood statistical areas that we're using can be a useful organizing concept.
Seventy–two neighborhood statistical areas is still a lot of areas to consider, but they're areas you'll recognize just by living and working in Orleans Parish.


Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was the most selective in forming team at the players' auction of the 11th season of Indian Premier League (IPL 2018). They retained West Indies duo West Andre Russel and Sunil Narine before the auction and leaving their skipper Gautam Gambhir to go into auction.
In the IPL 2018 Auction, Kolkata Knight Riders bought only 17 players, which lead the total strength squad to 19 after adding the retained players Sunil Narine and Andre Russel. KKR doesn't retain their skipper Gautam Gambhir at IPL 2018 auction; who was bought by Delhi Daredevils at Rs 2.80 crores.
Australian all-rounder Chris Lynn was the most expensive player for Kolkata Knight Riders at IPL 2018 auction bought at Rs 9.60 crores. Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc was also bought at the whopping price of Rs 9.40 crores. Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik was the most expensive Indian player for KKR bought at Rs 7.40 crores.


I have a really strange issue … no matter which Plugin I install, I always get this error in my console in the Backend. It doesn't happen when there are no plugins.
Is that in your local development environment or on the remote server?
When you say it happens with any plugin, I guess you mean with any Panel plugin, not frontend plugins.
Do you just get the message or does anything stop working as a consequence?
Could you tell me which plugins you tested with?
That's again one of these things that I can't reproduce at all.
Does this happen in any browser?
And again, does this result in any issues apart from the error message?
Yes, I installed the markdown editor. I wonder why you also get the "You are running Vue in dev mode" message.
Anything to do with webpack or something like this?
Not sure … the strange thing is that this happens on localhost and on the server.


Marketers are spending twice as much on mobile advertising as they did in 2011 in an effort to scale mobile ad spend to consumers' mobile behaviors.
Does your business invest in mobile advertising? If not, maybe you should be. Recently, Ad Age reported on an Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) study showing that marketers are spending nearly twice as much on mobile advertising this year as they did in 2011.
Rising consumer demand for mobile technologies has made mobile a major player in marketing budgets across all industries. Based on a survey of 300 U.S. organizations, the average budgeted spend for mobile advertising is a little less than $250k for 2013. A third of marketers indicated that they plan to spend at least $300k on mobile advertising this year.
"It's a very nice confirmation that the mobile landscape has changed for the better in the eyes of marketers," said Joe Laszlo, senior director for the Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence at the IAB. "The obstacles are less threatening than they were two years ago."
The increase in mobile ad spend parallels higher mobile usage rates among all age groups. In the U.S., adults currently spend an average of 2 hours and 21 minutes each day on mobile media. This represents a significant increase from 2011, when average daily mobile usage rates clocked in at just 48 minutes.
While most large companies are expected to include mobile advertising in their marketing budgets, it's important for businesses of all shapes and sizes to learn how to advertise on mobile devices.
In growing numbers, consumers are relying on mobile technology to perform a wide range of daily activities. Without a mobile advertising strategy, companies--even small businesses--that ignore mobile advertising opportunities may miss out on the chance to connect with target audiences in meaningful ways.
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Luke Combs Puts a Date on His Next Studio Album
Luke Combs' fans have waited two-and-a-half years to find out what he's been working on. This summer, that patience will be rewarded with a new album.
The "Doin' This" singer announced that his third studio album will drop on June 24. It's also available for pre-order, even if there are no further details. Right now, this album doesn't have a name (unless it's literally titled New Album) or a track list. It's assumed "Doin' This" is a part of the album.
If history is any indicator, Combs' next album will be large. His debut project This One's for You included 12 songs, which upped to 17 after a bonus edition dropped. What You See Is What You Get offered 17 songs — 23 after the bonus edition. Both were tremendously successful commercially, earning multi-times Platinum certifications on the strength of strong streaming numbers and physical sales and downloads. In fact, both albums rest firmly within the current Top 5 of the Billboard Top Country Albums charts, and have since their release.
It's also not clear if any collaborations will be included on LC3. There weren't any on his debut, but the 2019 project featured Eric Church, Brooks & Dunn and (on the bonus edition) Amanda Shires. What You See Is What You Get also won both the ACM and CMA Award for Album of the Year.
This spring, Combs and his wife Nicole are expecting their first baby. The child is set to arrive before the album drops, and Combs' current touring calendar reflects a commitment to being there during those early weeks or months. Currently, the 32-year-old has nothing planned for April and only five dates in May or June. Large gaps in his 2022 calendar leave open the possibility of a tour announcement coinciding with album news.
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DHCM is responsible for procuring contracts and the ongoing performance management of Managed Care Organizations serving more than 1.4 million members with expenditures exceeding $10 billion annually. DHCM oversees 17 Managed Care Contractors who purchase services from more than 90 Arizona hospitals and thousands of health care providers.
Calculates actuarially sound capitation rates for all Contractors. Considers trends in utilization and unit costs of various health care services, shifts in enrollment or demographics of various programs, and changes to covered benefits or provider reimbursements. Provides CMS with legally-required certifications of actuarial soundness for capitation rate updates and other capitation payments. Performs advanced analyses based on Executive and Legislative requests. Demonstrates calculation methods and assumptions to sister agencies or Contractors as needed. Participates in national discussions regarding funding and capitation rate development of new initiatives and populations. Assists in the development of payment reform initiatives and related quality distribution payment analysis. Assists in development and performs capitation impact calculations for health acuity adjustment methods including, but not limited to, reinsurance, reconciliation and risk adjustment.
AHCCCS point of contact for information and for expressing complaints, concerns, and compliments pertaining to behavioral health service delivery through Tribal and Regional Behavioral Health Authorities (T/RBHAs). This Office provides oversight and monitoring of the T/RBHAs grievance process and coordinates with the T/RBHAs to promote appropriate issue resolution.
Assist with data mining and analysis of health outcomes data, perform data stewardship for health outcomes data, provide data analysis to other units as requested, assist in the monitor and oversight of clinical performance measures, identify opportunities to improve Contractors' clinical and non-clinical performance. Support Lean initiatives in the Division, test and produce data for routine reporting to conduct root cause analysis, statistical analysis and sampling, develop and redesign databases for units in the division as need arises and assist with the incorporation of descriptive and inferential statistics to clinical reports as needed.
Responsible for all quality management and oversight functions for all member populations. Monitor, measure, report and identify activities and opportunities to improve Contractor clinical and non-clinical performance rates. Ensure moms and babies receive all recommended care and services under EPSDT and appropriate prenatal care.
Assists Contractors with complete, timely and accurate encounter data submission, providing technical assistance with pended encounters and researching encounter problems. Validates completeness, timeliness and accuracy of encounter data. Designs methodology, data collection/validation, and sampling method for, and performs statistical analysis of, performance improvement projects, audits, and performance measures. Provides project management and/or operational expertise for DHCM information. Liaises with MCOs on all technical projects to be implemented by MCOs. Functions as DHCM technical lead on implementation of all new Agency initiatives, benefit changes, population changes, etc.
Oversees the financial condition of all Contractors via review of quarterly and annual financial reports. Assists with and reviews capitation rate development data from the Actuarial Unit. Performs capitation rate reconciliations as dictated per contract. Analyzes, audits and processes reinsurance payments to Contractors. Manages the AHCCCS transplant contract negotiations with transplant facilities. Calculates supplemental payments to, and assessment payments from, Arizona hospitals. Analyzes hospital financial statements and reports on such data.
Oversee Contractors' Medical Management functions including: prior authorization, Concurrent/retrospective/utilization review, Chronic Care/Disease Mgmt. programs. Audit and advice on member rights in relation to adverse decisions and appeals. Coordinate/case manage AIHP transplants. Monitor specialty contracts and reinsurance for certain medical conditions/transplants. Oversee case management programs of the 4 long- term care Managed Care Contractors and 6 tribal case management contracts.
Oversee operations of 13 Acute Care/Acute carve-out Managed Care Contractors and 4 Long-Term Care Managed Care Contractors. Conduct policy oversight to ensure accordance with AHCCCS policies, and state and federal mandates. Review and approve contractually-required deliverables. Lead annual contract amendments and periodic RFPs to solicit new Contractors. Assist with elevated member and provider inquiries.
Establishes fee-for-service reimbursement rates for over 80,000 clinical services annually. Calculates supplemental payments to Arizona hospitals annually. Reconciles payments made to Federally Qualified/Rural Health Clinics and calculates the rates these clinics are paid. Reviews and adjusts payment methodologies periodically to improve cost-effectiveness and equity. Calculates nursing facility assessment payments. Calculates and reconciles tribal case management rates.
Responsible for developing and overseeing the system of care developed by the Regional Behavioral Health Authorities (RBHAs) in order to provide sufficient services with best practices for populations such as Substance Use Disorder, Children system of care and Adult system of care. This unit provides technical assistance and monitoring of the RBHAs System of Care Plans and progress. This unit also oversees grants management for several federal grants which include Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG), Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG), and other federal grants related to prevention and treatment services. Management of day to day federal grant activities include researching for grant, grant writing, implementation of grants (including contract management), and oversight and monitoring of grant.


