Many a times, you require an information from a JPG file format, but that was not quite possible until a few years ago. You had to undergo the tedious process of typing the information contained in the image in a word document. This may consume a lot of your time. Nowadays, it is not a big deal to convert any scanned image into an editable word format because there are many software available in the market. Converting a JPEG file has never been this easy. The technology used is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. It identifies the scanned or written text in an image format by a computer. One can easily convert any scanned document into an editable word document using this technology. It helps to recognize the characters which cannot be edited or copied from a scanned image. And you can also save the recognized text in a Word document.
In Online Conversion you can convert any file or scanned image into a word document online without downloading a software. First go to any online file converter like onlinceocr.net. Then upload a file you want to convert. Then click the option "convert" and you will get a machine-readable text format. However, online OCR converters are not as good as offline OCR converters. The reason is when you upload your data to convert it with the help of online OCR, you assume that online conversion is easy to use than downloading an offline OCR software because it is less time consuming. But this is not correct because you are not assured of the confidentiality of your document when you are doing the file conversion online. Moreover, if you are facing any browsing issues such as slow internet speed or connectivity problem, it may take time to convert your data in the specific time.
It makes a formatting very professional. It makes the text from PDFs, JEPGs, PNGs, and TIFFs well editable. JPG to Word Converter supports more than 40 languages which are Finnish, Luxembourg, Turkish, Byelorussian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, US English, French, German, Spanish, UK English, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Brazilian, Galician, Portuguese, Estonian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Afrikaans, Irish Gaelic, Catalan, Icelandic, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Polish, Slovak, Croatian, Romanian, Basque and Scottish, Serbian, Slovenian. Moreover, your editable image or document is fully secured because JPG to Word Converter protects your watermark by giving you a feature of a security password.
After downloading, you need to install the software. After installation, you will see the default page of the software.
Now, it's time to select the file you need to convert with the software. You can either choose a file from the computer or the scanning one.
Once you upload the file what you have just selected, your output format would be (Word) Docs.
So, there are two types of file conversion – "Offline File Converter" and "Online File Converter". It is up to you to choose which is more convenient for your use. Although a lot of software exist online that can help you convert your image files to word documents, I recommend that you try this JPG to Word Converter to see how good it is. It is worth noting that if you want the final edited output to be of high quality, the input, in terms of scanning, should equally be of high quality.
Ensure that the contrast and the brightness of the JPEG file are high to the extent that even after the changes have been done, its quality and authenticity will not be in question. The software supports much more than the standard and commonly available OCR software. Simply download it, follow the simple steps required to install it and make your life better with your image files.
This Guest post is written by Ankit Nagpal, he is a software developer and a writer. He is an expert in the domains of printing, scanning, image editing, file formats, file conversions & document security. He is also the owner of a software company "Soft Solutions" that develops software in those domains.


The Lunkerhunt Impact Distress is a top of the line rip bait that will slash and dart through the water with ease. This fish alarming action can help force reaction strikes from fish that just don't want to bite. Tie this rig on either fluorocarbon or monofilament line and start targeting areas where you think baitfish are lingering, the Lunkerhunt Distress resembles the movement and profile of most baitfish. To retrieve, try a twitch, twitch cadence while working this rip bait. Speed up or slow down your retrieval speed depending on conditions and how the fish are reacting.


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Obi-Wan Kenobi: Grace And Freedom
by Nick SmithMovie Reviews and Recommendations
The great writer Flannery O'Connor once offered this insight into her works: "There is a moment of grace in most of the stories, or a moment where it is offered, and usually rejected." O'Connor would be smiling now. Her remark translates all too well to the much-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney Plus, where the relationship between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader (i.e. Anakin Skywalker) further unfolds.
The moment of offered grace arrives toward the end of the series, where we see the climactic lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and Vader. Ten years after their battle in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan once again defeats Vader. At the battle's conclusion, he lunges toward Vader and slashes him in the face, breaking half of his mask and revealing a disfigured Anakin. Obi-Wan looks upon his old friend with horror and emotion.
The following exchange ensues:
OBI-WAN: Anakin.
VADER: Anakin is gone. I'm what remains.
OBI-WAN: I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Anakin. For all of it.
VADER: I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker…I did. The same way I will destroy you.
OBI-WAN: Then my friend is truly dead.
First of all, Obi-Wan gives the viewer a masterclass in how to restore broken relationships and reach out to the lost. Obi-Wan starts by quite literally destroying the mask behind which his friend is hiding. Fellow sinners, how often do we act just like Anakin, using "masks" in our own lives to prevent others (and the Lord) from seeing the broken figure within? Obi-Wan sees Anakin underneath the mask, calls him by name, and says, "I'm sorry."
Isn't that response from Obi-Wan remarkable? If anyone needs to be sorry, it's surely Anakin. If anyone deserves to be angry, it's surely Obi-Wan. Yet the great jedi chooses to lower himself before his friend, take blame, and stretch out his arm in reconciliation.
Here is Anakin's moment of offered grace. It's an opportunity to repent and be restored. However, like a good O'Connor story, Anakin rejects the offer. Overcome by what St. Augustine calls the "libido dominandi" (the "lust to dominate"), he chooses evil once again. He chooses to retreat behind his mask. This scene from Obi-Wan Kenobi reminds us of what happens when we reject grace. Namely, it leads to spiritual death: "Then my friend is truly dead."
As we Star Wars fans know, Darth Vader eventually will accept another offer of grace via his son, Luke, and be restored to life. May we all choose to do the same.
The Third Sister and True Freedom | Fr. Patrick Gilbreath
REVA: Have I become him?
OBI-WAN: No. You have chosen not to. Who you become now, that is up to you.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series gave great insight into the "hidden years" of Obi-Wan while he was watching over the young Luke Skywalker in solitude. The series has some very profound and memorable scenes with Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, but what stuck out to me was the newly introduced character of Reva Sevander, who was also referred to as the "Third Sister".
Reva is one of the "inquisitors", a group tasked with finding and capturing any Jedi who are still alive throughout the galaxy. Reva is filled with rage. She is defiant. She is envious of power. In the beginning, we believe that Reva is obsessed with finding Obi-Wan so that she can prove herself and amass great prestige, yet, as the show goes on, it is clear that Reva is plagued by a different type of motivation.
Reva is motivated by revenge and anger. She desires nothing else than to seek revenge on Darth Vader for what he did to her and her other friends as a young Jedi. In seeking to overcome her anger, she almost becomes the very thing that she was trying to destroy. In one of the final scenes, Reva recognizes the folly of her desires, and realizes that anger and revenge had entrapped her into a life of evil and death, on par with Darth Vader. Her change of heart comes from an encounter with Obi-Wan, who shows her that she is more than her past. Her value in life is not according to what happened to her as a youngling, and she is not bound to the same fate as Darth Vader.
Reva is set free from her past by allowing her anger and hatred to not overtake her will, as it did to Anakin Skywalker. Obi-Wan shows Reva that true freedom consists not in the pursuit of her selfish desire of revenge, but her freedom consists in overcoming her inclination to evil and forging a different path for herself, while she puts to death the evil desires within.
Reva's transformation shows us that we are not bound to our past sins, nor to what has happened to us out of our control. Holding onto something from the past can be so corrosive to our life and can taint the way that we perceive reality, as it did with Reva. She is set free from her burdens, and her life can now truly begin, and I believe that this is the great lesson of Reva Sevander.
This article was co-written by Fr. Patrick Gilbreath and originally appeared HERE. Fr. Patrick is a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile, currently serving as a parochial vicar and high school chaplain in Montgomery, Alabama. He was ordained in 2019 after 7 years in seminary. He connected with the MTE team through a mutual friend of his and Brennan, and offers the priestly perspective of media and entertainment. As a priest, Fr. Patrick desires to bring people closer to Christ, and he has always felt that the arts can aid in elevating one's mind and imagination to what is above and beyond.
Image credit: LucasFilm
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A Catholics Guide To Living 2023: Quotes, Devotions, & Resources For A New Year!
by Becky Roach | Jan 2, 2023 | Faith & Life, January, Saint Quotes
Start 2023 strong by committing to grow in your Catholic faith and answering the call to be devoted to daily prayer. Our Catholic Guide to 2023 will lead you with the quotes, monthly devotions, and intentions to help you stay motivated each month of the year. Save or...
Is Pope Benedict XVI A Future Doctor Of The Church?
by Will Wright | Dec 31, 2022 | Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Testimonies
Today we mourn the loss of Pope Benedict XVI, a holy man of God who lived the faith well. May he rest in the arms of God for eternity! Read more about his life and be inspired by his legacy. Pope Benedict XVI Dies At The Age Of 95...
Nick is one of the founding members of More Than Entertained. He is a 2015 graduate of Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL) and served as a FOCUS Missionary at Ave Maria University from 2015-2017. Nick currently works as an operations research analyst by day and as a soccer coach by night. He's also the co-host of the podcast Colloquium and loves to encounter Christ through art and contemporary culture.
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This week LibraryWeb will move to a new web content management system, CQ. We are in the process of testing the Libraries' website on its new platform and plan to "go live" Friday, 11 March 2011. We're very excited about the new platform and the new domain. One of the most obvious changes that you will notice are the new URLs!
The libraries web address will now be: http://library.columbia.edu/.
For library staff that answer questions via channels such as VRef, CUL-Suggestions, etc., please be aware of the URLs you send. If you have "canned" responses, please check them carefully!
Should I change my resolver URL (example: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?AMS3996) or mnemonic URL (example: http://www.columbia.edu/library/archival) links?
No. Resolver URLs and mnemonic URLs will not need to be changed. For mnemonic URLs, you may wish to use the even-more-friendly new URL.
What if I come across an old link? How do I fix it?
We're hoping that this won't happen very often. We are redirecting traffic from the old site to the new in the hope that we won't have broken links. Inevitably, though, there may be a few that slip through the cracks. Please send along links that you find pointing to our old site to cul-wcm@columbia.edu.
When I do a Google search for a page, the old URL is returned. How do I fix this?
The best way to update search engines such as Google is through the redirects mentioned above. You may see our old URLs in search engines for a short time, but they should gradually be replaced by our new URLs.
I use SWIFT (or BTS) primarily — what should I do?
Absolutely nothing — for now! We'll be migrating SWIFT and BTS content soon, and our URLs will change at that point. For now, however, there will be no changes to either site.
Will the URL for CLIO change?
No, the URL for CLIO will remain the same.
This entry was posted in News and Updates, Transition to New Web CMS on March 7, 2011 by Candice.


