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Ottawa police chief loses job for not acting decisively enough against blockade
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A protester yells "freedom" towards a person who attempted to stick a paper sign on a truck criticizing the Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 measures on Monday.
OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa's police chief was ousted Tuesday amid criticism of his inaction against the trucker protests that have paralyzed Canada's capital for over two weeks, while the number of blockades maintained by demonstrators at the U.S. border dropped to just one.
The twin developments came a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked Canada's Emergencies Act and threatened to take tough legal and financial measures to end the unrest in Ottawa and beyond by protesters decrying the country's COVID-19 restrictions and Trudeau's government.
Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly lost his job after failing to move decisively against the bumper-to-bumper demonstration by hundreds of truck drivers. The protests by the so-called Freedom Convoy have infuriated many residents, who have complained of being harassed and intimidated on the streets.
"Like other residents in Ottawa, I have watched in disbelief as this carnival chaos has been allowed to continue," Diane Deans, chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board, said in announcing Sloly's departure. She added that the protesters had turned downtown into a street party with big screens, hot tubs and an outdoor gym.
Sloly said in a statement that he did everything possible to keep the city safe, calling it an "unprecedented and unforeseeable crisis."
Ottawa's police board said 360 vehicles remained involved in the blockade in the city's core, down from a high of roughly 4,000. A command center was set up so that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Provincial Police could assume command over the situation, apparently relegating Ottawa police to a secondary role.
Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said he believes authorities have reached a turning point: "I believe we now have the resources and partners to put a safe end to this occupation."
Meanwhile, trucks with horns blaring rolled out of the Alberta border town of Coutts, across from Montana, ending the siege that had disrupted trade for more than two weeks. Police earlier this week arrested 11 people at the site and seized guns and ammunition.
The end of the blockade there apparently left just one obstructed border crossing, at Emerson, Manitoba, opposite North Dakota, according to authorities. And the Mounties said they were confident the protesters there soon would be leaving and gone by Wednesday.
Over the weekend, police broke the blockade at the busiest and most important crossing, the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, arresting dozens of demonstrators. The nearly week-long protest disrupted auto production in both countries, but it was returning to normal on Tuesday.
Authorities also said traffic was moving again at the Pacific Highway border crossing south of Vancouver, opposite Washington state. The Mounties said officers ordered demonstrators out late Monday, and several were arrested.
Protesters in the capital appeared to be more entrenched.
Erik Mueller, a truck driver who quit his job to join the blockade in Ottawa, called the emergency measures targeting the drivers "insane."
"We are not backing off," he said. "We have too much to lose."
Wayne Narvey said he took a leap of faith a week ago and drove his 30-year-old motor home from New Brunswick through a snowstorm to get to the capital.
Justin Tang/The Canadian Press / AP
Ottawa city officials negotiated to move some trucks towards Parliament and away from downtown residences, on Monday after people in nearby residential areas complained about the noise the protest was causing.
"They can take our bank accounts, they can freeze our assets, they can take the insurance off our vehicles," he said. "They can play all the games they want. We're not leaving."
Canada's Emergencies Act allows the government to ban the blockades and begin towing away trucks. The government also announced plans to freeze truckers' bank accounts and suspend their licenses, and target crowd-funding sites that are supporting the blockades.
Under the emergency provisions, the government can also force tow trucks to remove rigs. Up to now, some towing companies have been reluctant to cooperate out of sympathy with the truckers or fear of violence.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, whose province includes both Ottawa and Windsor, said: "Hopefully the police in the next few days, hopefully sooner, can move."
Trudeau's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act came amid growing frustration with government inaction and fears of violence.
The siege in Alberta, where guns were confiscated, showed that "you got a very small, hardened core driven by ideology," Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said. "We have been fortunate thus far there has not been mass violence."
Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writers Ted Shaffrey and Wilson Ring in Ottawa, Ontario and Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this report.


Who won the Green Jeans Consignment Stylist contest?
Remember, a couple of weeks ago we told you about the Green Jeans Consignment Stylist Contest? Well, yesterday was the big day and we were there for all of the VIP fun!
Christine Nelson, Marguerite Rupar and Whitney Hamlin came out to show off their styling skills and pulled together three awesome looks in under the allotted time of one hour. The "battle" was intense, and although all of the ladies did a fantastic job, only one could be the winner.
All in the name of charity, yesterday's VIP event seemed to bring out the best in everyone. In fact, Rupar mentioned that she would "donate her earrings to Dress for Success Charlotte" if she won. So who IS the winner? Announced on the Green Jeans Consignment Facebook page earlier today, Marguerite Rupar takes home the gold. Well ... it's actually a blue ribbon, but it's a first place win nonetheless. Congratulations, Marguerite!
There are so many great items available for sale from clothing to shoes, handbags and accessories, and the official sale opened to the public today at 9 a.m. You can shop the Green Jeans Consignment sale at the Queens Sports Complex (2229 Tyvola Road) until 8 p.m. this evening, Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, (which is 50 percent off all discounted items), from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
T. Strong is a TV personality, personal stylist and fashion journalist who contributes commentary on Creative Loafing's Klepto blog in addition to writing for several other national media organizations. To learn more visit www.StyleMayvin.com or follow therealtstrong on Twitter.


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Literary Activists: Writer-Intellectuals and Australian Public Life
Writer-Intellectuals And Australian Public Life
Judith Wright fought to save the Great Barrier Reef and campaigned for a Treaty with Aboriginal Australians. Patrick White led anti-nuclear peace marches and boycotted the Bicentenary. Helen Garner and Les Murray took a stand against political correctness. What drives our most outstanding literary figures to become activists and public intellectuals? Are they, in Shelley's famous phrase, our 'unacknowledged legislators'? How have their public interventions provoked us, and how have we responded? Can writers really change the world Literary Activists examines these questions through the lives and actions of some of Australia's foremost writers. It offers fresh insight into the activism, public-intellectual careers and writings of Judith Wright, Patrick White, Oodgeroo of the tribe of Noonuccal, Les Murray, Helen Garner, David Malouf and Tim Winton. It explores the intimate connection between writers and activism and asks what this reveals about the future of Australian literature.
Brigid Rooney
History , Literature
University Queensland Press

