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Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates the Thalassemia Screening and Counselling Centre at Indian Red Cross
By India Education Diary Bureau Admin On Aug 18, 2020
New Delhi: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare inaugurated a Thalassemia Screening and Counselling Centre at Indian Red Cross Society's National Headquarters (IRCS NHQ) Blood Bank, here today.
Expressing happiness at the starting of the Centre, Dr. Harsh Vardhan lauded efforts of Indian Red Cross. Initiatives such as these "will enable us in educating the common people on prevention of this disease", he added.
The Union Health Minister stated that there are around 270 million Thalassemia patients in the world. India has the largest number of children with Thalassemia major in the world, about 1 to 1.5 lakhs, and about 10,000 -15,000 children having Thalassemia major are born every year. The only cure available for such children is bone marrow transplantation (BMT). However, BMT is difficult and not affordable by the parents of all these children. Therefore, the mainstay of treatment is repeated blood transfusions, followed by regular iron chelation therapy to remove the excessive iron overload, consequent to the multiple blood transfusions.
Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that this new initiative of IRCS will provide a golden opportunity to administer adequate therapy to those affected enabling them lead a better life and preventing the birth of children affected with hemoglobinopathies, through carrier screening, genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis. "This program will aid in prevention of birth of children affected with hemoglobinopathies, through well planned screening programs, information dissemination and awareness generation activities and help avert the imminent threat of this genetic disorder turning into a major health problem. With these progressive initiatives, we shall soon be able to achieve the New India being envisioned by the Prime Minister by 2022", he stated.
Haemoglobinopathies, such as Thalassemia and sickle cell disease are inherited disorders of red blood cells and are preventable. These illnesses are chronic, life impairing and in some cases, life threatening and impose a heavy emotional and financial burden on families. In India, Thalassemia Major (TM) and the severe form of Thalassemia Intermedia (TI) constitute the major burden of disease. Both are commonly managed by regular lifelong blood transfusions and regular iron chelation. These Thalassemia syndromes are caused by inheritance of abnormal (beta) Thalassemia genes from both parents or abnormal beta-Thalassemia gene from one parent and abnormal variant haemoglobin gene (HbE, HbD) from the other parent.
Shri R. K. Jain, Secretary General, IRCS and representatives of IRCS, Thalassemics India and the health Ministry were also present at the inauguration.
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Record breaking Olympian Chris Maddocks reveals all to Salvation Army
Chris Maddocks visited the branch with a presentation which included film footage of him competing at his fifth Olympic games in Sydney 2000
Chris Maddocks visited the branch with a presentation which included film footage of him competing at his fifth Olympic games in Sydney 2000 (Image: Chris Maddocks)
An Olympian has given a talk about his life in sport to the Salvation Army.
Chris Maddocks visited the branch with a presentation which included film footage of him competing at his fifth Olympic games in Sydney 2000.
The record breaking British race walker talked about the early years training around Tiverton and latterly on Dartmoor when he lived in Plymouth. As well as competing, he has coached to national level, worked with schools, and in the media.
Salvation Army member, Julian Sydenham thanked Chris for a talk that demonstrated incredible determination and commitment, with a particular emphasis on helping the next generation. Holding up a copy of Money Walks , Mr Sydenham added, "I bought Chris's book; it's a wonderful read."

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If your tenants are liable for the council tax and they fall into arrears, any debt will stay in their name. It will not stay with the property or be transferred to you.
When they move out of the property it is important that we are told promptly and provided with a forwarding address if known. This is so that we can close their account and forward all communication to their new address.
If your tenant is in arrears with their rent it may be possible for them to get help by applying for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support (CTS).
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Q: Can jQuery retrieve a file? I have a django application that creates xls and txt files.
I'm trying to create a button which sends a jQuery.get request to django, django then returns a freshly created file to jQuery which in turn pops open a save as dialog.
My code looks like this:
jQuery("#testButton").live("click",function()
{
    jQuery.jGrowl("click");
    jQuery.get("/filetest",function(data){});

});

CLICK TO TEST

Getting the file to jQuery is easy, but I have no idea how to then raise a Save As dialog.
Any assistance would be fantastic!

A: you can use iframe in your page and change with jquery the  source, to the file you want to  download.
this code put in html body :

and the jquery in event of click look like:
$('#download').attr("src",location.href+"&make_excell=1");

in your sever side send the file back when the request make_excell  with a content-type

A: How about a window.open invocation which opens a server-side file that sends a Content-Type of a file attachment along with the file contents in the Content Body?

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Q: How to tell if my laptop has a hybrid hard drive? I recently just purchased a ASUS laptop (model: s551LB-CJ150H). Under the device manager it only shows WDC WD10JPVX-80JC3T0. Although according to the laptop retailer it is equipped with a hybrid drive, I doubt if it is true since I don't see any partition for the SSD portion in My Computer window. If it is a hybrid drive how could I verify it? I am using window 8.1 64bit.

A: With a "hybrid drive" you would not be able to see the small 24GB cache in your device manager because the firmware on the HDD's controller uses/manages it for optimal performance.
Western Digital does not seem to produce any hybrid drives like these Seagates at all.
They do however have a single-unit dual-drive solution for people stuck with only one SATA port/HDD bay which is completely different from a hybrid drive.
Anyways, either your laptop was mis-labeled or Asus accidentally put the wrong drive in there. Call them up and tell them they screwed up.