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Weyprecht bezeichnet:
 Carl Weyprecht (1838–1881), Marineoffizier, Arktisforscher und Geophysiker
und von ihm abgeleitet:
 Weyprechtberge, Gebirge im Königin-Maud-Land, Antarktika
 Weyprecht-Medaille, Auszeichnung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Polarforschung
 Weyprecht-Gletscher, Gletscher auf der Insel Jan Mayen, Arktischer Ozean
 Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpolexpedition, auch bekannt als Payer-Weyprecht-Expedition
 Carl-Weyprecht-Schule, integrierte Gesamtschule in Bad König im Odenwald

Siehe auch:
 Weiprecht
 Weibrecht

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Building on the implementation guidance delivered by the ISO27001 Lead Implementer course, this course features real-life case studies to ensure attendees gain an in-depth understanding and a practical knowledge of the key activities of the ISO 27005 risk management process.
Get to grips with the key activities of the ISO 27005 risk assessment process.
Learn how a risk assessment works in action using a combination of formal training, practical exercises and relevant case studies.
Gain practical experience in carrying out an effective risk assessment process as defined by ISO/IEC 27005:2011 through discussion, case studies and role play.
This course is aimed at those who have attended the ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer course and want to develop their practical risk management skills.
What does the ISO 27005 Certified ISMS Risk Management course cover?
The importance of information security risk management in ISO 27001 and its role within an organisation.
A full overview of the ISO 27005 information risk management standard and an understanding of key risk management terminology.
How to assess, analyse and treat identified information security risks in accordance with the guidance of ISO 27005.
How to communicate, monitor and review risk management activities.
How much does the ISO27005 Certified ISMS Risk Management course cost?
Attendees take the ISO27005 Certified ISMS Risk Management (CIS RM), ISO 17024-certificated, exam set by IBITGQ at the end of the course. This is a 90-minute multiple-choice online exam, consisting of 40 questions. Candidates need to achieve a minimum of 65% to pass. There is no extra charge for taking the exam.
ISO27005 Certified ISMS Risk Management (CIS RM).


If you are pregnant, you or one of your friends or family may want to throw a baby shower in honour of your imminent arrival!
By throwing a Tiny Tickers' Baby Shower and raising a few pounds along the way, you can also help babies born with heart problems across the UK.
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Once you have decided to go ahead, contact Jenni at the Tiny Tickers team – jenni@tinytickers.org – and we'll be able to send you some t-shirts, balloons and collection tins.


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The number "8" is considerd as a lucky number in China. 8.co domain was resold 2015 at 115000 USD!
You will be able to make crazy short URLs with this domain what is great for a shortening service.
Also You can do extremly short e-mail addresses like - i@8.ki , me@8.ki etc.


Down to -108 decibels, the process curve for the converter linearity is drawn as with the ruler. Silent signals are accurately captured.
Without the ASIO interface, there is a latency of one millisecond between XITE-1 and the computer. A fantastic value that puts the competition in the shade.
The common mode rejection is excellent, too. In the relative range, the process curve is below -80 decibels and rises to still very good -70 decibels only in the bass.


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March 19, 2015 Music
The School of Flow
As I am tuning back into hip-hop, I am impressed with the way young rappers stepping up their flow. They can rhyme slow; they can rhyme fast. They can rhyme inside the beat; they can rhyme ahead of the beat. Their expansive flow made up for their limited lyricism. Here are a few recent albums with crazy flow.
T.I. is the veteran of flow and his recent Paperwork is the proof. The album kicks off with "King," in which he starts out slow then progresses into speedy delivery. The opener is so hypnotic that you wish the track never ends. Strong contenders include the political "The National Anthem" and the emotional "Light Em Up (RIP Doe B)." As with T.I.'s previous works, Paperwork is distracted with tracks for the radio and the strip clubs.
Without guest appearances, J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive provides an interrupted experience from start to finish. While he goes hard on "Fire Squad" criticizing white artists for stealing their shines, he becomes a softie on "Wet Dreamz" reflecting on his first love. Cole can rhyme and sing his own hooks, but he still needs to improve his storytelling.
Under Pressure is Logic's debut showcasing his flow. In the last 20 seconds of "Gang Related," he spits like a machine gun sweeping the street. His cadence is clear and his flow is breathless, but his storyline could be more vivid.
The opening "Dark Sky" off Big Sean's third studio release, Dark Sky Paradise , show off his flow (frome slow to fast) as well as his tone (tenor to baritone). "Paradise" is laced with profanity: "I always want to fuck that bitch / Thank you God I fucked that bitch." Damn, where can I find a God like that?
As with most rappers, misogyny seems to be the easiest target. Although I can't relate to most of its content (drug, sex, gun, and lifestyle), I still enjoy hip-hop for its art. And flow is one of the elements I love.