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MWC Barcelona 2021 – Highlights from the biggest mobile trade show
One of the most important dates any mobile enthusiast will have marked on their calendar is the annual occurrence of MWC Barcelona (Mobile World Congress). This is where many of the year's most exciting upcoming releases of handsets are often announced – alongside tablets, wearables, and other innovative technology.
While last year's event sadly had to be cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the GSMA opted to go ahead with the event this year – running it at a reduced capacity and as a hybrid show. Instead, only around 30,000 physical attendees were present in Barcelona this year compared to the usual 110,000. One of those people present was our very own Executive Vice President Digital Identity & Security, Philippe Vallée, who took part in a number of panel discussions at the event. You can read his thoughts on this year's show here.
Yet, despite the fact that many of the announcements from the top telecommunications companies were received virtually, the spirit of the show did not falter this year and there were still plenty of exciting launches and news to come from the event. While it's always difficult to choose favourites, below we've put together a roundup of what trends arose from this year's event. So even if you were unable to attend you can still be in the loop.
5G and the changing role of connectivity
It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. The rise and spread of the coronavirus pandemic proved this to be the case for the expansion of network connectivity. As many of us moved to working from home and were forced to digitise more of our tasks, we relied upon our networks to keep up with this dramatic shift. As a result, the pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation in industries like finance, education, and health, in ways we wouldn't have expected until many more years down the line.
Unsurprisingly, this has not gone unnoticed by mobile network operators and leading industry figures, many of whom were outspoken about the need to push improved connectivity as a way of rebuilding economies post-pandemic.
Indeed, at this year's MWC more than 180 operators worldwide united behind the global deployment of a 5G business segment, the 5G mmWave, a crucial technology needed to meet the rising demand for data and expand 5G into new service opportunities. Some of these include Ultra HD video, security, precise remote guidance, telemedicine, smart factories, and smart ports – all representing vertical that will be critical in the post pandemic world.
The development of the public cloud
One of the biggest stories to come out of MWC 2021 was the renewed focus and latest developments in telecommunications cloud systems, a subject that is not normally featured so prominently at this event.
Yet with the costs associated with large data centres running their legacy applications getting much higher, embracing the move to the public cloud is something many telecommunications companies are looking at more and more.
So why has it taken them until now to think about it? While the advantages of the public cloud for MNOs are multi-fold – allowing them to reduce their own physical infrastructure and increase their computing and storage capacity at scale – traditionally, concerns about security have made companies wary. That, however, is changing and as such many telecommunications providers are expressing interest in migrating their operations.
Today, many public cloud providers offer security and privacy tools to their customers as built-in capabilities. This includes protections like, identity access management, permissions and security credentials, and disaster recovery. In addition, telecommunications providers now have the option to mask, anonymise, and encrypt any data stored or transferred on the public cloud – in line with regulation like GDPR.
The next generation tech of 2021 revealed from afar
Finally, no post on MWC would be complete without some mention of the latest gadgets and interfaces on display this year. While there were fewer product launches than in previous years, it was the first time many companies announced new technologies virtually. It will be interesting to see if this is the case again next year.
Samsung, for example, revealed its new unified platform, via video conference. Built jointly with Google, who were also not physically attending the event, this platform will be featured on a forthcoming Galaxy Watch. This new platform is set to bring both performance enhancements and a more seamless experience between the Watch and Android smartphones.
Qualcomm too was not physically present at this year's show, yet the company was still able to unveil its latest processor the Snapdragon 888+. This new hardware that is set to appear in the forthcoming Honor Magic 3, with Asus, Vivo, Xiaomi and Motorola all confirming plans to use it. This processor offers a lift over the current Snapdragon 888 with a new AI engine and boosted modem.
We will have to watch this space to see if mobile manufacturers feel these launches were successful enough to warrant them not to attend in person again next year, and if the pandemic has fundamentally changed the way these trade shows operate.
Did you catch any other trends from MWC 2021 that you think we missed? Share your thoughts in the comments section below, or you can tweet us @ThalesDigiSec.
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The purpose of deleting the target is to make sure that it is remade from scratch when make is next run. Why is this? Suppose you type Ctrl-c while a compiler is running, and it has begun to write an object file 'foo.o'. The Ctrl-c kills the compiler, resulting in an incomplete file whose last-modification time is newer than the source file 'foo.c'. But make also receives the Ctrl-c signal and deletes this incomplete file. If make did not do this, the next invocation of make would think that 'foo.o' did not require updating—resulting in a strange error message from the linker when it tries to link an object file half of which is missing.
You can prevent the deletion of a target file in this way by making the special target .PRECIOUS depend on it. Before remaking a target, make checks to see whether it appears on the prerequisites of .PRECIOUS, and thereby decides whether the target should be deleted if a signal happens. Some reasons why you might do this are that the target is updated in some atomic fashion, or exists only to record a modification-time (its contents do not matter), or must exist at all times to prevent other sorts of trouble.


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i know i've moved away, now a foreigner to knoxville. but last weekend i was once again one of you. there's a lot of things i miss about knoxville and it was good to be back.
also, i'm still an administrator on this blog. so i can do pretty much whatever i want. in fact, ck's probably having a conniption right now because i'm not on the posting schedule for today. yes, the wigshop has a posting schedule.
on friday night, i went up into the wigshop with some fellow bloggers to see if they knew anything about gin. the skybox pours a generous martini and we had a good time. but the best part of the experience was the notoriety. they know us!...or, this blog anyway.
also, i only had one drink, so don't let that 6.50 fool you. you still have to pay full price for martinis inside of the sun.
that was a lot of effort to type that into the computer.
just because you have a glorious permanent position in our sidebar doesn't mean you can just waltz in here whenever you want! ....i miss you too.


The play 'Macbeth' is a very tragic one. It is about the downfall of a hero who is led by temptation to mass murder and cruelty. Shakespeare uses various styles and techniques to display very evidently how Macbeth's character develops as the story progresses, and thus we see how Macbeth turns from good to evil, from a "valiant cousin" and "worthy gentleman" to a "bloody butcher." The play tells the story of how a noble warrior, Macbeth, descends into evil after meeting with three witches – supernatural beings who prophesy Macbeth's destiny.
He is told he will become King of Scotland, and this idea of gaining power leads him to murder the king, take his throne and then continue his 'murder spree' on seemingly whoever he feels like. Eventually Macbeth is slain and order is restored in Scotland.
Here we see that, to the witches, what is evil is good ("foul is fair") and what is good they find repulsive ("fair is foul"). This seems to be their attitude to life, but it could also be a warning to the audience that things to follow are not what they might seem. The first we hear of Macbeth is with praises to his name. He is called 'brave Macbeth', 'valiant cousin' and 'worthy gentleman,' fighting a war for God, king and country. "For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution…" However, it is in scene III that good and evil collide, when Macbeth meets with the witches.
Some say that this is the beginning of Macbeth's downfall, as in his first soliloquy he has already thought of the idea of murdering his king. This small seed planted in his mind will soon sprout and he will indeed commit treason. Already, the audience loses their adoration for Macbeth as we see his mental frailty and evil intention. The question at hand is what Macbeth should do in these essay; is he determined on evil intent or is divine intervention the answer? He contemplates this, and decides that it is not worthwhile to throw everything away for one guilty conscience, instead the solution is murder.
After reading the letter, she already has a plan brewing. However, she fears Macbeth's nature. 'yet I do fear thy nature, it is too full o'th'milk of human kindness', 'Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it', 'What thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win.' The planning of the murder of Duncan is one of the most important sections of this tragedy. Here we see a conflict in Macbeth's character, one side wants him to commit the murder, while the other wants to let fate take its course. In a way it is due to his wife that Macbeth is finally persuaded into committing treason. This shows one of the flaws in his character, which Shakespeare exposes.
A while after Macbeth has certain misgivings about the affair. In his mind he argues out the advantages and disadvantages. The good side of him says that 'he's here in double trust' 'I am his kinsman and subject', 'as his host who should against his murderers shut the door, not bear the knife myself.' The more cunning party says that ' his virtues will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against the deep-damnation of his taking off', 'but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other','twere well it were done quickly', 'but this blow might be and the end all here', 'bloody instructions, which being taught, return to plague th' inventor.' Yet he cannot maintain this spark of morality as, under the influence of his wife he commits treachery.
After the murder in Macbeth essay experienced remorse, guilt and regret, still revealing his nobility. "I am afraid to think what I have done" he says. He is troubled by his conscience, he realizes that he is cut off from heaven. He is in fact so hampered in his actions by the conflict between his knowledge that he has committed the crime and his abhorrence of it, that he becomes immobile. Macbeth's evil is so great that he cannot even say amen to his prayer ",I could not say amen." By now he realizes he is too deep into his acts of violence to turn back. Macbeth has confused the values of good and evil. That is, he has confused fair and foul, which confusion has all along been the devil's aim. Macbeth has completely committed himself to evil.
Macbeth still thinks of himself as a man, and as such would rather die than suffer the indignity of being 'baited with the rabble's curse.' This feeling in him reminds us of the worthy Macbeth at the beginning of the play. We also see that he still has the courage to act on his convictions, desperate though that courage may be. For he knows now that he must die. He fights as a man. Macduff and Macbeth fight which signifies the ever on-going battle between good and evil. Eventually Macbeth is slain and the evil has been stopped in Scotland – good has triumphed, as Malcom is crowned the new King.