We don't get many puppies on Furry Fridays, but last week we got two! We also don't see very many purebred Labs either. But this week we got to meet Fiona, a lab with tons of love and energy to share!
Fiona was an owner surrender. Her previous owners apparently had several small children and didn't have the time to properly devote to her. It's too bad because Fiona is an absolute gem of a dog. She is around five or six years old and is a black lab. She doesn't mix well with cats but does get along with everyone else! She has that lab smile on her face all the time! If you've ever wanted to add a Labrador retriever to your family, you will LOVE Fiona!
Fiona is currently available for adoption at Last Hope Animal Shelter in Cedar Rapids. She is also looking for a possible foster home too. If you want a dog that is all about unconditional love, then bring home Fiona today!


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I began working with Shira in late August toward getting my first book published, which we did together in just two months time. I'm a marketing professional in the rest of my life, but the writing thing is completely new to me, but Shira made it easier. She led me through the process, and she got down to business right away.
We set up calls once a week on Skype– which I could manage while juggling my full-time job – to get me organized and working immediately toward getting published. On each call, we agreed upon timelines and action items. Shira led me through – at the pace I requested – and one by one, I put the building blocks in place toward my own success.
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From Shira's coaching and from her personal guidance, my books reached the top of the Amazon Bestseller's list! That is an awesome experience for a newbie publisher, and it can only happen when you know what you're doing.
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Rural setting. Timber double gates give access to large public grassy domain overlooking rural valley.
*Perfect for a small event, wedding or childrens party. Or hire both adjoining halls (Settlers and Small) and carpark for a craft market or fair.
* Leased by non-profit R&R all funds go back into hall maintenance and the community.


Is The New Cabbage Soup Diet healty?
Cottage cheese(50 g/ 2 oz), 2 tablespoons of sour cream (22g/ 0.8 oz), 1 slice of white bread (22g/ 0.8 oz), a cup of tea with 1 teaspoon of sugar(4 g/ 0.15 oz). 10 a.m.
Cabbage soup (280 ml/ 10 fl.oz), 1 slice of white bread (22g/ 0.8 oz), carrot sweet salad. 2 p.m.
Cabbage soup (280 ml/ 10 fl.oz), 1 slice of white bread (22g/ 0.8 oz), classical vegetable salad, a cup of tea with out sugar. 6 p.m.
1 glass of unsweetened vegetable juice (170ml/ 6 fl.oz).
Cut up the the broccoli and cauliflower. Place into mixing bowl: broccoli, cauliflower, onions and dressing. Toss, cover and refrigerate.Add sunflower seedbefore serving.
In a bowl, combine the carrot, apple, raisin and sour cream.
In a bowl, combine the cucumber, tomato, onion, sour cream and mayonesa. Salt to taste.


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Toyota Pepares New Recall Of Prius In Wake Of San Diego Incident
Dennis Romero March 9, 2010
Toyota is set to issue a new recall of its Prius second-generation models after that runaway acceleration incident Monday in San Diego we wrote about. The Wall Street Journal reports that the 2004 through 2009 vehicles will be recalled over stuck-acceleration pedal issues.
The recall hasn't happened yet because the manufacturer hasn't yet come up with a remedy. On Monday 61-year-old James Sikes went on a harrowing trip on an east San Diego County freeway after he tried to pass a vehicle and the accelerator apparently stuck, pushing the vehicle to more than 90 miles an hour before a California Highway Patrol officer coached the driver to a stop via emergency braking and turning off the car's motors.
The driver had gone nearly 30 miles by then. On Tuesday Toyota said it had sent engineers to inspect the car. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated Tuesday it was also sending an investigator to check out the Prius.
At one point during his ordeal Sikes reportedly reached down and tried to pull the pedal. Toyota has maintained its acceleration problems have been related to American pedal design and improperly matched-up floor mats, although critics are pointing to its electronic systems.


