I had a loving relationship with my wife of 25 years. I went for a minor operation in hospital and complications set in. I was comatose (2014-2016).
After I woke up from a coma, found my wife behaving very strangely towards me, like wishing I never wake up or died.
She nearly dropped her cup on the floor. She growled at me "Ungrateful man! I spent my time taking care of you, and you accused me of infidelity. Better if you never wake up." She placed her cup on the table and walked out of the cafe.
Being the sharp person I was, I cannot believe she took care of me. The previous two weeks when I first woke up, she just made a cup of chocolate and left two pieces of bread on the table before she goes to her office at 7.30am. She will be home after midnight (Mon-Fri).
I engaged a PI for three nights to solicit more information about her activities after office (6 pm-midnight), with pics if possible. After a week, I received a report (with pictures) from PI. I now have the report that she and my then best friend (X) were clubbing and spending time in an apartment.
I told her I know what she and X were up to. Sign these divorce papers and stop pretending to be a faithful spouse. She tried to pretend to be a victim. I told her "Stop your acting before I send out the report to your siblings." She signed the divorce papers, and I am a free man now.
My man, you have my utmost respect, and my sympathy, as I know how painful this can be. But, you did what I believe every person with a cheating spouse should do, no exceptions.
You jettisoned the garbage and acted with self-respect. Too many people tolerate this type of abuse and disrespect and start doing the pick me dance and all types of mental gymnastics to convince themselves to say. It is, IMO, quite pathetic(but, understandable as they are traumatized).
Ditto. No fuss, no mess, and the trash removed. What a guy!
Good to hear (see actually) Adrian. It looks like you did your homework before confronting her.
Well done, Adrian, hats off to you. So decisive. No one's fool, definitely. She underestimated you. Bachelor again. Celebration.
Slowly, find a new love interest. Leave the past behind. Don't hurt her, if you do, you will cancel out her bad karma. Bless you.
I was married for 19 years when my wife had an affair, I found out, and I immediately divorced her! (she didn't want it and fought me) but I finally got free of her!
That's when Karma came roaring in. The last thing I told her when the divorced was final was to remember to get health and auto insurance! She didn't! Within two months she caused a major auto accident, she was sued which ended in a 2.5 million award to the injured parties (I had taken her and her car off my policy when divorce was final)she also lost her drivers license.
Her affair partner went back to his wife while she was recovering in the hospital for a month (I had taken her off my medical insurance also)she had a massive bill.
It didn't stop there! Her former business associate turned her into the IRS and state tax people, and she was charged, found guilty and fined over a hundred eighty grand! She ended up going bankrupt and lost her business. All of this happened within a year of our divorce. Karma? I think so.


