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Driver dies in fiery crash under I-580 east of Livermore
LIVERMORE, Calif. (KTVU and wires) -- A driver died when a white pickup truck caught fire after crashing into a bridge late Friday morning on the outskirts of Alameda County, roughly 10 miles east of Livermore.
Fire crews are still on the scene with the coroner as of 11:45 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported on Grant Line Road, under the Interstate Highway 580 over-crossing, although the vehicle may have gone over the embankment from the highway above.
Logs from the CHP indicate the call came in at 10:55 a.m., and the pickup's sole occupant was trapped inside the vehicle when it started to burn.
Additional details were not immediately available this morning.


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Introducing Win Probability and the Excitement Index
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Written By: Natalie Hansen
After a close game, it's easy to remember big plays like walk off home runs, but it's much harder to remember how every play contributes to a big win or a tough loss. But, what if there were a way to look at a game objectively and visualize how each play impacted the game's outcome?
The 643 win probability model leverages our historical data to review key events in games. In a cohesive visual, users can see how each event impacts the win probability of a given game. Featured as a tool in our web application, users can select any previously played NCAA baseball or softball game dating back to 2018 and view an objective timeline of game events based on 643's play-by-play data. Each play impacts the win probability of a given game for each team, and this is how we visualize that:
The Visualization
Win probability visual for the Evansville @ Illinois State baseball game played May 25, 2021
This visual shows how the plays over the entire game contributed to the win probability. The data points represent each individual play that occurred in the game and the blue line represents the change in win probability at these different points. Data points above this dotted line indicate that the home team (Illinois State in this case) has a higher win probability, while points under the line indicate that the away team (Evansville in this case) has a higher win probability. The top and bottom of each inning are marked along the bottom of the visual, so users can see how the win probability fluctuates between the two teams over the course of the game. In this example, we can see how the model favored Illinois State at the beginning of the game (more on this later), but at various points, events caused the model to favor Evansville. We can see how the probability swung between the two teams until Illinois State's win in the bottom of the 12th inning of this back-and-forth game.
What does the win probability model tell us?
Our win probability model is best used to describe and reflect on a game after it occurs.
By comparing events in a given game to thousands of other college games, the model is able to objectively describe how different plays impacted a game. Since the model does not use machine learning or other predictive methods, it allows any NCAA baseball or softball team to reflect on the impact of plays based on how past occurrences impacted who won and lost the game. The model tells us what did happen in a given game situation, not what should have happened based on a predictive estimate.
This allows teams to analyze games and pinpoint how plays contributed to a win or loss through our win probability model. Rather than combing through hours of game video to pick apart the key plays in the game, coaches can use this tool to visualize entire games with a few clicks. They can hover over different portions of the game to see what play occurred at a given time and the resulting win probability calculated from the play. Viewing win probability for multiple games can help coaches and teams analyze key plays or trends for their season and objectively look at what contributed to their wins and losses.
What makes up the win probability model?
Our win probability model has two main considerations:
Win probability at the beginning of a game
Win probability throughout a game
How is win probability estimated before a game starts?
In order to create a visual showing win probability over a whole game, the model must have criteria that tells it who the win probability should favor before the game starts. Our model uses a conference RPI adjustment to determine this point. Home teams win more often than visitors, so one should expect home teams to be given a slight edge regardless of who's playing before the RPI adjustment is applied. The home-field advantage is about nine percent on average.
What is conference RPI?
RPI is a measurement used to rank teams based off of their strength of schedule, and it is a weighted measure of a teams winning percentage, their opponents' winning percentage, and their opponents' opponents' winning percentage.
RPI = (WP * 0.25) + (OWP * 0.50) + (OOWP * 0.25)
Our model uses the RPI for all the teams in a conference to yield a conference RPI, which allows us to measure strength of schedule for each NCAA softball and baseball conference. The conference RPI tells us how 'strong' each conference is, which allows us to adjust the starting win probability accordingly.
For example, if a home team is from the Summit League (Oral Roberts Baseball) and the away team is from the Big-12 (Oklahoma State Baseball), while the model would otherwise favor the home team, conference RPI is factored in, giving the away team Oklahoma State the higher starting win probability.
How is win probability estimated throughout a game?
After the initial win probability is estimated at the beginning of the game, our model then begins accounting for each play that happens. In order to determine whether a given play increases or decreases win probability, the following information is gathered:
Inning (top/bottom)
Base state
Out state
Score differential
This information creates a set of situational context that can then be compared to other situations with the same context. By leveraging our database of NCAA play-by-play data, we compare the given situation to all the similar situations to describe how frequently an event leads to an increase or decrease in win probability. We also apply our conference RPI factor at a decreasing rate throughout the plays in the game. This means that although a team from a high RPI conference may be favored at the beginning of a game's win probability model, as plays occur in the game, the initial favoring impacts win probability less and less.
How to interact with the win probability tool
To use the win probability tool within our web application, users should navigate to the win probability tab, select baseball or softball, and then enter the team name and season. From there, users are able to see a schedule of all the games for that team's season organized by date, allowing them to select the game that they want to view.
Once a game is selected, the win probability visual appears, and users can hover their mouse over the visual to see the win probability, score, baserunners, outs, and play-by-play narrative associated with any play in the game. The win probability visual shown here is for the March 11, 2021 softball game between Ohio State and Wisconsin.
Users can see how over the course of the game, the win probability model fluctuates between favoring Wisconsin and Ohio State. The different plays that occurred in the game causes these 'swings' in win probability. One way that the win probability model can be used is to determine an excitement index. The excitement index sums the changes in win probability across a given game to create an index for how exciting a game is. Close games with a lot of fluctuation in win probability result in a high excitement index, while games that favor the same team throughout result in a low excitement index.
How can the excitement index be used?
The excitement index can be used to look back on games with the most changes in win probability. We pulled data on the excitement index to determine the top 10 most exciting games of 2021 for every NCAA division of softball and baseball.
D1 Softball
Top Game:
Wisconsin vs. Ohio State (March 11, 2021) • Excitement Index: 1117.3
Tied 5-5 going into the 15th inning, Ashley Prange's sacrifice bunt plated the go ahead run and Avery Clark singled through the left side to put Ohio State ahead 7-5. The Buckeyes held the Badgers in the bottom of the 15th to seal the game.