Aruba is a small island, home to blossoming flowers. Carnations, lillies, and roses abound—and show their grace when least expected—as if to say "here I am, all of earth's beauty within me." A most fascinating and enchanting flower sprouted from the island is Rachel Brathen. The yoga girl. Or, the woman who captivates.
Rachel Brathen is known as an Instagram sensation, yoga teacher, founder of 109 World, Social Mission Trips and Yoga, creator of OneOEight World, an interactive online yoga platform, and most importantly, incredibly inspiring human being. The Swedish-native and New York Times Best Seller, via her book Yoga Girl, continues to influence almost two million people on her social media platforms and elsewhere. Her fame began to flourish a few years ago, and her voice has continued to grow ardently ever since.
Her mission to inspire and serve has been in cultivation since childhood: "When I was little I really wanted to be part of Doctors Without Borders. I've always had that longing of wanting to be of service," she explains. "Teaching yoga is one way to be of service, but it wasn't until my best friend passed away a year ago that I started questioning the purpose of everything. It wasn't until then that I began taking these steps in my life towards making the world a better place." In the long process of dealing with her best friend's passing, which she continues to endure, she realized "that life is really short and [she] didn't want to waste it selling yoga pants on Instagram," confessing that she struggled with the idea of fame for many years. "It just became really clear to me throughout that difficult time that I had the ability to do something big, to actually change the world. Not everybody gets that, not everybody has millions of people that are influenced by what they say, and you use that to do good things," she says.
A true leader, Rachel Brathen is living proof that having it all together means living day-by-day, knowing that challenges will come and go. For some of us who are not as clear about the direction in which we are headed, she advises "I think that when the timing is right, life will show you where you need to go. I think when in doubt, travel. If you don't know what you want to do with the big picture then get a different perspective. Explore. Try to experience something that you wouldn't normally try, and try to do it on your own," says Rachel.
Currently watching: Friends, that's my go-to show. Never gets old.
Necklaces: Rossio Roos; Oshan Jewelry; Earthbound Trading Co.
Pom Pom Tassels: Lumily Co.


I'm working on the program management book, specifically on the release planning chapter. One of the problems I see in programs is that the organization/senior management/product manager wants a "commitment" for an entire quarter. Since they think in quarter-long roadmaps, that's not unreasonable—from their perspective.
There is a problem with commitments and the need for planning for an entire quarter. This is legacy (waterfall) thinking. Committing is not what the company actually wants. Delivery is what the company wants. The more often you deliver, the more often you can change.
That means changing how often you release and replan.
Even if you have small stories, you might not be able to estimate perfectly. You might finish something in less time than you had planned. Do you want to take advantage of schedule advances?
In the case of too-large stories, where you can't easily provide a good estimate, (where you need a percent confidence or some other mechanism to explain risk,) you are (in my experience) likely to under-estimate.
What if something changes mid-quarter, and you want more options or a change in what the feature teams can deliver? Do you want to wait until the end of a quarter to change the program's direction?
If you consider a no-more-than-one-monthly-duration "commit," you can see the product evolve, provide feedback across the program, and change what you do at every month milestone. That's better.
Here's a novel idea: Don't commit to anything at all. Use continuous planning.
If you look at the one-quarter roadmap, you can see I show three iterations worth of stories as MVPs. In my experience, that is at least one iteration too much look-ahead knowledge. I know very few teams who can see six weeks out. I know many teams who can see to the next iteration. I know a few teams who can see two iterations.
What does that mean for planning?
Do continuous planning with short stories. You can keep the 6-quarter roadmap. That's fine. The roadmap is a wish list. Don't commit to a one-quarter roadmap. If you need a commitment, commit to one iteration at a time. Or, in flow/kanban, commit to one story at a time.
Think small. Small stories, short iterations, asking every team to manage their WIP (work in progress) will help the entire program maintain momentum.
See interdependencies. The smaller the features, the clearer the interdependencies are.
Use deliverable planning ("do these features") in a rolling wave (continue to replan as teams deliver).
If you keep the planning small, you don't need to gather everyone in one big room once a quarter for release planning. If you do continuous planning, you might never need everyone in one room for planning. You might want everyone in one room for a kickoff or to help people see who is working on the program. That's different than a big planning session, where people plan instead of deliver value.
If you are managing a program, what would it take for you to do continuous planning? What impediments can you see? What risks would you have planning this way?
Oh, and if you are on your way to agile and you use release trains, remember that the release train commits to a date, not scope and date.
Consider planning and replanning every week or two. What would it take for your program to do that?
When asking about reasons of something, take a look on… results of this thing. It was what convinced me about Kanban. I wasn't treating this board seriously till I saw huge bottleneck in my company and tried to use Kanban according to http://kanbantool.com/kanban-library/kanban-results/pain-in-the-bottleneck . For me, the results of this action became the sufficient reason for planning actions – not only to solve existing problems but to avoid the future ones too.
Paula, I find that many agile teams need to see where the work is, also. I don't teach straight iteration-based agile any longer. I teach people how to use iterations and flow to see the work, limit the work in progress and deliver. Love the article, thanks for linking to it. I especially like the way you've described several possible bottlenecks.
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This aviation blog post is part of a series on operating to London for the 2012 Olympics.
If you are a business-aviation operator planning a trip to the 2012 London Olympics, it's important to know the best procedure for booking airport slots, ground handling and auxiliary services. Over the Olympic Games period this summer, a new system of airport slot coordination will be in place, and advance aircraft parking confirmation becomes critical in accessing the airport slot process. Do this incorrectly and you'll risk your airport slot reservation or flight plan being cancelled. 3rd-party providers can ease the process of visiting the London area during the Summer Olympics.
It's important to get your aircraft parking requests in as soon as possible due to limited availability in the London area. While airport slots are an absolute requirement at all London-area airports during the Olympics period, they will not be issued until your aircraft parking has been confirmed. Stansted, London (EGSS), for example, has airport slots for 50 aircraft movements per hour (takeoff and landing combined), but long-term aircraft parking may not always be available, particularly if requested closer to the Olympics. For late requests, you may be able to drop and reposition to an outlying area. Some ground handlers are keeping some stands free (with four hour parking limits) to allow operators to drop and go when parking is unavailable. Options will become fewer and fewer the longer you put off confirming parking and services over the busy summer period.
London-area airports, provided courtesy of Airport Coordination Limited.
Once a ground handling request is submitted, your ground handler will confirm parking on their ramp or request access to other aircraft parking locations from airport authorities. If parking is approved, you may then apply for an airport slot and will be given a specific code to place in remarks section 18 on the flight plan. If this code does not appear in remarks section 18, your flight plan originator will be notified to revise it or the flight plan will be denied (if it's not corrected within a certain period of time).
When making an aircraft parking request, provide your ground handler with aircraft type, registry and full schedule. Full flight crew and passenger information should be forwarded to your fixed-base operator (FBO) at least 24 – 36 hours in advance of arrival so they can coordinate with the U.K. Border Agency. Request hotel accommodation as early as possible as availability is limited (particularly for popular 4- and 5-star hotels) and may require advance payment with minimum stay requirements, high daily rates and strict cancellation policies. Local ground transportation should also be requested as soon as possible, as this resource also has a finite supply.
Some airports in the London area have no ramp parking available for the opening ceremony and have put waiting lists in place. Others are charging non-refundable (or 50% non-refundable) deposits for aircraft parking and ground handling during the Olympics period. You should be able to make revisions and not get charged, but it's best to check with your FBO on cancellation and/or revision policy. In most cases, you'll be able to change schedule without penalty, but your deposit will likely become non-refundable if reservations are cancelled.
When flying to airports within a 90-mile radius of London, operators should only apply for airport slots at one location. The airport slot coordination process is monitored very carefully, and multiple requests for the same arrival/departure times for different airports are considered an abuse of the airport slot system. If such abuse is detected, it will result in a cancellation of all double-booked airport slots. You may make aircraft-parking requests at as many airports as you like, but only one airport slot approval is permitted at one time. There are reported cases of operators who've already lost confirmed airport slots as a result of having applied for and secured multiple airport slots. Airport authorities will notify ground handlers of the airport slot cancellations at each location. It's best practice for operators to commit to a location to have a relatively firm schedule and avoid schedule revisions.
If your airport slots are cancelled due to multiple bookings, you may re-request airport slots for one location so long as parking has been confirmed. You can do this via the Online Coordination System operated by Airport Coordination Limited. This online portal connects the airport slot system with airport authorities and Eurocontrol Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU). If the airport and airway slots don't match filed estimated time of arrival or departure time filed with CFMU, the system will forward a message to the flight-plan originator requesting corrective action (at which point you may either change airway or airport slot time). If changes are not made within the given window of 4 and up to 2.15 hours prior to requested departure time, the flight plan automatically cancels.
This chart is provided courtesy of Airport Coordination Limited.
Charter (non-scheduled commercial) operators must apply to U.K. Department of Transport (DFT) for a landing permit with lead time of five working days preferred (and minimum of 48 working hours' notice). Once permits are approved, schedule changes can usually be accommodated. If the requested schedule change exceeds 24 hours of the approved arrival or departure time, a permit revision is required and can usually be accomplished the same day during business hours. Passenger changes (additions or deletions) require resubmission of a charter landing permit request due to cabotage restrictions. Charter (non-scheduled commercial) operators traveling to London must provide evidence to the U.K. DFT that they have confirmed airport slots and aircraft parking for the Olympics along with all the other required documentation for the landing permit.
Choose the best location and appropriate ground handler for your operation. Keep in mind that Olympic venues are in different locations within the London area and throughout the U.K. Some airports may have curfews that could impact your arrival or departure time. EGSS and Luton, London (EGGW) are 24 hour airports, and this will be an important consideration for some operators. Keep in mind that certain airports have additional restrictions. Northolt, London (EGWU) may or may not be open to general aviation during the Olympics period (this will be advised by airport authorities at a later time). City, London (EGLC) has a short runway, very limited aircraft parking, and substantial operating restrictions as a result of a 6-degree glide slope requirement. In the case of head of state flights on official business, temporary runway closures (15-20 minutes) may occur. Also, lane closures in London will cause traffic congestion from time to time, so it's best to calculate additional time for transportation of crew and passengers.
Be sure that airport and airway slots match and that you're not holding any double-booked airport slots when planning a visit to the London area over the summer Olympics. It's important to confirm accommodations and required services, such as local transportation and security, as far in advance as possible. Operating options will be enhanced by adequate pre-trip planning and avoiding too many schedule revisions.
If you have any questions about this article, contact me at jasonhayward@universalaviation.aero.