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The Griot's Tale
NOVEL (Trafford, 2009)
The Griot's Tale tells the story of Adamah, the Griot (African story-teller) who, as a child, is filled with wonder and curiosity by his mother's magical stories. From the Island plantations he travels to England where he gains his freedom.
The novel is set in England during the late eighteenth century and the Regency period, a time of great change. The Griot's life takes many twists and turns, which brings him into contact with people from many lands. He meets and falls in love with Rachele, an English woman and from his London prison cell he tells his 'Tale' as he awaits 'Trial'.
The Griot's Tale is a work of art, a story of love and loss, of betrayal, bondage and freedom, in which the Griot emerges as an exceptional character in British literature, motivated by a deep need to understand and interpret his experience. He strives to become an ethical being (his life enfolded as a story within a story where unpredictability prevails) which he does through the seemingly unrealisable ambition of telling his own story in writing.
The Griot's Tale is absorbing from beginning to end. As the tension grows, Ron Ramdin's wonderful, inventive, fluent writing gets more adventurous from one episode to another. It is an exceptional literary work, a timely and timeless novel that will not fail to move those who read it.
"…through the written word and simultaneously the attempt to get a hold on the language, the Griot encounters the sublime… it is rare to meet with a literary work where the plot and the style are a message in themselves… where words say more than it speaks and means more than it utters… here the search creates a melody that is read poetically between and beyond the words… The revelation of The Griot's Tale is that those who can genuinely encounter with the sublime, do not die but are touched by that which is within us as mythical immortals."
Dr. Ariella Atzmon
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Ron Ramdin's 'The Griot's Tale' is a thought-provoking and inspirational work of genuine cultural importance … can't wait for his next masterpiece!!"
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The start of a new year represents an excellent time to contemplate employee morale within the organization. One success formula for an employer is to place and retain the right employees in the right jobs. Although monetary incentives are one way to help employees cope with economic downturns and challenges, the quality of work/life issues is a vital element that impacts the morale and the successful contributions of your employees.
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One key aim of the 100,000 Genomes Project is to improve cancer care for NHS patients. Whole genome sequencing in cancer can enable clinicians to choose better treatments and improve outcomes for patients through personalized medicine.
During the early stages of our cancer program, most patients will not see a personal benefit as we develop the tools, processes and systems to analyze genomes at scale. But this first set of fast-track results is very promising and confirms that we can return whole genome analyses in time to provide better outcomes for NHS patients.


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Федоров Олександр Якович (1894—1957) — український і радянський інженер, дослідник, льотчик, винахідник, що сконструював один із перших моделей космічного корабля, організатор виставок моделей і механізмів міжпланетних апаратів у Києві та Москві.

Навчання

Під час навчання у Київському політехнічному інституті у 1916 р. він прослухав лекцію одного з помічників Костянтина Едуардовича Ціолковського Павлом Каннінгом. Вчений з Казані привіз до Києва модель металевого аеростату і прочитав студентам Київського політехнічного інституту лекцію про його особливості.

О.Федоров разом з іншими 75 студентами із великим захватом вступили до гуртка підтримки проекту Ціолковського. Сам він довгий час листувався з Костянтином Едуардовичем Ціолковським.

Грромадянська війна

Під час Громадянської війни О. Федоров перебуває на передовій як авіатор. Під час одного з боїв він був поранений. Однак, не пориває з наукою. Зокрема, постійно спілкуєтться із вченим Дмитром Граве.

Розробка космічного корабля

У квітні 1925 року О. Федоров організовує та очолює гурток з вивчення світового простору при Секції винахідників Асоціації інженерів і техніків. Велика ініціативність дозволяє залучити до нього 70 відомих київських учених і інженерів. Зокрема, академік Дмитро Олександрович Граве — та професор Євген Оскарович Патон.

Одночасно інженер працює над моделлю 1:20 60-метрового ракетного космічного корабля діаметром 8 метрів. У червні 1925 року О. Федоров демонструє модель на спеціально організованій у Києві Виставці з вивчення світових просторів.

Через рік дослідник переїздить до Москви. Там вступає до Асоціації Винахідників-Інвентистів — АИИЗ (від російської назви «Ассоциация Изобретателей-
Инвентистов») та організовує міжпланетну секцію.

У 1927 році разом з ентузіастами — однодумцями О.Федоров організовує і проіодить «Першу міжнародну виставку моделей і механізмів міжпланетних апаратів» на честь десятої річниці Жовтневої революції. У ній брали участь не лише вітчизняні, але й закордонні конструктори і вчені. Тут він також демонструє свій експонат.

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Література

Українські інженери
Українські винахідники
Космонавти
Льотчики
Історія астрономії
Уродженці Києва
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A volatile week saw the Nifty surging on Tuesday after weak U.S. jobs data, with liquidity gushing in for the next two days followed by a correction on Friday after the ECB left policy rates unchanged. The decision gives room for the U.S. Fed to consider raising interest rates in the near term, which is likely to hit inflows to emerging markets like India. North Korea's nuclear test also seemed to rattle sentiment. The Nifty finally closed at 8,866, up about 0.7 percent.
The rupee ended with marginal gains at 66.67 against the dollar after the greenback rebounded sharply on Friday post the ECB meeting. FIIs were net buyers to the tune of $311 million, with $209 million coming on Tuesday.
The IT sector remained in the limelight after TCS and Mindtree both issued profit warning for Q2 FY17, a historically strong quarter for the sector. Construction companies extended gains on reports that four public sector entities – NHAI, NTPC, NHPC, and IOC – are likely to release pending claims worth 393.66 billion rupees to construction companies.
Earlier, the government relaxed norms for payment of dues by public sector companies, asking them to release 75 percent of the arbitral award to construction companies in cases where the state-owned units have challenged the award.
The highlight of the week was Yes Bank shelving its up to $1 billion share sale to institutions. While the bank blamed trading volatility it said had been induced by misinterpretation of rules, its valuation also seemed stretched. On the other hand, Motherson Sumi could successfully complete a fairly priced QIP.
On the macro front, Nikkei India Services PMI rose to 54.7 in August, up from 51.9 in July, its biggest rise for over three-and-a-half years. The headline index has expanded in each of the past 14 months. With manufacturing growth also ticking higher, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Composite PMI Output Index climbed to a 42-month high of 54.6 in August from 52.4 in July, highlighting an improvement in private sector activity.
In the coming week, markets are expected to open gap down on weak global cues as the Dow ended lower by 400 points on Friday, its worst fall since the Brexit sell-off. U.S. government bonds weakened on Friday, sending yields to their highest levels since late June amid continued fallout from the ECB meeting and increased speculation that the Fed could raise interest rates this month. Fresh signs that central banks could be backing away from easy-money policies boosted the dollar.
Back home, key macro data namely IIP and CPI inflation are scheduled to be released on Monday. CPI inflation is seen moderating in August to 5.3 percent from 6.07 percent a month earlier. IIP is likely to have slowed down to 1.4 percent in July from 2.1 percent in June. The progress of monsoon rains will be monitored as it is now 5 percent below the long period average (LPA).
Tata Steel and Coal India are the major companies that will report their earnings for the June quarter in the coming week. Telecom companies will be in focus on account of the ongoing tussle between Reliance Jio and incumbent mobile service operators represented by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).
On the global front, the Bank of England will announce its monetary policy decision on Thursday. It had cut bank rate by 25 bps to 0.25 percent and introduced a package of measures designed to provide additional monetary stimulus in its last meeting in August. In the U.S., data on industrial production and retail sales for August will be released on Thursday.
With speculation surrounding a Fed rate hike taking centre stage ahead of its meeting on September 21, the Nifty will find it difficult to cross the 9,000 mark for now. We could be back in the earlier trading zone of 8,600-8,800 until a clear direction is seen. I would continue to advise booking profits at every rise.