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Visitation Monastery of Snellville
Saint Francis de Sales, our Founder, desired to "give to God daughters of prayer and souls so interior, that they may be found worthy to serve His infinite Majesty and to adore Him in spirit and in truth." Contemplatives by vocation, we seek within the seclusion of the cloister to develop the bond of charity in and among ourselves, sharing in the evangelization of the world by a hidden apostolic fruitfulness, giving genuine and humble witness to the fact that God is love.
The spirit of the Visitation is "a spirit of profound humility toward God and of great gentleness with the neighbor", a spirit which does not emphasize external austerity. The sisters make up for this by interior renunciation, great simplicity, and joy in the common life. Our Order honors the Virgin Mary in her mystery of the Visitation, especially in her humility and charity. The religious of The Visitation strive to be the imitators of the two dearest virtues of the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word: sweetness and humility.
Our day begins at 5:30, and ends at 10:00; Holy Mass, silent prayer, Divine Office chanted 5 times a day, spiritual reading, work, and recreation round out the day. A simple life of charity characterizes our small Community, which provides our Archdiocese with Altar bread and its clergy, with our prayers; as well as all the needs of our country, and the world.
Sr. Josefa Maria Chicoine V.H.M.
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Professed Members: 6, with 5 aspirants.
Qualifications: Reception of the aged, the infirm, and weak in constitution provided they are capable of following the Rule of St. Augustine and ordinary exercises; should have a sound mind and be well-disposed to live in profound humility, obedience, gentleness, simplicity, a forgetfulness of self so as to enter in to the concerns of others, community demands, and the life of the Church. A life of intimacy with the Lord, shown by clear conversion; openness to truth.
Formation: The constitution drawn up by St. Francis De Sales under the title, Rule of St. Augustine and constitutions for the religious of the Visitation, remain a fundamental principle of life and formation. Religious formation begins with the call of God and one's decision to follow the footsteps of Christ by entrance into the community and continues throughout one's lifetime. Aspirancy involves assessment of sufficient human maturity and aptitude for contemplative life (1 year). Postulancy (1-2 years) offers a more direct and concrete experience of community life according to specific charism but also allow a gradual transition from secular life to life in the Novitiate. Novitiate (2 years) is a period of initiation into evangelical life, both personal and communal, according to the spirit and Constitution of the Visitation Order. The novice, having duly completed her Novitiate makes, Simple Vows for 5 years. When the period of Temporary profession has been completed, if she is accepted to profession, she pronounces Solemn Vows.
Belated vocations? Yes.
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Supreme Court Hears Case Pitting Gay Rights Against Free Speech
By: Melissa Quinn
Washington — The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Monday over an issue the justices have been asked to resolve before, considering a case that pits the First Amendment right to free speech against LGBTQ rights.
Colorado is once again the battleground in the latest case before the court, brought by graphic designer Lorie Smith. Smith, like bakers Jack Phillips and Aaron and Melissa Klein, and florist Barronelle Stutzman before her, is a Christian business owner who says her religious beliefs prevent her from creating custom websites for a same-sex wedding. But her stance could violate Colorado's public accommodation law, which prohibits businesses open to the public from refusing service because of sexual orientation and announcing their intent to do so.
Smith argues the law violates her First Amendment rights, saying the state is forcing her to express a message she disagrees with.
"If the government can censor and compel my speech, it can censor and compel anybody's speech," she told CBS News before the arguments. "We should all be free to live and work consistently with our deeply held beliefs."
On Monday, the court's three liberal justices — Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor — peppered Kristen Waggoner, Smith's counsel, about whether her work creating websites should be considered her speech, and whether other businesses should be allowed to deny services on the basis of race, ethnicity or disability if the court rules in her favor.
"I keep looking at all of the mockups and all of them relate to what [a couple] is doing," Sotomayor said, referring to examples of Smith's websites. "I don't understand, how is this your story? It's their story."
Waggoner replied that the speech would still be Smith's, comparing her service to the work of a newspaper editor or ghostwriter: "What matters is what the objection is that the speaker is being asked to create ... If you don't believe they should be telling their story, and what they're asking you to do is tell their story, then you don't have to do that."
The Supreme Court was last confronted with a case sitting at the crossroads of the First Amendment and LGBTQ rights in 2018, in a dispute involving Phillips, who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding a decade ago. The baker, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, argued the state's public accommodation law requiring him to create a cake for a same-sex wedding would violate his right to free speech and religious freedom.
The Supreme Court ruled narrowly for Phillips, finding the Colorado Civil Rights Commission acted with hostility toward his sincere religious beliefs. But it left unanswered the question of whether states like Colorado can, in applying their anti-discrimination laws, compel an artist to express a message they disagree with.
Smith's case, known as 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, could now be the vehicle for addressing that issue.
"Nobody should be forced to create artwork, custom expression, that goes against the core of who they are and what they believe. And that's what Colorado is doing," she said.
A web designer in Colorado wants to limit her wedding-related services to celebrations of heterosexual unions because of her religious beliefs, but a state law prohibits discrimination against gay people by businesses open to the public
The justices could settle a First Amendment question they left open only a few years ago.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Monday in a First Amendment battle pitting claims of religious freedom against laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
A web designer in Colorado, Lorie Smith, said she was happy to create graphics and websites for anyone, including L.G.B.T.Q. people. But her Christian faith, she said, did not allow her to create messages celebrating same-sex marriages. A state law forbids this kind of discrimination.
Here's what else you need to know:
The ruling could have enormous consequences. Ms. Smith's supporters say a ruling for the state would allow the government to force all sorts of artists to state things at odds with their beliefs. Her opponents say a ruling in her favor would allow many businesses to refuse service to, say, Black people or Muslims based on odious but sincerely held convictions.
If the case sounds familiar, it is. The court ruled in a very similar one in 2018 involving a baker of wedding cakes in Colorado but did not settle the question of whether the First Amendment permits discrimination by businesses open to the public based on their owners' religious convictions.
The court has shifted to the right since that 2018 decision and has been exceptionally receptive to claims of religious freedom.
The court might have to give guidance on what kinds of businesses are engaged in expression. In the 2018 case, the baker's lawyer was closely questioned about where to draw the constitutional line, but her answers did not reveal a consistent principle.
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The untouchable Hope Hicks
Trump's 28-year-old communications adviser has earned the president's trust by letting him do just as he pleases when it comes to dealing with the press.
By ANNIE KARNI
Donald Trump affectionately refers to White House Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks as "Hopester." She still calls him "Mr. Trump." | Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Hope Hicks was celebrating a family wedding at a Bermuda golf club the weekend after Donald Trump was elected president when she overheard members of another party expressing dismay about his victory.
The young press secretary was off duty, but she couldn't help inserting herself into the conversation at the next table. "I promise, he's a good person!" Hicks chimed in, begging them not to worry, according to multiple people who witnessed the exchange.
Hicks' instinctual defense of the president is emblematic of how she views her role in the White House: as someone who deeply understands Trump but also understands why, in her mind, people misunderstand him. The polite, soft-spoken 28-year-old newbie to Washington politics holds the lofty title of director of strategic communications, pulls down the top White House salary of $179,700 — the same as strategist Steve Bannon and chief of staff Reince Priebus — but operates outside of any organizational chart.
She is protected, in a world of rival power centers, by the deep bond she shares with the man at the top. He affectionately refers to her as "Hopester." She still calls him "Mr. Trump." And she views her job, ultimately, as someone who is installed where she is in order to help, but not change, the leader of the free world.
But an explosive Trump interview this week with The New York Times, in which Hicks was the only aide in the Oval Office with the president, has thrust her protected and preferred under-the-radar status into fuller view. In the interview, Trump expressed regret and anger over having hired Attorney General Jeff Sessions in light of Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation, and then left open the possibility of firing special counsel Robert Mueller — all risky statements, given the legal scrutiny he, his family and his associates face.
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Hicks' sole presence in the office has raised questions about whether she's helping Trump advance his stated America First agenda — or whether she is simply enabling a president with self-destructive tendencies to hobble the entire administration, and, ultimately, himself.
In the chaotic West Wing, rattled again on Friday by the surprise resignation of press secretary Sean Spicer, Hicks has been a stable, consistent presence at Trump's side — her loyalty never in question, her status in the president's inner circle never in jeopardy, her back never being stabbed by colleagues in the snake-pit work environment. One person described Hicks, who worked for the Trump Organization before joining the campaign at its start, as a "souvenir from Trump Tower," i.e., someone who has made the journey with the president from his old life, with whom he can wax nostalgic about the good old days in New York.
Hope Hicks arrives to a swearing-in ceremony of White House senior staff Jan. 22. | Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images
She also may be one of the only long-term survivors of a complete overhaul of the White House communications department. "Dan [Scavino] and Hope Hicks are staying," incoming Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said at his first press briefing on Friday. "As it relates to the other people in the comms shop, I've got to get to know them."
But her front-row role in The New York Times interview had Washington veterans raising their eyebrows about whether anyone in Trump's orbit can rein him in.
"What's amazing to me is that Hope sat there and let it happen," said one former top GOP Hill aide. "I have a very different construct on what it means to staff people. You exist because your job is largely to improve otherwise difficult situations. The fact that people around him are not trying to protect the president blows my mind at this level of politics."
People familiar with the interview said Hicks, whose own comments during the session were off the record, did try to intervene on multiple occasions, reminding the president that he did not have to answer every question on the record. But Trump, who thrives off the easy back and forth with reporters he has been engaging in for decades, ultimately overruled her and wanted to charge on.
Some said Hicks isn't to blame for acting like a gatekeeper who lets the fox into the hen house — they see her as part of a larger problem plaguing the Trump administration, where no staffer can control the president's most self-damaging impulses, and there is no larger communications strategy beyond indulging the president in the instant gratification he enjoys from making news.
"He doesn't have many people seasoned in governing around him, people who are able to give him the candid advice based on the experience of working in government who can help guide him to avoid pitfalls," said Scott McClellan, a former press secretary to President George W. Bush.
Hicks, however, is different from his other aides. She stays off television, which has given her some cover and credibility with the media: She has never lied, on the record, in service of the president. She declined to comment for this story, and she turns down most media requests that come her way, because she prefers to serve the president without a spotlight shining on her.
In a White House staffed with aides pushing their competing personal agendas, Hicks stands apart as a loyalist who is there solely because of her commitment to Trump and his family, who isn't eyeing the next job up the food chain. She is sometimes treated like an extended family member of the close-knit clan. She has joined Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump for Shabbat dinner at their Kalorama mansion, and stood shoulder to shoulder with the Trump family during an audience earlier this year in Rome with the pope, along with other inner-circle aides.
Inside the 24 hours that broke Sean Spicer
By JOSH DAWSEY
Internally, she has joked that her title is not about strategically communicating with the press — it's about strategically communicating with the president. She knows that telling Trump what not to say, ahead of an interview, is a losing proposition. She has accepted that he will say things that people find shocking, or upsetting — but she long ago made the decision that she deeply believes in Trump as a leader, and that she wasn't going to change or judge a 70-year-old man whose career highs have been based on trusting his own instincts.
When it comes to indulging his desire to speak on the record to The New York Times, insiders said, she also understands the important place the respected hometown broadsheet holds in his Queens-bred psyche.
To colleagues and reporters, she often expresses frustration at why the president is often described as angry or fuming when she views the man she works for as generally charming, supportive and friendly.
Hicks, a Greenwich, Connecticut, native and onetime teen model who rose through the ranks of the Trump Organization, has also become more solitary and protective of herself as her power in the White House has grown. Friends said she rarely ventures out socially in Washington because her close relationship with the president makes her feel like a target. She is not on Twitter, and her Instagram account — where she is followed by Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and the president himself — is set to private.
Hope Hicks walks with Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus and Stephen Miller as they prepare to join President Donald Trump aboard Marine One on April 29. | Ron Sachs/Pool/Getty Images
Colleagues described Hicks as someone who communicates with Trump in a similar way to his daughter Ivanka — she can express her disagreements to the president privately, but ultimately supports his decisions unquestioningly.
Internally, she has become something of a Trump whisperer — other aides rely on Hicks' judgment to gauge when is a good time to speak to the president. "She can help give readouts on conversations the president has had with legislators," said Marc Short, Trump's director of legislative affairs. "If there's something that's happening in urgent fashion, she's able to convey that information quickly to the president and get back with the answer that we need."
He added that the "continuity" she represents is an important ingredient in a White House filled with newcomers to the Trump Train.
It's become self-evident, six months into Trump's first term, that no single person can change Trump's style of communication. First lady Melania Trump's presence in the White House has done little to stem the flow of outrageous tweets, and his communications team has fallen apart because the president, ultimately, acts as his own press secretary. But Hicks' management of the president — knowing what battles not to fight, and pushing no outside agenda of her own — might make her the last aide standing, even if it's a break from how people in her position have acted in the past.
In the pre-Trump world order, an interview with the president of the United States was used by the administration as a cherry topper to sell a policy proposal the White House sought to highlight. In his final interview with The New York Times, for instance, President Barack Obama was interviewed in Hawaii and then in Midway Atoll about climate change in order to land a front-page story about his legacy on the issue.
"Every time a president talks to the press, it should be part of a coordinated communications effort to promote what the president is doing," said Ari Fleischer, another former press secretary to George W. Bush.
Not so in Trump world, where reporters are often invited into the Oval Office by Hicks with no warning, for free-wheeling conversations that read like venting sessions and do little to further any policy agenda being pushed by the White House. "Coordinating interviews with him — that's all her," said one White House official.
Trump's options on Russia probe: Discredit, pardon, fire
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN
From her perch near the Oval Office, Hicks has become part of Trump's shrinking circle of trust, overseeing more of the president's response to damaging stories as he has lost faith in the rest of his communications team.
In May, for instance, the Times reported that Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to shut down his investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Spicer wasn't involved in the response and only learned of the story's publication minutes before it landed, White House sources said. Instead, it was Hicks shuttling in and out of the Oval Office, working on a response with the president.
Some Trump critics are sympathetic to Hicks' task of managing an uncontrollable personality. "She's doing an excellent job with the worst client in the history of the world," said Stu Loeser, former press secretary to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "There isn't a permanent solution to him calming down."
Loeser credited Hicks with channeling Trump's comments on the ongoing Russia investigation to the Times, rather than waiting for him to spout off on Twitter. "Not threatening the Justice Department and independent counsel is not one of the options that faces her," Loeser said. "She arranged for him to say what he is inevitably going to say in the most dignified and professional way he could."
Josh Dawsey contributed to this report.
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Q: How do I prove that the distance between two points is longer than one point in the normal and the other point in a plane? So, imagine $P$ is a plane with the normal $n$, and $A = (a1, a2, a3)$ is a point above the plane $P$ that does not lie on the plane. $B$ is a point collinear on the line $L$: $r = (a_1, a_2, a_3) + \lambda n$.
$C$ is a point on $P$ other than $B$.
How do I prove $\|A-C \| > \|A-B \|$ for all points $C \ne B$?
I tried drawing a diagram with points $A$ and $B$ in a line $L$ parallel to the normal, since the shortest distance from $A$ to $P$ is $L$ perpendicular. I drew a line from $B$ to $C$. Since the $L$ is parallel to the normal $n$, $L$ is perpendicular to the plane $P$.
Hence, this would be a right-angled triangle $ABC$.
Now, a hypothenuse is longer than the other two sides.
What's the best way to approach this question?

