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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.pdf;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.apache.commons.io.output.CountingOutputStream;

import org.apache.fop.util.CloseBlockerOutputStream;

/**
 * This is an abstract base class for PDF streams.
 */
public abstract class AbstractPDFStream extends PDFObject {

    private final PDFDictionary dictionary;

    /** The filters that should be applied */
    private PDFFilterList filters;

    private final boolean encodeOnTheFly;

    protected AbstractPDFStream() {
        this(true);
    }

    protected AbstractPDFStream(PDFDictionary dictionary) {
        this(dictionary, true);
    }

    protected AbstractPDFStream(boolean encodeOnTheFly) {
        this(new PDFDictionary(), encodeOnTheFly);
    }

    protected AbstractPDFStream(PDFDictionary dictionary, boolean encodeOnTheFly) {
        this.dictionary = dictionary;
        this.encodeOnTheFly = encodeOnTheFly;
    }

    protected final PDFDictionary getDictionary() {
        return dictionary;
    }

    protected Object get(String key) {
        return dictionary.get(key);
    }

    /**
     * Puts the given object in the dictionary associated to this stream.
     *
     * @param key the key in the dictionary
     * @param value the value to store
     */
    public void put(String key, Object value) {
        dictionary.put(key, value);
    }

    /**
     * Sets up the default filters for this stream if they haven't been set
     * from outside.
     */
    protected void setupFilterList() {
        if (multipleFiltersAllowed() && !getFilterList().isInitialized()) {
            getFilterList().addDefaultFilters(
                getDocumentSafely().getFilterMap(),
                getDefaultFilterName());
        }
        prepareImplicitFilters();
        getDocument().applyEncryption(this);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of a suitable filter for this PDF object.
     *
     * @return the default filter
     * @see PDFFilterList
     */
    protected String getDefaultFilterName() {
        return PDFFilterList.DEFAULT_FILTER;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the associated filter list.
     * @return the filter list
     */
    public PDFFilterList getFilterList() {
        if (this.filters == null) {
            if (getDocument() == null) {
                this.filters = new PDFFilterList();
            } else {
                this.filters = new PDFFilterList(getDocument().isEncryptionActive());
            }
            boolean hasFilterEntries = (get("Filter") != null);
            if (hasFilterEntries) {
                this.filters.setDisableAllFilters(true);
            }
        }
        return this.filters;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a value that hints at the size of the encoded stream. This is
     * used to optimize buffer allocation so fewer buffer reallocations are
     * necessary.
     * @return an estimated size (0 if no hint can be given)
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O problem
     */
    protected abstract int getSizeHint() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Sends the raw stream data to the target OutputStream.
     * @param out OutputStream to write to
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
     */
    protected abstract void outputRawStreamData(OutputStream out)
            throws IOException;

    /**
     * Output just the stream data enclosed by stream/endstream markers
     * @param encodedStream already encoded/filtered stream to write
     * @param out OutputStream to write to
     * @return int number of bytes written
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O problem
     */
    protected int outputStreamData(StreamCache encodedStream, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
        int length = 0;
        byte[] p = encode("stream\n");
        out.write(p);
        length += p.length;

        encodedStream.outputContents(out);
        length += encodedStream.getSize();

        p = encode("\nendstream");
        out.write(p);
        length += p.length;
        return length;
    }

    /**
     * Encodes the raw data stream for output to a PDF file.
     * @return the encoded stream
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O problem
     */
    protected StreamCache encodeStream() throws IOException {
        //Allocate a temporary buffer to find out the size of the encoded stream
        final StreamCache encodedStream = StreamCacheFactory.getInstance()
                .createStreamCache(getSizeHint());
        OutputStream filteredOutput
                = getFilterList().applyFilters(encodedStream.getOutputStream());
        outputRawStreamData(filteredOutput);
        filteredOutput.flush();
        filteredOutput.close();
        return encodedStream;
    }

    /**
     * Encodes and writes a stream directly to an OutputStream. The length of
     * the stream, in this case, is set on a PDFNumber object that has to be
     * prepared beforehand.
     * @param out OutputStream to write to
     * @param refLength PDFNumber object to receive the stream length
     * @return number of bytes written (header and trailer included)
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O problem
     */
    protected int encodeAndWriteStream(OutputStream out, PDFNumber refLength)
                throws IOException {
        int bytesWritten = 0;
        //Stream header
        byte[] buf = encode("stream\n");
        out.write(buf);
        bytesWritten += buf.length;

        //Stream contents
        CloseBlockerOutputStream cbout = new CloseBlockerOutputStream(out);
        CountingOutputStream cout = new CountingOutputStream(cbout);
        OutputStream filteredOutput = getFilterList().applyFilters(cout);
        outputRawStreamData(filteredOutput);
        filteredOutput.close();
        refLength.setNumber(Integer.valueOf(cout.getCount()));
        bytesWritten += cout.getCount();

        //Stream trailer
        buf = encode("\nendstream");
        out.write(buf);
        bytesWritten += buf.length;

        return bytesWritten;
    }

    /**
     * Overload the base object method so we don't have to copy
     * byte arrays around so much
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public int output(OutputStream stream) throws IOException {
        setupFilterList();

        CountingOutputStream cout = new CountingOutputStream(stream);
        StringBuilder textBuffer = new StringBuilder(64);

        StreamCache encodedStream = null;
        PDFNumber refLength = null;
        final Object lengthEntry;
        if (encodeOnTheFly) {
            refLength = new PDFNumber();
            getDocumentSafely().registerObject(refLength);
            lengthEntry = refLength;
        } else {
            encodedStream = encodeStream();
            lengthEntry = Integer.valueOf(encodedStream.getSize() + 1);
        }

        populateStreamDict(lengthEntry);
        dictionary.writeDictionary(cout, textBuffer);

        //Send encoded stream to target OutputStream
        PDFDocument.flushTextBuffer(textBuffer, cout);
        if (encodedStream == null) {
            encodeAndWriteStream(cout, refLength);
        } else {
            outputStreamData(encodedStream, cout);
            encodedStream.clear(); //Encoded stream can now be discarded
        }

        PDFDocument.flushTextBuffer(textBuffer, cout);
        return cout.getCount();
    }

    @Override
    public void setDocument(PDFDocument doc) {
        dictionary.setDocument(doc);
        super.setDocument(doc);
    }

    /**
     * Populates the dictionary with all necessary entries for the stream.
     * Override this method if you need additional entries.
     * @param lengthEntry value for the /Length entry
     */
    protected void populateStreamDict(Object lengthEntry) {
        put("Length", lengthEntry);
        if (!getFilterList().isDisableAllFilters()) {
            getFilterList().putFilterDictEntries(dictionary);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Prepares implicit filters (such as the DCTFilter for JPEG images). You
     * must make sure that the appropriate filters are in the filter list at
     * the right places.
     */
    protected void prepareImplicitFilters() {
        //nop: No default implicit filters
    }

    /**
     * Whether multiple filters can be applied.
     * @return true if multiple filters allowed
     */
    protected boolean multipleFiltersAllowed() {
        return true;
    }
}