Update
After looking at the website I am inclined to think that the marketing terms used were confusing when you bought the laptop.
On https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_VivoBook_S551LB/ they says things like:

Driven by Super Hybrid Engine II technology

On the specs page: https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_VivoBook_S551LB/specifications/ there are 6 HDD options:

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*500GB HDD 5400 RPM

*500GB HDD 5400 RPM With 24 G SSD

*750GB HDD 5400 RPM

*750GB HDD 5400 RPM With 24 G SSD

*1TB HDD 5400 RPM <- You received this one

*1TB HDD 5400 RPM With 24 G SSD

On an unrelated personal note:
I cannot believe companies are still shipping 5400 rpm drives with laptops!

A: Check out the drive manufacturer's website and read the specification.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=800
The spec for the WD10JPVX says nothing about being any SSD hybrid feature.


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Q: Can I conditionally change what is returned by the_content() in Wordpress? I am building a child theme in Wordpress that needs some custom functionality (for an example, I want to show an author bio on things in the 'fiction' category, but not in the 'fiction-contest' category, though they otherwise look the same).
It seems that no matter how specific my templates are, eventually I run into one of two things:
the_content();

or
get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );

This is the part I want to have finer control over. Yet it seems I can only grab content as a big chunk. My workaround has been to style parts of the content as "display: none", depending on the template being used, but is there a way to conditionally change actual content returned by the above code? If so, how and where would I do that?

A: Either:

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*Don't put the author bio in the post content (use a Custom Field for example) and display it when appropriate. You don't have to touch the content then.

*Write a filter for the_content that changes its content when you want.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/the_content

A: the_content() should return only the post contents.  The author information should not be included unless the author explicitly listed it within the post.
I believe you are looking for something along the lines of:
<?php

    // This array can contain category IDs, names, or slugs.
    // I went with an array for the ability to easily extend in the future.
    $cats_for_bio = array(
        "Fiction",
        "OtherCategory"
    );

    if ( in_category($cats_for_bio) ) {

        // You need to get the author id since we are outside of the loop.
        $authorID = $posts[0]->post_author;

        // Place your bio output code here as you please.
        // This example just grabs the author name and description.

        $authorName = get_the_author_meta("first_name", $authorID) . " ";
        $authorName .= get_the_author_meta("last_name", $authorID);

        $authorDesc = get_the_author_meta("user_description", $authorID);

        $authorBio = "
Author: $authorName
/n";
        $authorBio .= "
Bio: $authorDesc
/n";

        echo $authorBio;
    }
?>

Being that you are creating your own theme you can easily use the function get_the_content()... This will give you the content without echoing it... the downside of this is the filters that apply to the_content() are no longer applied.  You can get the content with the filters from the get_the_content() function by using apply_filters('the_content', $content) with $content being the return variable sent by get_the_content()
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GLOBAL POULTRY TRENDS: Egg Output Growth Exceeds Global Average in Africa and Oceania
At 3.2 per cent and 3.0 per cent, respectively, for the years 2000 to 2011, the increases in average annual egg production for Africa and Oceania were above the global average of 2.2 per cent, according to the latest analysis for ThePoultrySite from seasoned industry watcher, Terry Evans.
By: Nick Morton
Egg production in Africa looks to be on target to reach three million tonnes per year in 2015. At first sight, it appears that the industry hardly expanded in 2011 (Tables 1 and 2) but this is because the total shown for the region of 2.65 million tonnes makes no allowance for production in the former Sudan, now divided into Sudan and South Sudan. If this had amounted to about 56,000 tonnes in that year, the provisional total for Africa would be around 2.7 million tonnes, showing a gain of some 60,000 tonnes or 2.3 per cent over 2010.
However, for some of the counties, the final 2011 data is still not yet be available, in which case, the FAO will have inserted the previous year's figure to enable them to come to an assessment of the regional total. Hence, some figures will be subject to revision later this year.
Over the period 2000 to 2008, Africa's egg industry grew by an average of almost four per cent a year. However, 2009 witnessed a dramatic cut-back in Egypt and to a lesser extent in South Africa, such that the regional total contracted by almost 67,000 tonnes or 2.6 per cent. The following year saw a sharp recovery of some 4.8 per cent to 2.65 million tonnes and by possibly a further 2.3 per cent in 2011 to give an estimate for that year of 2.71 million tonnes.
Between 2000 and 2011, it appears that Africa's egg industry has expanded by around 3.2 per cent a year compared with a global figure of some 2.2 per cent. Hence, Africa has managed to increase its share of world output from just below four per cent to a little above this figure (Table 1).
The combined output from the biggest five egg producing countries - Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria - of 1.86 million tonnes represents more than two-thirds of the regional total (Table 3).
Nigeria is the biggest producer, recording an average annual growth of more than four per cent as output rose from 400,000 tonnes to 636,000 tonnes between 2000 and 2011. However, as an indication of the great variation that can be found in production figures depending on the source, the Nigerian representative attending last year's annual conference of the International Egg Commission (IEC) claimed that egg output in 2011 was 1.25 million tonnes - double the quantity estimated by the FAO.
Almost all eggs are brown and more than 70 per cent of the commercial flock, put at 65 million, is housed in cages. It is generally considered that, if the government were to help the industry establish egg processing enterprises, this would not only lessen the impact of seasonal gluts on market prices but also provide great nutritional benefits through the development of a range of egg products. As this technology is expensive, it is unlikely that companies will be willing to make such an investment without financial backing from the government.
South Africa has the second largest industry. Here production dipped in 2009 as a result of the economic down-swing reducing egg demand, which depressed prices. However, following the cut-back in production, prices escalated 20 per cent year-on-year, giving good profits for producers and boosting output in 2010 and 2011. This again created a level of over-supply, putting severe pressure on prices. Nevertheless, over the 11 years, the industry achieved an annual growth rate of four per cent, with total production - commercial, rural and hatching eggs - reaching 490,000 tonnes.
According to this country's report to the IEC, the output from a commercial flock of some 24.2 million birds in 2011 exceeded 404,000 tonnes. Some 86 per cent of layers were in cages, the remainder being kept on free range. The split between brown and white egg layers was put at 30:70.
The IEC country report from the Southern African Poultry Association states: "The prevalence of a wide spectrum of diseases is a matter of real concern. Although the industry has improved its position in this respect, live bird movement, poor biosecurity and vaccination programmes not executed as per specifications, will continue to be a hazard to the industry." The flock was expected to peak at 25 million in June 2012.
Although the egg industry in Egypt has expanded by more than five per cent over the past decade or so, it is clear from, Table 2 that production failed to reach the 2008 peak in the succeeding years.
In Morocco, the fourth largest industry, output only surpassed the 2000 level in three of the following 11 years, while for 2011, the estimated figure of 230,000 tonnes was below that recorded in 2000.
In Algeria, as in many African countries, while the industry has expanded rapidly, the gains mainly occurred over the period 2000-2008, increases since then being much more moderate, reflecting the more difficult economic environment for producers in recent years.
Figure 1. Leading egg producers in Africa ('000 tonnes)
For Oceania, egg production expanded by some three per cent a year between 2000 and 2011. But, the increase in volume terms of some 78,000 tonnes can mainly be attributed to a gain of some 62,000 tonnes in Australia and of nearly 10,000 tonnes in New Zealand, these two countries accounting for 93 per cent of the regional total (Tables 4 and 5).
In most instances, the FAO's estimates of egg production are higher than those from other sources because the figures include assessments of both the commercial and backyard or village flocks, as well as the output of hatching eggs for both the layer and broiler sectors. However, as mentioned earlier, there are some instances, where the opposite is true.
Australia is an example as the Australian Egg Corporation Ltd (AECL) estimates commercial egg production in 2011 at nearly 287,000 tonnes - well above the FAO figure of 205,000 tonnes. The AECL puts the number of layers in 2011 at 16.5 million, of which 68 per cent were in cages, 25 per cent on free range and seven per cent in a barn system. Virtually all the birds lay brown eggs. The industry, like most, is susceptible to the global market for feed ingredients, hence feed prices in mid-2012 were higher than in the previous three years. This will have been reflected in the cost of egg production and eventually in market prices.
While the data on egg production in New Zealand released by the IEC, at around 65,000 tonnes in 2011, are again higher than that shown in the FAO stats, the trend is for relatively steady annual production. There are only 125 commercial egg producers, the largest 20 accounting for 75 per cent of total output in 2011. Some 83 per cent of birds are currently housed in conventional cages, 14 per cent on free-range and three per cent in barns.
Under a new animal welfare code, conventional cages are to be phased out by 2022 being - in the main - replaced by the larger colony cages. It is estimated that at least 45 per cent of the conventional cages will disappear by 2018 and some observers believe that all the old cages will be removed well before the 2022 deadline. This change is expected to cause major disruption to egg supplies, which will be reflected in both total and per person egg consumption in the next few years.
Nick Morton
Analyst Jim Wyckoff shares an update on the USDA reports and global protein news