The longest game in #Buckeye softball history is over, and…
❗𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻❗
Ohio State 7, Wisconsin 5 … in 15 innings.#GoBuckeyes pic.twitter.com/BXOZBcK3eI
— Ohio State Softball (@OhioStateSB) March 11, 2021
D1 Softball: Top 10 Most Exciting Games of 2021
Home Team Visitor Team Date Excitement Index
Wisconsin Ohio State 3/11/2021 1117.3
Iowa Penn State 3/11/2021 929.2
FGCU Connecticut 2/21/2021 886.7
McNeese Arkansas 2/20/2021 872.9
Kent State Toledo 3/21/2021 825.9
Louisiana Tech Montana 3/12/2021 810.3
Purdue Iowa 3/27/2021 784.8
Seton Hall Villanova 5/2/2021 784
Idaho State New Mexico State 3/19/2021 783.2
George Mason Saint Louis 4/9/2021 773.9
North Greenville vs. Tusculum (February 24, 2021) • Excitement Index: 916.6
Going into the bottom of the 12th with a 5-5 tie, North Greenville's Josie Reed executed the suicide squeeze bunt to win the game 6-5.
Source: Conference Carolinas Digital Network https://conferencecarolinasdn.com/?B=240120
North Greenville Tusculum 2/24/2021 916.6
Western Oregon Northwest Nazarene 4/2/2021 865.3
Northeastern State Drury 3/6/2021 844.5
Central Oklahoma Cameron 2/4/2021 797.8
Saginaw Valley State Northwood 4/24/2021 791.1
Molloy College Bridgeport 4/3/2021 788.7
Ursuline Ferris State 2/19/2021 759.9
Black Hills State Colorado Mesa 4/9/2021 729.3
West Virginia Wesleyan Notre Dame College (Ohio) 4/3/2021 720.2
Christian Brothers UAH 3/6/2021 707
Lebanon Valley vs. Widener (April 24, 2021) • Excitement Index: 1143.4
With an 8-8 tie in the bottom of the 14th, Kylie Balthaser reached first on an error by the shortstop, allowing the runner to score from third and ending the game 9-8.
Source: Lebanon Valley College https://godutchmen.com/watch/?Archive=1116&sport=12&type=Archive
Lebanon Valley Widener 4/24/2021 1143.4
Grove City Bethany (WV) 5/1/2021 836.5
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wisconsin-Platteville 5/11/2021 767.9
Old Westbury Mount Saint Mary (New York) 4/21/2021 763.5
Rutgers-Newark Montclair State 4/6/2021 738.4
Ohio Wesleyan Denison 4/17/2021 735.5
Greensboro North Carolina Wesleyan 4/14/2021 725.7
Suffolk Endicott 4/7/2021 710.3
Hanover Manchester 5/2/2021 706.7
St. Mary's (MN) Augsburg 4/24/2021 705.2
Bryant vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (April 11, 2021) • Excitement Index: 1021.6
Tied in the bottom of the 12th, Sam Sinisgalli doubled down the left field line for the walk off RBI.
WALK IT OFF SAMMY!
Sinisgalli doubles into the left field corner and Knight scores all the way from first!
BULLDOGS WIN! pic.twitter.com/rITwwI4CIl
— Bryant Baseball (@_BryantBaseball) April 11, 2021
D1 Baseball: Top 10 Most Exciting Games of 2021
Bryant Fairleigh Dickinson 4/11/2021 1021.6
UC Santa Barbara San Francisco 3/13/2021 1006.7
Sacred Heart Wagner 5/20/2021 973.6
Iona Canisius 3/27/2021 939.3
Georgia Tech Georgia 5/18/2021 936.9
South Carolina Florida 3/26/2021 927.8
Ball State Western Michigan 3/21/2021 927.5
Presbyterian UNC Asheville 4/6/2021 921.6
Georgia Tech Louisville 5/27/2021 913.9
Illinois State Evansville 5/25/2021 900.5
Saginaw Valley State vs. Northwood (April 30, 2021) • Excitement Index: 999.2
Tied in the 12th inning, Saginaw Valley State's Todd Paperd drove in the winning run to win 11-10 over Northwood.
CARDINALS WIN!!@svsubaseball rallies in the 11th and Todd Paperd with the game-winning single in the 12th to lift the Cardinals to an 11-10 win over Northwood in the opener of a four-game series pic.twitter.com/6KpPRnEsaT
— svsuathletics (@svsuathletics) April 30, 2021
Lee Shorter 4/9/2021 882.7
USC Aiken Young Harris 4/18/2021 856.4
Columbus State USC Aiken 3/13/2021 847.6
Maryville Lindenwood 4/30/2021 797.5
Henderson State Augustana 5/29/2021 795.8
Delta State Valdosta State 4/3/2021 793.7
Oklahoma Christian St. Mary's (Texas) 2/5/2021 774.3
Emporia State Rogers State 3/26/2021 764.9
Francis Marion Young Harris 2/27/2021 757.4
Salisbury vs. Southern Virginia (May 7, 2021) • Excitement Index: 1342.8
Tied going into the 23rd inning, Cole Campanile singled to left field bringing the score in Southern Virginia's favor 7-6. The Knights held Salisbury in the bottom of the inning to clinch their victory for the longest game in NCAA DIII baseball history.
Baseball won the longest game in NCAA DIII history today, beating Sailsbury (currently ranked #3 nationally) in 2⃣3⃣ innings! The victory also marked Head Coach Schlegelmilch's 1,000 career win! Go Knights!! ⚔⚾ @espn @BleacherReport @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/KGqOI4YWYA
— SVU Athletics (@svuathletics) May 9, 2021
Salisbury Southern Virginia 5/7/2021 1342.8
Baldwin Wallace John Carroll 4/10/2021 934
Elmira St. John Fisher 4/28/2021 932.4
McMurry Howard Payne 4/1/2021 905.7
Knox Beloit 3/27/2021 903
Clarkson St. Lawrence 3/21/2021 902.4
Ohio Northern Heidelberg 3/13/2021 897.4
Ozarks (Arkansas) Howard Payne 3/6/2021 860.9
Rockford Elmhurst 3/13/2021 856.6
Coe Dubuque 4/24/2021 848.7
Looking at every NCAA division for baseball and softball shows us how the win probability model can be used to help determine excitement index. All the top games for 2021 featured a tie that went into extra innings.
Uses of the Win Probability Model
By looking back at the most exciting games from every division, it's clear how the win probability tool can be useful to teams in every division of NCAA softball and baseball. It offers an objective way to describe and reflect on past games. Our win probability tool is an effective way to recap games using a single visualization connected to your team's play-by-play data from past games. The win probability visualization can be utilized through the 643 web application.
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Anyone familiar with Inside Edge software or Peter Nanis?
I noticed Don Miller is sending out his support for this.