A: You have $\mathbf{B} = \mathbf{A} + \lambda \mathbf{n} $ for some $\lambda$.  Point $\mathbf{C}$ is in the plane and $\mathbf{C} \ne \mathbf{B}$, therefore,
$ \mathbf{n} \cdot (\mathbf{C} - \mathbf{B}) = 0 $
Now
$ \mathbf{A} - \mathbf{C} = (\mathbf{A} - \mathbf{B}) + (\mathbf{B} - \mathbf{C}) = -\lambda \mathbf{n} + \mathbf{CB} $
It follows from this that
$\begin{equation} \begin{split}
\| \mathbf{A - C} \|^2 &= (\mathbf{A - C}) \cdot (\mathbf{A - C} ) \\&= (-\lambda \mathbf{n} + \mathbf{CB} ) \cdot (-\lambda \mathbf{n} + \mathbf{CB}) \\
&= \lambda^2 \| \mathbf{n} \|^2 + \| \mathbf{CB} \|^2 \end{split} \end{equation} $
Because $\mathbf{n} \cdot \mathbf{CB} = 0 $
Therefore,
$\| \mathbf{A - C} \|^2 \gt \| \mathbf{B} - \mathbf{C} \|^2 $
because $\lambda^2 \| \mathbf{n} \|^2 \gt 0$ for $\lambda \ne 0 $
Taking the square root of both sides of the above inequality, we deduce that
$\| \mathbf{A - C} \| \gt \| \mathbf{B} - \mathbf{C} \| $

A: I will write vectors A,B,C without overset arrows.
...
We want to show that $||(A-C)||>||(A-B)||$ or after squaring, we want to show that $(A-C)\bullet(A-C)> (A-B)\bullet(A-B)$. This simplifes as
$$A\bullet A-2A\bullet C+C\bullet C\overset{?}> A\bullet A-2A\bullet B+B\bullet B,$$
$$-2A\bullet C+C\bullet C\overset{?}> -2A\bullet B+B\bullet B,$$
$$2A\bullet B-2A\bullet C\overset{?}> B\bullet B-C\bullet C,$$
$$2A\bullet(B-C)\overset{?}> B\bullet B-C\bullet C.  \tag{1}$$
On the other hand, $(B-A)\perp (B-C)$, so $(B-A)\bullet(B-C)=0$ giving
$$A\bullet(B-C)=B\bullet(B-C)\tag{2}$$
Substituting $(2)$ in $(1)$:
$$2B\bullet(B-C)\overset{?}> B\bullet B-C\bullet C$$
$$2B\bullet B-2B\bullet C\overset{?}> B\bullet B-C\bullet C$$
$$B\bullet B-2B\bullet C+C\bullet C\overset{?}> 0$$
$$||B-C||^2> 0$$
which is true since $C\neq B$.

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AAHOHA Members look ahead to operating under a new normal
By Genny Toddy on July 6, 2020 COVID-19, Today's Hotelier Features
There's no doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people travel. With that in mind, hoteliers are adapting to evolving needs.
by ALICIA HOISINGTON
It wouldn't be an overstatement to say the past few months have been a whirlwind for hoteliers as they navigate a new normal during a time when travel has essentially stopped. After many owners had little option but to close some of their hotels amid swooping occupancy declines, the thought then became "What's next for my business?" And that's just the question AAHOA Members spent the past three months trying to answer.
AAHOA Member and Past Chairman Bhavesh Patel, principal of ADM Hotels & Development, had been operating on a limited basis, with about 10 percent of his hotels open and the majority of his staff furloughed or laid off.
"We're in a county which is mostly tourism, and we have no occupancy," Patel said. "Unless some of the tourist places open up, we're not going to have any business." As of May, he said there was no business on the books.
But that doesn't mean hoteliers aren't looking toward – and looking forward to – some kind of recovery. With the future top of mind, they are working to update their operations to meet the needs during a new era that places cleanliness at the forefront, even more so than it was in the past. Here's how some AAHOA Members that Today's Hotelier has been following since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic are adapting their business.
TRAINING AND SAFETY
Training and safety will go hand in hand even more in the days ahead, and hoteliers are making sure their employees are taking the matter as serious as it is. Of course, that's not always easy to do when things are changing so rapidly.
"From a training perspective, it's evolving every day," AAHOA Member Shreyas "JR" Patel, President and COO of Helix Hospitality, said. "When parameters are set, it's as much to keep the team and guests safe as it is letting people know that we are keeping them safe. As days go on, we're going to start to see folks a little more confident to travel."
That means it's not just about doing but also showing how tasks are being done. "We need to show what we're using to clean and sanitize. I can say I use corporate yellow cleaners from X, Y, Z company, but that's not always relatable to consumers," JR Patel said. "I can show something that is visually relatable to the consumer as something they may have in their home, such as this is an X-branded bleach product that the consumer is familiar with and it kills 99.9 percent of bacteria. We can show that with something as simple as a card on the desk that this room was sanitized, explain what we used, and then a name of who cleaned it to show attention to detail."
AAHOA Member Montu Patel, President of Innovative Hospitality Management, said the teams at his hotels are cleaning common areas on an hourly basis. Extreme precautions are also taken in the guestrooms, with staff not entering when guests are in. Stay-over guests are asked to put their laundry outside or whether they would be willing to exit the room for a while for cleaning. Masks and gloves are provided for team members, and all the appropriate sanitizers are used throughout the property.
"Guests don't always know that we sanitized the rooms like this even before COVID-19. We use commercial products that sanitize the room, and we've done it for decades," Montu Patel said, adding that he agreed there might be a need for a bit of a "PR campaign" from the brands and hotels to help explain to guests about the practices.
"But, by and large, these are not drastic new measures," he said. "While there may be some new hot marketing things the franchisor comes up with, that's more marketing driven. The fact of the matter is that before COVID-19, our rooms were sanitized and cleaned appropriately. Post-COVID-19, those measures are just getting a refresher."
And brands certainly have come out with their own commitments to cleanliness, many of them teaming up with medical associations to add another layer of credibility. In a move to unify the hotel industry on these practices, the American Hotel & Lodging Association launched the Safe Stay initiative designed to change industry norms, behaviors, and standards to ensure both hotel guests and employees are confident in the cleanliness and safety of hotels once travel resumes. AAHOA is part of the Safe Stay Advisory Council.
Bhavesh Patel said part of the plan includes reopening parts of the operations in phases. For instance, breakfast probably won't be brought back this year but perhaps possibly next year. Beyond that, it's all about going above the normal standards.
"In our lobby and public spaces, we're moving all chairs and tables so that there's no social gathering," he said. "We added safety shields for the front desk, as well as provided masks and gloves, and we're making sure things like elevator buttons are being wiped down. We're also leaving rooms empty for a few days, if possible, so they can be aired out."
RAISE THE STAKES
But upping the standards comes with the need to raise the stakes on training teams. "A lot of it has to do with incorporating standard social distancing practices and this concept of new normal with things like not shaking hands," JR Patel said. "We're really getting into the day-to-day operations and getting people to realize how many surfaces they're touching throughout the day and why they need to wash their hands."
That extends to common touch points, he added. For example, he said it's important for employees to truly understand that areas such as coffee stations will require more sanitization because they are touched so often. And then, it's imperative to make sure team members are using the chemicals correctly, as he said some need to sit up to 60 seconds before being wiped down.
"It's changing the mindset of folks in terms of what we perceive is clean and what is actually clean," he said. "It's realizing that in our daily lives, people are the medium spreading the virus. So, employees need to learn how to compartmentalize, from taking out the trash from rooms to removing linens."
For his team, much of the training is happening one on one. "Because this is so new, we have had to be more reactionary than proactive. This is the new normal, and this is going to be how it's going to be," he said. "It's getting out there and showing the GM, the assistant manager, or the department heads how we're going to handle it in a top-down approach. And then those in the field are coming back to us with feedback, so we're still refining our practices. Sooner or later, we can marry those two together into our own internal processes and guidelines."
HEADWINDS REMAIN
But while training employees is top of mind, some hoteliers have found it difficult to get their team members to even come back to work.
"I can assure you that my colleagues and I are having a hard time getting our team members – who were loyal to us in the past and who have done an incredible job – to come back in and work scheduled shifts for reasons including that they have family or children at home they have to care for or help with education because now it has fallen on the parents to help as opposed to the teacher," Montu Patel said. "Then, you may have a team member who may feel unsafe and is afraid of coming back to work."
Unemployment payments were cited as another reason employees were hesitant to return to work, sources said. In addition to the regular state weekly payment, people collecting unemployment were also entitled to an extra $600 a week from the federal government.
"We've heard loud and clear from some employees saying, 'I'm getting paid more to stay at home than I would be if I came into work. Why would I come back into work if it will cost me more and also put myself at risk?'" Montu Patel said, adding that it had been difficult to get in touch with the unemployment office to refute claims. Additionally, he said unemployment letters had not been received in a timely fashion.
"The system is bogged down, and it is being overwhelmed from its original design. As a result, the employees are getting unemployment insurance in a place where it's possible they are needed at work," he said.
NAVIGATING FUNDING AND EMPLOYMENT
And that causes a problem for those companies that have received funding from the Paycheck Protection Program, which states that in order for the loan to be forgivable, companies must keep the same number of employees they had before the pandemic.
"We want to bring employees back based on the intention of the program and get them back to work doing some deep cleaning and preventive maintenance despite not having occupancy, but we've had challenges," Montu Patel said, adding that he has doubts as to whether any portion of his loan will be forgiven. "The spirit of the program has backfired because of the $600 unemployment kicker."
That means employees who don't return are being warned that if they don't show up for their scheduled shifts, a furlough would then turn into a termination, he said. "We have to tell them that now we are going to hire new staff and post their job. We'd love to get our team members back, but when that's not happening we're left with no other option."
Bhavesh Patel, who has come across similar obstacles, said that the extra $600 payment will likely run out in July. "So, if we're ready to open the end of June, employees might realize it's time to come back. We'll tell them their job is open and if they don't want to come back, we'll find replacements. There are plenty of people looking for jobs. Because after that $600 runs out, they're going to be making less staying home."
But, there is hope that someday the new normal will turn back into the occupancy levels the industry has enjoyed in recent years. Of course, it means hoteliers will need to continue to shift as the world around them does.
"In the last few years with the economy, it's been easy to sit back in certain markets and ride the wave," JR Patel said. "Our sales teams need to step up and see what else is out there. It's time to go back to the basics."
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Produced on September 13, 1990, in South Lake Tahoe, California, Jamie Anderson learned to snowboard as a 9-year old. A multi-time gold medalist in her trademark slopestyle event, Anderson in addition has won season tournaments in two of snowboarding's highest circuits, the TTR World Tour as well as the Winter Dew Tour. One of eight kids, she grew to love the outdoor activities that were portion of a mountain-town lifestyle.
Anderson was homeschooled along with her five sisters, the oldest two showing powerful influences in her life. They introduced her to snowboarding in the age of 9, and all three became part of the snowboard team in the area Sierra-at-Tahoe resort. Jamie Anderson started taking part in regional contests, working her way up to national and junior world championship events.
At 15, Anderson won the Winter X Games slopestyle bronze medal to supplant Shaun White as the youngest medalist in the annals of the favorite winter showcase. She topped that attempt the next year by becoming the youngest girl to win a Winter X Games gold medal. In addition to her success in the X Games, Anderson starred in her sport's highest professional occasions. She was named the women's TTR World Tour winner in 2008, 2011 and 2012, and the Winter Dew Tour women's winner in 2011 and 2012.
Anderson notched her fourth slopestyle gold and seventh overall medal in the Winter X Games in 2013. With slopestyle named an Olympic event for the very first time in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, she immediately became among the gold medal favorites in her signature event. She also collaborated with her old middle school to come up with a sponsorship program for talented kids that have an interest in snowboarding but lack the funds. In addition to hiking, paddleboarding and camping, Anderson names yoga as among her favourite non-snowboarding actions.