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Macy's Asks Court to Certify Questions for Appeal After Denial of MTD in Clearview AI Biometric Privacy MDL
by Christina Tabacco
According to a motion filed last Thursday in the Northern District of Illinois, Macy's Inc. has decided to appeal the court's decision to keep it in a consumer privacy case concerning facial recognition company Clearview AI.
The apparel retailer requested the certification of three questions for immediate appellate review. In January, Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ruled that claims against Macy's could proceed despite its arguments that the plaintiffs had no standing to sue it.
The lawsuit against Macy's stems from its alleged use of defendant Clearview AI Inc.'s database to search for individuals caught on camera in its retail stores. According to the plaintiffs, Macy's utilized Clearview's database more than 6,000 times to search for shoppers with matching facial geometry.
The court's opinion dismissed only two state claims of many. In particular, the court found that the plaintiffs alleged concrete and particularized injury sufficient to confer standing except as to claims requiring that they show economic loss.
Last week's motion says that the order has far-reaching implications for "hundreds of other companies that have allegedly contracted with Clearview and may soon be swept into this litigation."
Macy's asserts that the court's findings on standing need to be addressed by the Seventh Circuit given the significance of the 2021 Supreme Court data privacy holding in TransUnion v. Ramirez. In relevant part, the defendant points to the high court's determination that statutory violations without any actual harm caused by the defendant are not enough to confer Article III standing, at least in the context of Fair Credit Reporting Act claims.
"Reasonable minds can differ as to what TransUnion means for plaintiffs alleging BIPA claims without pleading actual harm," the filing noted. It further stated that appellate clarification would help resolve the case against Macy's and the hundreds of claims the plaintiffs seek to assert against the defendant class.
The motion requests that the court also certify the question of "[w]hether California and New York statutes and common law protect the same set of rights secured by BIPA." Macy's explains that the ruling could impose Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act strictures on California and New York companies without the state legislatures or judiciaries ever creating those rights within their borders.
Macy's is represented by Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. The plaintiffs are represented by lead counsel Loevy & Lovey and also Bursor & Fisher P.A., Hedin Hall LLP, and Neighborhood Legal LLC.
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Gail Eichenseer (L), James Eichenseer, Richard Lussier and Kay Lussier reminisced about their time at MATC.
September 29 marked the night for the ANB (Alpha Nu Beta) Fraternity of the then Milwaukee Institute of Technology. They were granted their charter in 1958 from School Director Dr. Parkinson.
From then it set the stage for life-long friendships and some marriages that are still going strong.
Barbara Kaiser (L), Ruthann Swinksy and Don Kaiser gather by a display of old photos.
This fraternity has had about 300 members join their ranks. The evening was filled with laughter and remembering the good old days.
During the cocktail hour as the members and their wives filled the hall, they mingled and caught up with those they haven't seen in a while. "When the guys get together, they have a certain twinkle in their eyes upon seeing one another," stated Carlyon Muryn, wife of Jack Muryn, a pledge from 1964.
Marc Eernisse, another pledge of 1964, started the dinner hour with reading a letter dedicated to a fallen brother who lost his life in the Vietnam War, which was published in the monthly newsletter, "Pen & Sword." Eernisse also did the invocation for the evening.
Al and Bobbie Rozas pose on the historic stairs as the hosts and organizers of the 60th-year reunion.
"There is a psychological concept that when people go through suffering, they appreciate what they have. One of the things all the men of this frat have in common is that they went through Hell Week and that is one of the reasons these relationships have lasted over the last six decades," said Steve Koller, who pledged in 1966. Studies have shown that the participation in school clubs and organizations enhances the college experience and builds relationships. This reunion is proof of these findings.
Attendees at the Alpha Nu Beta Reunion.
Toten Comas (L) listens as Ellen Bohmann and Grace Eernisse pitch raffle ticket sales.