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Meet Robert Courts - the surprise choice to take over from David Cameron
Written by David Singleton on 23 September 2016 in Diary
Witney Tories have plumped for a local councillor over a Cameron aide.
The Conservatives have selected a barrister and local councillor to step into David Cameron's shoes – and rejected the former prime minister's first choice.
Robert Courts, 37, was chosen on Thursday night to run as the Tory candidate for the constituency of Witney. He was a 6/1 outsider with the bookies just 48 hours earlier.
Courts has been a West Oxfordshire district councillor since 2014. He works as a barrister, volunteers as a speaker for Thames Valley air ambulance and is a member of the parochial church council in Bladon, where he lives with his wife and son.
He was described by the Conservative party as a "devoted champion for the area". However he was not person that Cameron had in mind for the job.
Rather Cameron is said to have been rooting for his aide Natasha Whitmill. She has worked in his constituency for more than 11 years and was among 46 of his aides and allies handed a CBE in his controversial resignation honours list.
Whitmill was seen as the favourite after making it on to the final three-person shortlist approved by Conservative HQ, along with Courts and fellow councillor John Cotton. But after a private meeting last night the local party selected Courts in a move seen as a direct rebuke to Cameron and Tory HQ.
Cameron said there had been a "strong shortlist of local candidates" adding: "I'm delighted Robert Courts has been chosen."
The by-election will be held on October 20.
The Lib Dem candidate for the seat is Liz Leffman, while Duncan Enright will stand again for Labour.
The Greens have chosen Larry Sanders - brother of US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders - as their candidate.
Picture via Twitter / @robertcourts
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Q: SQL convert yyyymmdd to timestamp in BigQuery? I'm attempting to convert a string to a timestamp within SQL. The question is really quite simple, how can I convert this string into a timestamp that starts at midnight on that day?
Within my database I also have a field stored in timestamp_micros either one of these could work and I think converting the micros to a timestamp would be easier than the string.
For example
20170118 => timestamp
Query:
WITH allTables as (
  SELECT
      event.date as date,
      count(*) as totalSessions,
      count(DISTINCT user_dim.app_info.app_instance_id) as uniqueUsers
  FROM `namehiddenonlyhere.*`
  CROSS JOIN
      UNNEST(event_dim) AS event
  WHERE
      event.name = 'session_start'
  AND
      event.date <= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 1 DAY))
  AND
      event.date >= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 7 DAY))
  GROUP BY event.date

  UNION ALL
  SELECT
      event.date as date,
      count(*) as totalSessions,
      count(DISTINCT user_dim.app_info.app_instance_id) as uniqueUsers
  FROM `namehiddenonlyhere.*`
  CROSS JOIN
      UNNEST(event_dim) AS event
  WHERE
      event.name = 'session_start'
  AND
      event.date <= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 1 DAY))
  AND
      event.date >= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 7 DAY))
  GROUP BY event.date
) SELECT 'all apps' as target, date as datapoint_time, totalSessions datapoint_value FROM allTables;

A: You can use PARSE_DATE or PARSE_TIMESTAMP (the format string will be the same) to get a date or a timestamp. For example:
SELECT
  d,
  PARSE_DATE('%Y%m%d', d) AS date,
  PARSE_TIMESTAMP('%Y%m%d', d) AS timestamp
FROM UNNEST(['20170117', '20161231']) AS d;

You can read more about the format strings in the documentation. There are sections for date and for timestamp, which apply to PARSE_DATE and PARSE_TIMESTAMP respectively.
Edit: from your updated question, you could change your query to something like this:
WITH allTables as (
  SELECT
      event.date as date,
      count(*) as totalSessions,
      count(DISTINCT user_dim.app_info.app_instance_id) as uniqueUsers
  FROM `namehiddenonlyhere.*`
  CROSS JOIN
      UNNEST(event_dim) AS event
  WHERE
      event.name = 'session_start'
  AND
      event.date <= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 1 DAY))
  AND
      event.date >= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 7 DAY))
  GROUP BY event.date

  UNION ALL
  SELECT
      event.date as date,
      count(*) as totalSessions,
      count(DISTINCT user_dim.app_info.app_instance_id) as uniqueUsers
  FROM `namehiddenonlyhere.*`
  CROSS JOIN
      UNNEST(event_dim) AS event
  WHERE
      event.name = 'session_start'
  AND
      event.date <= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 1 DAY))
  AND
      event.date >= FORMAT_DATE('%Y%m%d', DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 7 DAY))
  GROUP BY event.date
) SELECT 'all apps' as target, PARSE_DATE('%Y%m%d', date) as datapoint_time, totalSessions datapoint_value FROM allTables;

The only modification I made was to change:
date AS datapoint_time

to:
PARSE_DATE('%Y%m%d', date) as datapoint_time

A: Did you try to use this expression?
SELECT CONVERT(DATETIME,'20170118')

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Toyomichi Kurita (jap. , Kurita Toyomichi; * 1950 in Japan) ist ein japanischer Kameramann.

Leben
Toyomichi Kurita arbeitete als Kameraassistent von Tatsuo Suzuki. Er ging in die USA und studierte am American Film Institute in Los Angeles, wo er 1981 seinen Abschluss machte. Anschließend arbeitete er als Kameramann für Werbefilme, bevor er als Kameramann mit dem 1985 erschienenen und von Alan Rudolph inszenierten Krimi-Drama Trouble in Mind als hauptverantwortlicher Kameramann auf der Leinwand debütierte. Bei der Verleihung des Independent Spirit Awards 1986 wurde er dafür mit der Besten Kamera ausgezeichnet. Zwei weitere Nominierungen, für Wilde Jahre in Paris und Zwei Cheyenne auf dem Highway, sollten jeweils 1989 und 1990 folgen.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1985: Trouble in Mind
 1988: Wilde Jahre in Paris (The Moderns)
 1989: Blood Red – Stirb für dein Land (Blood Red)
 1989: Powwow Highway (Powwow Highway)
 1990: Jenseits der Schatten (Shadow of China)
 1991: Sommer auf Grand Isle (Grand Isle)
 1995: Waiting to Exhale – Warten auf Mr. Right (Waiting to Exhale)
 1996: Der lange Weg nach Hause (Homecoming)
 1996: Eine Liebe für die Unendlichkeit (Infinity)
 1996: Gnadenschuß im Flammenmeer (Woman Undone)
 1997: Liebesflüstern (Afterglow)
 1999: Cookie's Fortune – Aufruhr in Holly Springs (Cookie's Fortune)
 1999: Tabu (Gohatto)
 2004: First Daughter – Date mit Hindernissen (First Daughter)
 2007: Daddy's Little Girls
 2008: The Family That Preys
 2010: Auch Liebe macht mal Ferien 2 (Why Did I Get Married Too?)

Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)
 Independent Spirit Awards 1986: Beste Kamera für Trouble in Mind
 Independent Spirit Awards 1989: Nominierung für die Beste Kamera für Wilde Jahre in Paris
 Independent Spirit Awards 1990: Nominierung für die Beste Kamera für Zwei Cheyenne auf dem Highway

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Kameramann
Japaner
Geboren 1950
Mann