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Willi Haag (* 15. Dezember 1947, Bürger von Götighofen) ist ein Schweizer Politiker (FDP).

Der als Verwaltungsbeamter und Immobilien-Treuhänder ausgebildete Haag begann seine politische Laufbahn 1989 als Schulpräsident in Wittenbach. Von 1991 bis 2000 war er dort Gemeindepräsident. 1996 kam er in den Grossen Rat des Kantons St. Gallen und war von 2000 bis 2016 im Regierungsrat als Vorsteher des Baudepartementes.

Haag ist verheiratet, Vater zweier Kinder und wohnt in Wittenbach. Im Militär war er Oberst.

Weblinks
 Website von Willi Haag

Regierungsrat (St. Gallen)
Kantonsrat (St. Gallen, Person)
Kommunalpolitiker (Kanton St. Gallen)
FDP-Mitglied (Schweiz)
Schweizer
Geboren 1947
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Francesco Alberoni (Borgonovo Val Tidone, Piacenza,31 de Dezembro de 1929) é um jornalista, escritor e professor de sociologia italiano.

Biografia

Formado em medicina, especializou-se no estudo dos movimentos coletivos. Seu primeiro ensaio sobre o assunto, Statu Nascenti (1968), transformou-se depois na obra "Movimento e Istitucione", considerado um clássico. Escreveu também "Enamoramento e Amor", "O Erotismo" e "A Amizade", trilogia lançada no Brasil pela Editora Rocco.

Tornou-se professor de sociologia ainda em 1964, primeiramente em Milão, a que se seguiu Trento, Catania, Lausanne e novamente Milão. Desenvolveu uma teoria dos movimentos coletivos, patente nos seus livros "Estado Nascente" (1968) e "Movimento e Instituição" (1977). Aqui, Alberoni explica o processo histórico como o resultado de dois tipos de forças: por um lado, as utilitárias e econômicas, que transformam e inovam mas não criam solidariedade social, e, por outro lado, as representadas pelos movimentos, que só podem surgir da solidariedade social. Alberoni adquiriu renome mundial após a publicação de "Enamoramento e Amor" (1979), o seu livro mais traduzido e mais vendido. Foi como estudioso do sentimento amoroso que Alberoni encontrou popularidade. Ao dedicar-se a um tema comum até então desprezado pela sociologia, Alberoni levou esta ciência até junto dos leigos, facto pelo qual é louvado por uns e criticado por outros.

Publicações

Seus trabalhos já foram publicados em países como Japão, Espanha, França, Dinamarca, Brasil, Suécia, Turquia e Israel.

Obras

1963, A Elite Sem Poder.

1964, Consumo e Sociedade.

1968, Estado Nascente.

1970, Classes e Gerações.

1976, A Itália em Transformação.

1977, Movimento e Instituição.

1979, Enamoramento e Amor.

1981, As Razões do Bem e do Mal.

1982, A Árvore da Vida.

1984, A Amizade.

1986, O Erotismo.

1987, Público e Privado.

1989, O Altruísmo e a Moral.

1989, Gênese.

1990, Os Invejosos.

1992, O Vôo Nupcial.

1993, Valores.

1994, O Otimismo.

1996, Amo-te.

1997, O Primeiro Amor.

Sociólogos da Itália
Professores da Itália
Alunos da Universidade de Pavia


"On February 16th next, EPIC, with our 5 Nations 1 Voice partners, will celebrate the third 'Care Day' since we launched the inaugural Care Day in 2016.
Care Day is an opportunity to unite in celebrating the rights of care experienced children and young people, their stories and their achievements.
This year we look forward to the biggest Care Day yet by welcoming even more children, young people, their friends, family and carers and care organisations to join in the celebrations.
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Turkey players, TV critics and "a professor of history" were all targeted by Fatih Terim ahead of their Euro 2016 clash with Czech Republic.
Turkey coach Fatih Terim appeared to question the attitude of his players in a remarkable rant aimed at his critics ahead of his side's Euro 2016 clash with Czech Republic.
Back-to-back defeats to Spain and Croatia, rumours about discontent within the squad and heavy criticism over the form of captain Arda Turan have all contributed to a dismal campaign in France so far for Terim's side.
They face Czech Republic in Lens on Tuesday knowing that only a victory will keep alive their hopes of reaching the last 16 as one of the best third-placed sides in the group stage.
With the pressure on his position mounting, Terim pointed to a perceived lack of effort from his squad in their pre-tournament training camp and even took aim at a "professor of history" in a broadside aimed at his detractors.
"Yesterday I was there with my players in training," he began. "I was a bit silent, but I'm a human being, you shouldn't forget it. I have my emotions. It doesn't mean I had a problem with my players.
"Before the tournament, our camp brought us many problems that we were not expecting. We didn't have it in ideal circumstances. But there are some players growing up, getting experience, and I'm trying to improve their lives as a person and a player.
3-0 - #TUR's 3-0 defeat to #ESP was their heaviest defeat at a major tournament since losing 3-0 to Denmark at Euro 1996. Plucked.
"It was my call to pick these players and I'm trying to manage the whole process. I'm ready to take full responsibility. I did this before with Galatasaray and Turkey. I don't want to talk about it, but as you asked, I'll answer it. Nobody should hide, I'll give my answers.
"I'm totally focused on tomorrow but my time to give answers will come. I'm frustrated, I'm a human being. Let's finish the tournament. We'll see what happens afterwards. There are no worries about that.
"It's been an underachievement for us. We had a good run of 16, 17 games, even friendly games have been very demanding. We've played important sides. Then you compare it with these two games and there's a big difference. We had high expectations with our squad but somehow they couldn't fulfil that. We had some problems we couldn't manage. We must admit that. But I hope we will correct our mistakes."
He continued: "I heard them say Hakan Calhanoglu isn't playing in the right position. I've been in this business 45, 46 years. I know some people don't like me. But almost all the big achievements in Turkey were achieved by me. It can't be a coincidence to have a good run of 15 games. But when it doesn't work, you're criticised.
"Nobody saw me dancing for joy – I've never done it in my life. My players are in good shape. I always keep my private life distant from my job. But the players should know that I am deeply upset. You can see it on my face. This is totally human. But I am the leader of this team and totally focused on my job.
"It's important to give the correct message. The players are totally concentrated. This is our last chance. We'll make it, or we won't. But we have to improve, to develop our game.
"It's not fair to say that my players are upset if I am, too. We can smile, get angry, be upset, but I'm not the one who should be ashamed. The ones who put us in this position should be ashamed of what they've been doing. Everybody has his own idea on a philosophy. I hope one day they have their own squad to manage.
"I have to laugh, but I'm not capable. This is really funny. All these rumours, criticism about positions, formation. But it's not the right time to talk about it. Very soon, I will face them, and they will get their share.
"Let me give you an example. TRT, our public TV. This professor of history dares to criticise us, on a show which is not related to football. I have many friends, professors, academics, but when I ask them about football, mostly they say it's not their business. But on TRT, we've been criticised. That's why I'm upset. That's why I'm frustrated.
"I was expecting to have some problems because it can happen in a camp before a major tournament. But I talk to my players as well. I was expecting them to prepare themselves before the tournament, you can't do it during the tournament. Sometimes the circumstances in our country make it difficult. Of course there are many things that I can't say in front of the media. I was expecting my players to reach their top level. I hope they will make it tomorrow.
"We have two options: we say it's over, or that it's not. Our motto is: it's not over until we say it's over. You can be sure that I'll do the necessary thing to remind my players of that.
"If we get out of this crisis to create a new opportunity for us, we can go far."