I am trying to print a two page notes file and a two page clippings file from Logos under Windows 10. All it does is show that it is spooling to the printer when I open the printer information panel.
I have tried this on two networked printers and both fail. I am able to print on these printers using other programs and Windows 10 (Word, Publisher, Outlook). I was able to print to these printer before the Windows 10 upgrade (under Windows 7).
Any suggestions? Anyone else having this trouble?
I have W10 on my desktop at the office which where the problem is. I haven't received the notice yet to update my laptop at home. Until I know more about this issue I would probably wait even if the notice came today.
I had the same problem today. At the present the only way I could print was to sent to Microsoft Word. Hope to hear a solution soon.
Thanks for verifying what I've seen.
Thanks for confirming this and checking it out further. Hopefully it will be a small thing for FL to correct.
I've filed a bug report for us to look into this problem.
My Epson NX430 says the document is Spooling - it doesn't print (v6.5 Beta 5).
Also the native (new in Win 10) Microsoft Print to PDF doesn't work ("spooling" as above) whilst it works OK from MS Word.
I can confirm that is happening to me, too. XPS export is also broken (it appears to work, but I get "This page cannot be displayed" when I open the file).
No one has stated that this type of printing works from any other non Microsoft program.
Please test some other program that printed under W 8.1 or 7. And report back - Thanks.
This fixed my network printing issues.
I too am having trouble printing. My also jusr says "spooling" as stated by another.
Except that this is not a network sharing issue!
No change. But printing is the only (slight) drawback I've seen - I usually export and then print from Office.
I'm having the same problem, export to Word seems to be the only option at this point. I usually print my daily readings to One Note and then annotate with the pen on my Surface. But like the others it just spools and then eventually fails.
Has Logos provided any feedback?
Bradley above - https://community.logos.com/forums/p/113723/753257.aspx#753257 - said they were looking into it.


I am incredibly excited to be joining such a talented, diverse group at Rancher Labs as Vice President of Business Development. In this role, I'll be building upon my experience of developing foundational and strategic relationships based on open source technology. This change is motivated by my desire to go back to my roots, working with small, promising companies with passionate teams. I joined Docker, Inc. in 2013, just as it started to bring containers out of the shadows and empower developers to write software with the tools of their choice, while redefining their relationship with infrastructure. Now that Docker is available in every cloud environment, embedded in developer tools, and integrated in development pipelines, the focus has shifted to making it more efficient and sustainable for business. As users look for more integrated solutions, the complexity of interrelated services and software rises dramatically, giving an advantage to vendors that are proactively reaching out and collaborating with best of breed tools. This is, I believe, one of Rancher Labs' strengths. The Rancher container management platform implements a layer of infrastructure services and drivers designed specifically to power containerized applications. Since networking, storage, load balancer, DNS, and security services are deployed as containers, Rancher is in a unique position to integrate technology efficiently, holistically, and at scale. Similarly, Rancher also makes ISV and open source applications available via its application catalog. The public catalog delivers more than 90 popular applications and development tools, many of which are contributed by the Rancher community. In addition to further developing the Rancher ecosystem via technology and ISV partnerships, I will be working to expand the Rancher Labs Partner Network. We will be building a comprehensive partner program designed to expand the company's global reach, increase enterprise adoption, and provide partners and customers with tools for success. From what I can tell after my first week, I am in the right place. I'm looking forward to becoming part of the Rancher Labs family, and collaborating with the broader ecosystem while developing new relationships. As for immediate plans, I am coming up to speed as fast as I can, and spending as much time talking to as many people in the ecosystem as possible. If you'd like to explore opportunities to collaborate, please consider becoming a partner. Nick is the Vice President of Business Development at Rancher Labs where he is focused on defining and executing Partner strategy. Prior to joining Rancher Labs, Nick was the Vice President of Business Development and Technical Alliances at Docker for four years. At Docker, Nick was responsible for creating and driving the overall partner engagement and strategy, as well as cultivating many company-defining strategic alliances. Nick has over 15 years' experience participating in and contributing to the open source ecosystem as well as 10 years in management functions in the enterprise financial space.