A recent CNBC article by John W. Schoen, "Trump infrastructure plan comes up $1 trillion short of its funding goal, analysis finds", discusses the President's newly proposed infrastructure plan. Analysis by PWBM shows that the plan will fall more than $1 trillion short of its investment goal.
President Trump's plan is to leverage $200 billion of federal spending for a total of $1.5 trillion of spending by federal, state and local governments and the private sector. PWBM finds that infrastructure investment across all levels of government, including partnerships with the private sector, would increase between $20 billion to $230 billion, including the $200 billion federal investment. The plan falls short of its goals because $150 billion of the federal money will go to types of programs that haven't induced very much new infrastructure investment by state and local governments in the past.
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Natural resources do...
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Caroline Laroche
Published on: 8 Jun 2015
Countries: Africa, International
Research themes: Energy
Natural resources do not need to be a curse (Part 2 – Avoiding the resource curse)
The resource curse is both real and harmful. With the wrong policies in place, natural resources have in many places turned into a curse instead of a blessing. In our previous blog post, we explained the origins of the resource curse and claimed that countries could avoid it by implementing the right policies. In this post, we present the very policies that governments need to implement to ensure natural resources do benefit Africa. For further reference, see Part 1 of our series on the natural resource curse.
Despite the recent fall in commodity prices, Sub-Saharan Africa's resource boom is continuing. During the past decade of high prices, many new discoveries were made, and these new resources will be extracted over the next few years. As Africa exploits more resources, it becomes ever more important that its governments put in place resource management systems that translate natural resources into improvements in African standards of living.
We have several recommendations for governments wishing to get the natural resource management policy chain right. We group them under five policy areas that, together, make up the natural resource policy chain. To ensure natural resources benefit the population, these five areas need to be tackled.
Governments should invest in public surveys of mineral resource wealth.
Little of sub-Saharan Africa's resource wealth has been discovered, and more effort needs to be put into the discovery process. The information generated from the survey can be used to attract companies to bid for resource exploitation rights in a setting where both government and private parties have similar access to geological information, which is not usually the case. When private companies know more than the government, they tend to negotiate advantageous deals, often denying the government the proper value.
Governments should insist that local populations benefit from the infrastructure private companies construct as part of the exploitation.
One of the most beneficial aspects of natural resource exploitation is the infrastructure it generates, such as transport links and healthcare facilities. Unfortunately, it is not a given that the infrastructure privately built as part of the exploitation process will be shared with public users, or will be built with public uses in mind. It is possible, at the contract negotiation stage, for the government to insist that the companies exploiting the resources ensure the infrastructure can be shared with the population.
Governments should prepare for environmental damage.
Environmental damage too often occurs as a result of resource exploitation. While everything possible should be done to prevent it, governments must also be ready to deal with it in a way that ensures fair and adequate compensation. Governments must ensure contracts clearly stipulate who is liable in the case of environmental damage, and set up a working system of public compensation for environmental damage.
Governments should collect the share of revenues they deserve.
Resource exploitation revenues are difficult to monitor, and made harder with often-pervasive corruption. For these reasons, governments should adopt transparent negotiation processes, auction extraction rights, put strong transparency arrangements for revenue management in place, and set up proper procedures to allocate extraction rights and binding agreements about tax rates.
Investing in Investing
Governments should put in place policies that strengthen the private sector, thereby encouraging mineral investments and encouraging national investments.
Enhancing the private sector involves removing unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles, deepening financial markets, and trying to reduce the cost of various types of capital goods where they are more expensive than the world average. This will improve the investment climate in the country, and thereby support 'Investing in Investing', which includes both developing the public sector's ability to conduct large-scale investment projects, and removing impediments to private sector investment.
Governments need to save large shares (30-60%) of the resource income abroad, where returns are higher, while the country is improving its investment climate.
Those savings should be brought home as capacity to invest into worthwhile and profitable ventures improves. This large share of savings will support future generations, who might no longer benefit from a steady income flow from natural resources, thereby making current resource exploitation sustainable.
They should also invest large shares of their natural resource revenues into infrastructure and other forms of capital that support long-term growth.
Countries are effectively depleting assets in the ground. There is thus a powerful case to be made for those revenues to generate at least equally valuable assets above ground.
Implementing new policies
Avoiding the resource curse is difficult. It's a weakest link problem: if any link in the chain is broken, natural resources won't end up supporting inclusive growth. All the recommendations we listed above need to be implemented in order for the policy chain to be sustainable, but it's difficult to ensure they all happen simultaneously.
Getting these policies right is more important than in any other domain of policy. Exploiting natural resources are the most likely way Africa can sustain its growth. For that to happen, African governments must spend more time and resources building robust policy structures ensuring the resource curse is avoided.
Natural resources do not need to be a curse (Part 1 – Explaining the resource curse)
Paul Collier, Caroline Laroche
Publication - Growth Brief
Growth brief: Harnessing natural resources for inclusive growth
Natural Resources, Institutions and FDI