Passengers of a Parisian suburban train line had to enter the train car through windows on Tuesday, the first day of a 3-month long rolling strike in the French railway sector.
The scene happened around 5pm (1500 GMT) at Gare de Lyon, one of Paris's main train stations serving southern Parisian suburban towns and cities in the east.
Vincent Bidondo, who filmed the scene on his smartphone, said passengers got into the train through windows because the doors were locked even though the train was on the platform.
Bidondo also said the doors finally opened and the train left the station 15 minutes later.


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Wharton San Francisco Alumna Makes Leap to Launch Startup
Sally Huang, WG'15
Wharton EMBA alumna Sally Huang, WG'15, went from being an employee at Microsoft to full-time entrepreneur during her time at Wharton San Francisco. We asked Sally, the founder and CEO of Roominnate, which provides 3d visualization for the interior design and real estate space, to tell us more about this journey. Here is what she said:
On Career Goals:
Before I started the EMBA program, I was the campaign producer for the Halo video game franchise at Microsoft. Coming to Wharton was a life goal, but I also wanted the degree in order to move up in my career. Video gaming is a rapidly changing industry that is adapting to the big-data world; it's more about business insights than many people realize. I wanted the educational foundation to move ahead in that environment. I came to Wharton because it was the only EMBA program that would allow me to keep my job and get a full MBA degree. I didn't want to get a watered down degree, and Wharton is known for parity between the EMBA and full-time MBA programs.
On Discovering Entrepreneurship:
I wasn't planning to become an entrepreneur when I came to Wharton. However, it is an eye opening experience and one that quickly gets you out of your comfort zone. You meet so many people from different industries that it broadens your perspective. I was able to see the strategic impact of emerging technologies on many industries. One of those observations was the use of 3D graphics technology in the real estate space. The concept was cool, but most solutions looked awful. I thought I could do better, especially coming from the video game industry. At first, I didn't think much more about it. However, when I received an email inviting entries into Wharton's Business Plan Competition, I decided to write up my idea. That was the moment where it went from just being a casual idea in my head to something real.
On Becoming a Founder:
By spring of my first year at Wharton, I had made it to the semi-final round of the Business Plan Competition, but was still working full-time at Microsoft. I didn't advance past that round, but the process got me thinking about how I could make this a real business. I decided to go for it. My new business was far enough along to meet the requirements of Wharton's EMBA program to be fully employed and self-sponsored, so I left my corporate job to become an entrepreneur, found a co-founder, and started prototyping.
On Wharton Resources:
In my second year, I applied for and was accepted into Wharton's Venture Initiation Program (VIP). The VIP is a cohort of students who are all working on starting businesses so it's essentially an academic incubator. I was able to work with a team of advisors and have access to speakers and other Wharton resources to build my business.
Another valuable resource was the Wharton network. Almost all of our early sales and business relationships originated from a Wharton relationship whether it was through a fellow student, friend of a student, or a business connection.
Perhaps the biggest resource was Irina Yuen, who is director of entrepreneurship at Wharton San Francisco. She provided many resources, helped with connections, and provided a lot of emotional support. Many people don't realize how daunting it is to start a business while you're in school. She was there to support me every step of the way.
On Wharton Classes:
The classes I took in the EMBA program were incredibly useful in building a business. In particular, I took Prof. Ethan Mollick's class on Entrepreneurship, which walks you through the process of generating a business plan. I was fortunate to work on a group project in that class with several students in the real estate industry. Another very practical class was on the Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship, which I took in Philadelphia with Prof. Bob Borghese. Everything in that class was instantaneously useful.
On Pennvention:
One of the many great things about going to Wharton's EMBA program is that you are part of the broader Penn community. I was able to enter my business in Pennvention, where many schools wouldn't let executive MBA students participate in something like that. Pennvention is a competition sponsored by the Weiss Tech House at Penn Engineering rewarding technical innovation. I won second place in Pennvention and the Dreamit Venture Award.
On Transformation:
This has been a transformational process for me. I'm not the same person who came into this program. Wharton and all of its many resources have helped me explore this new path and be open to change. I'm excited to continue building Roominnate after graduation.


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Tanka: A Foreign Connection
November 3, 2020 by MarlonLeave a Comment on Tanka: A Foreign Connection
Quiet eve beach stoll
an apple tree lays ashore
severed roots exposed
two outsiders wondering
how we fell so far from home
Tanka: The Uninvited Fall and Mulled Hearts
November 2, 2020 November 2, 2020 by MarlonLeave a Comment on Tanka: The Uninvited Fall and Mulled Hearts
November knocks
precipitating a gloom
our embrace— "No one's home!"
on the couch, we radiate
fall can wait; we mull over
sugar, spice, and love
Tanka: Dragon King of the West Sea and Chinese Mythology
October 27, 2020 by MarlonLeave a Comment on Tanka: Dragon King of the West Sea and Chinese Mythology
Ao Run spreads his wings
taking flight on autumn's breeze
a journey West
he cries out to see
and become King of West Sea
Love of East Asian and World Mythology
I've always held a fascination for ancient mythologies. They are the dawn of the coalescence between art, religion, and storytelling. We see the beginnings of a culture take root. Each story can contain a tale of morality or be an analogy for what those early people struggled with—and overcame.
Indeed, the very nature of mythology can be tied to the identity of a civilisation, such is the case with the history of the Chinese and their mythologisation of dragons.
They are legends to be seen and heard, to be passed down to your children, and their children's children. And for us, in the here & now; they offer a wonderful insight into the past.
It's easy to think of all the stories that have been lost due to the—sometimes—violent sands of time and lament their loss. But we should be ever grateful that mythologies across the world that can be viewed thousands of years later with ease thanks to the tireless efforts of archaeologists, historians, and the internet.
A Word on Ao Run: The White Dragon King & Chinese Mythology
The White Dragon (白龍 Báilóng) is the Dragon God of the West and the essence of autumn. He has other names including: Ao Jun (敖君) or Ao Ji (敖吉) and is the patron of Qinghai Lake—China's largest inland saltwater lake set in NW Qinghai Province.
Qinghai Lake in the autumn
Ao Run's journey to become a king came with a snag. 'The King of Dragons' had decided to separate the four young dragons after their mischievousness had become too much for him to bear. So while the other three became kings of their respective seas, The King of Dragons wanted to keep Ao Run—the youngest prince—close to him. Though Ao Run proudly declared:
"I will be the King of the West Sea!"
Ao Run's father, perhaps full of pride for his youngest, then sent him westward.
Poem note: this is why I decided to use the phrase 'spreads his wings' in the first line of the tanka. It's an idiom used to show a character trying out new experiences or skills for the first time. Much like a bird learning to fly. However, in Chinese mythology dragons are typically wingless and fly due to their mystical nature.
Alas, after arriving at the foot of Qilian Mountain and finding no sea, Ao Run weeps and wonders how can he rule without a kingdom. He climbs the mountain and musters all of his might to summon a storm. Unfortunately it isn't enough but it's at this point 'The Jade Emperor' sees his struggles and takes pity on Ao Run. The Emperor sends Leigong, Fengbo, and Dianmu to help. Gods and Goddess of thunder, wind, and lightning. Once there, they concoct a storm large enough to create the Qinghai Lake. A king now has a domain.
Modern Interpretations
So what lesson could we take away from this story? We see a familiar theme of a young, headstrong child wanting to come-of-age, perhaps too early, but also a father willing to recognise his child's desire, and allow him to go on a journey of growth. Though as with many things in life, it isn't always so straightforward and sometimes you need a bit of luck. The emperor plays the role of benevolent monarch; sending aid once he realises that Ao Run is struggling. There's also the huge display of respect shown for the power of nature and how it shapes the very land on which people live on. It can be a give or take life and we are at its mercy.
Ultimately a story can have many interpretations, especially over the course of thousands of years. Even viewing mythology through a contemporary lens can provide fresh insight. Though remembering how they were first viewed gives us a wonderful place to jump off from. It's that fusion of old & new views that will inspire the mythology of tomorrow.
Could the tales of Godzilla become ancient mythology to a future society? (probably not)
Do you have a favourite story from Chinese mythology or any other mythology? Feel free to comment below.
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Honey & Vinegar
October 6, 2020 by MarlonLeave a Comment on Honey & Vinegar
Worker bees gather
a new season filled with hope
from my cubicle—
dreams of freedom and travel
stung with a droning despair
It's often said that it's better to work with a view than to be trapped in a dreary, windowless office. Though I sometimes wonder if being able to see what is tantalisingly out of reach is a distraction.
Maybe it's a question of mindset. Perhaps that view is the reward for your endeavours. A reminder that there is more to life. You just have to take the sting before you get to the honey.
Recycled Air
August 7, 2020 by MarlonLeave a Comment on Recycled Air
Gold replaces green
madness replaces logic
the ashen treeline
is charcoal on a canvas
practicing our death portrait
Tanka #2
March 17, 2020 by MarlonLeave a Comment on Tanka #2
We are but cobwebs
Inside a plundered palace
Foreign to our host
Drifting on midnight's zephyr
Dying to remain instilled
February 26, 2020 by MarlonLeave a Comment on Tanka #1
Nipped Somniloquy
An unheard conversation
Sleep rests in my eye
Crumbs caught on the dream-catcher
Early morning prophecies
Haiku: A Peony's Prayer
Haiku: Frozen in Sympathy
Dead Sea Stroll
Micropoetry: The Devil on Main Street
Haiku: Blood Snow