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Wither Silicon Valley? IT will be driven by emerging markets
Gartner is projecting that the "worse year ever" for IT spending---down 6.9 percent in 2009---will be followed up with dead-cat spending bounce in 2010 of a meager 3.
By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | October 19, 2009 -- 05:53 GMT (22:53 PDT) | Topic: CXO
Gartner is projecting that the "worse year ever" for IT spending---down 6.9 percent in 2009---will be followed up with dead-cat spending bounce in 2010 of a meager 3.3 percent. Does this dead-cat IT spending bounce mean traditional tech power centers---notably Silicon Valley---are no longer in the driver's seat?
Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president of research at Gartner, said at the research firm's Symposium in Orlando that 2009 was the worst spending cycle ever (including 2001). And half of companies will face no budget increases or a decline (see Gartner's projection).
But his main point is that Silicon Valley will no longer be in charge of the rebound. To wit: The U.S. has trust issues, spending declines and increasing technology risks. Sondergaard said that previous rebounds were led by emerging markets. And given that effect will be magnified going forward, "Silicon Valley is no more in the driver's seat," said Sondergaard. As emerging regions resume strong growth and IT spending accelerates there will be "a culturally different approach to IT."
In the near future---2011, 2012 and beyond---emerging markets will increasingly shape how IT is deployed.
The point is an interesting one. We've heard about the death of Silicon Valley forever and Sondergaard is pitching that the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) will drive IT spending and how it's deployed. In the future, the tech centers may be India and China.
Among other key themes from Sondergaard and his merry band of analysts:
Things are so bad that federal spending on IT is the new emerging market.
There will be a continued shift from capital spending to operating expenditures.
Equipment is getting older. In 2010 will be dominated by old equipment. The point: Enterprises have to prepare for increased failure rates. CFO comments like "it still works why replace it" will be the norm.
A million servers around the world will have their replacements delayed. That's 3 percent of the installed base. By 2011 that tally will be 10 percent.
The application roster is bloated. Gartner analyst Andy Kyte noted that companies have a bunch of orphaned applications. When it comes to applications companies are interested in making babies (acquiring software), but not responsible parenting (having any discipline about their application portfolio). Get control of the application portfolio. Everyone is in denial.
Top 2009 topics were cloud computing, cost and ERP/supply chain management.
CIOs will need to have a budget based on a rolling forecast. The key will be to position for growth while still cutting expenses. 2010 will feature focus on improving applications and the processes around them.
The aim for companies will be to create what Sondergaard dubs "pattern-based strategy." In a nutshell, this approach means developing strategies that adapt and react to changing conditions automatically.
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Even though this is a movie cover, the words resonate with me and hopefully hit home with you.
"Dr. Keel invited me to his investiture last year, I was a guest and he had me come sing. I was absolutely honored to be there and he wanted me to be a part of that. Even for the whole day, a part of the luncheon, I was able to attend that and even after the ceremony, just being there and it was great. I remember him specifically saying in his speech, "He called me his unsung hero and I was like THAT IS COOL!!" This is just an appetizer and the main course is below.The smile says a thousand words and lights up the room.
Eunice Byrd lady of song and a women at your service.
Executive director (left) Latoya Hardman and Case Manager Karenia Clark underneath their old logos sign.
Life entails adjustments to circumstances that people encounter every day. These adjustments can alter the lives of families and people living throughout the world. People traverse this world and their decisions decided upon can alter lives for success or failure. These decisions have significant magnification on the families or person's life. Homeless life magnifies every decision made as critical and crucial when people forge through their day, especially, when families are involved and that is where organizations like Family Promise of Augusta (Former Interfaith Hospitality of Augusta, Inc.) lending hands in engaging, assisting homeless people and families in revitalizing their lives.
Expansion of Family Promise has extended nationally with over 200 organizations and started on a national scale in 1986. The local chapter integrated the family idea in 1998. Executive Director of Family Promise of Augusta and former Augusta State alumna Latoya Hardman speaks to the organizations mission. "Our mission is basically to help families regain their independence permanently," Hardman says. "So, whatever way that may be from the shelter that we provide for them, the transportation that we provide for them, the cost-free day care center." The organization dedicates every resource they can to helping families and people regain independence, Hardman said. To garner help with looking for jobs, building resumes and other activities the people will venture to the zero-cost day center. This center is free of charge to their families as this is a center hub for them gaining help and advice with searching for jobs to help stabilize the everyday lives of the families. Revitalizing independence is a crucial key in assisting the homeless and Family Promise helped 44 individuals obtain independence, Hardman said. Interspersed throughout the makeup of the 44 individuals that stepped into the organization are 27 children that were reconnected with independence along with 15 families in 2016.
One of the initial steps is interviewing the families and Family Promise of Augusta does their best to obtain 15 interviews for acceptance into their program a month at least. This number could accelerate depending on needs for the families that inquire about Family Promise Case Manager at Family Promise of Augusta and Former Augusta State University alumna Karenia Clark details what she seeks in the interviews she partakes in with the clients.
This number fluctuates depending on the family situation and circumstances of the families hoping to break into the program. Before the families are accepted into the program the families begin the interview process and one of the people who has an in- person interview with the families is Family Promise Case Manager Clark discusses the types of questions she brings to the interview. "Well, I guess patterns, the questions that we ask kind of get to the patterns or the decisions that they have made throughout their lives." Clark said, "How did they get into the situation?" This is one example of gearing the questions toward behavioral style questions. They aim to usher in 5 interviews a week.
Once the interviewees acquire acceptance into the program they migrate to one of 23 churches Family Promise engages in a working relationship with. Venturing through a day for the adults, Family Promise implements applying for a minimum number of seven jobs per day for the adults who are not in a job already. Adults can apply for any job or career they please with two stipulations. The first one is If they have their own transportation methods, Family Promise has a cut off time of 9.p.m. before they must be back at the church. They must get back by 9 p.m. The other is for anyone relying on Family Promises transportation service. The transportation service escorts everyone back to the churches by 5 p.m. The churches offer one overnight meal, one breakfast and accommodations to the families. Family Promise also is in contact with social workers from the schools in Columbia and Richmond counties to refer students to their program who are homeless. They offer transportation for the CSRA homeless people involved in their program and do the legwork for transporting people to work and school. This will ask some students to transfer schools because of distance of travel in accordance with school start times. The children and adults migrate back to the church after their days are done. There is an option for some mentoring classes for the adults to partake in. One budgeting class that takes place every second Saturday. There are also parenting classes that are in the works.
One of the last steps is transitional housing where Family Promise sets up the family to succeed living on their own with their own bills for six months to a year and the organization does issue the family a mentor to help the family. Family Promise furbishes household items and furniture for the families in transitional houses. Families who enter transitional housing are asked to save up to a max 30 percent of their income. This may, however, depending on the case begin at a lower percent and gradually graduate them to a higher percentage with the cap remaining as 30 percent. Family Promise has up to five transitional houses with one house housing up to three families because this house has the occupancy of three units.
Family Promise anchors down two major fundraiser events. The first event is slated for March 3, 2017 through-March 4, 2017, and that is Cardboard City and Cardboard City is an experience where people can live out what it is like to be homeless for 24 hours at First Baptist Church of Augusta. The second anchors up as a golf marathon event on Oct. 30, 2017. Each golfer raises at least $2,500 for the event. This one event generates $80,000 to $100,000 in one day and this flows right back into the program. Also, the organization receives grants to help pay for the transportation and other functions as well as individual donations.
This is a one stop shop entering through the program with over 80 percent success rate graduating through the program. Once families migrate out of the program, the families are hunkered down in the trenches of their existing jobs established through the program and are well on their way to prosper outside of the system with the tools given to them from Family Promise. The promise and system includes a Promise…Resurrection…. and Stability with the homeless who want to succeed.
Imagine a person living their dream job and the memories that are created there. Or an individual retiring from their dream job, reflecting on the memories created there and the emotions that are conjured when reflecting on those times. Take these two emotional situations and mix in a lady who on the cusp and on the fringe of forging her dream into reality. Immersed in this reality stands Women's Golfer Jessica Haigwood as she is entrenched in driving home her senior season for Augusta University.
Aspirations conjure up as a good motivational tool especially when Haigwood has had a chance to play on the same Masters green as some of the golfers she has admired. she has been afforded the opportunity to roam the same course, see the same views as the people who captured her eyes growing up.
"I have always wanted to me Arnold Palmer. He is my hero. He is the person I always have looked up to and he is like the Gentleman of Golf. There is not a single bad thing a person can say about him. It definitely is Arnold Palmer for me," Haigwood said. Her eyes are captivated more by the men's side of the game. There is a possibility of staking ground in the PGA as that is not out of the realm of possibility for her. With any professional athlete, the road is strenuous and some advice can be the right injection to lift their spirits and keep pursing their dreams and with Haigwood advice has been the right dose of medicine to keep her under par.
Strategy is surging through the game of golf. From the swings, to the approach, to adjusting altering weather conditions. From torque in a player's body through the motion and every avenue. Even down to the clubs the players carry in their bags.
Partaking in sports is riveting, but amps up a strenuous amount of work and training. especially at Augusta University athletics have early riser work out sessions early in the morning. Passion for the sport helps propel athletes to navigate to the early workouts and persevere through the workout. Haigwood elaborated on just a taste of her training regimen to be Golf ready.
Jessica is well versed is adversity. The impact of adversity on sports players can be very detrimental. Jessica through piercing and debilitating times combats adversity with a comforting demeanor. She elaborated she used to be entrenched in gymnastics and mentions for any slip up on balance and or any exercise your own the tiniest slips can have point deducted from your score. Rebounds are possible if birdies are missed or eagles slightly cannot unite with the hole and roll in. there are avenues of making pars eagles and another birdie on a separate hole to ascend from your mistakes Jessica said.
Mistakes made allows for fresh starts and coming down the stretch to her final Tournament in Augusta at Forest Hills. Haigwood was locked and loaded destroying every hole in route to her record breaking tournament of 12 under par score compiling a total of 66 for the event.
An out of body experience of elation and fun wrapped up the second round of play for Haigwood traversing to the final round the final round came calling and she experienced an avalanche of pressure on her to perform her best and magic ensued.
She does enjoy visiting family when she has the time. Also, she has a hobby of being a photographer. She has been in demand for weddings, and other pivotal life celebration engagements. Her eyes for dreams has left a blazing trail of swings as she is currently seeking to venture into qualifying for the LPGA in August maneuvering through qualifying school with 3 stages entwined with the school. If she burst through the cut in the first and second stage and marches through stage three she will obtain her LPGA card.
Survival of the fittest, implies a cornucopia of heart, a ferociously focus mind, an unstaunched will that is formidable in superbly harsh world situations and weather conditions. Survival, Survival of the fittest for the homeless is an imminent and imperative lifestyle. Especially; for an individual whose family, home, identity, the necessities, and life is extinguished on sometimes a moment's notice. The homeless revert to sleeping in the streets or in a vehicle in the scorching summer heat or the icy dead of winter. Combating homelessness centers around a tedious and arduous lifestyle where food, water, clothing mirror a desert mirage in difficulty to come by alone with dwindling to non-existent options left to navigate. Fate crashes down but hope comes calling to form new habits, construct a new vitality to life and transform the art of thinking and decision making intertwine within the services of a prominent Augusta, Ga. homeless shelter known as the Augusta Rescue Mission.
Enter into the 1960's when the mission ignited and broke ground venturing in as a homeless shelter organization in 1965 through the vision of Robert and Daisy Moon. The mission started out sheltering men and women but decided where they could be of most help would be sheltering men. The board of the mission finds it much easier to help keep the men separate from the women in this stance.