8:35am - Arrive at work, set up program room for the first Mother Goose on the Loose of the fall! To set up the room, I arrange tables and chairs, get my books and props ready, pull books for a book display, get the music ready, go over the rhymes to make sure I know them, print out the words to a new rhyme we're doing so the parents can follow along, and set out brochures for the Imagination Library.
9:20a - Check email. I respond to an email about setting up library programs at our local YMCA after school programs.
9:43a - Print out flyers about upcoming parent workshops to hand out at the program.
10:00a - Mother Goose on the Loose! This is our program for under-2's. We took a break from the program for August and it's great to see my babies again! I see lots of familiar faces and a few new ones - one of my moms has brought along her new baby that she had while we were on break!
10:45a - The program's over but I leave the room set up because we'll be doing it again tomorrow. I head upstairs to administration to have a few meetings with various managers.
11:30a - I talk to the director of our local Head Start preschool about setting up regular visits to their classes.
11:45a - Our evening shift worker comes in and I chat with her a little bit.
12:00p - I work on August's monthly report (which is over a week late - whoops!).
12:20p - Email report to my boss and start a file for my September monthly report. In library school, our children's services professor assigned us a monthly report with the idea of teaching us to keep up our reports as we went along instead of sitting down at the end of the month and remembering everything that happened. I guess it didn't quite stick, but I'm working on it!
12:30p - Lunch time! I go out and grab a sandwich and read Kelly Creagh's Nevermore while I eat.
1:30p - I'm back from lunch and I show my staff what I've been working on for our fall storytime handouts. This fall we're going to try giving patrons a take-home craft instead of doing one at the library and we'll be including handouts that go along with the storytime theme each week. The handouts are half-pages, and one side has a list of related preschool-appropriate books and the other side has early literacy activities, rhymes, and crafts that they can do at home.
1:50p - I attempt to clean off my desk. I tend to let things pile up, but I try to clean off my desk at least once a week.
2:06p - One of the things on my desk is an invoice for some shelving units we ordered, so I open the boxes to make sure we got what I ordered. We ordered new bins for the board books and my looking at the bins somehow turns into me weeding the board book collection (for condition) and moving all of the board books into the bins and putting them out.
3:30p - Done with the board books, I put in an order for some craft supplies.
4:00p - I head up to the business office to turn in the invoice for the shelving units and complete the order for craft supplies.
4:30p - On my way back down, I stop by computer services to ask a couple of questions and our tech guy shows me the stuff he's been working on for our website updates.
5:05p - Back in my department, I talk with staff and make a sign to indicate where the board books have moved.
5:15p - I get things squared away and then head home... to make millions of piñatas for the program that's coming up on Friday...!


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The Crab Pot – The Come-back Kid! (We hope)
The Crab Pot as it stood since 1931. Burned in 2014.
Crab Pot burns, July 3, 2014
Tim Neufeld photo
Allen Black – Finally ready to rebuild after two years of 'involuntary retirement.'
Allen Black's "blackest day" was July 3, 2014 when his beloved and historical iconic restaurant "The Crab Pot" was consumed in a ball of flame – the fire originating in the back of the building.
The Crab Pot had been a social and seafood sales "go to place" on Highway 101 south of Schooner Creek Bridge since it was a small cottage in 1922 and was bought by Black in 1974. So for him, it was the loss of not only his job, but his prominent role in the community. It devastated him.
But those who know Allen Black best, knows that he may suffer a set back, even a hugely serious one like the the big fire, but it's his nature to pick up the pieces and put them all back together again.
And he's trying to do just that beginning August 2nd. That's when Allen Black will bring his plans for a brand-new Crab Pot restaurant before the Lincoln City Planning Commission. Black is seeking approval to raise The Crab Pot up from the blackened dirt into a whole new building.
The only sticking point at this juncture appears to be parking. A compromise might require that most of the parking be around back since ODOT never did like people backing out of the old restaurant into Highway 101 traffic.
But there are a lot of local Crab Pot customers – and thousands of tourists – ready to once again enjoy the Crab Pot's fish sales and fresh and freshly cooked crab. Black says as soon as he can get all his permits from the city he's ready to start construction.


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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Getting PS4-Exclusive Gunfight Alpha This Week
August 20, 2019 04:37·
The alpha is certainly welcome for Modern Warfare, especially considering how quiet Infinity Ward has been about the game before the multiplayer reveal at the beginning of August. No details as to what modes the September beta will have, but it will in the very least demonstrate how cross play works between PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
PS4 players will be able to team up and try out 2v2 Gunfights in the latest Call of Duty soon. The open alpha will be exclusive to PlayStation 4 users as part of Activision's deal with the console.
The alpha will be open to all players (even those without PlayStation Plus) and will take place for one weekend only.
The Alpha is only open to PS4 players.
Steph Curry Is Helping Bring Golf Back To Howard University
In 2017, he fired an opening-round 74 while playing on an exemption at the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic. Curry, who often plays in celebrity golf events, played on his high school golf team.
Gunfight was the first mode unveiled in regards to Modern Warfare's gameplay, and in keeping up with the pattern, it seems like the mode will be the first thing that fans get to play.
The Alpha will feature 5 Gunfight maps - Speedball, King, Pine, Docks, and Stack.
Modern Warfare promises to be one of the biggest games of the year, and it looks like PS4 players will get the first chance to try it out.
This alpha test will exclusively be focused around Gunfight, the new 2v2 game mode that the team revealed early this year.
Ex Alabama QB Jalen Hurts named Oklahoma starter for opener
No. 4 Oklahoma has named Jalen Hurts its starting quarterback for the September 1 season opener against Houston. In his career, Hurts has completed 62.9% of his passes while throwing 48 touchdowns to 12 interceptions.
Unai Emery jokes Arsenal don't want to face Liverpool
Arsenal's pacey forward line will likely be licking their lips at the prospect of trying to beat the offside trap and it could prove to be a very open game.
U.S. prisons chief removed after cell death of sex accused Jeffrey Epstein
But he was taken off that watch at the end of July and returned to the jail's special housing unit. The FBI and the Office of Inspector General are conducting investigations over his death.
Keenum on track to be Redskins' Week 1 starting QB
Keenum is expected to get the opening-game nod against the Philadelphia Eagles over rookie first-round pick Dwayne Haskins . It looks like Colt McCoy can be removed from the competition for Washington's starting quarterback job.
Trump says United States is talking with China
In Sunday television interviews, he said that consumers are seeing higher wages and are able to spend and save more. He said he fears Trump is driving the global economy into a recession.
Coutinho joins Bayern Munich for loan fee of 8.5m euros
It's good when such a name plays in the Bundesliga , " Borussia Dortmund chief executive told German daily Bild . Liverpool could miss out on a whopping £23m after Coutinho sealed his season-long loan to the Bavarians.
Death Stranding Introduces Characters "Mama" and "Deadman"
Death Stranding just got a fair bit more footage at Gamescom Opening Night Live, which is normal for a game nearing completion. As Sam, you must survive a post-Stranding world filled with Beached Things and attempt to reach out, connect and rebuild.
Sylvia Jeffreys And Peter Stefanovic Announce Exciting Baby News
The loved-up pair first met while working together at Channel Nine, and Wednesday in a lavish ceremony in Kangaroo Valley in 2017. Huge congrats to two of the best. "Amazing news! Congratulations you two", commented Phoebe Burgess. "Holy.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Feels 'Truly Blessed' After His Family Survives Plane Crash
Earnhardt was with wife Amy , 15-month-old daughter Isla, two pilots and the family dog. According to the FAA, the plane rolled off the end of a runway after landing.
Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus Congratulate Billie Eilish on Dethroning 'Old Town Road' as No. 1 Song
The country hip-hop fusion held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for an incredible 19 weeks. The song has become something of a phenomenon, even earning Lil Nas X a Time magazine cover.
Apple Releases Trailer of Upcoming Drama The Morning Show
The two friends also shared the series will focus on the relationships between men and women in the workplace. The Morning Show trailer featuring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston has dropped .
Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx reportedly end six-year romance
Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx have ended their relationship, Yahoo Entertainment has confirmed with a source close to the actors. While the photos spurred relationship rumours, a source tells ET that Vave is a singer-songwriter Foxx is helping.
Cyberpunk 2077 Stadia release confirmed
This newest list includes the games announced at today's Stadia Connect event. You can still buy games without a subscription on the Stadia Base program.
Weapons seized and arrests made at right-wing rally in Portland
More than 1,000 people gathered in downtown Portland for the rally and counter-demonstration, according to police. President Trump on Saturday said there was "major consideration" to name "Antifa" an "organisation of terror".
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The human eye, with the assistance of an eye tracking apparatus, may serve as an input controller to a computer system. Much like point-select operations with a mouse, the eye can "look-select", and thereby activate items such as buttons, icons, links, or text. Applications for accessible computing are particularly enticing, since the manual ability of disabled users' is often lacking or limited. Whether intended for the able-bodied or the disabled, computer control systems using the eye as an input "device" present numerous research challenges. These involve accommodating the innate characteristics of the eye, such as movement by saccades, eye jitter, the absence of a simple and intuitive selection method, and the inability to determine a precise point of fixation through eye position alone. Evaluating the eye working in concert with an eye tracking system requires a methodology that uniquely addresses the characteristics of both the eye and the eye tracking apparatus. This presentation surveys and reviews the central research issues and methodologies used in evaluating eye tracking systems for computer input. Some examples and challenge in accessible computing are also included.
Scott MacKenzie's research is in human-computer interaction with an emphasis on human performance measurement and modeling, experimental methods and evaluation, interaction devices and techniques, text entry, language modeling, mobile computing, alternative feedback modalities, and eye tracking. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in the field of Human- Computer Interaction (including more than 30 from the ACM's annual SIGCHI conference) and has given numerous invited talks over the past 20 years. Since 1999, he has been Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at York University, Canada.