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June 11, 323 BCE — Alexander the Great dies in Babylon
By Loki 222 Content, Politics, Rock n Roll History of the World, The Rock'n'Roll History of the World
The reason for Alexander's untimely end – he was one month short of his 33rd birthday – is unknown. The three leading theories are poisoning, a relapse of malaria or some sort of illness brought on by feasting on May 29. Alexander took ill right after that feast, and never left his bed again afterwards. He died on either the 10th or 11th or June.
Alexander's death was also the death knell of his empire. Over the next five decades, the empire would fall into civil war, and by 270 BCE it would have devolved into three successor states, the Antigonid Empire in Greece; the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Palestine and Cyrenaica; and the Seleucid Empire in Mesopotamia and Persia. The former two would be wholly absorbed by Roman expansion over the next three centuries, along with the western half of the territory of the Seleucid Empire.
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Alexander the Great — Iron Maiden
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You've heard of the mean, the median, and the mode
But there are other averages, of which you might not be aware.
For instance, today in the news, the newscaster reported: "it will be 52° today, which is 10° above the average that were used to."
There is also "the average that were not used to," and "the average that never occurs at all."
Bob Murphy 6:32 PM
I think the person meant, "The thermostat is on a hot streak."
^^ That's an extremely clever inside joke for long-time Callahan readers.