The mission has a kitchen who helps feed men, women, and children, but the stressor here is that the shelter revolves around exclusively men.
The men experience help in avalanche of ways. One avenue lends a hand to help them re-surface and surge through glass ceilings with both feet bursting through the glass." We help them get jobs. We have a 100 percent success rate in locating jobs for our men" Marsh said. This avenue is stationed in their residential program.
Anchoring down with another avenue that embraces a distinguishing light that separates Augusta Rescue Mission into a league of their own as Marsh has the floor. "We provide pro bono dental and doctor visits and then we also provide for their medicines," Marsh said.
Navigating toward the residential program, the program initiates a three-phase process. Marsh details how the residential program is quintessential in regaining stability.
"Phase One they come in for six months. Phase two: they acquire a job and start saving money," Marsh said. "Phase three they are launching out in total life transformation. They have their own dwellings." This process amps up to saving money, paying bills, purchasing a transportation vehicle in phase three.
The mission in addition to the emergency overnight stay program they inscribed a 15-day emergency stay program they can apply for the residential program while engaged in the emergency program. Interviews is one of the processes cultivated by the mission in advance of acceptance to pinpoint whether or not the mission would be the right mission for the candidates. Sitting across the desk from the interviewees for tier second question air stations the Chaplain and Program Manager Chris Jones. "I ask some pretty solid questions," Jones said. "I try to figure out if that individual is well suited for this environment. " Some of the questions are creative like "Have you ever been locked up," Jones said. "If you have, what have you done to get locked up." Jones then delves into more specifics ranks. " We usually do not take anyone in who has a current income," Jones, said." Our goal is to get them to where they are working full time." The acceptance process is headed up by Program Manager and Chaplain Chris Jones and Operations Manager Jerry Doyle. The men understand what they are signing up for with six months of training before seeking out jobs.
After they are accepted into the program the program looks for a social security card and birth certificate to usher an easier process with assisting in job searches. They help with the financials fess in obtaining these certificates if the men lose them. Resume building and job searches anchor into to phase two.
The avenues of each phase ask the men to be dedicated and hold their own. March provides an explanation of the inner workings of phase number one. "They are involved in life skill classes, as well as, job interview training," Marsh said. "They are receiving back the certificates that they have lost, the men take classes and work on three Willis Avery Discipleship Books during this phase. Jones goes a little deeper into what they are studying and reading to educate the brain. "We do a book called the Master Life and there are books three the Disciples Cross, The Disciples Personality and the Disciple's Victory," Jones said. "We are a Christ centered program." Phase one is in action for six months with flexibility for three additional months. The books converse about conquering addiction, anger issues and other demons like that, Jones said.
The organization work with churches to come minister to the men and forge relationships that may broker into a job it the bond between the church and the man is forged.
Phase three ushers in a new light of independence. Launch out of the program and regain independence. They enter their transitional housing period in phase three with responsibilities, bills and independence. A portion of the men who have graduated from phase three have rejuvenated their family life from ruin to synergy and being a family once again. Fathers being restored to their daughters, men reconnecting with their spouse. Typically; this phase anchors up the final leg on the year in the program. Also, once they complete the program and produce a viable report to the chaplain to show they are saving money The Augusta Rescue will shoot in to supplement their rent up to 200 greenback.
Installed into the mission is a heavy faith base influence that helps steer the men spiritually, mentally, and physically in the right direction under the eye of God. The teachings are from the Word of God and a bevy of the life skills and budgeting classes that are taught have biblical influences installed in them. The spirit, soul, body and mind is incorporated into a total transformation, Marsh said. These teaching not only teach mental, spiritual, and physical aspects, but this also devises character driven aspects to these teaching for the men to become stronger and "prepare them for whatever is out there," Marsh said.
Volunteers can help in many facets with the mission in two predominant ways now in transportation and helping feed the families with distribution of food with the kitchen aspect of the mission. Contact the Augusta Rescue Mission for more information.
Through various donations, scholarships and events has the mission secured funds to help support the organization and one event is a Dinner with Champions, event that saw John Smoltz as the keynote speaker with Bill Curry as guest speaker. There is a huge Christmas event that a person will adopt one of the of men for Christmas and have presents under the Christmas tree for them. The Rescue mission for the Dinner with Champions event sold 40 table at $1,000 bucks a pop.
The men have someone to look up to who has been through the rigors of being homeless, fighting with every breath, to overcome being homeless. This man not only survived being homeless through entering the Augusta Rescue Mission but has reconnected and restored his family. This man also fought and overcame an addiction that destroyed him. Part 2 is the source for this story. The man they can look up to is their very own Operations Manager Jerry "JD" Doyle.
Advice inserted into a person life can be a pivotal swing in the right direction as the life transformation process begins. Especially from someone who has directly traversed in the same shoes as these homeless in form of Operations Manager Jerry" JD" Doyle.
Through strong focus of hope and faith Marsh supplements his final verbal offering of advice to anyone going through a rigorous time and folks who are homeless. "You are never without hope, if, you have God," Marsh said. You are never without hope as long as you have your faith." Faith and Character drive the men at the Rescue Mission with a mission of rebuilding lives in Christ.
Star of the Augusta Rescue Mission Show Jerry Doyle posing for his close up.
Wrap this in the noggin, A 50 percent ownership of a business in lock and load under control. A recipient of a full and complete ride to lace up the cleats in College Football, a Family with elation, trust, love, and happiness surges through rock bottom to where a fathers own daughter looks at the person with dead in her eyes and doesn't murmur a word or syllable to her father. The spouse urging to for the husband to inquire and obtain some help but ultimately places the kibosh on trying to work through the issues, but ultimately distributes a boot to throw him out of the house. Everything the man has ever work for, built with his own two hands has vanished all because of dabbling in crack that migrated into an addiction. The only friend that was available was the cold, hard and unforgiving streets and his vehicle by his side. Food, Clothing and shelter were extremely rigorous to come by. A harsh reality for one Jerry "JD" Doyle.
Doyle rode the waves of tribulations growing up as his mother tap out to life at the tender age of nine. The Swainsboro, Ga. native navigated the seas of turbulence when his first kid came into this world in the Junior season in high school. He then had extra martial affairs and said goodbye to a football scholarship in college and traversed home to care for his kid. The not so fruitful decisions did not end there, he dabbled in crack. His father thought he would help Doyle and start him off on the right foot and drop 50 percent ownership of his business in Doyle's lap. That was squandered shortly thereafter and the tribulations continue to surmount on Doyle's back. Puncture wound after puncture wound penetrates Doyle, Doyle is bleeding but not dead yet. "I am a fighter and a winner," Doyle said. "I get back up." Doyle delves deeper into his resiliency and perseverance "You knock me down today. You are going to have to knock me down tomorrow," Doyle said. Passion not only exudes here but also in the passionate realm of sports. He correlates a bevy of life circumstances to sports circumstances to help him to see life better. At 14 years, old he was climbing up on top of roofs helping his dad out. His work ethic thrived was tailored in this environment. His work ethic spilled over into his memories.
"I am strong on family. Being able to take care of my kids and motivate them means the world to me," Doyle said. "Education is the key. I was determined that my kids were not going down the same road I went down." His fondest memories revolve around being in the floor helping his kids become educated. He stepped in and was the motivation behind his son staying in college and not marrying a recent college graduate who shot over to Washington D.C. for her career. If he had tied the knot he would not have wrapped up college with a degree, Doyle said.
His aunt was the one who stepped into the driver's seat and took care of him after that. She was his "rock" and talk to him about anything and everything and enlightened him with advice. With his aunt behind him, his dream job was be a referee or coach in college sports and in the professional rankings in the NFL or the NBA. His dreams never came to fruition because of the addiction to the drug crack and this addiction lead his life spiraling into earthly hell. He then married crack and neglected his family. Doyle converses about the initial moment that struck him he was without everything. "I would say the moment where my wife said 'Hey come get your stuff. Its outside underneath the car port,'" Doyle said. "It hit me that I was homeless and did not have anywhere to go." He then talks about what it is like being homeless, "It is like digging a hole. Digging a hole, you cannot climb out of," Doyle said. "I think a lot of people have been in it so long that they think this is it. That is the lie the devil tells you. This is the way it is supposed to be. I could never accept that." He lets the homeless know that this is not the end of life or the end of the road. Take out all the negativity in life and infuse primitiveness in life.
Venturing through homelessness his pride navigated him away from any help and family that would help. Doyle did get a response from the people who saw him in the homeless state. "they said I was like a dressed-up garbage can," Doyle said. He migrated his truck at night somewhere and sleep in the vehicle.
Effecting all aspects of life is homelessness a debilitating curse. It pounds you down into submission, Doyle said. "You go deeper into the cycle, the rat race and the hustler," Doyle said. "The hustle and bustle, the line. When that ain't you, that the mental part. My biggest running back is a president of a bank down in Swainsboro. I went in there and lied to him and he gave me $300." Six months after this incident Doyle came back with 600 dollars and his running back noted that he just wanted his friend back and not to worry about the money. That killed Doyle emotionally.
Doyle had a chance to mosey home at any point throughout being homeless, but the marriage to crack solidified living in his turbulent homeless lifestyle where he did not care about his family and all he cared about was crack and where to get the next piece of the crack action. This trend got so dark at one point that Doyle recalls his darkest times in homelessness. "It was cold one night, I am talking about freezing cold I am hungry, I ain't got nowhere to go, "Doyle said. "I ain't got gas in the truck to warm the truck up. My daughter said at ten or eleven years old 'Mama it is cold tonight. Can we please take daddy some blankets to the truck to warm him up?" This was the lowest point in his life because of the realization he was not only hurting himself but he the effect and toll it was taking on his kids and seeing them cry.
The Executive Director and his current boss Rusty Marsh spoke about his relationship with Doyle and how he did through the program.
"Jerry came in when I got here 7 years ago. He came through the program. His is truly one of the success stories because when he came through the program, a lot of the guys they struggle with and do not like the discipline, this would derail some people. This did not phase him at all," Marsh said. "He came through the program, had a few friends, He did his program He has restored his family." He is synched into the work force with the mission as Operations Manager today. Marsh praised his work ethics with leading by example when yardwork come up Doyle is rolling up his sleeves and in the trenches with the men working, Marsh said. "He is a true leader of men," Marsh said. "Somebody they can look up to and respect." Marsh sums it all up in one phrase, "JD is a man of faith," Marsh said.
Through tenacity and perseverance through God, Doyle overcame homelessness and has reconnected with his family. He also, is serving the mission in an Operation Manager capacity and is a key mentor in helping the men and advising the men through the same situation he experienced.
He also mentors people, speaks in chapel in their chapel program, a lot of ordering needs for the mission and other tasks the mission asks him to do including interviews. He leads by example with doing work like yard work to show the guys accountability.
Doyle sees a lot of issues come into the mission but he sheds light of one aspect. he tries to help with.
"I see a lot of mental health issues from the guys around here. I say 75 percent of the issues is mental health issues," Doyle said. "I would like to see the shelter expand to a women's shelter. I get calls about that all the time. I wish we had a bigger combination." Doyle then talks about how neat the operation is. "We are like the Hilton of the area," Doyle said.
Doyle talks with the guys, but it is ultimately up to the guys to succeed "I ain't got no Heaven or Hell to put you in," Doyle said. "I am going to tell you just like it is. You are doing the same thing that Billy Bob is doing. Where is Billy Bob at? He is back in jail, or back on the street." Doyle round it off with some encouragement "This is the season to build your foundation," Doyle said.
Through the program, he has had guys come through and make an impact on Doyle. "Billy Carter, I watch him, he Graduated from the University of Alabama, tremendously smart," Doyle said. "He wanted Christ like I did and we used to sit and talk. He got a job at Home Depot. I know you have a college degree, man, why you working at Home Depot? His reply was like a humbling experience. He told me 'It is not about the money. I needed to get my relationship with God right. He left that job and came here." Carter had a phenomenal impact on him.
From the Pitts of atrocity to a full transformation. Doyle embraces chaos and has overcome many obstacles that he goes toe to toe with and emerges victorious. His passion to help is evident and unstaunched.