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Definition - What does Storage Spaces mean?
Storage Spaces is a Windows 8 operating system (OS) feature that allows a user to combine all storage hardware mediums as a single virtual pool of data. It is based on the Windows Home Server Drive Extender technology, which provided similar features but lacked data resiliency and integrity.
Techopedia explains Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces allows users to create a virtualized logical storage drive on top of pooled storage capacity. Each virtual/logical drive or storage space may be used as a typical disk drive with the option to format, secure and segregate data. Data resiliency and redundancy is provided through a two or three-way mirroring technique, where two or three copies of each data object are maintained on separate disks.
Storage Spaces also incorporates a thin provisioning technique in which the collective capacity of physical hard drives is extended according to their actual size when converted into a pool or space.
This definition was written in the context of Windows 8
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Stahl, C., et al. (2020), Sources and characteristics of size-resolved particulate organic acids and methanesulfonate in a coastal megacity: Manila, Philippines, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15907-15935, doi:10.5194/acp-20-15907-2020.
Co-Authored Publications:
Hilario, M. R., et al. (2022), Particulate Oxalate-To-Sulfate Ratio as an Aqueous Processing Marker: Similarity Across Field Campaigns and Limitations, Geophys. Res. Lett..
Corral, A., et al. (2021), Source Apportionment of Aerosol at a Coastal Site and Relationships with Precipitation Chemistry: A Case Study over the Southeast United States, doi:10.3390/atmos11111212.
Gonzalez, M. E., et al. (2021), Contrasting the size-resolved nature of particulate arsenic, cadmium, and lead among diverse regions, Atmospheric Pollution Research, xxx, doi:10.1016/j.apr.2021.01.002.
Lorenzo, G. R., et al. (2021), Measurement report: Firework impacts on air quality in Metro Manila, Philippines, during the 2019 New Year revelry, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 6155-6173, doi:10.5194/acp-21-6155-2021.
Braun, R. A., et al. (2020), Long-range aerosol transport and impacts on size-resolved aerosol composition in Metro Manila, Philippines, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 2387-2405, doi:10.5194/acp-20-2387-2020.
Hilario, M. R., et al. (2020), Characterizing Weekly Cycles of Particulate Matter in a Coastal Megacity: The Importance of a Seasonal, Size‐Resolved, and Chemically Speciated Analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2020JD032614, doi:10.1029/2020JD032614.
Schlosser, J., et al. (2020), Relationships Between Supermicrometer Sea Salt Aerosol and Marine Boundary Layer Conditions: Insights From Repeated Identical Flight Patterns, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2019JD032346, doi:10.1029/2019JD032346.
AzadiAghdam, M., et al. (2019), On the nature of sea salt aerosol at a coastal megacity: Insights from Manila, T Philippines in Southeast Asia, Atmos. Environ., 216, 116922, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.116922.
Cruz, M. T., et al. (2019), Size-resolved composition and morphology of particulate matter during the southwest monsoon in Metro Manila, Philippines, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 10675-10696, doi:10.5194/acp-19-10675-2019.
Aldhaif, A. M., et al. (2018), Characterization of the Real Part of Dry Aerosol Refractive Index Over North America From the Surface to 12 km, J. Geophys. Res., 123, doi:10.1029/2018JD028504.
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Something big and wonderful happened recently; something that website designers and web developers have been dreaming about for as long as I've been a professional Toronto web designer at Parachute Design. Care to wager a guess? Never mind, I'll just say it… Microsoft is killing Internet Explorer!
This wonderful news carries with it some big changes for web design in the coming years as I believe the previous wide spread adoption of Internet Explorer will begin to slowly come to an end, along with its frustrating lackluster support; for whatever is the latest and greatest in web technology will no longer hinder the future of web design. I don't expect these changes to happen overnight as so much of the population still uses Internet Explorer simply because it came preinstalled on their computer devices, and they don't realize it's limiting their browsing experience.
One of the most frustrating limitations for most versions of IE has been its lack of SVG support. The SVG Scalable Vector Graphics format was developed nearly 20 years ago – yes, you heard me, nearly 20 years ago – by the World Wide Web Consortium, with a singular goal to offer better two-dimensional graphics for the web. Until just now, we've had to forego the use of SVG graphics in most website design projects given that SVG browser support on IE was negligible and such a large portion of the web population was dragging the rest of us down by their decision (or lack-thereof) to rely on Internet Explorer to deliver their web content.
One of the many beautiful characteristics of SVG is their relatively tiny file size. When it comes to SVG vs raster graphics, SVG images are more than 50% smaller. What impact does this have on web design for the future? Page load speed will dramatically improve, which has been a huge factor for Google and other SEs, plus performance and improved search engine optimization will now be possible. Site speed and performance are now considered one of the cornerstones of Google's SERP criteria. Just imagine how much we can speed up our websites (and the Internet on a whole) simply by using SVG graphics instead of raster images.
If you're interested in learning more about how page load speed and website performance can impact your search engine ranking, have a look at our recent blog article on Website Speed and Performance Optimization.
My favourite advantage to using SVG versus traditional raster graphics is made most obvious with the rise of responsive website design and the technology that caused this web design revolution. In the responsive web design environment we ask graphics to become flexible, adaptable, and responsive. A graphics file on a website needs to seamlessly scale from desktop to tablet to mobile and back again, without losing image quality or becoming too taxing on the browser resources. As if this wasn't enough, the popularity of high resolution displays and a need for Retina graphics requires web designers to create two versions of every image on your website; a standard resolution image and a Retina image version. In many cases, the Retina version of the graphic is quite heavy when it comes to file size and results in the need for extra time and bandwidth to load high resolution interfaces. With SVG design, we only need one tiny, lightweight graphic that can scale up and down with ease. This is going to change the way we design for the web a great deal!
One of the most fundamental components of great branding is consistency. This is something that many web designers struggle with (outside of client pressure to give their latest idea a shot, or the urge to design something new and exciting). Creating a consistent experience in responsive web design is tough, as we have to consider so many different devices with varying viewports and resolutions. With SVG design, consistency becomes that much more attainable as we no longer need to worry about how our graphics will behave on every single device. This "one size fits all" characteristic of scalable vector graphics ensures a beautiful web design is consistent across the board.
While it may not be time to start using SVG across the board overnight, I suspect in the coming months we will start seeing the IE drop off, allowing for more reliance on SVG graphics to create faster, more responsive websites that offer the world a more consistent experience, no matter what browser they use to visit our websites.