Imagine an Italian wine region that makes delicious, cutting-edge wines – but from varieties not normally associated with Italy, and where Sangiovese is absent. Imagine a region that wins more awards for quality than any other, and is loved by sommeliers and wine writers for its diversity, despite production being just 1% of Italy's total; that has delicious food made from fresh local produce, but where pasta is more of an afterthought (think polenta and dumplings instead).
Oh, and which has more than 250 days of sunshine a year, and where most locals aren't even nominally Italian, with surnames and a mother tongue that reflect an Austro-Hungarian heritage.
For such a tiny region, Alto Adige has amazing diversity, with indigenous and international varieties (notably Chardonnay, Riesling and Pinot Nero) flourishing in the sub-Alpine terrain. Single varietal wines and blends abound, the latter often throwing three or more varieties in the mix.
Ubiquitous across the region, this variety – often labelled Weissburgunder, emphasising its arguably Germanic roots – gets better and better thanks to lower yields and a greater focus on terroir. Certainly it is far more interesting than Pinot Grigio, with round, buttery wines generally hailing from the right bank of the Adige river and more linear ones coming from around Terlano.
Makes great wines, usually in a drier, more linear style than those from Alsace, but with all the floral notes that make this variety so distinctive.
This used to be the most grown variety across Alto Adige, but changing tastes and its low international profile led many wineries to pull it up. A shame, because at its best it produces distinctively earthy, medium-bodied floral reds.
Dark berry flavours, warm spice and a broad taste profile are the main characteristics of this red variety, produced here for more than 700 years and usually made in a medium/full-bodied style.
Confused? Well, so was I on the first of my two visits to Alto Adige this past year, as I drove past road signs with distinctively Germanic place names and passed my first night in a picture-postcard, wooden-balconied Alpine village, where I half expected Heidi to step out and regale me with a yodel or two.
But pretty Tramin (Termeno in Italian) – which is where Gewürztraminer originated and is home to Cantina Tramin, one of the best of the region's uniformly excellent co-ops – is typical of what makes Alto Adige great. Not only has it successfully married tradition with modernity; today it positively relishes the cultural diversity forced on it after 1919 when the Austro-Hungarian region was handed to Italy, with the forced Italianisation that followed under Mussolini all now historical water under the bridge.
This is a land of beautiful rivers – not least the Adige from which the region takes its name – sparkling green meadows and dramatic mountains that stay snow-covered until late in the year. Historic Bolzano is a must-visit. Its street markets are a foodie's paradise – and restaurants like Pretzhof, in Val di Vizze outside Vipiteno, deliciously recall Germanic mountain traditions with fresh produce and meat from the property's farm.
Alto Adige's cuisine may reflect its past, but when it comes to wine, eyes are firmly on the future. 'More and more, Alto Adige is recognised as a high-quality region ,' says Werner Waldboth of the Konsortium Südtirol Wein/Consorzio Vini Alto Adige.
As well as being a fresh, high-altitude region, it is also a very sunny one. Bolzano, home to some of the best wineries including Cantina Bolzano and nearby Cantina Terlano, is actually Italy's hottest city, with huge diurnal temperature variations. Co-operatives rule the roost, making 70% of the wine, but uncharacteristically these have also led the quality revolution over the past two decades, helping to ensure that 98% of the region's wine is DOC.
'This is an area that boasts some of Italy's most interesting white wines, and some of the reds are not far behind. The microclimates are quite unique and make the resulting wines unique too. Nowhere else in Italy can grow these varietals so successfully,' argues Gino Nardella, head sommelier at London's Stafford Hotel. For Nardella, the lifted freshness of the whites is the key, and other sommeliers tend to agree.
For him, the aromatic whites are the most sought after, especially Gewürztraminer, with Ritterhof and Cortaccia being the producers to look for. Riesling is also good, particularly when made by Falkenstein and Unterortl, he adds.
Reds? Mazzeo says it is hard for the region to compete in such a red-dominant country like Italy where Sangiovese and Nebbiolo rule. But things are beginning to change.
For Lionel Periner, head sommelier at Adnams in Birmingham, all three of these varieties deliver on both flavour and 'otherness', in the sense of offering something uniquely Alto Adige that couldn't really come from anywhere else.
Periner, however, suggests that the real go-to grape is Kerner. 'It offers wonderful, magical flavours and is lightly aromatic, like Gewürztraminer, but without the Turkish delight notes,' he says.
The region's growing confidence was evident in September when it hosted the first ever Alto Adige wine summit, attended by press, sommeliers and wine buyers from around the world. A series of tastings held at Laimburg – a research centre established to improve the quality of wine and food produced in the region – showed just how far things have come since the dog days of the 1970s and 1980s, when quality took a back seat to quantity and much more red than white wine was made.
An amazing, balanced blend of Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Gewürztraminer and Kerner, this is a full-on, deliciously rounded wine made from varieties harvested separately because of differing ripening dates. A great introduction to Alto Adige.
Amazing deep-purple colour and full flavour, with well-balanced tannins and substantial fruit. A no-nonsense introduction to this local red variety.
Actually not from Alto Adige at all, but made just to the south in Trentino, from grapes normally reserved for Vin Santo (though also occasionally blended). Very light while also quite rounded and aromatic.
This superb co-op makes lots of good, award-winning wine – including some great Schiava and Pinot Bianco – but is best known for its moreish Terlaner cuvée, an age-worthy white made from Pinot Bianco (60%) Chardonnay (30%) and Sauvignon Blanc (10%). Aged on the lees for up to seven months in huge stainless-steel tanks and then in wooden barrels, the wine is blended one month before bottling.
Almost everything produced by this leading co-op is excellent, but the award-winning Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer is the wine to try; so delicious yet complex it blows away any preconceptions you may have about this marmite variety. Also well worth a go is the Pinot Bianco 2016, which is rounded and savoury, conveying the essence of the region.
Muller-Thurgau is usually seen as something of a blah variety, created by crossing Riesling with Madeleine Royale in 1882 and known for its hardy properties. In the highest vineyard planting of the grape in Europe, however, it's transformed into a delicious, mineral wine that regularly sells out and wins awards.
In reality though, stylistic differences remain in Alto Adige's various eight DOCs (nine if you include the southerly Trentino region). Valle Isarco in the far north-east – in fact the most northern wine region in Italy – is an outlier, both in terms of style and grape varieties. Sylvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Kerner and even Grüner Veltliner are among those successfully grown. Key producers include Abbazia di Novacella and Eisacktaler Kellerei Cantina Valle Isarco (another excellent co-op).
In the north-west, in Val Venosta and in Merano, Pinot Noir, Schiava and Riesling rule; while to the south, in Bassa Atesina, it's Gewürztraminer that is king.
'Because of the unique geology of Alto Adige, you can get a huge variety of styles within a very small area,' says Hartmann Donà. His eponymous winery makes a range of fascinating wines, including Donà Rouge, a Schiava-based blend made from 50-year-old granite-soil vines, and Donà Nero, a Pinot Noir made in rocky soil.
But for restaurants watching the price points, producers like Cantina Tramin and Cantina Terlano offer the best introduction.
Cantina Tramin was founded in 1898 and makes a wide range of wines that include the award-winning Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer and the delicious Stoan, a high-end blend of 65% Chardonnay, 25% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Pinot Bianco and Gewürtztraminer.
'The steep mountain that rises in front of Tramin and the microzones that we can access make our wines aromatic and wonderfully fresh,' explains chief winemaker Willi Sturz.
Although it also makes a good range of high-quality wines (some 1.4 million bottles annually) Cantina Terlano, founded in 1893, is best known for its historic Terlaner blend, which received DOC recognition in the 1970s and comprises Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
However the real treasures here are the vast stainless-steel amphorae in which Terlan keeps its whites. Wines rest on the lees for at least 10 years and are often considered to be among the best wines in Italy, with the Cantina able to bottle vintages as and when demand requires and the market is deemed right.
'We can't really be compared to other Italian white wine producers; we compare ourselves with Burgundy,' says Cantina Terlan's marketing head Klaus Gasser, pointing to the €150 (£131) a bottle being charged for a special 2011 cuvée, and to a 1991 vintage that was bottled last year after 25-years lees contact.
He says the secret of these wines lies in the Pinot Bianco, and that to get the most out of it, 'yields must be very low'.
They certainly will be in 2017, thanks mainly to a nasty frost that hit the region – and much of the rest of Italy and the Old World – in late April, and heavy hail for three days in early August. Quality is expected to be okay, but volumes will be the worst since 1945.
But with the region gaining a growing recognition for the quality, freshness and diversity of its wines, the Consorzio Vini Alto Adige's mood is upbeat and optimistic. Various plans are underway, including a new quality pyramid aimed at clarifying the definition of vineyard sites and allowing producers to give exact information on the origin of their wines.
'We know that in an international context Alto Adige is pretty difficult to understand. This means there is still a lot of work for us to do. But regarding the future, we are optimistic,' says Waldboth. And with good reason.