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King received his BS in electrical engineering from West Virginia University in 1973, a MS in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1977, and a doctorate from the University of Wales in the United Kingdom in 1988.
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I don't know about you, but I've worked for a number of companies at which, as a new employee, it has taken days or weeks to be given the technology I need to do my job. I've no doubt it's still happening in many organisations today. But as the proportion of 'digital natives' in the workforce increases, that scenario is becoming less and less acceptable. More importantly, it is becoming a serious business risk, rather than just a temporary inconvenience. Why? Because today's employees expect to be able to use technology at work in the same way as they do in their personal lives. That means switching between devices at will, and accessing software and services at their convenience, often through a central app store. If that's not possible, they are more likely to look for employment elsewhere.
Giving employees this kind of control over technology is a scary prospect for many corporate IT departments. But with the right approach to enabling user self service, the reality can be more fulfilling than frightening.
Enabling your employees with self service access to the technology tools they need requires a fundamental shift in the way you deliver IT to users. Rather than the IT department acting as a local supplier of heterogeneous hardware and software, it needs to become a provider of standardised services – all delivered and managed from a central IT service/workspace management system. The process starts with the definition of a service portfolio (the needs of the business that the IT department must fulfil) and a service catalog (the actions required in terms of technology delivery to meet the business need). Importantly, both the service portfolio and the service catalog must be built around the needs of your employees, not the established capabilities and processes of the IT department. Once these needs and services have been defined, they can be realised within your chosen ITSM/workspace management solution, which should ideally feature an app store interface that gives users a consumer-style experience when choosing and consuming corporate IT services. That solution should also automate every service-related process, from order to approval and delivery, right through to on-going maintenance and management.
Automating processes is all well and good. But automating a bad process is often worse than leaving it alone, because in an integrated ITSM system, the consequences will automatically impact other processes. That's why it's so important to standardise the processes within each service as much as possible, and thereby minimise the potential for error.
Equally as important is ensuring that users understand the value of the service they receive. If no cost or value is attached to a service, users will consume it at will, creating additional and uncertain cost and workload for the IT department. Equally, if a price is attached to a service without defining every aspect of the service being provided, business users and managers will invariably see only the hardware or application they are consuming. The accompanying admin, networking, security, support, management and maintenance work will be invisible. As a result, they may try to circumvent the service catalog because they will perceive the service to be expensive and believe that they can get it cheaper elsewhere. Both of these scenarios can be avoided with a centralised service portfolio and catalog that provide clear price/performance definitions for each service.
So, you've made the decision. You want to give business users the consumer-style IT experience they expect, and prove the value of IT to your business. At Matrix42, we believe there are 5 essential success factors to be aware of, however you choose to implement user self service.
Efficient self service in corporate IT requires every service to be standardised around particular usage scenarios, such as the onboarding of a new sales person, and automated at every stage of the service lifecycle. Once this has been achieved, it becomes easier to make small adjustments that may be necessary for specific locations, such as linking PC orders to a local hardware supplier.
Ideally, users, managers and IT departments should all be using one IT service delivery and workspace management system that integrates all the IT and business processes required to order, approve, deliver and manage an IT service. This ensures cost and status transparency for all, and maximises IT service management efficiency.
Services without costs attached encourage users to consume them freely, regardless of whether they are actually necessary for their work. To avoid unnecessary expenditure and workload, every IT service must be clearly and realistically described and priced. This ensures the cost of service consumption and expected service quality are transparent and predictable for users and approvers.
Your ITSM system should enable you to create and manage the relevant license agreements for each service centrally. This requires that your service catalog is integrated with your compliance solution, which should proactively alert managers to any over or under licensing. This will enable them to avoid compliance failures and continuously optimise costs.
Many of your users don't work in one place on one device, so they expect to be able to order and use a service from wherever they are, and on whichever device they are using at the time. A complete, centralised IT service and workspace management solution will ensure that each service only needs to be ordered once for it to be made available on multiple devices.
With device and software diversity increasing all the time, and an ever-more demanding and sophisticated user base, greater IT complexity within organisations is almost inevitable. Introducing user self service into ITSM is one of the most important tools at your disposal for simplifying the management of that complexity.
This article has been contributed by John Sundberg, Co-founder and President of Kinetic Data.
A new approach to service request management is gaining ground in companies around the globe. Called Enterprise Request Management, or ERM, this framework is finding favor with organizations because it allows them to take an incremental and evolutionary approach to centralizing and modifying business processes and service requests across the company.
Refine and build onto the processes.
Every business has request fulfillment processes that employees would love to improve, whether it's as simple as resetting a password or as complex as onboarding new employees. The first step is to identify and prioritize improvements in these processes in terms of what is both realistically achievable and what has the greatest impact on user satisfaction.
Next, break the process down into discrete tasks. What task is the easiest to improve in the shortest amount of time? Start there before proceeding to tackle the more vexing tasks.
Look at what types of phone calls are overburdening your IT service desk. Are most of them for password resets or are users having problems with software installs? Also, look at which other departments have common support request issues, like paid time off requests in the human resources department, or conference room reservations in the facilities department.
With a service request portal and a back-end process automation tool, ERM provides a simple solution to these types of calls. With an online self-service request portal, users can log and track common service requests themselves while the "back-end" system manages the approval and fulfillment workflow of the request.
It doesn't stop there, however. The flexible and extensible design of ERM allows you to add more (and more complex) types of requests over time.
ERM is designed to automate most, if not all, of the tasks within the service request management lifecycle – including centralized request management, scheduling, approvals, analytics, Service Level Agreement (SLA) tracking, status, charge back, billing and reporting – by linking to and coordinating with the software systems enterprises already have in place (systems of record) to handle these tasks.
With ERM, fulfillment processes are customer-centric. In other words, they're designed from the customer's perspective rather than from what appears to be the most convenient or logical approach for internal service providers.
So, it's important to involve the appropriate stakeholders by assembling a small project team consisting of a business analyst, a developer, the "owner" of the process, a representative from management, and, most importantly, the users themselves, who can articulate the desired outcome in their own terms.
Keeping the team relatively small is important, since larger teams are more bureaucratic and take longer to get things done.
By keeping an open dialogue, users will be accepting of — and possibly even eager for — the changes that ERM will facilitate in simplifying complicated or broken request fulfillment processes.
As with any project, it helps to take one step at a time. Don't get mired in the current state of your technology or existing processes, which can be a recipe for inaction. Often you'll find that if you "think small" by breaking processes down into realistically achievable goals and by building on the momentum from these small victories, your current technology may not be as inadequate as you first thought.