I have taken the CNFT trial and did not think it was enough for me to sign up for the service. However, I have great respect for Don Miller and anything he would recommend and I assume you know something about his thoughts on his own method and what he takes from CN Futures. I have experimented with CNFT's 3,2,1 methodology and haven't found it to work for me in a vacuum. I believe the method, and their advertised success, depends on using their software to identify what large traders are doing and then join them. I believe Don has said that this is what he uses the service for to augment what he was already doing. I, too, would be interested in what experience anyone on this forum has had.
Would like to get into bonds and if you believe daily recaps they do quite well, have not taken trial because on a different platform you have to pay for and not ninja.


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Depending on how you see things, she was either lucky or blessed. But there's no doubt that she had put in years of hard work and dedication into her songwriting craft.
Annie's path to her first hit record started in New York City's Greenwich Village. She remembers, "I was in an acapella group of four women called The Bondinis. On the weekends we would sing all kinds of songs on the streets for literally hundreds of people. It immediately became a big deal for me." At the prompting of her bandmates, Annie started to compose songs. And not long after that, the group disbanded.
The breakup didn't hold her back; in fact, it put a fresh wind in her sails. Motivated to write music in any arena, her unlikely first big break came when she collaborated on creating new arrangements for the various ABC television sports themes. Before long she was writing opening music for TBS and CBS sports. Later, she composed ESPN's original SportsCenter theme. That success showcased her penchant for coming up with memorable melodic themes. Almost overnight her music and arrangements were heard for TV's mega-events including the Olympics, Presidential election coverage and the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
Her good fortune on the small screen prompted a relocation to Los Angeles. However, turning out television themes quickly took a back seat as she soon had songs recorded by pop and R&B artists such as Olivia Newton-John, 4Real, Phil Perry and others. Now writing material at a feverish pitch, she compiled a collection of her best songs and played it for every major and minor music publisher in L.A.
They all turned her down.
A part of that encouragement was to send Annie to Nashville to work with legendary publisher David Conrad. Annie remembers, "David had faith in me. More importantly, he took me under his wing which helped me blend into the music community." Annie needed that help for when she arrived in Music City she was told 'the rules' of country songwriting; don't do this–don't do that. "Knowing the rules is great–but not being afraid to twist them or break them a little, is even better," she says. Bringing that spirit to her collaborations, Annie began an uncertain creative journey that would gently stretch the genre outside of its norms. And soon her partnerships started to bear fruit.
She is consistently known for contributing songs that differ from one to another. Her music embodies a wide array of emotional and musical moods. Artists such as Whitney Houston, Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Loveless, Bonnie Raitt, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Wynonna, Martina McBride, The Indigo Girls, Take 6, Lonestar, Cece Winans, and others have all called on her tasteful talent.
Additionally, her songs have appeared on countless soundtracks and television shows.
One of her two Grammy nominations was for an album by her longtime collaborator Beth Nielsen Chapman. The project, "The Mighty Sky" was a collection of songs written for children about astronomy. Along with Roboff and Chapman, Rocky Alvey, the Director of the Vanderbilt Observatory was also a writer on the innovative project.
Annie's songs have sold over 80 million records. She has won the prestigious ASCAP Country Music Award 11 times and is considered a driving force behind the resurgence of the female artist in country music. At one time, Annie had seven singles on the charts simultaneously–an incredible achievement by anyone's standards.
There are countless clues of that dam bursting throughout Annie's songbook. For many of her creations personify a unique writing voice speaking through the unique artists that sing them.


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Bank Liable for Attorneys' Fees for "Prelitigation Bad Faith" Says Washington Court of Appeals
In a recent decision, the Washington Court of Appeals established a new equitable exception to the American rule for attorneys' fees, which generally denies an award of fees and costs to a prevailing party absent a contractual or statutory basis. In Dalton M, LLC v. North Cascade Trustee Services, the Court of Appeals held a Lender liable for a property owner's attorneys' fees when the Lender refused to timely release its lien, despite repeated requests from the property owner. Notably, the Court of Appeals held the Lender liable even though there was no contractual attorneys' fee provision between the Lender and the property owner or a statute providing for the award. The case represents an important change in Washington law and presents a cautionary tale for lenders and their attorneys both in understanding their collateral and in promptly responding to legitimate requests to remove liens on property.
In 2006, the defendant Lender made a loan secured by two adjacent parcels, Parcel 0402 and Parcel 9008. After originating the loan, the borrowers failed to pay taxes on Parcel 0402, while continuing to pay taxes on Parcel 9008. As a result, the county foreclosed its tax lien and held a tax foreclosure sale on Parcel 0402, foreclosing out the Lender's interest and selling the property to the Plaintiff.
Following the tax sale of Parcel 0402, the borrowers, who originally owned the property, defaulted on their loan and the Lender proceeded to foreclose its deed of trust. However, when the Lender commenced its foreclosure, it erroneously included Parcel 0402, which was now owned by the Plaintiff. Despite Plaintiff's ownership appearing in multiple title reports obtained by the Lender and its counsel, the Lender failed to name the Plaintiff in its foreclosure lawsuit.
Upon learning of the Lender's foreclosure sale, the Plaintiff contacted the Lender to rectify the problem. Although the Lender assured the Plaintiff that it was trying to resolve the issue, the Lender never took the necessary steps to release its lien. After more than one year of unsuccessful attempts—including numerous phone calls and emails to the Lender's representatives and attorneys—the Plaintiff filed suit. Ruling in the Plaintiff's favor, the trial court entered an order quieting title and a judgment for slander of title, awarding attorneys' fees on both claims.
The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's judgment for slander of title and determined that the trial court improperly awarded attorney's fees for the quiet title judgment. However, the Court of Appeals did not let the Plaintiff go home empty-handed. Establishing an equitable exception to the American rule, the Court of Appeals determined that the Plaintiff was entitled to recover the costs of litigation resulting from the Lender's "prelitigation bad faith," even though the Plaintiff did not raise the claim in its complaint. Clearly, the Court of Appeals was disturbed by the Lender's conduct, noting the Lender "diddled and dawdled" and "took no steps, let alone reasonable steps, to clear title." This sentiment was echoed in a concurring opinion, which described the Lender, and other similar institutions, as "too big to care."
The decision is important because it clarifies an unsettled legal area concerning the ability of a plaintiff to recover costs of litigation. But the decision is especially significant to large financial institutions because it takes aim at the obstacles customers face while navigating a lender's bureaucracy to address a problem, such as when a lender's representatives lack authority or knowledge of proper procedures to resolve the customer's complaint.
It remains to be seen whether the Lender will appeal the decision. But barring reversal by the Washington Supreme Court, there may now be a legal basis in Washington to recover fees for lawsuits brought to enforce indisputable rights that were previously ignored.