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Pursuing her interest in creative writing
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Bangladesh factory collapse: What can be done to prevent such tragedy in future?
Posted on May 8, 2013 by Shizue Tomoda
The garment factory disaster on 24 April 2013 in Savar, Bangladesh has left more than 700 workers dead and many seriously injured with their limbs amputated. No one knows how many are still missing ("Bangladesh building collapse death toll passes 700", BBC News, 07 May 2013). In 2005 a building collapsed in the same town, killing 64 garment workers ("Dhaka factory collapse: Can clothes industry change?" by Sabir Mustafa, BBC News Asia, 25 April 2013). In addition, hundreds of apparel workers died in fire in recent years. Why has the garment industry in Bangladesh been plagued by so many disasters?
It was reported that the recently collapsed 8-story building, housing five factories where more than 3,000 people had been employed, had originally been built as a 5-story shopping mall. However, the building owner had not only used it to house factories but also added three more floors illegally, which municipal engineers had approved ("Dhaka death trap fears follow fatal collapse", Aljazeera, 06 May 2013). In the case of the fire last Nov. in which 117 workers had perished, they had found the exit doors to the factory locked, "prompting some to leap to their deaths from the burning building". That building was reported to have lost the fire safety certification months earlier ("Bangladesh factory disaster: How culpable are Western companies?" by Brian Montopoli, CBS News, April 26, 2013), but continued to operate.
The ILO has been at the forefront in promoting international labour standards in the form of ILO Conventions, covering a host of employment and work-related issues. Its member countries are urged to ratify Conventions, and once they have ratified any of them, they are obliged to enforce them nationally by enacting or revising relevant national laws in line with the Conventions they have ratified.
One such Convention relevant to the latest disaster in Bangladesh is Convention No. 81 concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce, which the country ratified in 1972(NORMLEX, ILO database). It aims to secure "the enforcement of the legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers while engaged in their work, such as provisions relating to hours, wages, safety, health and welfare". Therefore, most of the horrific factory accidents in Bangladesh could have been prevented and many lives spared if the provisions in the Convention had been applied adequately through proper inspection.
Ratifying a Convention is one thing, while applying it is another matter, however. This is particularly so in developing countries where certain industries have grown so rapidly as a result of massive foreign investment against the backdrop of increased globalization. The Bangladeshi garment industry has expanded exponentially in recent decades that it now employs about 4 million workers, mostly women, who earn approximately US$40 per month. This industry has become the pillar of the industrial sector in the country, its total production amounting to more than US$ 15 billion in the fiscal year 2012-2013, constituting 80% of its exports ("Analysis" by Mark Doyle, BBC International Development Correspondent, BBC News Asia, 30 April 2013).
Today, while there are more than 4,000 garment factories operating in the district near Dhaka, which is the center of the garment industry in Bangladesh, only 18 labour inspectors are reported to be monitoring workplaces there (Montopoli, op. cit). However, the problem is not just the grossly inadequate number of inspectors who may also lack technical capacity to conduct proper inspection. I suspect that many of the factories have been off-limits to inspectors as they have enjoyed special protection in exchange for creating much needed jobs and helping the country earn foreign exchange.
Factories that have been set up in industrial parks and export processing zones (EPZs) in developing countries, with a large share held by foreign investors, have been known to enjoy extraterritorial rights and privileges. Investors are attracted to any given country for its strategic location and advantageous cost of production, including cheap labour, but they would consider relocating to elsewhere as soon as the cost of production goes up. So in order to keep investors satisfied, some influential figures in host countries would do anything possible to keep the production cost low. This is done by severely restricting workers' rights or even compromising with the safety and health of workers by keeping EPZs off-limits to inspectors.
If conscientious host government officials try to apply legal provisions in protection of workers, they may be threatened by investors that they would move out to another country. If conscientious employers offer their employees the kind of working conditions that the workers in other factories in the same EPZ may find envious, the other investors/employers might find such employers annoying or as bad influence in the EPZ. I heard stories like that in Sri Lanka while being posted as the ILO representative for three years from January 1998. There, too, the garment industry was the most important foreign exchange earner. Despite that the country had ratified Convention 81 back in 1956, inspectors had literally been locked out of the EPZs where such factories were mainly located, and were prevented from doing their work.
EPZs in Sri Lanka are administered by the Board of Investment (BOI), then a part of the Ministry of Finance. Thus, the ILO organized a series of meetings with BOI and Ministry of Labour officials on how to facilitate labour inspection in EPZs. After painstaking negotiations, the BOI finally agreed to allow an inspector to be posted within the EPZ outside Colombo, and later in another EPZ elsewhere. National laws should be applicable to all sectors and locations within its territory, unless specific sectors are exempted for valid reasons. Inspectors should be able to go into any work premises without restrictions to do their job. Though no disaster like those reported in Bangladesh occurred in the Sri Lankan garment factories during my tenure there, the inspection system in the country was still very much desired.
The ILO promotes international labour standards through its tripartite mechanism in each member country, where the government and the representative employers' and workers' organizations are members of the ILO on equal footing. However, another difficulty I faced with regard to EPZs while serving in Sri Lanka was that the Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters' Association (SLAEA), the influential employers' organization representing the garment industry, was not affiliated with the Employers' Federation of Ceylon, the employer member of the ILO. This made it almost impossible in those days for the ILO to reach out to the members of the SLAEA on issues concerned to the ILO.
No one should be forced to become a member of any organization. At the same time, no employer should be able to avoid respecting fundamental human rights and the safety and health of his/her workers guaranteed by national laws in line with international labour standards, of which the government is a signatory. This should be so even his/her factory is located in an EPZ or even if he/she is not affiliated with the representative employers' organization, which is an ILO member.
The role of any government is to protect its citizens, including workers. When a government fails to do so, the outside world has a moral obligation to act, especially if it is benefitting from the situation where workers are being exploited without adequate safety and health protection. International retailers sourcing from such a country and making huge profits and consumers in richer countries benefitting from cheap clothes readily available in shops cannot surely be indifferent to the plight of the workers concerned.
After the disaster in Dhaka, the ILO sent a high-level mission to Bangladesh with the intention to develop, together with its tripartite members, the Bangladesh safety plan, to make the garment industry safer and sustainable (ILO Press release, 29 April 2013). No action plan can change the situation overnight, however. It requires a long process of attitudinal change and training on all parties concerned. The government must take a clear position that its legal provisions apply in its entire territory and ensure that inspectors be adequately trained to do their job. Employers must not treat workers only as a means to gain maximum profit; they are responsible for providing them with safe and healthy work environment as well as training. Workers are also expected to play an important role in keeping their work place safe by participating in such training. Since no country would ever have an adequate number of inspectors to cover all work places, safety and health can be secured only through sound industrial relations, and this can be achieved only by respecting fundamental human rights guaranteed by international labour standards.
While ILO plan of action would be indispensable for long-term strategies in making the industry safer and sustainable, it may not give enough pressure on powerful government figures and employers who have ignored workers' rights thus far to act quickly, unless it has immediate financial impact on them. The EU is reported to be contemplating an "appropriate action to encourage an improvement in working conditions in Bangladesh factories" by reconsidering "the use of its trade preference system, which gives Bangladesh duty- and quota-free access to markets in member states" (BBC News, 07 May 2013, op. cit.). Such a measure would give a powerful signal to the employers and retailers sourcing from the country, but I hope it would be applicable to all countries concerned that are exporting clothes to EU. Otherwise, it would simply encourage them to move to elsewhere where human rights and safety and health laws are ignored, and thus similar tragedy could be repeated.
The NGOs such as Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI), Fair Labor Association (FLA), Fair Wear Foundation (FWF), Social Accountability International (SAI) and Worker Rights Consortium (WRC)) active in corporate accountability can also be an effective instrument in transforming the garment industry in Bangladesh and elsewhere. They work in partnership with trade unions and international retailers to ensure that the clothes being sourced from developing countries have been manufactured in factories where worker rights and safety and health are respected. In today's media-frenzy world, consumers can also send out a powerful but negative message against any retailer if they find it to be doing business with employers with no respect for workers' basic human rights. Even a well-established company can have its image severely damaged if it is portrayed as ruthless and non-law abiding. We must avoid sensationalism in this respect, but in partnership with all stakeholders and through a proper mechanism for monitoring corporate social responsibility, we should be able to help the industry become safer and sustainable.
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My name is Shizue Tomoda. After retiring from the international civil service, I pursue my interest in creative writing.
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This is a fascinating memoir/study by a former director of ILO's Colombo office that deciphers the tragic civil war, the complex ethnic composition, and social and labor issues of vulnerable women workers in Sri Lanka. It is a story of pain, toils and agony, but also of light.
This novel explores the life and times of a brave young Japanese woman named Sachiko who escapes the stifling culture in Japan for a life of promise in the United States. Through hardships and lost love, she comes to discover a new spiritual peace within herself.
A sweet memoir describing the process of how the author formed a lovely family with her two adopted cats Taro and Tomi. The fact is you can learn a lot from a cat, and this book serves as a beautiful portrait of the simple life.
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T-ara To Return As 4 Members Without Boram And Soyeon
by U. Kim
T-ara members Boram and Soyeon will not be joining T-ara's upcoming album.
T-ara had previously announced that they would be making a six-member comeback in May, and later postponed their release to June 1.
Although members Boram and Soyeon's contracts with their agency will expire on May 15, they were planning on joining the comeback promotions for a last album together as six.
However, on May 7, T-ara's agency MBK Entertainment stated, "While settling the details on the comeback, we were unable to come to a satisfactory agreement with Boram and Soyeon, and their plans to join this album have fallen through. T-ara's activities as six will come to an end when Boram and Soyeon's contracts expire. We are very sorry to have to bring such unfortunate news to fans who have cheered on T-ara for nine years. T-ara will now promote as four members with Qri, Eunjung, Hyomin, and Jiyeon. Although they couldn't join us, we hope for a bright future for Boram and Soyeon who've been with us for nine years."
It is possible that the album will be pushed back further to late-June.
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Xenoverse 2 comes with the identical gameplay mechanics seen in the first recreation, which focuses on fast-paced motion in 3D battle arenas. Characters have loads of freedom to maneuver round in the arena and may ship punishment both using physical attacks or Ki assaults. The motion freedom makes it considerably harder to complete off low-well being opponents, though. So be ready to chase around wounded opponents.
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December 1, 2013 Charitable Foundation " Constellation children's talents » http://fond-sozvezdie.ru/, together with children's creative center " Gelsomino » http://djelso.ru/, with the support and patronage of the Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Maria Alexandrovna Kozhevnikova , the Department of Culture of Moscow and the Moscow House of NGOs Northern Administrative District held a charity concert and auction "Light a star! ". The event was held in the hotel and entertainment complex «Korston» and was dedicated to the International Day of Disabled Persons .
The main purpose of the event was to draw public attention to the problems of children with disabilities to overcome barriers in the creative development of gifted children with disabilities .