However, frequently new front-end "systems of engagement" and flexible process automation tools may be needed. But make sure they're designed to interact with back-end systems of record with little or no modification.
With the ERM approach, it's easy to create and test processes with very little risk because the core programming code doesn't get modified. Feel free to make changes as needed and then test again. Once the process is concrete, is can be cloned and modified for other similar needs.
With ERM, the best approach is an evolutionary one. Start with the low-hanging fruit — the broken processes that have the greatest impact on customers. Work from these successes and the experiences gained, and then expand efforts wider and deeper into other request fulfillment processes.
After making any desired adjustments, deploy a more efficient way of fulfilling requests by using ERM and determine the next processes that need to be fixed. By learning, iterating and improving, ERM can easily move out of IT and unify service request fulfillment across your organization.
Regardless of your organization's level of request management maturity, you'll find that ERM is the "glue" that unifies service request fulfillment across your enterprise. You can learn more about ERM here.
Orange, green, blue, purple – what colour is ITSM?
PINK. The answer is still PINK.
PINK14 seem a long time ago now, and I have to confess that I am already secretly (although I guess it's not a secret when I publish it in an article right?) planning my trip for PINK15.
So I guess I'm a little late to the 'event review party' (sheesh my legs are still tired from the theme park that was Vegas) but better late than never. So here goes my review.
What I loved most about these two sessions was the audience. No offence to either presenter but there were times when I wasn't giving them 100% of my attention, because I was too busy watching and listening to the delegates in the room.
Rob discussed the need to slow down the pace of business demands on IT to focus better on what matters, and to reduce the risk to what already exists (you can view Rob's presentation as part of TFT here). His session was laden with common sense, and his message clearly resonated with the audience.
There were lots of nodding heads and signs of agreements. There were 'oohs and ahh's' every 5 minutes (to the point that if any one entered the session late they probably wondered what the heck was going on). There were cries from the audience of 'how?' and 'yes!' It was very entertaining and enlightening to watch, and I think it's fair to say that Rob had a few new groupies by the time his presentation was over.
Then there was Jack's session on service catalog (let's not have the argument about the spelling). And before I attended the conference a few people had recommended to me "if you only see one session make sure it's one of Jack's", and I'm pleased to say that this will probably be the same advice I give to any new timers next year.
Jack is a very enthusiastic and passionate presenter. I confess that when I entered the room I thought I understood service catalog and when I left I wasn't so convinced (it was a tad high level for little ol' me), but nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed it. There was question after question literally every five minutes from the audience (ok so maybe it wasn't just me who found it high level) and once again the audience was very engaged. By the way if anyone saw my tweet about ITSM Review and service catalog, it was from this session.
What I loved most about this particular presentation though was not the actual session or topic, it was what happened after. I wanted to introduce myself to Jack given that the previous week he had written an article for us, and I had to wait a considerable amount of time to be able to do so. There was a very long line of people with questions. All too often I see similar scenarios at events, and all too often I see very short responses given as answers, or occasionally no answers at all, but not with Jack. He gave clear answers and took contact details to provide even further information after the conference.
It's interesting because many people raised the question of whether the PINK conference provided enough value to warrant the hefty conference price tag. My thoughts? If all the delegates did was attend these two sessions, then I would say they certainly got their money's worth.
A lot of people raised the suggestion that next year there should be less tracks and that presentations should be shorter, which I think is a fair comment. There were many occasions when it felt a bit like Sophie's Choice deciding which presentation to go to, not least when I had to make a decision between James Finister and Karen Ferris. James won solely on the fact that it was less distance for me to walk (the Bellagio is HUGE and I only have little legs … although not as little as Gobby Midget).
The keynotes on day one were incredible, and I think that PINK has quite a challenge on its hands finding anyone to match them next year. The keynotes on day two were sadly not as impressive, and along with many women I found the session by Josh Klein particularly poor. It was stereotypical and offensive. I appreciate that all of said stereotypical/offensive comments that he made were meant in good humour, but this is 2014 and jokes about women knowing nothing about tech and only being interested in shoes are not acceptable. There again I'd question whether there was ever actually a time when they were acceptable (although I wasn't alive in the 1970s).
Currently our main aim at South African Reserve Bank is to be more service focused as well as looking at managing change and so my aim coming to PINK14 was to go to these types of sessions.
I was especially looking forward to Expanding ITSM Beyond IT: Providing Real Value to the Business by Joshua Smith – IT Service Management Team Lead at Mohawk Industries and I think I have taken away some useful points from the session.
We are currently moving to a new Service Desk tool provider and so I am looking forward to visiting the stand and getting to know the people there.
My favourite keynote has definitely been Caroline Casey, she was fantastic and very inspirational [unlike the keynote of Joshua Klein which I walked out of].
On the whole I would say that I have not had the "WOW that's amazing I will definitely take this back with me" moment I was hoping for but I still think that the conference has been worthwhile.
The theme was superheroes and I was suitably impressed with how PINK managed to ensure that the theme was present throughout the conference. The dressing up as superheroes and dancing through the ballroom wasn't really my cup of tea, but that was simply a mismatch between American and British humour. It certainly drew plenty of laughs from the audience.
I won't mention too much about the awards as you'll be able to read articles from the winners here at ITSM Review over the coming weeks. However, what I will say is that at itSMF UK many of us complained that the award ceremony was too long and 'went on a bit', and yet at PINK we were complaining that the awards were a bit of a letdown (in terms of presentation not the actual winners) and too short. Safe to say that we (the ITSM critics) always have something to moan about and we'll probably never be happy.
Seriously, the man is an absolute breath of fresh air and there was a never a dull moment when he was on stage. Pretty please work even more George Spalding into the agenda for 2015.
I really shouldn't miss out the vendors, given that without them PINK wouldn't be able to run their conference. I personally felt that there was a nice atmosphere in the exhibition hall at this particular event. I'm not sure whether it was layout, the attendees or the fact that the vendors just generally seemed to be a lot more laid back and friendlier than I've seen them at other events – whatever the reason it was nice.
I particularly enjoyed assessing each vendors marketing efforts. From "spot me in a t-shirt" competitions to barbeque giveaways (yes you did read that correctly) there was certainly something for everyone. Anyone who knows me will know I get annoyed by vendors on booths very easily, but bar one minor incident that involved a finger (don't ask) I never had a reason to complain!
Although talking of annoying, seriously, it's time to stop tweeting about your PINK booth now people!
*Please note that no favouritism was involved in selecting which exhibitors to display here. I simply used all of the the professionals photographs provided to us by PINK.
I just want to take this opportunity to thank Pink Elephant on behalf of everyone at ITSM Review for having us involved as media partner this year. We thoroughly enjoyed the conference and all of the amazing networking opportunities that the event presented us with.
So who else is going to PINK15?
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40 years after the construction of the original masterpiece of the " 12 Apostles " by Lev Alyoshin his brave apprentice has attempted to surpass him by constructing the same model. Gold winner of the Championship of Russia - 2008.
The copy from original model. The original one is still survives at the Central Naval Museum in Saint - Petersburg! Welcome!