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Given Ukraine's well-documented battle with corruption, the emergence of a new business community driven by the principles of integrity and compliance sounds almost too good to be true. The Ukrainian Network for Integrity and Compliance (UNIC or the Network) is a new initiative that unites local and international companies active in Ukraine who consciously chose to do business in a transparent and ethical manner. Less than a year since the initiative was first unveiled, some members are already preparing for certification in accordance with UNIC standards.
Doing business in Ukraine remains challenging, with corruption issues helping to prevent greater international and domestic investment. Due to these difficulties, the economy lacks the capital to create new products, services, jobs, and tax payments. In this climate of frustration and unrealized potential, it is little wonder that the launch of UNIC in October 2017 tapped into long overdue demand for transparent and ethical approaches to doing business in Ukraine.
Initiated by the Business Ombudsman Council in Ukraine with support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the Network's main founders and donors), UNIC serves as a platform for promoting responsible business approaches. It is also a source of expertise and dialogue on implementing integrity and compliance standards at as many Ukrainian companies as possible. The Network hosts educational events promoting compliance culture in business circles. These efforts have resulted in stable initial growth in interest towards the UNIC: member companies currently represent 46 cities and towns of Ukraine and are drawn from the pharmaceutical, agricultural, banking, construction, finance, trade, food, manufacturing, legal services, and other industries.
UNIC membership offers a combination of benefits and obligations. Members pledge to maintain their good reputation, to improve their integrity and adherence to transparency practices, and to assess their corruption risk by implementing an internal compliance program. Having achieved a high level of integrity and compliance, they eventually pass UNIC certification based on the internationally recognized ISO 37001:2016 standard.
It is no easy task to instill rigorous ethical and integrity principles to govern decision-making on all company levels. However, for a Ukrainian business of any size, UNIC certification provides tangible benefits such as helping to attract investment, improve the quality of contractors, and enhance the company's reputation.
Investment, commercial financing, tenders, and new orders – all this should be easier to realize for a company certified as adhering to a recognized international standard. Additionally, UNIC certification can provide these businesses with compliance practices to facilitate access to various funding formats and ease their entrance into foreign markets. UNIC certification is also a recommended step for local companies applying for funding from international financial institutions operating in Ukraine.
For medium-sized businesses that do not yet feel ready for certification, the Network's educational programs offer valuable insights on using compliance culture to streamline internal processes and improve management systems, both of which are prerequisites for companies looking to secure external funding. UNIC experts can offer insight into compliance practices successfully implemented in Ukraine, along with case studies and the chance to engage in dialogue with larger companies that have successfully developed internal compliance systems. Meanwhile, UNIC membership gives small businesses opportunities to share and adapt successful compliance practices from larger companies that have already come a long way in developing their integrity culture.
UNIC certification is also an opportunity for large businesses to prepare for future due diligence by foreign investors and to improve their chances of receiving external funding, since the demands made of certification applicants are similar to those of the international financial institutions funding Ukrainian companies.
Using the UNIC platform to share experiences and to learn new practices can help mid-sized businesses formalize internal processes and decrease dependence for success on specific employees and contractors. It is also worth noting that the Network's mid-sized member companies tend to pass contractor pre-qualification processes with international companies much faster than many of their peers, with UNIC membership serving as a "quality assurance" of sorts.
The Network aims to serve as a platform uniting compliance champions into a community whose membership is both prestigious and practically useful. UNIC certification can be a worthy investment, strengthening the reputation of a business and validating its commitment to compliance. This is especially true considering the high demand among local large and mid-sized companies for funding or partnerships. Another invaluable opportunity all UNIC members enjoy is sharing practical examples of best practices while implementing integrity and compliance measures in Ukraine's business environment.
Introducing profound changes to the internal functions involved in compliance processes is something the Network's events help mid-sized businesses to achieve. Moving from UNIC membership to certification sends a powerful signal to foreign investors in Ukraine about a member company's future prospects and reliability.
The greatest single value that small businesses gain from UNIC membership is probably networking with larger companies, since at this stage they often tend to lack the necessary funding to attract external consultants to improve their internal management. Participating in UNIC education programs gives small businesses access to the kind of expertise they need in order to grow and evolve further in the Ukrainian business environment.
Based on the initial response to the launch of UNIC, it is clear that demand for ethical and transparent approaches to doing business is on the rise in today's Ukraine. It is also notable that local companies are driving this growth. UNIC has set out to demonstrate the practical and economic viability of integrity and compliance in Ukraine. The introduction of a UNIC certification procedure based on international standards will hopefully help to make this process more visible to the business community and the public alike.


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Courtesy. Funny, bittersweet and tragic, Rent embraces diversity and the merit of creating your own family and community. For my first list of 30, I've decided to share some motivational, feel-good, empowering songs. Empowering '90s songs that made you love being a girl . I listen from pop, to hip-hop, to country, to classic music and even mariachi. Lee Hyori: Bad Girl Conviction – 2010. A rockin' women's empowerment playlist! "Man I Feel Like A Woman" is a catchy, feel-good song which celebrates being a woman and has freeing lyrics about having fun and letting your hair down. It juxtaposes an analysis on gender inequality ("We teach girls that they can have ambition, but not too much") with Queen Bey's saucy lines of self-empowerment ("I woke up like this"). NEWS CORONAVIRUS POLITICS 2020 ELECTIONS ENTERTAINMENT LIFE PERSONAL VIDEO SHOPPING. 20 Girl Empowerment Songs. 10. "Disparate Youth" - Santigold. This song is an early example of empowerment for women, especially during a period like the 60s. So call it a gender empowerment song instead. But this didn't stop her, she is still campaigning that every girl in every corner of the world should get an education. Girl Power Songs, Vol.1, includes songs about 10 women of color who have changed the world. The 10 Most Empowering Songs for Young Girls, from a Grammy-Nominated Mom Joanie Leeds 1/5/2021 US leaders boost security at state capitols across the nation amid experts' concerns of … Don't miss our first-ever Spotify playlist for International Women's Day, featuring 65+ of the best women's empowerment anthems from badass female artists who are guaranteed to get you jumping on the couch shouting, "Who run the world? So today, I decided to share part of my Girl Empowerment playlist, that I listen to whenever I need inspiration to keep going. May 23, 2016 - An amazing playlist with the best empowerment songs for running. Sing it, ladies! 