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  Termignon est
       un village
       situé dans le département de Savoie en Rhône-Alpes. Elle comptait 428 habitants en 2008.

La ville propose de nombreux  équipements sportifs, elle propose entre autres un terrain de tennis, un domaine skiable, un centre d'équitation et un terrain de sport.

À proximité de Termignon sont localisées les villes de
Aussois localisée à 7 km, 668 habitants,
Bessans localisée à 14 km, 334 habitants,
Lanslevillard localisée à 7 km, 447 habitants,
Bramans à 6 km, 378 habitants,
Pralognan-la-Vanoise située à 13 km, 738 habitants,
Avrieux localisée à 10 km, 359 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Termignon est située à seulement quatorze km de Modane.

Le nombre de logements, à Termignon, était réparti en 2011 en 498 appartements et 204 maisons soit
une nette supériorité des appartements.

Si vous pensez demenager à Termignon, vous pourrez facilement trouver une maison à vendre.

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We are very proud to announce that Adobe has acquired SkyBox Suite*. We believe this as a winning scenario for all customers, Adobe, and Mettle, in a move that will further democratize the 360/VR medium. SkyBox plugins have been recognized as best-in-class by Adobe and 360/VR content creators worldwide, making the SkyBox Suite a logical addition to the Adobe Creative Cloud offering. This means that complete 360/VR production workflows will be available to all Adobe customers who hold subscriptions for After Effects, Premiere Pro or the full Creative Cloud, by the end of the year. A huge thank-you to everyone who has bought SkyBox plugins. Kudos to all the 360° pioneers.
There are new installers available in your Mettle account. These new installers include recent builds that include bug fixes and optimizations to the SkyBox products. Existing and legacy SkyBox customers will continue to have the same contact and support process through aescripts + aeplugins or Mettle. All Mettle SkyBox Customers have an additional SkyBox Suite in their accounts, with 10 activations. All prior purchases have an additional 10 activations.
Purchases made up to 15 days prior to the June 21, 2017 announcement will be reimbursed.
Adobe is acquiring the SkyBox Suite of 360/VR plugins, which are designed exclusively for post-production in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. Additionally, Chris Bobotis, co-founder of Mettle, is joining Adobe as a director, professional video. Mettle will continue to operate as a standalone company, led by Nancy Eperjesy, co-founder of Mettle.
While SkyBox plug-ins will no longer be available for purchase during the integration process, following the transition process, current Adobe Creative Cloud paid subscribers will be able to access SkyBox plugins through Adobe by sending an email to [email protected]. Include your Adobe ID and first and last name as it appears on your account. You will receive a response within 24 hours.


This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Conference, ServiceWave 2010, held in Ghent, Belgium, in December 2010. The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They cover a broad range of subjects related to service-oriented architectures and the underlying cloud infrastructure and are organized in topical sections on cloud computing, service adaptation and identification, infrastructures, applications and mashups, and engineering of service-oriented applications. In addition to the scientific track, 24 extended abstracts of demonstrations covering a wide spectrum of technology and application domains were accepted out of 31 submissions.


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Former BBC Chief News Correspondent, Kate Adie receives certificate of Irish heritage
Kate Adie received a certificate of Irish heritage which was presented in a beautiful Waterford Crystal Lismore frame, at a special Waterford Gathering ceremony held in Waterford Castle. The former BBC Chief News Correspondent, spoke of her pride at being presented with a Certificate of Irish Heritage in recognition of her paternal links with Waterford.
Adie whose father, John Kelly hailed from Waterford, was presented with the certificate by the Waterford Gathering in partnership with the Certificate of Irish Heritage.
"I'm immensely proud of my Irish heritage and this recognition from the people of Waterford is of great importance to me," said Adie who presented with the certificate by the Mayors of Waterford City and County respectively, Cllr Jim D'Arcy and Cllr Billy Kyne.
Photograph: Patrick Browne


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Q: Storing 10000 integer array value as array column type performance comparing separate table with JOIN query in Postgres I have product table in Postgres database.. I have to show product based on user's pincode whether product is serviceable in that area or not. so for that I have to store pincode for each product.
there can be maximum 12000 pincode per product.
So My question is whether it's efficient to store pincode as array column type in main product table with indexing, or to use separate table which cost JOIN query.
As per my understanding, storing in array column is efficient as have to show products in the list with filter/search with parallel 1000 users(some times).. so join table will be too much heavy compare to this. But by doing, I have to go with native query for all product related things as spring boot JPA does not support integer array type, so can't take advantage of ORM. is there any slowness in query by using integer array column? its 2nd thing whether I store it as string array or integer array..
Need help to make it efficient.

A: Array is the best way in your scenario As far as you will use it for checking whether product is serviceable in that area or not.
Further if you are planning any other regular operations i.e. To get a list of products serviceable in particular PINCODE etc. then you should not adopt this approach. You should go with proper normalization and keep the relation in separate table.


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Nadia Buari, Klint Da Drunk, Others Join Soraya Mensah To Feed Over 500 Underprivileged Children – See Photos
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Actress Soraya Mensah on Sunday held the 'Zesuza Street Feast', a charity event to feed over 500 underprivileged children in the streets of Accra.
The ceremony which was part of her efforts to give back to society was held at the Efua Sutherland Children's Park in Accra from 12 noon to 4:00pm on Sunday.
It attracted a large number of children who were treated to eat a variety of foods and enjoyed other side attractions such as bouncy castle, dance performances, face painting, and many other activities.
Present were also some showbiz personalities including Nadia Buari and Klint Da Drunk among others who engaged with the children in various ways. Klint came all the way from Nigeria to be part of the charity event. He displayed some amazing dance steps to entertain the kids at the ceremony.
Speaking at the ceremony Soraya Mensah indicated that she was motivated to put smiles on the faces of the kids because she loves them.
"My reason for doing this is just because I love kids and also because I am into foods and I said why not, let me just share with these children because God has been a blessing to me from the beginning of this year…" she stated.
She was also appreciative of all who supported her to make the event successful. Soraya is one of Ghana's beautiful actresses who broke onto the scene in the early 2000s. However, she has been off the screens after she got married in 2016. She is currently managing her own business as the CEO of Zesuza Catering Services & Exceed Business Consult. She has now launched a charity wing with the organization of Zesuza Street Feast.
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Q: android google map v2 - inflate map fragment layout take too long and results in lagging As title said, it takes too long to inflate the layout containing a google map fragment (around 4xx ms) and results in a lagging. How to solve this problem?
fragment_google.map.xml
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<fragment
    android:id="@+id/google_map"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
    />
</FrameLayout>

MapFragment
public class MyMapFragment extends Fragment {
    ...
    //this method consumes 4xx ms to done
    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_google_map, container, false);
    }
   ...
}


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import os
from secrets import randbelow

def gen_urandom_pin_seq(length):
	return [randbelow(10) for _ in range(length)]

# ----------------------------

import argparse

def get_pin_length_from_command_line():
	"""returns None on failure"""