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By James Kwak on September 18, 2012
By now most of you probably know about the video of Mitt Romney at a fund-raiser for rich people dissing 47 percent of Americans, including seniors, one of his core constituencies. (Many seniors don't pay income tax because they don't have enough income, since Social Security is not taxed except for high-income households. For more on the "47 percent," see here.)
Still, this is standard Tea Party fodder that Romney et al. have been dishing out for months now. But what about this?
Describing his family background, he quipped about his father, "Had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot of winning this." Contending that he is a self-made millionaire who earned his own fortune, Romney insisted, "I have inherited nothing." He remarked, "There is a perception, 'Oh, we were born with a silver spoon, he never had to earn anything and so forth.' Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon, which is the greatest gift you can have: which is to get born in America."
Mitt Romney saying that he inherited nothing? The son of the CEO of AMC and governor of Michigan? (And Mark Thoma remembered how Mitt and Ann didn't have to work because of stock from Mitt's father.)
Then there's the campaign's response:
Gail Gitcho, the communications director for Mr. Romney, said in a statement that Mr. Romney is "concerned about the growing number of people who are dependent on the federal government, including the record number of people who are on food stamps, nearly one in six Americans in poverty, and the 23 million Americans who are struggling to find work."
Um, Gail, the people on food stamps, in poverty, and struggling to find work are precisely the people who don't pay income taxes—about whom your candidate said, "my job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Some people are thinking (hoping) that this means the end of the Romney candidacy. I'm not so sure. Remember George W. Bush addressing a group of the "haves and have-mores" and saying, "you are my base"? Didn't seem to hurt him. Still, there is—or should be—a difference between making a joke about your rich friends and insulting half of the electorate.
This post was originally published at The Baseline Scenario and is reproduced here with permission.
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Michael Caulfield September 19, 2012 at 4:32 am
A healthy economy can't result from taking money from job-creators and giving it to the jobless. Instead, we need to create an economy where jobs are plentiful and the people who are not paying income tax now find work and resume contributing. Only this will get us out of the black hole the Socialists in both parties have gotten us in. The alternative is to head down an even worse road than Greece.
benleet September 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Government assistance reduces the poverty level from around 28% to 15% or 16%, and that's bad? The U.S. economy had 150 million workers in 2010, 75 million had incomes below $26,363 and their collective average income was below $11,000 for 2010 according to the Social Security Administration report on wage income. Romney and his crowd complain, but they miss the problem. The lower-earning half's wage income amounts to only 7% of total personal income. Private sector hiring stands where it was 12 years ago, 2000, at 111 million. There have been on net no new jobs from private enterprise despite the fact that the working age population has grown by 31 million or 14.6%. This is a failure of capitalism not of the humans who are victims of capitalism. We can reform capitalism, we've been reforming it for centuries. The Right is on on the Wrong side of history. http://benL8.blogspot.com, my blog
M Caulfield September 20, 2012 at 6:17 am
We have moved away from capitalism to socialism. That's why the manufacturing jobs have moved abroad. Many unions in the "rust belt" states would rather shut down whole industries by demanding ridiculously high wages than keep jobs in this country. Let's face it, when it's cheaper to build and transport something here from all the way around the world than it is to deal with the unions, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the union workers will end up punching a time card at a low-paying service job. Socialists governments are under the mistaken notion that you can create jobs by forcibly seizing money from the private sector, but 9 times out of ten the pubic sector is wasteful and efficient with the income they redistributed (while taking their huge cut, of course). Trickle-down, supply side economics under Reagan worked. Trickle-down tyranny under Obama and Carter didn't work. The best thing for this nation's future is to take away voting rights to those who are on public aid. Otherwise, this nation faces continued destruction and death just like all the other socialist nations.
lydiardave September 27, 2012 at 11:08 am
No the jobs left because the Chinese, etc. have been doing capitalism better than we have. Adam Smith was very concerned about the morals of unfettered capitalism because the incentive is to maximize profit no matter what the societal cost.
I love the selective use of political history – Why no mention of George W? How well did his tax cuts and unfettered capitalism work for us? Why no mention of Clinton? Higher taxes, better economy.
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SHEN YUN – An internationally-acclaimed performance headed to city
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Hailed by prominent artists, critics, and celebrities around the globe as "world-class," "a grand masterpiece," "a show everyone must see at least once in their life," SHEN YUN will perform at Civic Center Music Hall for its Oklahoma City debut on March 25-26, two nights only, said media spokeswoman Ying Yang.
Culture is the soul of a nation. Traditional Chinese culture sought harmony between man and the universe, and emphasized ethics and morality. Sadly, this cultural legacy was nearly eradicated over the last 70 years, under the nation's communist rule.
Based in New York and independent of the current Chinese regime, SHEN YUN Performing Arts is able to restore this precious ancient culture that belongs to all humanity. "SHEN YUN" is an elegant name in Chinese that can be translated as "the beauty of heavenly beings dancing."
Through authentic classical Chinese dance, SHEN YUN takes the audience on an extraordinary journey through 5,000 years of genuine Chinese culture. From ancient dynasties to modern times, within about 20 vignettes, SHEN YUN brings to life timeless myths and legends that have shaped this ancient culture, evoking humanity's wisdom and virtues, such as integrity, kindness, and courage…
Its stunning beauty, purity, and energy have left audience members greatly uplifted and deeply inspired; its profound wisdom, drawn from ancient times, shines a light into the modern-day world.
A Shen Yun performance features nearly 100 world-class artists, over 500 exquisite, hand-crafted costumes, a unique, full live orchestra, and breathtaking animated background scenery—together creating one spectacular and joyous experience.
The SHEN YUN orchestra seamlessly melds classical Western musical instruments with traditional Chinese ones, reverberating the magnificence of heavenly music. An introduction to each vignette is given in both English and Chinese.
Thousands of hours of training and rehearsals culminate each winter in a remarkable achievement- a completely new SHEN YUN production every year.
Starting from every December, four equal-sized groups of SHEN YUN simultaneously travel around the world for about six months, performing in over 20 countries and nearly 150 cities.
As of today, SHEN YUN still is not able to perform in China. Yet rave reviews, standing ovations, and packed houses at the world's top venues, such as Lincoln Center, London Coliseum, Kennedy Center, San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, and Los Angeles Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, have established SHEN YUN as a global sensation.
Ticket information is available by calling 1-800-208-2481 or by visiting on line, ShenYun.com. Ticket prices start at $54 and go up to $124 for floor seats.
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influence management
Are You Buying Under the Influence?
Ahh, the good ole days when you watched a commercial or read a magazine ad featuring a celebrity, sports hero, or cartoon tiger and said, "I'm buying that!". Did we really do that? Agencies and marketing teams would argue that was the only way to get a consumer to buy-in to their product.
Then things changed. It's now about the Influencers.
Influencer (noun): the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways. (Merriam-Webster)
This cultural phenomenon crept up on us and then exploded, including in the toy market.
Past indicators have shown that millennials, including parents, want to trust and believe in a brand before they buy. That seems to still be true, but to get there, brands now are trying to embrace new ways of talking about their product. Recently according to Forrester research, only 10% of consumers trust brands and HubSpot says 90% prefer to get their recommendations from friends and influencers. More than half of companies in the US have budgets for social campaigns, and that's growing daily. According to a recent Twitter blog, almost 40% of Twitter users claim to have made a purchase as a direct result of an influencer's Tweet, and it goes on to say it estimates that brands are spending well over a billion dollars per year on Instagram influencers alone. Wow!
So, what's up with these influencers? To me they tend to fall into two types; those that post on all the social media platforms and have millions of followers, and those that use YouTube to spend what seems at times hours, unboxing product. You know the biggie influencers. They make a lot of money doing their dance around a brand or product, and the brands benefit from their posts. Much like the past, brands help in directly or indirectly, paying for the "talent," who talk about how they use or love a product. Kim Kardashian reportedly charges over $250K+ for an Instagram post! The fascination for opinions other than their own to validate a buying decision is very strange. Not sure what happened in finding out for yourself! Because someone likes a toy, does that make it a good toy? What happened about knowing your child and their interests?
But it's the other influencers that have me amazed. The unboxers! In 2006 it was reported that the Nokia E61 cellphone was the first unboxing video. It's rather bland, but here it is https://youtu.be/uJAYO0gxpdY Then a considerable growth through sites such as Unbox.It and unboxing.com permeated our lives.
Vicarious (adjective): Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. (Oxford Dictionary)
A lot has been written about unboxing, and I see a lot of articles use words like sensual, voyeuristic, satisfying. Indeed, in the past, glam-sizzle was always the go-to advertising schtick. However, I have also heard unboxing defined as humanizing to describe the experience. That certainly speaks to the distrust of advertising. That visual experience seems to satisfy the basic needs of knowing, without really becoming intimate with the brand. The glam is gone and what is on a YouTube camera is not perfectly groomed in the best of light.
All of this now brings me to the toy influencers and unboxers. Product lines have exploded once companies figured out the power of inboxing via YouTube. Like adults, children have that inherent desire to watch rather than participate in playing with the product. Not sure that's such a good thing. Toy influencers like Ryan are making millions of dollars from his videos; and can we say he really is an expert! Because he's a kid? Not every child plays or has the same interests. What happened to discovering an all-new way to play with a toy that you would never get from watching a video. But this is now the norm, and companies again are lining up and sending samples of a product, buying influencers time, as well as, funding new unboxing channels. We've just seemed to move advertising money into a new pocket! Does this mean toy companies need to provide more sizzle to the unboxing of their product? Packaging costs are astronomical enough already sometimes being 30% of product cost!
How about some good product design for new innovative toys! Something you want without having to have someone tell you its okay. Ahh, the good old days. But then again, I'm now telling you what to think! Good grief…am I an influencer?
To end this epic on a fun note here is a video that has been out for some time and it really hits on how anything can seem incredible if you unbox it. https://youtu.be/xrdHe__tt3U
The Sky is Falling: Part 2
What Kind of Saurus is That?
If Memories Serve
Just Take A Look
Ahh, What to Play With
One Doesn't Always Equal Two
Ready, I'm setting off (again).
Wait, Lego What?
Here, watch this...