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package org.apache.maven.plugin.gpg;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.Os;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineException;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineUtils;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.Commandline;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.DefaultConsumer;

public class GpgSigner
{

    public static final String SIGNATURE_EXTENSION = ".asc";

    private String executable;

    private boolean useAgent;

    private boolean isInteractive = true;

    private boolean defaultKeyring = true;

    private String keyname;

    private String passphrase;

    private File outputDir;

    private File buildDir;

    private File baseDir;

    private File homeDir;

    private String secretKeyring;

    private String publicKeyring;

    public void setExecutable( String executable )
    {
        this.executable = executable;
    }

    public void setInteractive( boolean b )
    {
        isInteractive = b;
    }

    public void setUseAgent( boolean b )
    {
        useAgent = b;
    }

    public void setDefaultKeyring( boolean enabled )
    {
        defaultKeyring = enabled;
    }

    public void setKeyName( String s )
    {
        keyname = s;
    }

    public void setPassPhrase( String s )
    {
        passphrase = s;
    }

    public void setOutputDirectory( File out )
    {
        outputDir = out;
    }

    public void setBuildDirectory( File out )
    {
        buildDir = out;
    }

    public void setBaseDirectory( File out )
    {
        baseDir = out;
    }

    public void setHomeDirectory( File homeDirectory )
    {
        homeDir = homeDirectory;
    }

    public void setSecretKeyring( String path )
    {
        secretKeyring = path;
    }

    public void setPublicKeyring( String path )
    {
        publicKeyring = path;
    }

    public File generateSignatureForArtifact( File file )
        throws MojoExecutionException
    {
        File signature = new File( file + SIGNATURE_EXTENSION );

        boolean isInBuildDir = false;
        if ( buildDir != null )
        {
            File parent = signature.getParentFile();
            if ( buildDir.equals( parent ) )
            {
                isInBuildDir = true;
            }
        }
        if ( !isInBuildDir && outputDir != null )
        {
            String fileDirectory = "";
            File signatureDirectory = signature;

            while ( ( signatureDirectory = signatureDirectory.getParentFile() ) != null )
            {
                if ( !signatureDirectory.equals( baseDir ) )
                {
                    fileDirectory = signatureDirectory.getName() + File.separatorChar + fileDirectory;
                }
                else
                {
                    break;
                }
            }
            signatureDirectory = new File( outputDir, fileDirectory );
            if ( !signatureDirectory.exists() )
            {
                signatureDirectory.mkdirs();
            }
            signature = new File( signatureDirectory, file.getName() + SIGNATURE_EXTENSION );
        }

        if ( signature.exists() )
        {
            signature.delete();
        }

        Commandline cmd = new Commandline();

        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( executable ) )
        {
            cmd.setExecutable( executable );
        }
        else
        {
            cmd.setExecutable( "gpg" + ( Os.isFamily( Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS ) ? ".exe" : "" ) );
        }

        if ( homeDir != null )
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--homedir" );
            cmd.createArg().setFile( homeDir );
        }

        if ( useAgent )
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--use-agent" );
        }
        else
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--no-use-agent" );
        }

        InputStream in = null;
        if ( null != passphrase )
        {
            // make --passphrase-fd effective in gpg2
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--batch" );

            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--passphrase-fd" );

            cmd.createArg().setValue( "0" );

            // Prepare the input stream which will be used to pass the passphrase to the executable
            in = new ByteArrayInputStream( passphrase.getBytes() );
        }

        if ( null != keyname )
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--local-user" );

            cmd.createArg().setValue( keyname );
        }

        cmd.createArg().setValue( "--armor" );

        cmd.createArg().setValue( "--detach-sign" );

        if ( !isInteractive )
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--no-tty" );
        }

        if ( !defaultKeyring )
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--no-default-keyring" );
        }