Paper & Book Intensive, now twenty-eight years old, is held in the spring or summer in different regions of the country. It is attended by individuals who are passionate about the book arts, including bookbinding, hand papermaking, conservation, and related fields. Motivated beginners and practitioners are welcome!
PBI 2012 will be held at Ox-Bow, in Saugatuck, Michigan from May 13 to May 24, 2012. The instructors are Denise Bookwalter, John Carrera, Mindy Dubansky, Betsy Palmer-Eldridge, Maria Fredericks, Shanna Leino, Steve Pittelkow, Lee Running, Chip Shilling and Larry Yerkes. The online brochure & application will be up in the first week of December, 2011.
Check out our flickr site to see images of PBI 2011.
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SUCCESS STORIES >> Sionna's rising star
By CB Staff April 27, 2008
Written by Susanne Ruder
The Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards recognizes leading female entrepreneurs who have made significant contributions to the Canadian economy. Presented in five categories, the awards celebrate the outstanding leadership skills and vision of these dynamic businesswomen, who are role models for generations of young Canadian women.
In a special five-part series, Xchange shares the secrets of success of these leading women entrepreneurs. In our final installment, we feature Kim Shannon, president and chief investment officer of Sionna Investment Managers Inc. in Toronto, winner of the 2007 Start-Up Award.
Business wasn't Kim Shannon's first love. The president and chief investment officer of Sionna Investment Managers Inc. studied zoology at the University of Toronto and was set to do a master's program in 1981 when a friend suggested she had the skills to do well in business. He was right.
Shannon spent 20 years honing her investment skills and building a reputation as a winning fund manager for the likes of Merrill Lynch Canada and Royal and Sun Alliance, before launching her own investment-counselling company, Sionna Investment Managers Inc. Four years later, the firm had $9 billion in assets–one of the most significant growth rates for a start-up firm in Canadian investment history.
A large-cap value-driven manager, Shannon attributes such growth to her success managing CI Financial funds. Indeed, since taking on CI's Canadian Investment Fund in 1996, she has grown it from a "dead as a doornail" $48-million fund to "the largest equity mutual fund in Canada."
"Value investing requires a contrarian mind, a mind willing to go against the crowd mentality," says Shannon. "We've developed an investment approach that's really low risk but gets above average returns." Investors, she says, "count on us to do well for them in tough times, and they're educated to know that in really strong markets we'll lag. But in the long run, we get significant out-performance.²
That contrarian approach struck again in 2006 when Shannon severed her relationship with CI Financial Inc. and walked away from $6.5-billion in assets. "I said goodbye to my biggest client," she says. "That was 90% of my revenue."
Why did she do it? "For me, it's important to have long-term partnerships. I think I did have one [with CI], and we clearly had a great thing going," says Shannon. "But I suddenly realized that I was not in a partnership any longer," she says. Once that happens, "you're better starting over as quickly as possible and rebuilding again."
Seizing the opportunity for more independence, challenge and growth, and trusting in her ability to repeat her previous successes, she forged a joint venture with Brandes Investment Partners & Co. (the Canadian affiliate of San Diego-based Brandes Investment Partners LP) to manage three new co-branded Canadian mutual funds.
Despite dropping her biggest client, Shannon did not cut any of her 14 employees, and she was the only one who took a pay cut. She credits careful saving practices, both personally and within the company, for having the resources to maintain the full cost base of the firm despite the huge revenue loss: "I've always believed in saving for a rainy day, so that if you have to make those tough decisions, you can."
Shannon's focus now is to "repeat the track record we've had in the past, and just keep doing it." She appears to be well on her way. As of March 31, 2008, Sionna Investments had $1.9 billion worth of assets under management, and based on Investment Funds Institute of Canada data, the Brandes Sionna Canadian Equity Fund attracted more assets in the last year than any other Canadian equity mutual fund. "Our goal is to become one of the top five investment counseling firms in Canada, and we're really excited about making that happen. That ride will be a blast for all of us."
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7 Ways Technology Can Get You In Trouble
Posted By: Christineon: July 07, 2017 In: About Smarterware
Did you know that having amazing technology at our fingertips can cause us to make mistakes unintentionally – mistakes that violate the law?
Here are seven examples of how using technology could unknowingly land you in trouble:
1. Using copyrighted material
It's easy to grab images off the internet to use on your company's website, but this could land you in hot water.
The US Copyright Act of 1976 strictly prohibits the use of copyrighted material for any reason. The only exception to this rule is called "Fair Use," which allows the use of copyrighted material for criticism or educational purposes.
People mistakenly believe that copyrighted material can be used as long as it's not for profit, but that's a guaranteed way to end up in court.
Another misconception about copyrights is that nothing is copyrighted without having official paperwork filed. In reality, a work is protected the moment it's created, regardless of the existence of paperwork.
2. Accidentally violating HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) was created to protect patient data by holding providers to high standards of privacy in the storage and transfer of that data. This might include the patient's name, address, date of birth, phone number, medical record number, health plan, and anything else that can uniquely identify the patient.
While some people might consciously choose to violate HIPAA, it's also possible to violate HIPAA accidentally. With a $50,000 penalty per violation, it's worth being mindful.
An accidental HIPAA violation can be as simple as forgetting to log out of your portal or leaving patient data visible to people who walk by. This is why programs designed for people who work in the healthcare field are equipped with an automatic logout feature. Accidentally sending an appointment reminder to the wrong patient can also be a HIPAA violation.
3. Vaping in non-smoking areas
You might think that vaping is okay no matter where you are because there's no second hand smoke, but vaping has been banned in many areas around the US.
4. Carrying a hoverboard on a New York subway
Hoverboards have been shown to be unsafe, not just due to the potential of falling, but because hoverboards frequently catch fire. In just three months, the commission received 52 reports of hoverboards catching fire, resulting in over $2 million in property damage.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning to manufacturers to certify their devices or they would face prosecution.
While it might be okay to carry a skateboard when riding is prohibited, that's not the case with New York Subways. There is an absolute ban on all self-balancing scooters – no riding, no standing, and no carrying them – no exceptions.
5. Flying an unregistered drone for commercial purposes
In 2015, the Department of Transportation declared war on unregistered drones due to an overwhelming number of incidents. People have used drones in irresponsible ways, like delivering drugs, attempting to deliver contraband to inmates, and posing a nuisance to local police departments.
In March of 2016, a lawsuit was won by a model aircraft enthusiast who pointed out that the drone registration rules violate the FAA Modernization and Reform Act. This act was passed in 2012 and prohibits the FAA from passing laws pertaining to operating model aircraft.
Thanks to the lawsuit, only commercial drones need to be registered but you should still fly responsibly.
6. Posing for photos with known criminals and posting them on Facebook
Police have been using social media to crack cases and find wanted criminals for years, but it's also resulted in capturing the innocent. Sometimes just posing for photos with people wanted by the police is enough to get yourself detained.
7. Sharing music
Many years ago, when file sharing was gaining popularity through Napster and Kazaa, the music industry didn't know what to do with the mass amount of people sharing music. CD sales dropped, and they were desperate to recover lost sales and set an example by going after those who were illegally downloading music.
In 2007, Jammie Thomas-Rasset went to civil trial for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa and ended up with a $222,000 fine. Rasset brought her case to the Supreme Court in 2013 on the grounds that the damages were unconstitutionally excessive and not proportionately related to the actual harm caused. The justices refused to hear her case just, as they refused to hear two prior cases of the same nature.
Although the internet makes it convenient and easy to share files, music is still copyrighted and should be purchased to respect the hard work of the artists.
We live in a convenient world where the internet allows us access to anything we could possibly want. It's up to us to be responsible with how we use our technology.
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David Cameron conveys his thanks for all the messages of support he has received this week
We need strategic clarity. What poses the greater danger to Britain – Iranian aggression abroad or Sunni extremism here?
Andrew Laird: Wigan provides a model for radical change to public service delivery
As 2020 begins, we look back on ten years in which Tories first led the movement for austerity…and then against it
David Cameron this evening wants to convey his thanks to the thousands of people who have sent messages of condolence and support to him and Samantha in the wake of Ivan's death last week.
Every Saturday evening he sends out an email to a number of party activists and staff and this week he has taken the opportunity to send a brief message expressing his gratitude to all those who have been in touch, not least because he is not presently in a position to acknowledge them all individually.
Some ConservativeHome readers will receive his email in any case, but many will not, so we have been asked to publish David's message in full so that everyone who has written to him knows how much he and the Cameron family have appreciated it.
It reads as follows:
"Sam and I have been overwhelmed by all the letters, cards, emails and flowers we have received about Ivan. Sending an email this week just gives us both a chance to say a big "thank you". It means a lot to know that others are thinking of us and him.
"We always knew Ivan wouldn't live forever, but we didn't expect to lose him so young and so suddenly. He leaves a hole in our life so big that words can't describe it. Bed time, bath time, meal time – nothing will feel the same again.
"We console ourselves knowing that he won't suffer anymore, that his end was quick, and that he is in a better place. But we all just miss him so desperately.
"When we were first told the extent of Ivan's disability I thought that we would suffer having to care for him but at least he would benefit from our care. Now as I look back I see that it was all the other way round. It was only him that ever really suffered and it was us – Sam, me, Nancy and Elwen – who gained more than I ever believed possible from having and loving such a wonderfully special and beautiful boy."
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Q: Remove Everything including text after an element I need a quick solution to something seemingly simple:
I want to removed everything, including text, after a specific  element in a html element.
I have :

Some text and SOME HTML.
I also have someother text, and some more html

I want to delete everything after "classone" element within that main container.
I have  tried $('.main-container').nextAll().remove(); but that removes only the html.