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Q: How to create POJO of my JSON response My JSON is as follows,
[{
    "0": {
        "id": "1",
        "first_name": "Super",
        "last_name": "Admin",
        "email": "super@admin.com",
        "password": "12345",
        "mobile_no": "9811657128",
        "parent_id": "0",
        "position": "0",
        "type": "super",
        "created_at": null,
        "updated_at": null,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "stage": 0,
        "total_childs": 5
    },
    "11": {
        "id": "52",
        "first_name": "Ashish",
        "last_name": "Chauhan",
        "email": "ashish@mlm.com",
        "password": "12345",
        "mobile_no": "89889989832",
        "parent_id": "8",
        "position": "1",
        "type": "admin",
        "created_at": "1476702542",
        "updated_at": "1476702542",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "stage": 0,
        "total_childs": 0
    }
}, {
    "0": {
        "id": "2",
        "first_name": "Ashish",
        "last_name": "Chauhan",
        "email": "ashish@mlm.com",
        "password": "12345",
        "mobile_no": "89889989832",
        "parent_id": "1",
        "position": "0",
        "type": "admin",
        "created_at": "1475674631",
        "updated_at": "1475674631",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "stage": 2,
        "total_childs": 2
    }
}, {
    "0": {
        "id": "7",
        "first_name": "Shiva",
        "last_name": "Singh",
        "email": "shiva@mlm.com",
        "password": "12345",
        "mobile_no": "89889989832",
        "parent_id": "2",
        "position": "0",
        "type": "user",
        "created_at": "1475674808",
        "updated_at": "1475674808",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "stage": 1,
        "total_childs": 2
    },
    "1": {
        "id": "8",
        "first_name": "Atul",
        "last_name": "Kumar",
        "email": "atul@mlm.com",
        "password": "12345",
        "mobile_no": "89889989832",
        "parent_id": "2",
        "position": "1",
        "type": "user",
        "created_at": "1475674835",
        "updated_at": "1475674835",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "stage": 1,
        "total_childs": 2
    }
}]