        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( secretKeyring ) )
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--secret-keyring" );
            cmd.createArg().setValue( secretKeyring );
        }

        if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( publicKeyring ) )
        {
            cmd.createArg().setValue( "--keyring" );
            cmd.createArg().setValue( publicKeyring );
        }

        cmd.createArg().setValue( "--output" );
        cmd.createArg().setFile( signature );

        cmd.createArg().setFile( file );

        try
        {
            int exitCode = CommandLineUtils.executeCommandLine( cmd, in, new DefaultConsumer(), new DefaultConsumer() );

            if ( exitCode != 0 )
            {
                throw new MojoExecutionException( "Exit code: " + exitCode );
            }
        }
        catch ( CommandLineException e )
        {
            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Unable to execute gpg command", e );
        }

        return signature;
    }

    private MavenProject findReactorProject( MavenProject prj )
    {
        if ( prj.getParent() != null && prj.getParent().getBasedir() != null && prj.getParent().getBasedir().exists() )
        {
            return findReactorProject( prj.getParent() );
        }
        return prj;
    }

    public String getPassphrase( MavenProject project )
        throws IOException
    {
        String pass = null;

        if ( project != null )
        {
            pass = project.getProperties().getProperty( "gpg.passphrase" );
            if ( pass == null )
            {
                MavenProject prj2 = findReactorProject( project );
                pass = prj2.getProperties().getProperty( "gpg.passphrase" );
            }
        }
        if ( pass == null )
        {
            // TODO: with JDK 1.6, we could call System.console().readPassword("GPG Passphrase: ", null);

            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );
            while ( System.in.available() != 0 )
            {
                // there's some junk already on the input stream, consume it
                // so we can get the real passphrase
                System.in.read();
            }

            System.out.print( "GPG Passphrase:  " );
            MaskingThread thread = new MaskingThread();
            thread.start();

            pass = in.readLine();

            // stop masking
            thread.stopMasking();
        }
        if ( project != null )
        {
            findReactorProject( project ).getProperties().setProperty( "gpg.passphrase", pass );
        }
        return pass;
    }

    // based on ideas from http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Security/pwordmask/
    class MaskingThread
        extends Thread
    {
        private volatile boolean stop;

        /**
         * Begin masking until asked to stop.
         */
        public void run()
        {
            // this needs to be high priority to make sure the characters don't
            // really get to the screen.

            int priority = Thread.currentThread().getPriority();
            Thread.currentThread().setPriority( Thread.MAX_PRIORITY );

            try
            {
                stop = false;
                while ( !stop )
                {
                    // print a backspace + * to overwrite anything they type
                    System.out.print( "\010*" );
                    try
                    {
                        // attempt masking at this rate
                        Thread.sleep( 1 );
                    }
                    catch ( InterruptedException iex )
                    {
                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                        return;
                    }
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                // restore the original priority
                Thread.currentThread().setPriority( priority );
            }
        }

        /**
         * Instruct the thread to stop masking.
         */
        public void stopMasking()
        {
            this.stop = true;
        }
    }

}

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Hamilton and Ashcroft were the creative talent behind the innovative Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall . Horsecross is a perfect example of this art movement and its importance in considering public spaces today. In the construction stage, the artists worked with the architects to create a spectacularly cutting edge 'Threshold' (entrance foyer) for the concert hall. The building itself is modern with a traditional twist – A domed copper roof and glass walls. As soon as you enter the building through automatic sliding doors, there are portals that 'speak' to you. Or, the official term – 'interactive sound boxes'. Once inside the open glass building, the interaction continues. There are more sound boxes placed throughout the foyer floor assailing the visitor with well considered and relevant 'sounds'.
On the mezzanine level, highly visible, are 22 display screens. These are digital canvases that new media artists are invited to create for. They are unlike regular flat screen TV's as the software created for the 'Threshold Wave' allows artists to utilise the sum of all the screens to produce continuous flowing images. There are also 2 large projection walls and screens in another part of the foyer. No space not considered 'Threshold Flush' is display screens in the public toilets!
The artists' vision was to utilise these normally dormant spaces and what they have created is astounding. More importantly, they have produced a multi faceted digital and public space with unending potential.
For the opening of Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall, sound artist Janek Schaefer was invited to exhibit some of his work. Being new to this form of art, I was initially perplexed by the apparently random sounds that boomed around the threshold space. Janek sat in the middle, with his vinyl, turntables and headphones. It was an extraordinary experience – bombarded by a plethora of sounds, however I was intrigued by the similarity in processing the auditory information as I would with visual information in any other art form.
Sound art is obviously similar to music. And like the most abstract composers, sound artists are pushing the boundaries of auditory experience. However sound artists may come from diverse disciplines and often deliberately separate themselves from musicians to prevent any preconceived ideas of listening to 'sounds'. It is, like contemporary art, more experience based, than structured or product orientated.
And like a traditional painting sound art is made up from smaller elements and motifs and composed to produce a complete piece that evokes some feeling or message. I imagine the sounds layered over each other like paint. And a sound highlighted and left to ring clearly like an image depicted in detail. But unlike music, it is without a typical structure or rhythm.
Although I had the wonderful experience of listening to Janek's work, which incidentally includes sounds from outer space, and though I understood the concept of sound art, I confess I was still unconvinced about this medium. However, one cold dreary day, still in Scotland, I found myself in a huge freezing barn – Skateraw - an incredible archive of art collected by Richard Demarco, on the wind drenched coast of the River Forth, with some artists from Cumbria. Amongst them were sound artists and their recording equipment. As we were shown round the vast space, I watched the sound artists as they stood quietly recording with ecstatic faces. I hadn't really noticed before that the barn was filled with wild wind and metal sounds. I closed my eyes and listened with their ears and heard sounds that were as compelling and evocative as the art we had come to see.
Back in Freeport I sit on the beach with my eyes closed and listen with a new ear. I can hear the ocean, the gulls. Then the overpowering noise of jet skis and speed boats, like an ignorant splash of red paint on a scene of pastels. But it occurs to me that the sound artist would not necessarily have my prejudice. Is a man made sound any less valid than the sounds we expect to hear in a natural environment? And is it not exactly like art to have a violent juxtaposition to awaken and heighten our tired perspective?
Similarly the cicadas are an apparently random sound, yet for me they are imbued with so much personal history and memories. Somehow the sound has attached in my memories with colours, taste and life beyond what is present. Like a painting or any other art, the sound, or the motif becomes something more than a bland hum in the midst of a morning framed in the canvas of Freeport. So I will endeavour to embrace this new art language and remember to greet the day, not just with open eyes, but with open ears!


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Daulatpur () is a town,  north of Kazi Ahmed and  south of Moro,  in Nawabshah District of the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is also taluka headquarters. It lies on the main N-5 National Highway and is near the Indus River. The Villages Near The Daulatpur Are Sardar Raza Mohammad Dahri, Kharr, Inayatullah Dahri, Dino Machine, KarimAbad, etc. People Of Daulatpur Mostly Speak Urdu And Sindhi. Shahi Bazaar Is The Main Bazaar In Daulatpur. Moro Is At The Distance Of 19.7 km Far From Daulatpur. Most Of The People Have Their Own Shops Or Business

History
It was at the forefront of the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) of 1983.

Transport
 The main N-5 highway passes through.
 The railway line operated until the 1980s.