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'The Hunt,' the movie canceled after Trump slammed it, will be released in March
Updated Feb 12, 2020; Posted Feb 11, 2020
The Hunt - Official Trailer [HD]
By Joey Morona, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- "The Hunt," the movie President Donald Trump once said was made "to inflame and cause chaos," is coming to theaters on March 13.
Universal pulled marketing for film, originally due last September, in the wake after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton back in August. But then word of the plot -- "a dozen MAGA types who wake up in a clearing and realize they are being stalked for sport by elite liberals" is how the Hollywood Reporter described it -- got out and caught the attention of the president.
"Liberal Hollywood is Racist at the highest level, and with great Anger and Hate! They like to call themselves 'Elite,' but they are not Elite," Trump tweeted back on Aug. 9. "In fact, it is often the people that they so strongly oppose that are actually the Elite. The movie coming out is made in order to inflame and cause chaos. They create their own violence, and then try to blame others."
The film, which the studio describes as a satirical social thriller, was shelved the next day.
But "The Hunt" is now back on, complete with a new trailer and promotional campaign positioning itself as "the most talked about movie of the year is one nobody's seen yet."
"This is not a dangerous movie," co-writer Damon Lindelof ("Lost") told Variety. "This is not a provocative movie. This is not a divisive movie."
He added, "The movie was actually pretty balanced in terms of the shots that it took."
And in another interview with The Wrap, Lindelof explained, "Everybody in this movie who is extreme and advances extreme positions and stereotypes about the other side, they get their comeuppance, and the one character in the movie who doesn't identify that way is the one left standing."
"So the morality of the film always felt very clean to us, which is: Don't operate from the extremes and maybe have conversations with one another versus jumping to conclusions," he said.
"Our real hope is that the president sees the movie," producer Jason Blum ("Get Out," "The Purge") told Variety.
Directed by Craig Zobel ("Z for Zachariah"), the movie stars Ike Barinholtz, Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts and Hilary Swank.
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The Franklin Regional School District, in collaboration with the United Way of Westmoreland County's "School Readiness Initiative," looks forward to welcoming parents of preschoolers and providing numerous opportunities for them and their children to become familiar with the staff, kindergarten program, and elementary facilities before they enter school.
Franklin Regional will hold "Orientation for Kindergarten" meetings designed for the parents of preschoolers who will transition to the district in the fall of 2017.
Parents of preschoolers may attend this informational meeting, at their child's home school, to learn more about kindergarten programming, receive official registration materials and will be able to sign up for a registration appointment at the event. The Newlonsburg Kindergarten Orientation will be held on Monday, February 27, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. in the Newlonsburg Cafeteria. The Heritage Kindergarten Orientation will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. in the Heritage Gym. The Sloan Kindergarten Orientation will be held on Monday, February 27, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. in the Sloan LGI.
The official Kindergarten Registration window for the 2017-2018 school year opens March 13, 2017 and closes April 28, 2017. The Franklin Regional School District strongly encourages parents to register their child within the window because placements at their neighborhood school are not guaranteed after the April 28 cut off. As a reminder, children must celebrate their 5th birthday on or prior to September 1, 2017 to be eligible to enroll for kindergarten for 2017-2018.
Transition events continue throughout the spring months and include multiple opportunities for each family to visit their neighborhood school. One of the most popular is the "I Love My NEW School" literacy event! On this evening, preschoolers and their families meet storybook character, "Pete the Cat" and participate in themed centers with each school's kindergarten teachers, the principal, and other school staff.
In August 2017, incoming kindergarten students and their parents participate in an informal "Meet & Greet" day at their neighborhood school. Children meet their official homeroom kindergarten teacher, and once again have personal contact with the building principal, counselor, and nurse. During this event, students learn about bus safety, practice lunch procedures, and have a healthy snack. Volunteer mentors offer building tours and children have the opportunity to meet fellow classmates and play together on the school playground. Parents new to the kindergarten experience meet one another and sign up to visit the school with their child on a "Staggered Start" day.
The final kindergarten transition phase is "Staggered Start." This experience takes place for all new kindergarteners and a parent on one of the first two days of school. The parent-child team come to school for an abbreviated school day with a small group of classmates. They spend time with the teacher, explore the classroom, ask questions, participate in activities, and learn more about the expectations of kindergarten. At this time, parents have the opportunity to ask any last minute questions and share concerns regarding their child's first official day flying solo as a kindergarten student.
CLICK HERE to access/print the Orientation Flyer in preparation for Kindergarten Registration for the 2017-2018 school year. As a reminder, this is a PARENT only event.
CLICK HERE to access/print specific dates and other information about the Franklin Regional Kindergarten Transition Program and Events in preparation for 2017-18.
CLICK HERE for the "I Love My NEW School" Literacy event flyer/RSVP form.
BOTH FULL DAY and HALF DAY (AM only) options will once again be offered!
Children must be age 5 prior to September 1, 2017 to be eligible for kindergarten.