6. Soundtrack International Women's Day with a list of 50 hip-hop/R&B lyrics that celebrate women empowerment. "Girl In A Country Song" by Maddie and Tae. It is an entertaining one, to say the least. Here are her fave songs for girls. Empowering Songs by Black Women 35 Songs by Black Women That Will Have You Feeling Good as Hell . As a kid, I know more about Yankee Doodle than Maya Angelou. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. May 23, 2016 - An amazing playlist with the best empowerment songs for running. You know I gotchu, boo.) 4. This song is so ridiculously empowering that I could never deny my daughter the opportunity to listen to it. 3. Email. The production and chorus make it a catchy song, but the message rings loud and clear. May 4, 2014 - This Pin was discovered by Randi. Martina McBride recorded This One's for the Girls in 2003 as a female empowerment song for girls of all ages. Okay, so this one I saved for last on purpose. Genre: Drama, Biography Sara Altschule. Little Mix (from left to right: Leigh-Anne, Jesy, Jade, and Perrie) To provide some background information, Little Mix formed as a group back in 2011 and won the X Factor UK competition for that year. By Chris Riotta. By Olivia Hobert • Mt Holyoke Contributor April 29, 2017 at 4:48pm. The most important thing to remember is to love yourself because you're the one who has to live with yourself for the rest of your life. 'Spice Up Your Life' by Spice Girls . Discover (and save!) 20 Empowering Songs for Women ... What is an empowered list of songs for women without The Cheetah Girls? Some are capital-F feminist, some are comforting as a … One of my favorite musical groups in the world is the British girl band Little Mix. The songs on this roundup will each speak to some different part of you. This is the mother of almost all women empowering songs, the inspiration behind so many female jams that we know and love. thislifeasd Lifestyle 19 May, 2019 22 May, 2019 10 Minutes. More. 'Problem' by Natalia Kills. 8 of the Most Empowering Nicki Minaj Songs and Verses to Bring Out Your Inner Diva. Let It Go encourages girls to break free from their restraints and create their own destiny. 2. Yes, it's older than most of us, being that it … 25 Empowering Songs To Listen To This Women's History Month. Women deserve respect. … One of Rihanna's best (and I think, under-appreciated) songs. Updated Oct 29, 2014 @ 3:20 pm Advertisement. Send Text Message Print. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper. Educational, empowering, and entertaining songs about women of power who have changed the world. I listen from pop, to hip-hop, to country, to classic music and even mariachi. Cue these fierce anthems of female empowerment, recorded by women artists from the 1960s until the present, which help combat patriarchal notions that are deeply engrained in our psyches. 1. Joanie Leeds is a mom and Grammy-nominated children's musician. 58 songs. BLACK VOICES 03/11/2016 05:22 pm ET. 9 Empowering Songs by Little Mix. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. A classic song that inspired girls for many years and hopefully still affects young girls today. December 31, 2019 by Maya Berry. The 10 Most Empowering Songs for Young Girls, from a Grammy-Nominated Mom. So today, I decided to share part of my Girl Empowerment playlist, that I listen … Because sometimes you just need to grab your girls and belt out a few key songs at the top of your lungs. Destiny's Child – Survivor ; Destiny's Child has many hits, but none more memorable than this one. I've always had a deep connection with music. Share. May 23, 2016 - An amazing playlist with the best empowerment songs for running. I have playlist saved for every possible occasion. These tunes will help you power through anything! Such a great song with an impressive music video. Feb. 25, 2016. This girl-power song reached the top 10 in six countries and also won Twain a Grammy. Why not make a playlist and play it on an endless loop from now until the Women's March, and beyond. This song makes me want to strut my stuff every damn time. Pinterest. For that reason, I put together a list of the best women empowerment songs that will boost your confidence and make you feel ready to take on anything…except maybe for a zombie apocalypse. 5. FB Tweet. your own Pins on Pinterest U.S. Canada U.K. Australia España France Ελλάδα (Greece) Italia 日本 (Japan) 한국 (Korea) Quebec. Edition. I have playlist saved for every possible occasion. We all know women's progress took a hit in 2020, but there's one thing we can do: We can encourage our daughters to be bold change-makers in … Sometimes girls just wanna have fun; but sometimes they wanna rule the world. The … 7 March 2019, 12:55 | Updated: 7 March 2019, 12:59 A playlist featuring Spice Girls, Beyoncé, Shania Twain, and others. Part of the reason why Nicki Minaj has … You know those songs that you turn up as loud as you can in your car and feel unstoppable when you listen to them. Children need culturally relevant songs to sing. 11. (Scroll to the bottom for a handy Spotify playlist. Okay, so this isn't quite a female empowerment song. In this series of women empowerment movies, this film takes the lead to show how powerful a woman is at any given age and the importance of fighting for that you really believe in. 'No Scrubs' by TLC . "Bad Girls" - M.I.A. Yes, those songs. 25 Empowering Songs To Listen To This Women's History Month "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" By … May 24, 2019 - I've always had a deep connection with music. The Ultimate Female Bangers Playlist: 19 Songs To Make You Feel Empowered. Whether you are 1 or 99, Martina encourages us to dream big and have an amazing life as we pursue our aspirations on this incredible journey called life. U.S. '100' by Iggy Azalea feat. Watch The Duck. By Joanie Leeds posted Jan 5th, 2021 at 3:10pm. This country-pop song was released by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain in 1997, and is definitely one of the msot empowering songs for women. It's sung by dudes too. Here are some empowering songs to crank when you've "had it up to here," as Gwen Stefani would say. 'Tambourine' by Eve. Of course the Queen of K-pop has been singing about female empowerment before any girl group did and here she's full of confidence and ready to fight for her place. 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A lack of trust, not of science, behind vaccine resistance
By Maya J. Goldenberg
With flu season upon us and the opening of flu vaccine clinics, we can expect advertisements, reminders and encouragement to get ourselves and our children vaccinated. We can also expect to hear arguments and explanations from friends, colleagues and family members about why they do not get immunized against influenza.
While the efficacy of the flu vaccine varies from year to year, immunization is our best means for diminishing the average 12,200 flu-related hospitalizations and 3,500 deaths from flu across Canada annually reported by Statistics Canada. The influenza vaccine is widely recognized by health professionals to be a safe and effective way of protecting ourselves and our communities.
So why the reluctance to accept the scientific consensus on vaccines?
We can ask this question about not only influenza vaccine but also childhood vaccines and vaccines for older adults, such as shingles. While the reasons for vaccine hesitancy are many, Canadian media turned the spotlight last week on the precipitous spread of anti-vaccine myths via online forums as a driver of vaccine refusal (see here and here).
But before we blame the sources of misinformation, we might ask why people visit these vaccine-skeptical websites at all. We are all presumably aware of the varied quality of internet information, and the scientific consensus is uncompromising in its messaging of safety and efficacy. Shouldn't this be enough? Many commentators lament "anti-science" sentiments and "science denialism"; they wonder why the questioning public doesn't "believe" in science.