A: Remove last node from the parent node, until the node you want becomes the last node of parent node.

function removeAllNodesAfter (node) {
    const parentNode = node.parentNode;
    while (parentNode.lastChild !== node) {
        parentNode.removeChild(parentNode.lastChild);
    }
};

removeAllNodesAfter($('.classone')[0]);

Some text and SOME HTML.
I also have someother text, and some more html

A: You might make use of .contents():

$(function () {
  var FoundClass = false;

  $(".main-container").contents().filter(function (s, el) {
    if ($(el).hasClass("classone")) {
      FoundClass = true;
      return false;
    }
    return FoundClass;
  }).remove();
});

  Some text and SOME HTML. I also have someother text, and some more html

This is kinda slightly hacky because I use a flag FoundClass. If there's a better solution, I am always welcome. This is what I came up with jQuery's .contents().

A: while they exist in the DOM you can remove .classone .nextSibling.

const one = document.querySelector(".classone");

while (one.nextSibling) one.parentElement.removeChild(one.nextSibling);

console.log('done');

Some text and SOME HTML.
I also have someother text, and some more html

A: Here's a solution using no loop:

$(document).ready(function() {
    'use strict';
  const content = $(".main-container").html();
  const element = $(".main-container .classone").html();
  const index = content.indexOf(element);
  $(".main-container").html(content.substr(0, index + element.length));
});

Some text and SOME HTML.
I also have someother text, and some more html


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Qatar Airways CEO blames a WFH 'epidemic' for the travel chaos and says people have figured out how to make 'easy money' from their homes
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Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said a work-from-home "epidemic" is contributing to the chaos at airports.
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Qatar Airways' CEO said a work-from-home "epidemic" is contributing to the travel chaos.
People are making "easy money" working from home and don't want to return to their jobs, he said.
Summer travel has been a mess so far, with flight delays and chaos across the aviation industry.
The CEO of Qatar Airways has blamed the chaos at airports on a work-from-home "epidemic," Reuters reported on Monday.
"We face the same problem in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany," Akbar Al Baker, the CEO of Qatar Airways, said at the Farnborough Airshow in the UK, per Reuters.
"So it is actually an epidemic in our industry. This all happened because people learned to get easy money from working out of their homes, and fewer people now want to come and do the jobs that they were doing," he said, according to the news agency.
Al Baker's comments came amid a messy summer travel season with flight delays and chaos across the industry — and particularly in Europe — as demand has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Issues faced by airlines include staff shortages and bad weather.
To contain the chaos, London Heathrow Airport started limiting passengers flying out from the facility to 100,000 a day. A global aviation hub, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe before the pandemic.
Al Baker, who is a Heathrow board member, declined to comment on the situation at the airport directly, per Reuters.
But he told Bloomberg Television in an earlier interview at the airshow that Heathrow should have anticipated the situation.
"Heathrow has the right to restrict your flight because they cannot overload their facilities," he said. "But my question to the management would be, they should have seen this coming and they should have taken mitigating actions."
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M.O.D.O.K. Is a Consummate Professional
By Rob Bricken February 18, 2009 Comics, Nerdery 0 Comment
Looks like Marvel is getting into the action figure comedy game, and I, for one, am pretty damn excited. okay, It's being written by pals o' TR Sean T. Collins and Jon Gutierrez, and also Alex Kropinak, who was one of the geniuses behind this little gem, still my favorite Dark Knight parody. All right, perhaps the Bale blow-up is a little over, but look how well-animated it is — especially M.O.D.O.K.'s face. It's kind of stunning. I don't know how they managed to make it so expressive, but I'm pretty sure someone had to sell their wife to the devil. Standard procedure, really.
4 Reasons Elder Scrolls Online Could End My Marriage & 4 Reasons It Won't Move Me to Mom's Basement
Every few years, a game developer tries to take a shot
by Jason Helton
More Updated! Madhouse's First Marvel Anime Will Star Iron Man and Wolverine…and More?
After the news that anime studio Madhouse would be making four
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with "nerd news, humor and self-loathing" as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage "FAQ" movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.


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Vietnam court sentences 14 in MobiFone corruption case
Zoe Gujral | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US
December 31, 2019 10:44:13 am
The Hanoi People's Court on Saturday handed out sentences to 14 people who participated in the MobiFone corruption scandal.
This sentencing concluded Vietnam's largest corruption investigation since the government began its anti-graft campaign. The case stemmed from a deal in which state telecommunications firm MobiFone overpaid for a 95% stake in the television provider Audio Visual Global JSC, paying about $380 million. The scheme involved a number of government officials to facilitate the deal.
Nguyen Bac Son, a former Minister of Information and Communications, was accused of accepting several million in bribes to facilitate the aforementioned deal. He was sentenced to life in prison for bribery and 16 years in prison for regulatory violations. Another former Minister of Information and Communications, Truong Minh Tuan, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribery charges and 6 years for regulatory violations.
Others sentenced include Pham Dinh Trong, former Director of the Department of Enterprise Management; Lee Nam Tra, former Chairman of MobiFone's Board of Members; and Cao Duy Hai, former General Director of Mobifone.
The Vietnamese government has indicated that it will likely seek to sell a stake in MobiFone by the end of 2020, in an effort to privatize the state-owned company.


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MININUM STARTING BID to be no less than 2/3rd's of appraised value which will be announced at the auction.