Bring in your art for the festival of the arts!
ASAP - it's overdue now.
News - new counters - YAY!
Remember - clay in mixer if it is wet.
clay in bucket if it is dry or scraps from footing - seperate the water from the clay!!!


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By Javaneh S. Tarter, Gregory R. Wall, Matthew Z. Leopold, Malcolm C. Weiss, Nancy B. Beck, PhD, DABT & Paul T. Nyffeler, PhD on January 26, 2023
Posted in Chemicals, PFAS
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A Question Every Retailer Must Be Prepared to Answer
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have taken center stage. The Biden administration's regulatory agenda plans numerous revisions to environmental regulations to address this broad class of pervasive substances. While the US Environmental Protection Agency grapples with implementing these initiatives, states are aggressively forging ahead with their own plans. Laws targeting PFAS in various products have taken effect and will continue to take effect in many states, representing a striking expansion from typical state regulations addressing environmental PFAS contamination from firefighting foam and other sources.
Continue Reading Do the Products You Sell Contain PFAS?
Tags: Retail
By Nancy B. Beck, PhD, DABT, Javaneh S. Tarter, Paul T. Nyffeler, PhD, Gregory R. Wall & Matthew Z. Leopold on January 24, 2023
Posted in Chemicals, EPA
On December 22, 2022, EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program released its ORD Staff Handbook for Developing IRIS Assessments (IRIS Handbook). EPA began working on the approaches in the IRIS Handbook after a 2011 National Research Council report recommended several improvements to the overall IRIS assessment process. In 2020, EPA released a draft IRIS Handbook for public comment and commissioned a peer review by the National Research Council.
Established in 1985 to ensure Agency-wide consistent toxicity evaluations, IRIS assessments provide chemical toxicity values for noncancer and cancer human health effects resulting from chronic exposure to chemicals. These values are often utilized in EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). While chemical risk evaluations conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) require more information and analysis than that provided by an IRIS assessment, IRIS assessments will likely continue to be used to inform TSCA risk evaluations. State agencies and international bodies also rely on IRIS assessments.
Continue Reading EPA Finalizes its Long-Awaited IRIS Handbook Updating a Number of Key Elements
Tags: CAA, CERCLA, EPA, IRIS, SDWA, TSCA
By Frederick R. Eames on January 23, 2023
Posted in Carbon, Carbon Markets, Policy
On December 13, 2022, the US Department of Energy (DOE) published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled, BIL-Carbon Utilization Procurement Grants Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 40302.
The Carbon Utilization Procurement Grant program provides incentives for the use of products developed from the conversion of carbon oxides emitted from human activity. Carbon capture, storage, and reuse opportunities have traditionally been designed to address a narrow scope of issues and be available exclusively to targeted industries and subsectors. The broad eligibility outlined in this NOI suggests a vast applicability to all industry sectors and segments of the supply chain.
Continue Reading DOE Issues NOI for Carbon Utilization Procurement Grants
Tags: Carbon Utilization, DOE, FECM, NOI
By Jason A. Hill, E. Carter Chandler Clements & Garrett Kral on January 19, 2023
Posted in Natural Resources, Policy
On January 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Energy Management (BOEM) announced the signature of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) addressing the regulations governing wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). As BOEM notes in the NOPR, the first OCS renewable energy regulations were promulgated in 2009 by the Minerals Management Service, the predecessor to BOEM. Through the NOPR, BOEM intends to modernize its regulations by implementing reforms identified by the agency and recommended by stakeholders since 2010, when BOEM was established.
Continue Reading BOEM Proposes New Regulations for Offshore Wind
Tags: BOEM, Offshore Wind, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy
By Kerry L. McGrath, Brian R. Levey, Andrew J. Turner, Karma B. Brown, Deidre G. Duncan & Matthew Z. Leopold on January 19, 2023
Posted in Natural Resources, Policy, Water
Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) (together, the Agencies) published a final rule revising the definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) subject to federal regulation and permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act (CWA). This rule is the latest attempt by the Agencies to craft a durable rule defining WOTUS. The new rule, which largely mirrors the 2021 proposal, asserts a broader geographic scope of federal jurisdiction than the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). In particular, the Agencies adopt the broadest possible interpretation of the Supreme Court's decision in Rapanos (through incorporation of both the plurality's "relatively permanent" test and Justice Kennedy's "significant nexus" test). The final rule would, for the first time, codify aspects of the Agencies' 2008 Rapanos Guidance and would rely on the significant nexus test's case-by-case approach for evaluating jurisdiction for tributaries, wetlands, and other waters. The Agencies released the final rule while the Supreme Court considers the scope of CWA authority over a major category of WOTUS, "adjacent wetlands," in Sackett v. EPA, and the Supreme Court could hand down a decision in the coming months that could require changes to the rule.
Continue Reading EPA and Army Corps Issue New "WOTUS" Rule While Supreme Court Considers Jurisdiction Over Adjacent Wetlands