But the terms "believers" and "deniers" don't capture the dispute accurately. Science, when it's done well, is our most accurate means of understanding the natural world. There is no need for "belief."
Vaccine skeptics do not reject science per se, but rather challenge the trustworthiness of scientific governance — how research is prioritized and funded, how trials are designed and evidence collected and analyzed, which studies get published, and how scientific evidence is used to inform policy decisions. The critics charge scientific institutions with bias — say, having financial interests that work against the public interest.
Criticisms of the slanted priorities of scientific institutions are far greater than the small numbers of vaccine refusers. Surveys of public attitudes reveal a low trust in medical and government institutions. Policy wonks wring their hands over the death of expertise, as scientists — and more importantly, the scientific consensus — appear to have lost their secure footing as an authoritative source of reliable knowledge.
The science consensus is the collective judgment of the community of scientists in a particular field of study. Consensus statements capture the state of general knowledge within a field, often to inform practice and policy or to educate the public about important matters.
Consensus statements earn their legitimacy through rigorous debate and scrutiny by expert communities of scientists. The methods include the negotiation of conflicting views in academic conference settings and in expert journals, peer review and the replication of findings.
Yet the mechanisms used to ensure the trustworthiness of that information are internal to the scientific community and are therefore largely shielded from public view. The public is expected, even implored, to trust the source.
Most members of the public are willing to do this. Despite being largely unable to judge the contents of the consensus statement and how the consensus was reached, nonexperts choose to trust the consensus as scientifically accurate, and to trust that the information has been conveyed honestly.
When members of the public challenge the consensus view, they do not reject science but, rather, challenge the integrity of the statement. They do not trust the source, and thereby question the content of the consensus statement.
We trust those whom we perceive to have our best interest at heart. If we do not find that in our family physician, who might dismiss vaccine concerns and shut down debate, we turn to family, friends and online communities of like-minded people.
Public trust is gained by meaningful engagement and responsiveness to concerns. Communications must be directed at the actual concerns of parents rather than dismissive commentary, such as "adverse events following immunization are extremely rare." Parents, after all, want to know if their child will be one of those rare cases.
The common refrain that Big Pharma is corrupting vaccine research (and health research in general) should be a flag for our health care institutions to seriously regulate and curtail those questionable relationships between the health care profession and for-profit industry.
Public institutions must not only be trustworthy, but the public needs to recognize them as such. Otherwise, public health cannot fulfil its mandate to safeguard public health and well-being.
Vaccine hesitancy is a symptom of poor public trust in scientific institutions. Earning and maintaining the public trust is crucial for fulfilling public health mandates.
Maya J. Goldenberg is a professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Guelph. Her research addresses the fundamental epistemic question "How do we know what to believe?" in health care.


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Q: Почему моё python приложение запускается спустя 1-3 секунды? При запуске уже скомпилированного файла (.exe) открывается консоль и только спустя 1-3 секунды программа начинает выполнять код. При компиляции есть варнинги, может ли это быть из за них?
Проверено не только у меня.
Исходный код см. ниже:
from steam import SteamID

id = input("Insert link (For Example: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gaben): ")
steamid = SteamID.from_url(id)
if steamid is None:
    print ("Error: Link is not valid =(")
else:
    print("Permanent link his user: "+ str(steamid))

A: Если вы скомпилировали в exe через PyInstaller, при этом всё в один файл, то это оправдано. "Под капотом" загрузчик PyInstaller сначала всё распаковывает (напр., все требующиеся библиотеки) во временную папку, и только затем уже запускает саму программу.
Кроме того, PyInstaller пакует все библиотеки, которые у вас в данный момент были установлены (даже если вы не используете их в своей программе), а это увеличивает время для распаковки. Здесь хорошей идеей будет использовать виртуальное окружение, и установить все библиотеки в него. Если вы используете только стандартную библиотеку Python, то кроме PyInstaller вам больше ничего не потребуется.

A: Была такая же проблема.
Оказалось, что это встроенный антивирус Windows долго проверяет файл .exe при запуске.
После отключения защиты в реальном времени время запуска значительно уменьшается.

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Wes Hauch is a monster on the guitar. As a member of The Faceless he cut an imposing figure of shredsmanship. As touring guitarist with They Art is Murder he fit right in. You've seen his great pickup demo videos and if you're no doubt waiting with excitement for his forthcoming collaboration with Keith Merrow. And now he's joined Black Crown Initiate. ("It's a really rare and awesome thing if you're able to find a group of dudes that you can genuinely get along with," Wes says. "It's even more rare if your musical tastes and goals are congruent. I can definitely say that's the case right now in Black Crown Initiate and I'm very grateful. Things are great and I'm looking forward to the the future.") But 2016 also sees the release of Wes's new signature model guitar with Schecter, the Wes Hauch PT-7 FR. We cornered Wes recently to get the word on his new axe.
Dude, tell me about this new guitar.
About a year ago Schecter hit me up and asked me if I wanted to do a signature guitar and I was like "Yeah, right." Because I guess when I was growing up, guys who had signature guitars had a lot of other stuff in place. They've had a bunch of records under their belt and they've had a good stock of material and stuff, and up until this point I've really just played in bands and learned other peoples' music. So I didn't wanna do it for a minute because I felt unworthy of doing it. Then months went by and I thought "Man, if I don't do it, I'll be that 65-year-old guy in a bar some day telling some kid "Aww I coulda had a signature guitar but I didn't." So it's a PT with a Floyd on it, a really, really good Floyd with some stainless upgrades. It's got a super flat fretboard. I've got pretty big hands so I like my string spacing to be pretty wide. 25.5" scale which I guess is a little bit different for Schecter because Schecter is known for having baritone seven-strings. So having a 25.5" seven-string for them is new, especially a bolt-on one.
I got the first prototype about six months ago and I ended up doing a lot of recording with it. If anyone doesn't know, I have been working on a record for the last year with Erik Ruttan from Hate Eternal and my good friend Keith Merrow, and we made a real dark and pissed-off metal record. It's kinda like… the first thing that I can really call my own, y'know? So this guitar coming out along with this music coincides nicely. It's kind of serendipitous in a way.
On the Duncan side of things it's got a Pegasus in the bridge. I like an Alnico bridge pickup, and that's an Alnico 5 magnet. I really like a PAF but the Pegasus is an Alnico thing with a bit of a modern edge. And then there's a Sentient in the neck. The guitar has an Ash body, stainless steel frets, reverse headstock. It's a guitar that I find to be very inspiring. Maybe in a lot of ways I've kinda bastardized the PT shape because it was meant to be a very bare-bones guitar. Y'know what they say about Teles: "It's a chopping board with a baseball bat attached to it." It's supposed to be that but I put a Floyd on it and then humbuckers and an extra string. But I think a lot of people are going to enjoy it.