References

Populated places in Shaheed Benazir Abad District
Towns in Pakistan

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Maryland vs. James Madison University's game canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test
By: Amira Hairston
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The University of Maryland men's basketball team's game at James Madison University scheduled for Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. has been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test within James Madison's program.
JMU discovered the positive test on Friday during regular surveillance testing. When informed, a second test was conducted and also indicated a positive.
The Terrapins, which are off to a 4-0 start and receiving votes in this week's AP Top-25, are next scheduled to play at Clemson in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Dec. 9 at 5 p.m., on ESPN2.
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I find the argument that the government should divert the money it plans to spend on buying laptops for primary school children to paying better salaries for striking teachers foolish.
As taxpayers, what we should be asking is whether it makes economic sense to spend a high share of the budget for education on teachers' salaries compared to what spend on textbooks, laboratory chemicals and equipment, exercise books – even laptops, for school children.
We are experiencing what economists call a severe recurrent costs financing crisis. How do you tell that you are drifting deeper into such a crisis?
It is when you find that a far greater proportion of the money you collect from the taxpayer ends up in paying salaries, pensions of civil servants and teachers, and interest on borrowed money.
You will build many hospitals, health centres and dispensaries. But since a far greater proportion of your budget for health will have been consumed by salaries, you will not have enough for hospital beds, medicines and ambulances for your dispensaries and health centres.
Since agriculture is the backbone of your economy, you will devote a very large share of the money you collect from the taxpayer to fund agricultural and livestock programmes.
But because a disproportionate share of your budget will have been consumed by salaries and other recurrent costs, what is left will not be enough to adequately fund agricultural extension services in rural areas.
The recurrent costs financing crisis we are experiencing manifests itself in many other ways: Police stations without enough fuel to run their cars, secretaries without enough computers and stationery, and government drivers who sit idle the whole day because there are no cars to drive.
How did we get where we are today? Until Dr Richard Leakey and the Dream Team came to town around 2000, the central government's wage bill as a share of the GDP was at around 9 per cent.
In those days, a civil service job for a university graduate or a person coming out of government-owned training college was almost a God-given entitlement.
Dr Leakey and his team mounted one of the most aggressive civil service retrenchment programmes to happen in Kenya.
This is the around the same period when the government discontinued automatic employment of graduates.
When you track the trends, especially after the retrenchment programmes, you will find that the ratio of the wage bill to GDP dropped to around 7 per cent from the late 1990s to the current situation where it is at an unprecedented 12 per cent level.
In the last three years, the annual growth rate of the wage bill averaged about 13 per cent.
But things went haywire last year: the wage bill grew by 27 per cent in just 12 months, mainly as a result of pressures posed by an expanded State, salary awards to teachers and the police, and proliferating constitutional commissions.
This is the context against which the current spat between the government and the teacher's union must be understood.
I am not saying that teachers don't have a point. Indeed, this strike is basically a response to inequalities in public service wages.
Within the public sector today, you have tiny enclaves of highly-paid public servants working side by side with poorly remunerated colleagues even where they have comparable skills.
High salaries awards to judges, MPs and permanent secretaries have added to a sense of unequal treatment, especially among the more organised groups such as doctors, pharmacists, dentists and engineers.
How can you convince a school teacher demanding a pay rise that the government has no money?
He or she will ask you where the money to pay high salaries to judges, MPs, permanent secretaries and members of the mushrooming constitutional commissions came from.
We must start discussing harmonisation and rationalisation of all public sector wages. We should be discussing how to tighten the link between pay and performance.
A public sector wage freeze should be tabled for debate. We can't continue like this.