Tags: 404, adjacent, Clean Water Act, Corps, CWA, EPA, USACE, Waters of the United States, Wetlands, WOTUS
TRENDING: EPA's Proposed Enforcement & Compliance Initiatives Continue Heightened Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change, While Honing in on PFAS Contamination
By Samuel L. Brown, Meredith K. Doswell, Alexandra Hamilton, Matthew Z. Leopold & Todd S. Mikolop on January 18, 2023
Posted in Enforcement, Environmental Justice
On January 12, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") published its proposed National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives ("NECIs"), soliciting public comment on the Agency's potential Initiatives for fiscal years 2024 through 2027. These NECIs will guide EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance ("OECA") in its enforcement efforts over the next four years by focusing resources on "serious and widespread environmental problems where federal enforcement can make a difference." Unsurprisingly, the identified NECIs build off EPA's FY2022 Enforcement Results (on which we recently reported) and reflect OECA's overarching goal: "to protect human health and the environment by holding polluters accountable and compelling regulated entities to return to compliance."
Continue Reading TRENDING: EPA's Proposed Enforcement & Compliance Initiatives Continue Heightened Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change, While Honing in on PFAS Contamination
Tags: Climate Change, Compliance, Enforcement, Environmental Justice, EPA, NECIs, PFAS
DOE Publishes Notice of Intent to Fund Clean Hydrogen Projects
By Frederick R. Eames, Samuel L. Brown & Garrett Kral on January 17, 2023
Posted in Energy Transition, Manufacturing
On December 17, 2022, the US Department of Energy published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Support for Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis, Manufacturing, and Recycling.
Hydrogen plays a critical role in the United States' energy mix, providing energy security, economic value, and environmental benefits. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) issued the NOI to achieve such goals by providing financial assistance awards in the form of cooperative agreements. These funds were appropriated by Congress in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)).
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Tags: DOE, Hydrogen, NOI
EPA's FY2022 Enforcement Results: Key Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change
By Samuel L. Brown, Meredith K. Doswell, Alexandra Hamilton & Todd S. Mikolop on January 5, 2023
Posted in Enforcement, Environmental Justice, EPA, Policy
The US Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced its enforcement and compliance results for Fiscal Year 2022 ("FY2022") in late December. In the Annual Results report prepared by EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance ("OECA"), OECA highlights EPA's efforts to target the most serious violations of the country's core environmental statutes and civil rights laws—effectuating the mission and principles set forth in its FY2022 to 2026 EPA Strategic Plan. According to OECA, EPA's enforcement and compliance program used "a range of tools and best practices" to specifically target water, air, land and chemical violations that impacted communities the most. In so doing, EPA reportedly reduced, treated or eliminated approximately 95 million pounds of pollutants and compelled violators to pay over $300 million in fines, restitution or penalties. The enforcement and compliance trends highlighted below continue an overall decline seen in the last decade, yet provide evidence that EPA is succeeding in its enforcement and compliance efforts in areas that are the biggest priority for the Biden administration.
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Tags: Climate Change, Enforcement, Environmental Justice, EPA, National Compliance Initiatives, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), Superfund
CCUS on the Threshold of Significant Ramp-up
By Frederick R. Eames on December 16, 2022
Posted in Carbon, Carbon Markets
Below are some key points from two CCUS-related events in Texas last week: the annual CO2-EOR Conference in Midland, which has been going on for almost 30 years; and a symposium our firm hosted with the University of Houston on CCUS risk management. We'll start with the latter.
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Tags: Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, CCUS, CO2
Here We Go Again: Lesser Prairie-Chicken Re-Listed Under the Endangered Species Act
By Karma B. Brown & Linda C. Trees on December 12, 2022
Posted in Endangered Species, Oil & Gas
The lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) is a grouse that occupies a five-state range, including the western areas of Kansas and Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, eastern New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado. As we explained in a previous article, in response to litigation and following a nearly thirty-year history of regulatory listing and delisting, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS or Service) proposed to re-list two distinct population segments (DPS) of the LPC under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in June, 2021.[1] 86 Fed. Reg. 29,432 (June 1, 2021). The Service has now issued a final rule listing the Southern DPS of the LPC (covering southwest Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico) as endangered and the Northern DPS of the LPC (covering southwestern to southcentral Kansas, western Oklahoma, northeast Texas Panhandle, and southeast Colorado) as threatened under the ESA. 87 Fed. Reg. 72,674 (Nov. 25, 2022). The rule becomes effective on January 24, 2023.
Continue Reading Here We Go Again: Lesser Prairie-Chicken Re-Listed Under the Endangered Species Act
Tags: Endangered Species, ESA, FWS, Lesser Prairie Chicken