Yeah! I mean dude, the bottom line is, those guitars are so iconic that really nobody can get away with playing them. I mean I love an Explorer-shaped guitar or the Dime-shaped guitar but you can't really get away with playing one of those things and playing the kinda licks that I like to play and still be taken as an individual.
So what are your musical goals right now?
My personal goal is to go out and play rock shows with it. That's a thing that is going to be an uphill battle because Erik is a producer, he has a studio, he's doing records all the time and he also has a band with a large fanbase. And Keith works for Seymour Duncan, so being able to balance that kind of stuff and make it a thing that we can go out and bring to the world is something I want to do next. The obvious one is if Schecter has us go out and do clinics. Talking about gear and playing is something that comes very naturally to me. The bottom line is that I enjoy playing guitar and that's why I'm here.
Whats the record with Erik and Keith???!??!


Is Evidence-based medicine about democratizing medical practice?
The authoritarian standpoint in medicine has been under challenge by various groups and researchers since the 1980s. The challenges have been ethical, political and medical, with patient movements at the forefront. Over the past decade, however, a deep challenge has been posed by evidence-based medicine (EBM), which has challenged the entire strategy of medical treatment from the point of view of a self-critical, anti-authoritarian and hereby also (it has been claimed) a more democratic medical practice. Previously, the challenges arose out of the patient rights perspective. EBM, by contrast, was taken to challenge the way doctors consider their medical practice as a whole. The present paper puts this claim of democratization into a historical context. Two dimensions of the democratization hypothesis are discussed and it is argued that they are insufficient to capture the substantial changes going on in the intersection between medical practice, biomedical science and citizens.


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Citation: Huang, Shudong. Chinese <-> English Name Entity Lists v 1.0 LDC2005T34. Web Download. Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, 2005.
This file contains documentation for Chinese English Name Entity Lists, v.1.0, Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) catalog number LDC2005T34 and ISBN 1-58563-368-2.
These Chinese-English bi-directional name entity lists are compiled from Xinhua News Agency newswire texts. Not every irregularity in the original source has been detected and normalized. Some Chinese characters are not encoded in the source and brackets are used to describe their composition. Except for the person name lists, most instances were left untouched in the created lists. An effort was made to replace GB-encoded characters (such as Roman numbers) in the English translation with ASCII characters. However no attempt has been made to do the opposite for Chinese names. The use of slashes as delimiters presents another problem. Some names may have internal slashes. Initially, double quotes ("") were used to enclose the name with an internal slash to avoid confusion without realizing that these is just one " in ASCII (as opposed to a set of enclosing " in GB). Later it was decided to use &slash;. In future releases, some lists will be changed for greater consistency. Finally, most of the English names in the source use lower cases throughout. An effort was made to capitalize the initial letter (and possibly some middle ones) for person names, but not for any other kind of names as most other names have multiple words, some of which may contain articles and prepositions.
The word "English" is somewhat misleading here. Although most of the foreign words are English or can appear in English texts, there are also many non-English words written in Roman alphabet - some of which may have English equivalents while others do not. No efforts have been made to eliminate those non-English names where English equivlants are available.
The entire set consists of nine pairs of lists. The English->Chinese version of each pair was created by reversing the Chinese->English, both sorted by the Unix built-in sort function.
For an example of the data in this publication, please view this screen capture of the corporate names list.
This 'members-only' corpora is available to current members who can request the data at the listed reduced-license fee. Contact ldc@ldc.upenn.edu for information about becoming a member.


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Mar 12 Creative Disruption
Disruption has many lenses. Here we explore Creative Disruption, developed within the confines of the advertising industry as an agent of pattern interruption.
Language is hugely important, as is consensus. Problems tend to manifest when there isn't an alignment on key terms - different stakeholders have different definitions which means the application has the potential to break down.
This series takes a look at the varied definitions of the term 'disruption', and how this differs across advertising, organizational strategy and the tech industry. Disruption can be transformative, but if a clear definition is lacking in a desired context, activity may be doing more harm than good.
Part 1 begins with the birth of disruption, and how this was applied through the lens of creativity, developed as an agent of the advertising industry.
The WSJ published a fairly damning article on its front page describing the state of advertising:
"Who's Leading the Ad Industry?
The world's leading agencies are no longer shaping the advertising business. Little by little, they have become simply suppliers to their clients. The symptoms are clear.
Too many agencies define advertising in conventional terms, perform its conventional tasks, and turn out the conventional product. They don't train people, build on their knowledge base, or have any vision of where the industry should be headed.
Meanwhile, clients have changed. Many are in zero-growth markets were every gain is a rival's loss. Others are under attack from numerous nimble, niche players. Some are at odds with their own distributors. And these are just some of the challenges.
Today, companies either manage their markets or their markets manage them. We have all seen entire sections of industry disappear from one day to the next, from one continent to another.
Successful companies now know that it is not enough to adapt, to follow customer needs. Rather, the challenge for companies today is to lead their customers to create change in the markets and manage that change to their own advantage.
Such companies are often more visionary than their agencies, and they move faster. This is a disturbing reversal of roles."
What's most amazing is that this article was published in 1992. We tend to stare into the precipice every 25 years or so as a new wave of innovation strikes.
History doesn't repeat, but it sure does rhyme.
To understand what was going on, we need to examine the Umwelt of the time. We need to think about the environment.
The World Wide Web had only just gone live in 1991, largely only to university-based scientific departments or physics laboratories.
The PC market was gaining steam, with Microsoft solidifying its monopoly - but even then, Internet Explorer wouldn't be released for another three years, in 1995, and email was still in its infancy.
Today's dominant GAFA upstarts were still a twinkle in their founders eyes. Amazon went live in 1995, Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, Google launched in 1998, and Facebook was founded twelve years later in 2004.
The tech revolution wasn't even here yet. So why all the doom and gloom?
Since the Mad Men days, Advertising's share of GDP has remained consistent at 1-2%, so when the environment is in turmoil, there is a natural tendency for advertising to feel the second order effects. But this felt different - the question had became if something more fundamental was missing from the equation.
In the McKinsey Quarterly from March of 1992, the consultancy tried to outline some of the problems facing the Organization of the 90's;
"Organizations based on the "Command and Control" principles of the 1910s are too costly, too slow to adapt, too unresponsive to customers, and too limited in creativity and initiative to respond effectively to the competitive challenges of the 1990s. Many companies are beginning to experiment with a new set of organizational principles. Few have yet made a complete transformation, but there is much to be learned from the efforts under way.