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On 18 July, 1988, some of the biggest names in music performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert. Of course, Mandela himself was not present at the London concert staged in his honour, due to the fact that he remained in prison where he was set to remain for life, stemming from a sabotage conviction dating back to 1964's Rivonia Trial.
The concert itself was a culmination of a growing global anti-Apartheid movement throughout the 1980s, which saw Pretoria increasingly isolated from the wider world. In its own way, the community of world renowned musicians helped to promote the anti-Apartheid message among those who otherwise had little interest in politics, justice or human rights. Music and the voices of musicians raised in support of Mandela did in fact end up making a difference.
Mandela was eventually freed from prison in February of 1990, before becoming South Africa's first president elected on a basis of democratic majority rule in 1994.
Mandela was imprisoned by a judicial system that was manifestly unjust and likewise, today, Julian Assange is condemned to a de-facto prison cell (it is simply disingenuous to call it anything else) in London's Ecuadorian Embassy. Assange remains cut off from the outside world because the world's most power nation and its allies seek to condemn and almost certainly execute Assange as an agent of espionage – a traitor by any other name.
In reality, Assange is no more a traitor than was Nelson Mandela. Both men sacrificed the best years of their life on the basis of defending principles which in both cases ought to be universally acknowledged as ethical, moral and correct. But while the wider world had come to rally behind the cause of freeing Nelson Mandela by the late 1980s, in 2019, the wider world with a few valiant exceptions remains silent about Julian Assange. Tragically, even some of Assange's erstwhile supporters appear to have sold him down the river for a proverbial 50 pieces of silver.
Even at a time when the physical and sometimes mortal sacrifices of journalists and activists make mainstream headlines, Assange remains ignored by the corporate and state owned media of the western world, even though the revelations he published are without a doubt the most important in all of the 21st century.
One of the few but valiant individuals who have continually stood up for Assange and his cause of freedom is Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters. Waters is in many respects, the most vocal, the most stalwart and the most impassioned public defender of Julian Assange. During his recent 'Us + Them' tour, Waters projected messages in support of Assange to his audiences throughout the world, thus introducing this just cause to well over a million people who might have otherwise been on the dark side of the moon when it comes to knowing about Assange's principles, his struggles and his sincere commitment to truth, justice and peace.
Recently, Waters has voiced his support for a peaceful demonstration for Assange to be held in Sydney. In an age where otherwise powerful voices use their platform to support either "safe" causes or no causes at all, Roger Waters has continually stuck his neck out for the world's most important issues that are objectively censored by western mainstream media.
But just as the Apartheid regime in South Africa silenced any news which told the truth about Mandela and the ANC, so too are "unofficial" outlets getting the word out about Assange in spite of an official campaign of censorship. That being said, there is far more that must be done to counter a narrative that has allowed Julian Assange to experience the physical and mental decay that would be enough for most prison guards to receive universal condemnation for inflicting.
Those who do not exercise what remains of their right to free speech in order to sound a clarion call for Assange's defence are ultimately no better than those who have turned his refuge into a dingy prison cell upon which the light of day does not shine.
Because time is ticking on Assange in more ways than one, it is utterly essential for a large scale Mandela style concert to be organised in a major city, in order to inform the wider public about Assange's condition, his struggle and the wider struggle for truth and justice that he represents.
I personally can think of no better individual to stage such a Concert For Assange than Roger Waters, a man who has already travelled much of the world performing deeply politically and socially relevant music whilst highlighting Assange's plight before concert goers across multiple continents.
There must be a Concert For Julian Assange and it must take place while there is still an opportunity to convince the powers that be that they must do what Apartheid South Africa eventually did and free their most unjustly incarcerated political prisoner.


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Q: React useEffect unexpected reference to the latest props values on unmount The following component includes an useEffect that should run on mount and then cleanup the effect:
const Group = ({
  children,
  accessor,
  disabled = false,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
  accessor: Accessor
  disabled?: boolean
}) => {
  const dispatch = useEditorDispatch()

  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (accessor.length === 1 && field === 'audienceExtension') return
    const attribute = `-${field}`
    console.log(`on mount ${accessor}`)
    dispatch({
      type: 'setError',
      payload: {
        message: 'is empty',
        attribute,
        accessor,
      },
    })

    return () => {
    console.log(`on unmount ${accessor}`)
      dispatch({
        type: 'setError',
        payload: { message: null, attribute, accessor },
      })
    }
  }, [])

The component tree is build by including Groups inside Groups. When a Group mounts I correctly see the accessor value (incremental) but whenever a Group unmounts the console logs the latest accessor value so not the one related to the unmounted Group. I was expecting the returned closure to capture the props of each Group and then run the dispatch with the correct values but that's not the case.

A: You are referencing the accessor value that exists outside the function, and getting whatever value it happens to have at unmount time. To capture the on-mount value, I'd define a variable at the start of useEffect, and use that in the return funtion - add a const accessorAtStartOfEffect = accessor right next to const attribute.

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Q: Cassandra Query column mapping I have a Cassandra table trans_by_date with columns origin, tran_date (and some other columns). I try to run the below code get error:
java.util.NoSuchElementException: Columns not found in table trans.trans_by_date : TRAN_DATE.  The column does exist.

Any syntax gotcha?
JavaRDD<TransByDate> transDateRDD = javaFunctions(sc)
.cassandraTable("trans", "trans_by_date", CassandraJavaUtil.mapRowTo(TransByDate.class))
.select(CassandraJavaUtil.column("origin"), CassandraJavaUtil.column("TRAN_DATE").as("transdate"));

 public static class TransByDate implements Serializable {
        private String origin;
        private Date transdate;

    public String getOrigin() { return origin; }
        public void setOrigin(String id) { this.origin = id; }

        public Date getTransdate() { return transdate; }
        public void setTransdate(Date trans_date) { this.transdate = trans_date; }
}

Thanks

A: If you change CassandraJavaUtil.column("TRAN_DATE") to CassandraJavaUtil.column("tran_date"), i.e. only use lower-case column names, your code should work.
It seems that the CassandraJavaUtil puts the column name into double quotes when creating the select query.
See the following link for uppercase and lowercase handling in cassandra:
https://docs.datastax.com/en/cql/3.3/cql/cql_reference/ucase-lcase_r.html


(Washington Post) Glenn Frankel - Sharon and his colleagues are concerned that the Bush administration, in pressing the road map, has shifted from being Israel's intimate partner and supporter to a more neutral position, and that Sharon's personal relationship with Bush has been superceded by the president's newfound admiration for Abbas and for Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian finance minister. Sharon and his commanders believe they gave the administration maximum support before and during the war in Iraq, showing restraint in fighting Palestinian radicals in order to deny Saddam Hussein an excuse to distract world attention. "Then out of the blue, after the war is over, America springs the road map," said Michael Oren, a military historian. "I think Sharon was surprised and disappointed." Still, Sharon pushed the road map through a reluctant cabinet and attended last week's U.S.-led peace summit at Aqaba.


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Sabrina Salter traded a high-pressure job as a Boston meteorologist for life as an innkeeper on sun-soaked St. John. But storm clouds roll in when Sabrina finds Carter Johnson, her most attractive guest, tucked up in a hammock way past check-out time...and he's not just dead to the world, he's just plain dead, with a bullet hole in his chest.
This isn't the first time Sabrina has seen a dead body, and the island police are well aware of that. Thanks to her checkered history, not to mention the fact that she was the last person who saw Carter alive and far from entirely clothed, she finds herself marked as the prime suspect.
C. Michele Dorsey, three-time finalist in St. Martin's Minotaur Books/Malice Domestic Competition, is a lawyer, mediator, and adjunct law professor. When she's not visiting St. John, her favorite island in the Caribbean, she lives in Massachusetts with her family. This is her first novel.