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TCPA and the Junk Fax Prevention Act both give private citizens the right to sue to stop future transmissions of junk faxes and collect monetary damages for each junk fax. There is a $500.00 fine for every junk fax sent, which is increased to $1,500.00 if the recipient can show knowledge and intent on behalf of the sender. There are two types of potentially responsible parties in these cases: fax broadcasters and fax advertisers. Fax broadcasters are companies that create a database of fax numbers and actually send out the faxes. Fax advertisers hire the fax broadcasters to send out their advertisements.
The TCPA makes it unlawful to transmit unsolicited facsimiles (hereinafter "Junk Faxes"). The TCPA also makes it unlawful "to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send, to a telephone facsimile machine, an unsolicited advertisement." See 47 U.S.C. §§ 227(b)(1)(C). The TCPA defines "unsolicited advertisement" as "any material advertising the commercial availability or quality of any property, goods, or services which is transmitted to any person without that person's express invitation or permission" (i.e. Junk Faxes). See 47 U.S.C. §§ 227(a)(4). Junk Faxes impose unwanted burdens on the contacted party, including the costs of paper and ink and making fax machines unavailable for legitimate business purposes. The TCPA provides a private cause of action to persons who receive Junk Faxes in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C). See 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(3). Accordingly, if you have received unsolicited junk faxes, contact a Nationwide TCPA Attorney immediately for a FREE CONSULTATION.
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NATION WIDE CONFERENCE CALL DISCUSSIONS
The national federation of the Blind seniors Division is proud to spotlight topics of vital interest to those losing vision later in life by hosting conference calls to address specific issues; moderated by active members of the NFB. This page will explain how it works, gives a listing of upcoming calls, and provides two choices of how to listen to past recordings.
A notice of these calls will be sent to our division's listserv, and to all members that we have an email address for.
If you join us for a call, please take note of the following information and our request of all participants:
Time of Calls: 4:00Eastern standard time; 3:00 Central time; 2:00 Mountain time; 1:00 Pacific time
Conference call numbers: Dial 1-515-603-3166 - Access code: 759633pound
All calls are recorded, available to be listened to, and directions for accessing them is further down on this page.
OUR REQUEST OF YOU: In order to obtain the best possible sound for these calls, it is recommended that each caller, after dialing in, input star 6 which puts you in a mute mode. You will be able to hear everything during the call but background noise from your location will not disturb others listening in on the conversation. When you wish to speak and enter the discussion, input star 6 once again and you will be released from the mute mode and able to participate.
Also, it is highly recommended of all participants, that each person wishing to speak, state his or her name, and wait for the moderator to recognize you before speaking. We can have too many people trying to seek the floor at one time and chaos can occur. The moderator will do their very best to recognize as many callers as possible however, they will determine the order in which speakers have the floor.
When finished with your comments, input star 6 once again to go back into the mute mode, to facilitate better, uncluttered communication for everyone.
Listening to recordings of past conferences:
There are two options for listening to a past recording:
#1 Listen from this page using your computer: There is a link "listen to this recording" associated with each past conference listed below. Click on that link and your computer will give you the following two options: OPEN or SAVE the file. If you want to listen to it, choose to OPEN it; your computer's media-player will come up and play the recording. If you choose the save option, you then can download the MP3 file on to your computer to be played later. Plus, you would have the option to give it to a friend or family member to listen to.
#2 Listen By telephone: It is possible to use your telephone to dial into where recorded copies of our phone conferences are stored; on the FreeconferenceCall.com company site. These recordings are the original raw copies. The trimmed and polished versions are only found here on our site, available as described above in option #1.
Here is the procedure for this option: Dial- 1(515) 604-1466. You will reach, Free Conference Call Dot Com. At the prompt, punch in the following access code- 759633Pound. After the welcome message by the system, you will be ask to input the reference number for the recording you wish to listen to, followed by the POUND key; each past recorded conference listed below will give you its required reference number. Or, to listen to the most recent recording, just press the POUND key.
2019 RECORDINGS:
July 2nd- The Legacy Technology Project.
presented by Roger Cicchese. Roger writes: The Legacy Technology Project was started by a deaf blind user of the technology and a teacher of the visually impaired. It is mostly a response to the high cost of new access technology. We acquire devices in a variety of ways including contributions, trades and purchases. The devices are cleaned, repaired, repackaged and distributed at reasonable prices to places where they can do the most good. If you have talking or braille technology that works or does not work, that you would like to pass on to us, we will find new homes for it. In the past 8 years we have found new homes for hundreds of devices including Pac mates, Braille -N-Speaks, talking GPS devices, disc drive accessories, victor readers and so much more. We do not list our inventory as it changes so frequently. But if there is an item you are seeking, please contact us by email or phone and we will do what we can to assist you.
Moderator: Ruth Sager
Click here to listen using your computer.
The dial-in recording is not available.
June 11th- The Blind History Lady
Presented by- Peggy Chong, author of the Blind History Lady Blog
May 14th- Healthy Foods
Presented by: Jan Bailey: vice president and Theresa Gfroerer: secretary/treasurer, members of the NFB of Minnesota Senior Division- Moderator: Judy Sanders
April 30th- Members from the Colorado Center, Anahit LaBarre and Chris Parsons spoke on technology- how to use them, and apps that are user-friendly for seniors, the newly blind, and beginner tech users.
Click here to listen using your computer
If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 30, followed by the Pound Key.
March 26- Review of the 2018 SENIOR RETREAT; presented by participants- moderated by Ruth Sager, President of the NFB Seniors Division.
June 21. It was not recorded, because only the panel of speakers were in attendance. We believe there was a misunderstanding on who could or should attend. And so we will introduce it again at a later time. For this call we invited friends, family members or anyone with a blind person in their life to join in to ask questions and share their concerns.
May 24th. Wendy Ortega and colleagues from the Louisiana Center for the Blind spoke about programs the Center offers seniors in Louisiana. Some senior participants also shared their experiences.
A recording is not available.
April 19- What's new with Newsline and more publications that have been added recently- moderated by Bob Watson from the Conference recordings Page NFB logo and tagline - Live the life you want NATION WIDE CONFERENCE CALL DISCUSSIONS The national federation of the Blind seniors Division is proud to spotlight topics of vital interest to those losing vision later in life by hosting conference calls to address specific issues; moderated by active members of the NFB. This page will explain how it works, gives a listing of upcoming calls, and provides two choices of how to listen to past recordings. How it works: A notice of these calls will be sent to our division's listserv, and to all members that we have an email address for. If you join us for a call, please take note of the following information and our request of all participants: Time of Calls: 4:00Eastern standard time; 3:00 Central time; 2:00 Mountain time; 1:00 Pacific time Conference call numbers: Dial 1-515-603-3166 - Access code: 759633pound All calls are recorded, available to be listened to, and directions for accessing them is further down on this page. OUR REQUEST OF YOU: In order to obtain the best possible sound for these calls, it is recommended that each caller, after dialing in, input star 6 which puts you in a mute mode. You will be able to hear everything during the call but background noise from your location will not disturb others listening in on the conversation. When you wish to speak and enter the discussion, input star 6 once again and you will be released from the mute mode and able to participate. Also, it is highly recommended of all participants, that each person wishing to speak, state his or her name, and wait for the moderator to recognize you before speaking. We can have too many people trying to seek the floor at one time and chaos can occur. The moderator will do their very best to recognize as many callers as possible however, they will determine the order in which speakers have the floor. When finished with your comments, input star 6 once again to go back into the mute mode, to facilitate better, uncluttered communication for everyone. Listening to recordings of past conferences: There are two options for listening to a past recording: #1 Listen from this page using your computer: There is a link "listen to this recording" associated with each past conference listed below. Click on that link and your computer will give you the following two options: OPEN or SAVE the file. If you want to listen to it, choose to OPEN it; your computer's media-player will come up and play the recording. If you choose the save option, you then can download the MP3 file on to your computer to be played later. Plus, you would have the option to give it to a friend or family member to listen to. #2 Listen By telephone: It is possible to use your telephone to dial into where recorded copies of our phone conferences are stored; on the FreeconferenceCall.com company site. These recordings are