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Observatree - Tree health citizen science partnership
Observatree was launched in spring 2014, with the aim to train volunteers to help protect the UK's trees, woods and forests from harmful pests and diseases, both existing and new. So far, over 200 volunteers have been trained by the collaboration led by Forest Research, supported by the Woodland Trust, Forestry Commission England, Defra, Fera Science Ltd, the Animal & Plant Health Agency, the National Trust, Natural Resources Wales and Forestry Commission Scotland. The project was initially EU funded, but in 2017 Observatree II was launched to continue the work for a further three years as the first phase had been so successful. As part of this, 11 of the 21 priority pests and diseases species have been spotted by the volunteers in the UK. A small group of the volunteers also verify cases of tree disease recorded via the Forestry Commission's Tree Alert², an online reporting tool which allows anyone to report trees showing signs of ill-health.
Chief Plant Health Officer, Professor Nicola Spence, said
"Protecting our trees from the threat of pests and diseases is vitally important to us all, and this project is an excellent example of volunteers, NGOs and government working together to achieve more than we could alone".
Dr Joan Webber, Principal Pathologist at Forest Research , added:
"Observatree's network of trained volunteers gives Forest Research's scientists many more eyes on the lookout for new threats to tree health. They provide quality reports that let our experts focus on the most urgent cases."
By focusing on pests and diseases which are of highest concern, the volunteers support Government agencies such as Forest Research, Forestry Commission and the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, enabling them to take appropriate action at locations of significance identified by the volunteers and tree health professionals, as quickly as possible. Two volunteer roles were created: the Tree Health Surveyors help spot the presence of specific pests and diseases on common tree species, and the Tree Health Triage Verifiers collect additional information for tree disease records submitted through Tree Alert by the public and Tree Health Surveyors.
Plant health scientists at Fera have been responsible for helping to train, mentor and coach the volunteers as they learn new surveillance and reporting skills. Fera has also led the development of e-Learning materials to support the volunteers in their work which are freely available on the projects website.
A volunteer in Hertfordshire successfully identified only the second case of Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp in the country and another in Wales recorded over 20 new cases of ash dieback. The project has also been recognised for its work by Horticulture Week and Defra's own 'Data Pioneer' award.
For more information about the project or to make use of its resources visit www.observatree.org.uk
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Netflix's Selling the OC: What is Gio Helou's Net Worth?
What is Gio Helou's Net Worth? – Gio Helou (34 years old), an American realtor specialising in expensive luxury properties, was born on March 20, 1988. He is a member of Jason Oppenheim's team of agents, and according to information we have acquired, he was the first to work in the Oppenheim Group's Newport Beach office.
He gained notoriety in 2022 due to his appearance in the reality show "Selling the OC." It is regarded as a spinoff of "Selling Sunset" by The Oppenheim group, the second season of which debuted in 2022.
This new show will have drama, tears, and even some juicy moments because it centres on the personal and professional lives of 11 agents. So think about trying it if you enjoy watching reality shows with lots of drama.
Fans are naturally interested in discovering how precisely Gio acquired his riches and how wealthy he is. Well, we're here to look into it and let you know what we find out!
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What Is Gio Helou's Source of Income?
Gio Helou joined Curtis Birch as a New Business Manager & Associate Producer in the year 2012, which was the beginning of his outstanding career. The reality TV personality broadened his career opportunities in 2013 by joining Abell-Helou Homes as a real estate developer. Gio is still an employee of the company as of this writing. The native of California decided to depart from Curtis Birch in 2014, and it appears that he delayed joining another company for about two years. But he remained with the company and joined the Newport Beach, California, office of Engel & Völkers in 2016 as a Luxury Real Estate Advisor.
Gio received his California real estate agent license (DRE# 02068352) on August 13, 2018. As a result, he was able to accept a Realtor position at Coldwell Banker Global Luxury in 2018. Gio's involvement in the Orange County area real estate market began with this. In February 2021, Gio departed Coldwell Banker Global Luxury to work for The Oppenheim Group in Orange County. He was one of the first people to sign up for the group's newly established branch.
Gio participated in "Selling the OC" since he is a member of The Oppenheim Group. As he went about his business and interacted with some of the most magnificent houses featured in the series' first season, the broadcast allowed viewers to observe the realtor in his environment. Gio's keen eye for luxury residences in exclusive beachside communities will be well known to viewers of the Netflix series. Gio and his wife, Tiffany Helou, like living in Newport Beach, where he has always preferred real estate.
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What Is Gio Helou's Net Worth?
Gio Helou's annual property sales volume must be considered to comprehend his financial situation thoroughly. The realtor himself has made it easy to understand that aspect. Gio happily shared his performance for the second quarter of 2022 with his social media fans, and the total is, to put it mildly, incredible.
Gio dealt with assets valued at $37,600,000 from April to June 2022. He also works as a real estate developer, and in the state of California, the salary range for someone in his profession appears to be between $60,000 and $75,000 per year.
Season 1 of "Selling the OC" revealed information that suggested that 3% was the typical commission rate for The Oppenheim Group employees in Orange County. The listing agent, the buying agent, and their respective brokers typically each receive a quarter of the commission.
In total, Gio makes between 0.75 and 1 per cent of the sales price of each property he manages. If the realtor ends up acting as both the listing and the buying agent, the amount could double. After accounting for taxes and the sum of the figures mentioned above, we calculate Gio's net worth to be close to $3.5 million.
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I am asking any 2016 Mazda CX3 owners if they have experienced abnormal paint chipping on their vehicles? I have over thirty chips on my hood, pillars, roof and driver's side. My car is the Red Soul colour. Any problems with any other colours?
If you do, what have you done so far to try and get it resolved by Mazda?
thanks Tor sharing any info you have.
Look at the long discussion in the CX-5 page. There are significant issues with the red paint used on many Mazda's.
I believe the same red paint is used on the CX-3 as the CX-5 but you should check the paint code to confirm.
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I've been spending a lot of time lately thinking about the nature of failure and the pitfalls of success. This hardly seems surprising as I spend my mornings teaching English and my afternoons teaching Theatre. But, I'll tell you something: I have noticed some disturbing societal trends.
I don't know when it happened, but we, as a society, seem to have forgotten that failure is a necessary component to success. Can you imagine what would happen to scientific advancement if failure was no longer an option? It would stagnate. Everyone would be too afraid to attempt anything unless they were 100% certain they were right.
So then, why do we place so much pressure on our children to succeed at all times and at all cost?
That already seems to be happening in the world of technology… I mean, how many products have been released before they were completely ready? Programmers seem to operate on the idea that something should be released first and then fixed after customer complaints start coming in. Nobody will even create a prototype unless it's ready for commercial use!
Maybe that's alright for the working world, but that shouldn't be the way schools work.
I don't know whether it's because of our government's over-emphasis on testing, but it seems to me that school is no longer about learning, it's about getting good grades. What good is a good grade if the material has not been truly learned? Who cares if your college admissions test scores are top notch and your essays sound like they were written by someone beyond teen years? As long as they get in to the college of their dreams, what does it matter? Right?
50% of all college freshmen nationwide are not prepared for college-level material and will not graduate from the same university in which they gained entrance as seniors in high school.
How can this be possible? If a high school transcript shows a 4.0 or better, then doesn't that mean the student is college ready?
Increasingly, I have noticed college-bound students cheating off of each other in pursuit of those perfect transcripts. I would hazard a guess that very few of those perfect transcript receivers really, truly earned those grades through hard work and proper study habits. Even fewer of them remember any of the content they supposedly learned in any of their classes.
Why do they cheat? The answer to this one is so simple, it's embarrassing. All their parents care about is that they receive straight As.
I teach in a high school that is largely Asian in population. I cannot even count how many times I've heard students quoting their parents' admonishment (with complete accent and tone), "You no Bsian o' Csian, you Asian." (sic) I have a student who has written her college admissions essay five times because her mother thinks she has no hope of getting accepted anywhere, despite her high SAT score. What's wrong with this picture?
School is supposed to be about learning. We are supposed to be encouraging our students NOT to memorize factoids for test regurgitation, but to fully engage in the process of learning, which includes trial and error.
I was doing some research on famous failures throughout history, and I came across a quote that could have been spoken yesterday, or even this morning.
This quote is surprising because it was not spoken by someone who had any sort of formal schooling. In fact, he had no more than three months' worth, but spent a lifetime pursuing scientific endeavors and is completely self-taught. The speaker is Thomas Alva Edison.
Recently, during a teacher in-service, one of our school principals led a student panel discussion. The purpose of this panel was to give voice to students; to help them, perhaps, feel empowered and heard. They were supposed to be teaching us how to teach them.
There were several things wrong with this well-intentioned event. First and foremost, the students chosen were not completely representative of our diverse student population. Secondly, they were all articulate. Why is this a problem? Quite simply because many students who feel disenfranchised by the educational system do not use perfect English. They use slang. What they have to say is what interests me.
Why do you refuse to carry books larger than your back pocket?
Why are you so resistant to hard work?
When did learning become "uncool"?
Why are you so against reading on your own? How can I make reading easier for you?
What makes you think school is supposed to be fun all the time?
Do your parents talk to you on a regular basis, or do they merely complain about your behavior?
Did your parents read to you as children? Do your parents read now?
What can I do to help you — not just academically but also emotionally?
Sadly, these were not the questions asked of the student panel. Instead, they were asked about teachers and lessons that appeal to them. They were also asked about the amount of homework they're given instead of being asked why they don't get it done.
I cannot count the number of times I have heard students say, "I LOVE that teacher! He is so EASY." When pushed for more information, they add, "We don't really do anything. We just hang out and socialize." Well, guess what? My job is not to entertain or cajole. My job is to teach, to inspire, to instruct. It isn't always easy and it isn't always fun; but nothing that is worthwhile ever comes without some sort of struggle.
The fact of the matter is – and I have no research to support this rather than my own personal experience and those of my colleagues – students who are pressured to bring home straight As are the most likely to cheat their way to the top. This is especially true for students who are in all honors and advanced placement classes. I have students whose parents yell, "You are not B-sian or C-sian; you are A-sian!" Some of the students who hear this are terrified of grades lower than an A minus and will beg and plead to have their grades inflated by any means necessary. Some rebel against this entirely and take on the "make me do my work" attitude. Still others decide that, in order to get that A, they must plagiarize on their essays, cheat on their tests, and copy other students' homework.
Don't think this is true? Case in point. My students no longer write essays at home. Why? Because two years ago, 7 of my 35 students in an honors class turned in essays that were 93 – 98% plagiarized. This means that their essays – which they had two weeks to write and were based largely on their own opinions – were copied directly from various websites and remained unattributed to the original authors. One student in particular wrote only the conclusion to her essay. I would like to think that these students learned their lesson, but unfortunately, at least one of them did it again the following year with a different teacher.
My mother always used to tell me that it didn't matter what grade I earned so long as I did my best and I learned something in the process. This is the message that I would like more parents to convey. True – grades are important when it comes to furthering your education. Good grades can get you into a good college. But, if your good grades were earned by cheating, then you will not be able to complete your work once you get into college.
Do you really want the person prepping for your surgery to have cheated their way through medical school?
The other side of this face is that those who are not college bound, those who don't care whether they learn or not don't even care enough to cheat. They just don't care. They don't want to be failures, but they don't want to achieve, either. How do I reach THEM? Who will listen to what THEY have to say? If we don't get THEM onto some life-long path to learning, then what will become of their children? Or their grandchildren?