A: Make use of SerializedName from Gson lib :
public class myPojo{

  @SerializedName("0")
  private String one;

  @SerializedName("1")
  private String two;

  .....
}

A: Make a Java class. Define what you have to pass through JSON, string, int etc. Generate constructor and getter-setters for that. Your pojo class is complete.
Refer to the code below:
public class ExamplePojo {

    String id, first_name, last_name, email, password, mobile_no, parent_id, position, type, user, created_at, updated_at, deleted_at;
    int stage, total_child;

    public ExamplePojo(String id, String first_name, String last_name, String email, String password, String mobile_no, String parent_id, String position, String type, String user, String created_at, String updated_at, String deleted_at, int stage, int total_child) {
        this.id = id;
        this.first_name = first_name;
        this.last_name = last_name;
        this.email = email;
        this.password = password;
        this.mobile_no = mobile_no;
        this.parent_id = parent_id;
        this.position = position;
        this.type = type;
        this.user = user;
        this.created_at = created_at;
        this.updated_at = updated_at;
        this.deleted_at = deleted_at;
        this.stage = stage;
        this.total_child = total_child;
    }

    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getFirst_name() {
        return first_name;
    }

    public void setFirst_name(String first_name) {
        this.first_name = first_name;
    }

    public String getLast_name() {
        return last_name;
    }

    public void setLast_name(String last_name) {
        this.last_name = last_name;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
        return email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) {
        this.email = email;
    }

    public String getPassword() {
        return password;
    }

    public void setPassword(String password) {
        this.password = password;
    }

    public String getMobile_no() {
        return mobile_no;
    }

    public void setMobile_no(String mobile_no) {
        this.mobile_no = mobile_no;
    }

    public String getParent_id() {
        return parent_id;
    }

    public void setParent_id(String parent_id) {
        this.parent_id = parent_id;
    }

    public String getPosition() {
        return position;
    }

    public void setPosition(String position) {
        this.position = position;
    }

    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }

    public void setType(String type) {
        this.type = type;
    }

    public String getUser() {
        return user;
    }

    public void setUser(String user) {
        this.user = user;
    }

    public String getCreated_at() {
        return created_at;
    }

    public void setCreated_at(String created_at) {
        this.created_at = created_at;
    }

    public String getUpdated_at() {
        return updated_at;
    }

    public void setUpdated_at(String updated_at) {
        this.updated_at = updated_at;
    }

    public String getDeleted_at() {
        return deleted_at;
    }

    public void setDeleted_at(String deleted_at) {
        this.deleted_at = deleted_at;
    }

    public int getStage() {
        return stage;
    }

    public void setStage(int stage) {
        this.stage = stage;
    }

    public int getTotal_child() {
        return total_child;
    }

    public void setTotal_child(int total_child) {
        this.total_child = total_child;
    }
}

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Justice Minister has change of heart and reverses decision to deport Aline's mum
Cormac Murphy
HERALD angel Aline Barros -- paralysed in a hit-and-run accident -- was today delighted Dermot Ahern reversed the decision to deport her mother.
As first revealed in this newspaper last night Aline (27) had been distraught at the prospect of seeing her mother Sylwia deported to Brazil later this week.
But Ahern, the Minister for Justice, stepped in at the last minute, agreeing to allow Sylwia to stay while a court case in relation to the accident goes ahead.
Within a few hours of the Herald branding Ahern 'Heartless' for the deportation decision, he reversed it.
Herald readers flooded the newsroom with calls of support for Aline and her mum.
A solicitors firm even offered to represent the family. Today Aline and her mum thanked readers and the Justice Minister for his last minute change of heart.
She was cycling to work to deliver Herald AM newspapers when she was hit by a car in Dublin city centre two years ago. She was left partially paralysed and in constant pain.
After the court case ends, the student is hoping to return home where she will continue her treatment. Aline said she and her mother are "so happy" the the order was reversed.
She intends to thank Ahern in a letter.
Ahern, after reading the case in the Herald, described Aline's case as "tragic" and asked to see her file insisting the Government was not heartless.
"Obviously it looks a very tragic case and we are not heartless but at the same time we have immigration laws and we have to be sure people aren't trying to circumvent them. But I will look at this case as favourably as I can.
"It's the question of the mother who came over to look after her and has had a visa granted and extended on a number of occasions," the minister had said.
Sylwia, who came from Brazil to care for her daughter, had been instructed to leave the country by Thursday next.
comurphy@herald.ie


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Tubi Free Streaming Service Review: Best for an Extensive Selection of Content
With up to 20,000 titles comprising selections from Warner Bros, MGM, Lionsgate, and more, Tubi has the most extensive video library.
By Salome Njeri
Updated August 4, 2021
Tubi Free Streaming Service
Out of the 20,000 titles, 1200 movies and TV shows are kid-appropriate. This is a pretty decent range compared to other free streaming services that hardly provide kid-based content. Most of the new Lego series features here.
Brand: Tubi
Live TV: Yes
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Tubi is a well-designed video streaming service with an extensive library of movies and shows. Also it's available on all major platforms, web browsers and mobile devices. As for media streaming devices, it has apps for Apple TV, Fire TV Chromecast, TiVo, and Android TV.
Smooth user experience
Supports parental control features
Extensive library of shows and movies
Streaming resolution capped at 720p
Streaming speed
We found Tubi pretty similar to Netflix, only that it's a free streaming service. With up to 20,000 TV shows and movies, it has a good variety of on-demand titles. Since it's free, it's ad-supported and doesn't have the top capabilities of other streaming services like offline downloads.
At the time of the review, we found popular films like Catch Me if You Can, The Way Back, Snakes on a Plane, and more. As for the TV show lineup, you'll enjoy watching titles like 3rd Rock From the Sun, Hell's Kitchen, and One-Punch Man.
The only drawback is that it lacked original content shows. If you want to watch recent streaming hits such as The Marvelous Mrs orMaisel you must pay for premium streaming services. Also, if you want to watch Live TV, you have to sign up with Xumo or Pluto TV.
We found Tubi a little more organized than IMDBtv. To start using it, you need to sign up for a free account. It's not a requirement but setting it up allows you to add your preferred titles, create parental controls, and view the watch history.
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Tubi caps its streaming resolution to 720 p, which doesn't need a high internet speed. As such, with an internet connection speed of 1 Mbps, you can stream content. However, a speed of 4 Mbps is recommended for the best video and audio experience.
Tubi is an excellent alternative for households looking to cut back on monthly expenses because you enjoy as much entertainment for free. As with other free services, there are some trade-offs. Tubi displays ads after every 15 minutes, and it doesn't have a premium account.
Tubi has a pretty solid selection of movies and TV shows. Its user interface makes it easy to navigate and find preferred titles and its ability to support a wide range of devices is a bonus. However, with most of its content not hitting 720p resolution your overall viewing experience may not be exciting.
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