	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
	parser.add_argument("length")
	args = parser.parse_args()

	length_str = args.length
	length = None
	try:
		length = int(length_str)
		print('{0} digit pin'.format(length))
	except Exception as e:
		print('invalid key length: {0}', length_str)

	return length

def run():
	pin_length = get_pin_length_from_command_line()
	if (pin_length is None): return

	pin_seq = gen_urandom_pin_seq(pin_length)

	pin_str = ''.join([str(n) for n in pin_seq])
	print(pin_str)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	run()


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Bill would make Cabinet positions optional
Monday, April 14th 2003, 12:00 am
(Oklahoma City-AP) -- Oklahoma governors would have more flexibility in appointing an executive cabinet under legislation passed Monday by the state House.
The bill gives the governor discretion on whether to name an executive cabinet to help run state government. Current law makes the executive cabinet mandatory.
Its author, Democratic Representative MC Leist, says giving governors more flexibility could save money and make state government more efficient.
The House also narrowly passed a measure that would make resident immigrants eligible for in-state tuition at state colleges and universities.
The bill was passed in spite of concerns that it might encourage illegal immigration into the state.
The bill gives the governor discretion


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Q: No se ha dado ningun argumento que corresponda al parametro formal requerido Tengo un sistema de login que identifica administrador y usuario, cuando es administrador muestra las opciones de agregar un usuario o eliminarlo, pero no puedo insertar por que me sale ése error.
Ésta es la clase conexión:
namespace Login
{
   public class conexion
    {
        public static void logear(string usuario, string contrasena)
        {

            MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection("server=127.0.0.1;database=seguridad;Uid=root;pwd=;port=3306");

            try
            {
                con.Open();
                MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT tipo_usuario FROM login WHERE usuario='" + usuario + "' and contra='" + contrasena + "'", con);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("usuario", usuario);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("pas", contrasena);
                MySqlDataAdapter sda = new MySqlDataAdapter(cmd);
                DataTable dt = new DataTable();
                sda.Fill(dt);
                if (dt.Rows.Count == 1)
                {

                    if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "admin")
                    {
                        Administrador fr = new Administrador();
                        fr.Show();
                    }
                    else if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "usuario")
                    {
                        Usuario use = new Usuario();
                        use.Show();
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    MessageBox.Show("credenciales incorrectas");
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                con.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

Ésta es la clase para insertar funciones como insertar e eliminar :
public class Funciones
{
    public static int agregar(DatosBD add)
    {
        int retorno = 0;

        MySqlCommand comando = new MySqlCommand(string.Format("insert into login values('{0}','{1}','{2}')", add.usuario, add.contra, add.tipo_usuario),conexion.logear());

        retorno = comando.ExecuteNonQuery();

        return retorno;

    }
}

En la parte de conexion.logear() es donde me marca el error

No se ha dado ningun argumento que corresponda al parametro formal
  requerido'usuario' de conexion.logear(string,string)

A: El problema que tienes es que tu función logear te pide 2 argumentos (string usuario, string contrasena) que no estás pasando cuando la llamas en conexion.logear().
Deberías añadir esos parámetros cuando llamas la función de la siguiente forma:
MySqlCommand comando = new MySqlCommand(string.Format("insert into login values('{0}','{1}','{2}')",
    add.usuario, add.contra, add.tipo_usuario), conexion.logear("EL_USUARIO", "LA_CONTRASEÑA"));


A Life without Anorexia: Freshly baked scones, resting and the "real model world"
Freshly baked scones, resting and the "real model world"
Sitting here and thinking, I am pretty sure i have put a winkey face in a comment or email or in a post when i was actually supposed to put a smiley. If i ever do this... ignore it, and just see it as a normal smiley, haha. Because i seem to do that alot, and for some it can make the situation awkward XD haha. I overuse smiles alot and could use them after every sentence, but that doesnt look good and well when i begin writing essays again i cant put a smiley each time i want to express an emotion or a way to end a sentence!!!
How have i spent my Monday? Not doing much, i have felt a bit like a walking zombie today and i felt a sore throat creeping in so i decided to just spend the day resting day. Also consuming lots of ginger and garlic and drinking lots of tea and i am feeling better now, so hopefully tomorrow i will wake up feeling fresh. I decided to stay home and not stay at my boyfriends today incase i was catching a cold - no point spreading bacteria. So instead i decided to make scones (just normal ones using white flour, butter, milk, baking powder) and they turned out soo good!! Warm and freshly baked bread or scones is one of the best things i know. If there is one weakness i have in life (ok more than one) is fresh bread (including scones without raisins) and salted nuts... i cant resist those things, and its a bit like once i have one piece... well then there is a 100% chance that i will finish atleast 50% of what is infront of me. -_-' No self control when it comes to those things, but i am just human!!
This evening i also watched a documentary series about boy models and a documentary series about girl models. The real model world... not just the glamorous one which people believe. But the nasty behind the scenes, the small living places, the harsh critique and words they receive. How the model life really isnt glamorous, its hard work, many hours and feeling very lonely while travelling. Spending weeks on end travelling and not making alot of money for the long hours they work. The model life has always attracted me slightly, and i have been contacted by 2 model agencies, but i was very underweight both times (which shows you just how messed up that branch is). I wanted to say yes but i was 15/16 at the time and my mum wouldnt let me. She has been a model when she was 20 and she worked in Milan and did some big fashion shows and shoots so she has been stuck in that bubble, been surrounded by girls who were bulimic and anorexic, and she said that the whole branch was very sick... when i see pictures from my mum when she was a model she looked great but also very slim, too slim. She said she never used unhealthy behaviours, but back then... just like now, the ideal body image was an unhealthy one. In the documentaries many of the models suffer from eating disorders, depression, anxiety disorders etc and they dont feel that great. They are constantly being judged and critiqued on their bodies, their self esteem is low and many do it just because of the money, but hating what they do.Mnay of the models also showed signs of extreme fat phobia, they exercised hard, ate very little, were always tired and survived on caffeine. They knew that their bodies were their jobs, they were judged by their bodies and so they couldnt eat the foods they liked but also they were scared to actually eat or to rest, scared of having fat... and that type of thinking isnt healthy, and i just hope that they get help after/during their model career so that that type of thinking wont take over and control their lives.
Just some thoughts anyway, and before this post gets even longer... i just want to clarify something. I wrote that i had lost weight, and i have... i dont weigh myself so often, but i did recently at the gym scale (where i had weighed myself a few weeks ago) and then i weighed myself recently and the weight was lower. It has NOT been a choice or something i have been aware over. Either my body is not absorbing the energy or nutrients i am eating or my body is burning lots at the moment for some reason. So it's not like i have purposely tried to lose weight, if you follow me on my IG, which i know many do then you see how much i eat for the meals i do post, and i eat alot more in between those meals (as it is NOT my food diary). So i eat alot and havent decreased, but apparently it's not enough at the moment. And it HASNT triggered any weird thoughts, i do not feel the need to lose weight. Like i have written several times, i am planning on regaining the weight again because i know that i feel best at my normal weight and that is where i want to be. Or more important, i want to regain my energy again. I dont care so much about the actual number, i dont care if its 62kg or 66kg, but i want to feel my healthiest and most energetic!
I think the modeling world has changed a lot from the past. Most agencies are aware of how unhealthy it is for their models to be just skin and bonea and portray an anorexic figure. They hire much more models that have healthy weights and even many photographic models are short, average sized beautiful women who love their jobs and do quite well. Plus most agencies who contact you or approach you aren't necessarily looking to get you jobs. They want to incorporate you into their training program and offer a course for which you have to pay and take expensive headshots and then you can hope that a job you apply for will be given to you in that one in a thousand chance because you're not necessarily model material. Its not all about the weight.


I've seen DIY mini bowls (or trinket dishes) floating around Pinterest for LIKE EVER. I'm pretty sure I have at least five pinned. Since I can never seem to keep track of my wedding ring (it's really a problem- ask my husband), I figured I'd make one of these cuties* myself. See below for a fun little video and more details on supplies.
*Are you all caught up on Master of None??? I now think of Arnold whenever I hear the word "cutie".
Grab your lace and place on top of flat clay. I used to rolling pin to lightly press it into the clay to make a more defined print. Be careful not to press too hard! Repeat if desired.
Once you are happy with your print, remove from flat surface and place into bowl (or if you want the lace on the outside of your trinket dish, place clay over an upside down bowl). NOTE: I attempted to use a metal bowl with my first design. Once dry, the clay would NOT come off. I ended up having to break it apart. This is why I suggest glass or a glazed clay bowl.
Trim edges with knife. Allow to dry for 24 hours or whatever is recommended by the clay's package.
Once completely dry, gently remove from glass bowl. Sand any rough edges.
Now it's time to paint! I used a gold glitter paint to highlight the lace pattern. I also painted to entire outside of the bowl with the gold.
I love this! It's adorable and looks soooo easy!
Ashlie is a professional fashion designer, mother of two and has over five years of professional child-care experience.