the original raw copies. The trimmed and polished versions are only found here on our site, available as described above in option #1. Here is the procedure for this option: Dial- 1(515) 604-1466. You will reach, Free Conference Call Dot Com. At the prompt, punch in the following access code- 759633Pound. After the welcome message by the system, you will be ask to input the reference number for the recording you wish to listen to, followed by the POUND key; each past recorded conference listed below will give you its required reference number. Or, to listen to the most recent recording, just press the POUND key. 2019 Conference Schedule: list of 4 items � July 2nd- The Legacy Technology Project. Resented by Roger Cicchese. Roger writes: The Legacy Technology Project was started by a deaf blind user of the technology and a teacher of the visually impaired. It is mostly a response to the high cost of new access technology. We acquire devices in a variety of ways including contributions,trades and purchases. The devices are cleaned, repaired, repackaged and distributed at reasonable prices to places where they can do the most good. If you have talking or braille technology that works or does not work, that you would like to pass on to us, we will find new homes for it. In the past 8 years we have found new homes for hundreds of devices including Pac mates, Braille -N-Speaks, talking GPS devices, disc drive accessories, victor readers and so much more. We do not list our inventory as it changes so frequently. But if there is an item you are seeking, please contact us by email or phone and we will do what we can to assist you . � June 11th- Author, Peggy Chong will be our special guest. She has created the award winning Blind History Lady blog. Peggy researches lives of blind people who lived in our past, and writes up a very readable life�s cameo of a story for us to read- Moderator: Ruth Sager, president of the NFB Seniors division � Completed and available below- May 14th- Healthy Foods- Presented by members of the NFB of Minnesota Senior Division-; Vice President, Jan Bailey and Theresa Gfroerer, secretary/treasurer- Moderator: Judy Sanders � Completed and available below- March 26- Review of the 2018 SENIOR RETREAT; presented by participants- Moderated by Ruth Sager, President of the NFB Seniors Division. list end 2019 RECORDINGS: list of 3 items � May 14th- Healthy Foods Presented by: Jan Bailey: vice president and Theresa Gfroerer: secretary/treasurer, members of the NFB of Minnesota Senior Division- Moderator: Judy Sanders Click here to listen using your computer The dial-in phone option is not available; the conference system would not allow us to sign-in to the recording feature. And we cannot up load the recording made with a MP3 recorder; which was employed to capture this meeting. � April 30th- Members from the Colorado Center, Anahit LaBarre and Chris Parsons spoke on technology- how to use them, and apps that are user-friendly for seniors, the newly blind, and beginner tech users. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 30, followed by the Pound Key. � March 26- Review of the 2018 SENIOR RETREAT; presented by participants- moderated by Ruth Sager, President of the NFB Seniors Division. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 27, followed by the Pound Key. list end 2018 RECORDINGS: list of 4 items � June 21. It was not recorded, because only the panel of speakers were in attendance. We believe there was a misunderstanding on who could or should attend. And so we will introduce it again at a later time. For this call we invited friends, family members or anyone with a blind person in their life to join in to ask questions and share their concerns. � May 24th. Wendy Ortega and colleagues from the Louisiana Center for the Blind spoke about programs the Center offers seniors in Louisiana. Some senior participants also shared their experiences. Due to an unforeseen technical difficulty, a recording for this conference is not available. We will repeat this topic in the near future and will place its recording on this page. � April 19- What's new with Newsline and more publications that have been added recently- moderated by Bob Watson from the NFB Newsline team. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 26, followed by the Pound Key. � March 22- Downsizing�Transitioning to a new home: When to move? Where to move? What to take- moderated by Art Schriber and Dian McGeorge. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 25, followed by the Pound Key. list end 2017 RECORDINGS: list of 4 items � March 23- How the Blind Consumer Can Interact with Hospital and Emergency Room Professionals with Confidence- moderated by Art Schriber. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 18, followed by the Pound Key. � April 13- Live The Life You Want: Be A Senior In Charge of Your Destiny- moderated by Diane McGeorge and Duncan Larsen. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 20, followed by the Pound Key. � May 18- Independence, Seniors In Charge, continued: Cane Travel, Blindness Training Essential Elements To Attain Newfound Independence- moderated by Wayne Marshall with his colleagues from the Senior Support Group at the Colorado Center for the Blind. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 21, followed by the Pound Key. � June 15- What Options Do I Have To Learn Needed Skills From Sources Other Than My State Agency- moderated by Shelley Copel and fellow South Carolinians who have taken correspondence courses from Hadley to obtain nonvisual skills, Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 22, followed by the Pound Key. list end 2016 RECORDINGS: list of 4 items � June 08th- Let's Keep Writing and ... Publishing and More - moderated by Chelsea Cook, First Vice President of the NFB Writers' Division. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 17, followed by the Pound Key. � May 11th- So How Do You Do The Little Things In Life After Vision Loss Occurs - moderated by Ruth Sager, MD. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 16, followed by the Pound Key. � April 13- Churchgoing, making Everyone More Comfortable with Our Blindness - moderated by Tom Anderson, President of the National Association of the Blind in Communities of Faith, KS. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 15, followed by the Pound Key. � March 17- Losing Vision and Adapting to Life�s Changes - moderated by Shelley Copel, SC. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 14, followed by the Pound Key. list end 2015 Recordings: list of 5 items � June 10th- Getting About- Leisure Time, dining out, movies, museums, enjoying favorite pastime activities - moderated by Shelley Copel. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 12, followed by the Pound Key. � May 13th- Pursuing favorite hobbies and crafts - moderated by Marguerite Woods. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 11, followed by the Pound Key. � April 08th- Paperwork- Keeping track of banking, labeling, sorting and filing necessary documents - moderated by Ruth Sager. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 10, followed by the Pound Key. � March 11th- Braille- Can I learn Braille as a senior - moderated by Shelley Copel. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 8, followed by the Pound Key. � February 24th- Cane Travel- Can I truly be an efficient cane user as a senior if I've never learned before - moderated by Jeff Altman, and Maurice Peret. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 7, followed by the Pound Key. list end 2014 RECORDINGS: list of 3 items � June 4th- Cooking by Touch - moderated by Jennifer Wenzel. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 4, followed by the Pound Key. � May 8th- Blindness: A Family Dynamic - moderated by Fatos Floyd. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 3, followed by the Pound Key. � May 01- Financial Management After Blindness - moderated by Robert Burns, attorney and financial advisor. Click here to listen using your computer If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 2, followed by the Pound Key. list end Home PageNFB Newsline team.
March 22- Downsizing�Transitioning to a new home: When to move? Where to move? What to take- moderated by Art Schriber and Dian McGeorge.
March 23- How the Blind Consumer Can Interact with Hospital and Emergency Room Professionals with Confidence- moderated by Art Schriber.
April 13- Live The Life You Want: Be A Senior In Charge of Your Destiny- moderated by Diane McGeorge and Duncan Larsen.
May 18- Independence, Seniors In Charge, continued: Cane Travel, Blindness Training Essential Elements To Attain Newfound Independence- moderated by Wayne Marshall with his colleagues from the Senior Support Group at the Colorado Center for the Blind.
June 15- What Options Do I Have To Learn Needed Skills From Sources Other Than My State Agency- moderated by Shelley Copel and fellow South Carolinians who have taken correspondence courses from Hadley to obtain nonvisual skills,
June 08th- Let's Keep Writing and ... Publishing and More - moderated by Chelsea Cook, First Vice President of the NFB Writers' Division.
May 11th- So How Do You Do The Little Things In Life After Vision Loss Occurs - moderated by Ruth Sager, MD.
April 13- Churchgoing, making Everyone More Comfortable with Our Blindness - moderated by Tom Anderson, President of the National Association of the Blind in Communities of Faith, KS.
March 17- Losing Vision and Adapting to Life�s Changes - moderated by Shelley Copel, SC.
June 10th- Getting About- Leisure Time, dining out, movies, museums, enjoying favorite pastime activities - moderated by Shelley Copel.
May 13th- Pursuing favorite hobbies and crafts - moderated by Marguerite Woods.
April 08th- Paperwork- Keeping track of banking, labeling, sorting and filing necessary documents - moderated by Ruth Sager.
March 11th- Braille- Can I learn Braille as a senior - moderated by Shelley Copel.
If you wish to listen to the conference over your telephone, punch in the dial-in numbers given above, and when asked for the reference code, input 8, followed by the Pound Key.
February 24th- Cane Travel- Can I truly be an efficient cane user as a senior if I've never learned before - moderated by Jeff Altman, and Maurice Peret.
June 4th- Cooking by Touch - moderated by Jennifer Wenzel.
May 8th- Blindness: A Family Dynamic - moderated by Fatos Floyd.
May 01- Financial Management After Blindness - moderated by Robert Burns, attorney and financial advisor.