Just days after a phishing scam was found to be circulating via email, SingPass has announced measures to tighten up security by introducing improved features as part of the enhanced SingPass. This will be launched on 5 July, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said yesterday.
SingPass currently serves about 64 government agencies, and allows residents access to more than 200 e-services that require secure user identification. And with the number of transactions in the millions — it was 57 million in 2013 — you can see why they have to level up.
The new and improved SingPass will implement a two-factor authentication (2FA) system for users to access important e-Government transactions that involve sensitive data. These include things like financial information via the Central Provident Fund, or employment details from the Ministry of Manpower.
Users will have to register for 2FA by logging on to the SingPass website — it's voluntary for now, but will be mandatory come next year. Those who fail to do so will be unable to gain access to the services covered by SingPass.
Some other enhancements include the option of customising your SingPass ID, instead of using the standard NRIC number. And for efficiency, users who have forgotten their passwords may reset it immediately using their mobile phones, as opposed to having to visit a SingPass counter or submitting an online request.
On to safer days, everyone.


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from .tree import *
from .node import *
from . import query


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Q: IndexError: list index out of range, shooting method x1=np.linspace(xmin, xmax, Nsteps)
y1=np.linspace(0., 0., Nsteps)
h=x1[1]-x1[0]
V1=-V0*np.exp(-alpha*(x1)**2)
E=-1
k=math.sqrt(-2*E)
y1[0]=1
y1[1]=np.exp(k*h)
f=2*[V1-E]

def a():
   for i in range (1,Nsteps):
    denom = np.sum(2+10*h**2*f[i]/12)
    numer = np.sum(1-h**2*f[i+1]/12)
    return denom/numer

def b():
  for i in range(1, Nsteps):
    denom = np.sum(1-h**2*f[i-1]/12)
    numer = np.sum(1-h**2*f[i+1]/12)
    return denom/numer

def y2():
    a[i]*y1[i] + b[i]*y1[i-1]

for i in range (1, Nsteps):
    print(y2)

plt.plot(x1, y2)
plt.show()

For some given parameters, my goal is to produce a code that implements the shooting method. However, when running it i get the IndexError due to different lengths of x1 and y2. My boundaries for i are 1 and 1001. I assume that at the boundaries f[i-1] and f[i+1] produce values that are out of the defined range? Also when running the last for-loop, am I running the previous for-loops again within that for-loop and therefore creating something strange? Those are my guesses, and my second question would be if there is a trick for solving that issue? Can I implement some if-condition to correct this?

A: There are a number of issues with your code, first and foremost of which is readability. This isn't the 70s where bytes are expensive - add whitespace to your statements so you can see what's going on. In that same vein, name your variables and functions appropriately. How is a reader supposed to know what a() does? As an example, turn this:
V1=-V0*np.exp(-alpha*(x1)**2)

into this:
V1 = -V0 * np.exp(-alpha * (x1**2))

It's much easier to see what's going on.
Next, use 4 spaces for indentation, and use it consistently - you can see potential indentation issues much more easily - such as the fact that in a() and b() you have return inside the for loop, causing it to only run once. All good programming editors (that is, pretty much everything besides Windows Notepad) allow you to set what is inserted when you hit the Tab key. Mixing tabs and spaces is an error in Python 3, so just don't use tab characters (\t) at all.
In y2(), a[i] and b[i] don't make sense because a and b are functions, which cannot be sliced like that, and i is not defined in this context.
print(y2) will print something like <function y2 at 0x7fae9e8e3378>, which I'm pretty sure is not what you want to do. Similarly, plt.plot(x1, y2) will not do what you want. If you refactor y2() to actually return something (it doesn't currently) and that something is either a list or a NumPy array corresponding to the contents of x1, then you should use plt.plot(x1, y2()) instead.
Put all this into practice, and you'll still have to refactor (and rename) a() and b() so that they calculate and return the value(s) you want them to. Remember that while functions can read variables defined in the same scope the function is defined in, it is a much better idea to explicitly pass the objects you want the function to work on via arguments. So, instead of:
some_lst = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
some_str = "abcde"

def zippem():
    return list(zip(some_lst, some_str))

You should use:
some_lst = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
some_str = "abcde"

def zippem(input_a, input_b):
    return list(zip(input_a, input_b))

then call it like so:
list_o_tuples = zippem(some_lst, some_str)

This allows you to move the function definition to a different module, put it in a class, or just function with arbitrary input instead of the defined objects in its scope.


There's a new online book from Charles Leadbeater about creative collaboration. I snagged a couple of paragraphs from his site/blog because it jibes with what we've been yaking about, less eloquently, here, here, and here for the last three plus years. "People want to be players not just spectators, part of the action, not on the sidelines. "
Read more about Creative Collaboration - "We-think"
One of the most thoughtful bloggers, Dave Pollard, on knowledge managemt (km) and adaptive learning has an interesting post. Here's an abbreviated version but do check out his full post. FWIW Dave's blog is loaded with great stuff on KM, so don't stop with he latest post.


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<?php defined('BX_DOL') or die('hack attempt');

class BxBaseStudioGrid extends BxDolStudioGrid
{
    function __construct($aOptions, $oTemplate = false)
    {
        parent::__construct($aOptions, $oTemplate);
    }

    function getJsObject()
    {
        return '';
    }

    public function getModulesSelectOne($sGetItemsMethod, $bShowCustom = true, $bShowSystem = true)
    {
        if(empty($sGetItemsMethod))
            return '';

        $oForm = new BxTemplStudioFormView(array());

        $aInputModules = array(
            'type' => 'select',
            'name' => 'module',
            'attrs' => array(
                'id' => 'bx-grid-module-' . $this->_sObject,
                'onChange' => 'javascript:' . $this->getJsObject() . '.onChangeModule()'
            ),
            'value' => $this->sModule,
            'values' => $this->getModules($bShowCustom, $bShowSystem)
        );

        $aCounter = array();
        $this->oDb->$sGetItemsMethod(array('type' => 'counter_by_modules'), $aCounter, false);
        foreach($aInputModules['values'] as $sKey => $sValue)
                $aInputModules['values'][$sKey] = $aInputModules['values'][$sKey] . " (" . (isset($aCounter[$sKey]) ? $aCounter[$sKey] : "0") . ")";

        $aInputModules['values'] = array_merge(array('' => _t('_adm_txt_select_module')), $aInputModules['values']);

        return $oForm->genRow($aInputModules);
    }

    protected function _getItem($sDbMethod = '')
    {
        $aIds = bx_get('ids');
        if(!$aIds || !is_array($aIds)) {
            $iId = (int)bx_get('id');
            if(!$iId)
                return false;

            $aIds = array($iId);
        }

        $iId = $aIds[0];

        $aItem = array();
        $this->oDb->$sDbMethod(array('type' => 'by_id', 'value' => $iId), $aItem, false);
        if(!is_array($aItem) || empty($aItem))
            return false;

        return $aItem;
    }
}

/** @} */


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which gives a one-stop solution to all your dilemmas. With the rapid cut down of trees and the global warming on a rise, If you think the world isn't green enough, Then this is the place for you. The ambience of this place lets you talk with the Mother Nature and experience it's beauty as well.
has Banquet Halls, Wedding Lawns. Spanish EL Jardin can accommodate upto 500 guests in seating and 1500 guests invariable. Sunshine Arena can accommodate upto 1000 guests in seating and 2500 guests in invariable. Poolside can accommodate upto 100 guests in seating and 250 guests invariable. Vegetarian food is served at this venue but you are allowed to bring Non-Vegetarian Cuisine. Every hall is air conditioned to provide luxury at its best.
is known to have maintained the international standard but it never fails to get any local. They believe that quality can be achieved in the smallest of all gestures. Not only do they embrace the traditions but also embrace the trend. With an eye for detail, the venue refers leading flower decorators in the city to make sure that their venue is decorated on point. An advantage that comes with this is that the decorators know exactly what works and what doesn't as they have worked with the venue several times.


'My Hospital Passport' is a resource for people with autism who might need hospital treatment.
The passport is designed to help people with autism to communicate their needs to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. It was developed by Baroness Angela Browning – an NAS Vice President – in collaboration with The National Autistic Society.
The passport is endorsed by the Department of Health and promoted by NHS England. It is one of the projects referenced in the adult autism strategy, Think Autism.


It is completely your decision whether or not to sign this authorization form. We cannot refuse to treat you if you choose not to sign this authorization.
If you sign this authorization, you can revoke it later. The only exception to your right to revoke is if we have already acted in reliance upon the authorization. If you want to revoke your authorization, send us a written or electronic note telling us that your authorization is revoked. Send this note to the office contact person listed at the top of this form.
When your health information is disclosed as provided in this authorization, the recipient often has no legal duty to protect its confidentiality. In many cases, the recipient may re-disclose the information as he/she wishes. Sometimes, state or federal law changes this possibility.
I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS FORM. I AM SIGNING IT VOLUNTARILY. I AUTHORIZE THE DISCLOSURE OF MY HEALTH INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS FORM.