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The galleries, covered in marble and red carpets, can welcome up to 600 people.


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The Sandia wake-imaging system (SWIS) deployed at the Scaled Wind-Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility in July 2015.
a Pentalum SpiDAR LiDAR system operated by Texas Tech University researchers.
In the coming months, the Sandia team will analyze the over 50 GB of data collected to learn more about how the SWIS operates in the field and what improvements would be most effective at helping achieve experimental measurement requirements for the next campaign.
A view upwind of SWIS' aerosol-generating system.
As a result of the complicated measurement dependence on setup configuration and the need to meet the validation requirements at many locations in a wind-turbine wake, a software tool that models SWIS physics was developed to better predict and anticipate the system's performance when deployed at SWiFT. Data from the recent field test will be used to verify the accuracy of this tool for future test campaign planning.
Example SWIS equipment configuration at SWiFT for near-wake experiments.
The experience and data obtained from this recent field test will be used to guide the next phase of the project in the coming year. Through ongoing discussions with high-fidelity modelers and experimentalists with complimentary instrumentation, the SWIS team will refine the system to meet upcoming experimental objectives. This may include upgrades to hardware and software systems as well as data post-processing techniques to prepare for future verification and validation exercises planned under the DOE's Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) and other research programs.


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A couple of years ago, I made the decision to apply to MFA programs in creative writing. Compared to medical school or law school, the application process for an MFA can sometimes feel like a crapshoot, with the odds of getting into a fully-funded program hovering somewhere below four or five percent (and some programs like Iowa, Michigan, Michener—gulp—even less!). Still, it seems that every year, a few applicants manage to get admitted to a handful of programs, which brings up the question of whether the process is as random as one might initially think.
As a caveat, I've never served as a reader for any programs' admissions committee (for a genuine insider look, follow Elizabeth McCracken's twitter and listen to everything she says!), but I happen to have been lucky enough to get accepted to several fully funded schools on my first try. Whenever someone asks me for advice, I get a little queasy, because I barely knew what I was doing back then. However, I'd like to think that I've had some time to reflect on the process and have spoken to many people, including students who've been accepted and faculty members. I've since graduated from my MFA and hold (at the time of writing) a Zell postgraduate fellowship in fiction at the University of Michigan.
I'll skip the general consensus—polish the writing sample, apply to more than one school, get feedback on your materials, etc. Instead, I'll offer some less common ones that I thought worked for me. I hope they help with your application, and I'm certainly indebted to many writers who came before me and similarly shed light on their own experiences.
Presenting yourself. Most of us writers tend to dislike being pigeonholed, or to accept the idea that there are certain themes or styles we keep reverting to again and again. I definitely struggled with this (and continue to) but for the application process, presenting ourselves in a way that is unified and meaningful can sometimes spell the difference between sticking out in the pile or not. I write a lot about the Philippines, where I grew up, and this location not only influences the setting of my stories, but also informs my thematic sensibility as well as my identity. My personal statement talked about my background growing up in a predominantly Christian and Chinese-Filipino family, the conflicts at the dinner table as a result of our ethnic and religious upbringing, and how these issues are explored in my work. My fiction samples were chosen with this in mind (of course, they also happened to be my best work at the time), and I imagine my recommendation letters further attested to my experience as an immigrant. As a result, I believe I demonstrated myself as someone who deeply cares about what I write and has something important to say about the world around me. A place or region might not be the element that binds your application materials together. It might be a style, philosophy, or occupation—but whatever it is, it should resonate meaningfully in all aspects of your work (you can even ask your recommenders to talk about it). If readers can come away with the feeling that they know you and what motivates you to write, then you only need to show that you also can write.
Range and length of sample. This might sound like a contradiction to the above, but it really isn't. Rather, this is the part where you get a chance to display your skill and flexibility as a writer. For my sample, I chose three stories with varying styles: fabulist, comedic, and straight realist. They also differed in their lengths: short, medium, and long. What kept them all together was the setting of the Philippines, which again referred back to my personal statement and kept them from feeling haphazardly chosen. You might wonder if this is a good idea, since schools often just ask for 25 to 30 pages of creative sample, and might even say something to the effect that they're looking for "a demonstration of sustained, quality work." I debated with myself on the correct approach, and you might not agree with my conclusions: If programs clearly ask for just a single story, and if they feel more traditional in their aesthetics, then perhaps sending a longer story is better. However, the risk of sending one story is the risk of increasing subjectivity, and has to do more with the practical reality of the selection process than anything else. We all know that readers have different tastes, and if for some reason they don't connect with the first few pages of your work, they most likely won't read on. If you present them with a shorter work first, they might be willing to read the beginning of the second story, and if they still don't like that, then the third. If each story is different stylistically, you're increasing the chances that one of these would be appealing to the readers, and they might reconsider the stories that they passed on the first read.
Potential. I've heard anecdotes of applicants being turned down because the admission committee thought they were "overqualified" to be studying in an MFA program. This probably doesn't apply to most of us, but the principle remains: administrators are looking for people they believe can get something out of the two-to-three-year experience. In other words, they're looking for writers' potential as much as writers' ability. I can certainly speak to this. When I applied, I'd barely taken any creative writing workshops. I'd just started writing literary fiction and I was unpublished. I took screenwriting as an undergrad (a related field, I know) but I still emphasized the things I anticipated learning from an MFA, including the benefit of being in a community. I did not downplay my background in screenwriting (and as it happened, also journalism), but I was able to articulate how each tradition influenced me as a writer. You might be someone who's majored in creative writing as an undergrad and knew for a long time that you want to write literary fiction. That's okay (in fact I think that's great!). But you still have to find a way to communicate your limitations while playing to your strengths. To a large extent, it seems to me more of an attitude check: nobody wants to be with the writer who feels privileged and entitled to a seat at the MFA table.
Preparedness. Sometimes, perhaps because I got in on my first try, I wonder if my acceptance was a fluke, and if I was really ready for the MFA experience. Of course, I've heard many people who felt similarly, some who even have a lot of creative writing background under their belt. The impostor syndrome aside, I do think that it's good to gain as much exposure to the literary world as possible before applying to an MFA program. This not only gives you a better sense of why you write and what you write (going back to my first point), but moreover it increases the likelihood that once you are accepted, you'll know how to make the most out of your time and the resources being offered. I had a wonderful experience at the University of Michigan—indeed, I've never read or written more in my life than I did at that point, and I could not have asked for a better set of cohort or mentors. I have grown exponentially as a writer. Rightly or wrongly, though, I did consciously set myself apart as someone who was a beginner, who had the most to learn about writing literary fiction. This attitude has enabled me to develop in leaps and bounds. At the same time, I could see how—had I been further along in my progress—I could've used the MFA in a different way: writing that novel I've always wanted, giving more thought to the direction of my career, the business side of the industry, finding an agent, etc. I think there's something valiant and admirable about finding yourself as a result of experimenting during the MFA years, but it might also be worth considering and being aware of the different trajectories in entering a program. As a suggestion for preparing yourself pre-MFA-application, I highly suggest going to a conference (the Napa Writers' Conference, Wesleyan Writers Conference, and the Key West Literary Seminar being some of the more well-known ones I've personally attended and recommend).
On success. My final note on the application process is less of a tip and more of a reminder. When the time comes around to February or March, and should you find yourself not getting into the programs of your choice, recuperate from the rejections and take them in stride. View the result both as a sobering reminder of the odds stacked up against anyone applying for an MFA, and also as an opportunity to become better prepared, so that if you do get in later, you will be in an improved position. Similarly, should you be fortunate enough to get into your top programs, view the achievement as the means to an end, and not the end in itself. If a study were to be conducted on MFA admittances, I'm almost sure that the findings would show that acceptances to programs are in no way predictive of future success in publishing. Only diligence and perseverance are positive indicators of writerly success, and in this sense, we all can take comfort in the fact that all of us have a fair shot if we're in it for the long haul.
Image: The Hopwood Room, where some workshops are held at the Helen Zell Writers' Program, University of Michigan.


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