Any recent survey of contemporary organizational thinking would reveal such terms as the borderless, networked, inverted, empowered, and nonhierarchical organization. At first, executives find these terms strange, ill-defined, and inconceivable. Yet they realize that something new is afoot.
Managers know that new approaches to organizing and managing are required. In almost all types of corporations, they are looking for ways to create more entrepreneurial organizations, where employees at all levels are focused on increasing value and satisfaction to customers. In their hearts, most executives realize that the basic bureaucratic organizational approach that has dominated industrial companies since the 1910s is out of date with today's needs. But there are several questions about the new organizational approach: What is it? Where is it appropriate? How do you make the transition?"
Rapid technology change and the new pressures of globalization were massive forces.
With more streamlined manufacturing processes, an emergent, cheaper and more competitive Asia, and the formation of the EU in 1993, the transformation narrative had begun. This is where we started to see dominant terms like self-managing or cross-functional teams, speed to market, continuous improvement, flat structures, and an adaptive customer (not supervisor) focus.
We had entered the era of the bottom-up re-org.
If the business world had begun the process of navel gazing, the advertising industry had begun to mirror this. When a general malaise as to the role and purpose of advertising starts to enter the conversation, what changes need to be made, and what new models emerge?
The Birth of Disruption
Before 1992, disruption was a dirty word.
'Disruption' was most commonly associated with 'Creative Destruction' - Schumpeters's Gale - as outlined by the work of economist Joseph Schumpeter, who in turn derived it from the work of Karl Marx. His work helped create the theory of economic innovation and the business cycle.
According to Schumpeter, the "gale of creative destruction" describes the "process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one".
In essence, burn it all to the ground if you want to build something new.
Disruption was the lesser cousin to this destruction. To disrupt was to disturb. It was primarily used to describe the effects of natural disasters by the media, and have overtly negative connotations.
But the creative industries started to see disruption as more of a positive, a necessary process that could have a transformational impact if applied correctly. This could become their new rallying cry, to create a framework for making sense of the chaos of the environment.
BDDP (who became TBWA in 1998 after merging with Chiat/Day) are not the first agency to intuitively apply disruptive thinking to marketing. They are however recognized as the first to try and quantify it by creating a disciplined method to be applied systematically - Chairman Jean-Marie Dru was the author of the original WSJ article referenced above, where he outlined the theory of Creative Disruption.
In the article, the heart of the process was about overturning conventions:
"Disruption is not a pretty word. But it clearly states what we want to do for our clients: destabilize the conventions of their competitive environments.
Specifically, Disruption means identifying, questioning, and overturning the conventions that define an existing marketing situation. Such conventions exist everywhere - no matter the brand, category or marketplace - but they are usually hidden. Conventions are the unquestioned assumptions, the common sense wisdom, the current rules of the game that comprise the status quo in one's marketplace.
The job of Disruption is to uncover these conventions, question their validity, and displace them to the client's advantage."
In 1996 Jean-Marie Dru expanded on the original article with his book "Disruption: Overturning Conventions and Shaking Up the Marketplace". This was designed to further codify the mission and methodology;
"Disruption designates both a break with the past and a jump forward from the present to the future. It is a discipline that consists in defying conventions and surpassing the status quo. A methodology that creates disorder in order to drive change."
A disruptive messaging is designed to interrupt the mediocrity in the deluge of advertising the consumer encounters. Creative disruption helps disturb the normal flow in the way a human processes a massive volume of marketing messaging, so they pause to consider the communication they have received.
It's pattern interruption. What minimalism writers would call "Burnt Tongue".
Whether they understood it at the time or not, this had its roots in human biology, and the interplay of System 1 and System 2 thinking. We tend to move through the world in System 1 mode making unconscious decisions until we face the truly novel - this then engages our rational System 2 so we can evaluate and actively assess new information.
Codifying Creative Disruption
Techniques employed in creative disruption are as boundless as creativity, but some of the more prominent tactics include:
Contrasting messaging
Unusual or out of place presentation or placement
Exaggerated presentation
Intensely targeted messaging
Again, the stated goals can be boundless, but are often defined as;
Developing marketing messages which will be remembered and acted upon (which will improve performance/ROI of marketing expenditures).
Improving brand perceptions and other market indicators (e.g., awareness, understanding, interest, or engagement).
Disrupting the flow of traditional marketing strategies to make existing business and marketing techniques obsolete.
Creating new business innovations that lead to new markets and new marketing techniques.
TBWA created its own systematic process to both communicate and execute the theory.
Define the box you need to think outside of.
What are the consumer patterns?
What is your brand baggage?
What is the status quo?
What are the emerging cultural trends?
What world do we want to be in?
What is our brand purpose?
What are some provocative ideas to get there?
How do we crush convention?
How do we Interrupt the pattern?
Disruption Days
This process was often presented by the agency as a Disruption Day, a live workshop designed to crack a brief. In many ways this was a precursor to a lot of Experience Design processes like the Design Sprint.
Disruption Days tended to start with a systematic analysis of conventions. Instead of differences, you look for commonalities - these often show where conventions exist to be broken. It highlights points of collective blindness.
The second part of the morning focuses on Visions. The group jumps forward five years to imagine what the possible futures of the brand might be. This is designed to break linearity and avoid simply only working from contradiction.
In the afternoon, the group conducts a series of "what-if" sessions. This is an identity switching exercise that is aimed at breaking down the inhibitions linked to the clients corporate culture. Often the technique of role-playing is employed, putting people in the mindset of innovators like Steve Jobs or Richard Branson ("what would they do?").
Finally, the group returns to the Vision. The after influences the before, and the execution influences the idea. This is often summarized with an exercise in creating "headlines", imagining the perfect title of a laudatory article describing the idea in the Wall Street Journal or Financial Times.
Each sequence of the day is accompanied by voting mechanics, and the entire day is packaged up in a deck for the client.
Creative Disruption Legacy
From its introduction, codifying Creative Disruption had a huge impact on the advertising industry, and often the ways in which brands communicated with prospective customers.
As existing primary channels (TV, print, radio) became more and more viewed as interruptive, advertising moved out into world (the fact that this created even more interruption in the day to day tended to be glossed over). Everything became a medium for communication, which in turn meant the landscape became a hell of a lot more complex.
More channels meant more choices, and so naturally, Comms Planning became a discipline that had merit. Michaelides & Bednash, often considered the first Comms agency, opened its doors in 1995, creating a new model for adding rigor to where a message lives.
Creative Disruption as differentiator also helped launch new advertising powerhouses. The Crispin Porter + Bogusky 'Hoopla' methodology owes a lot to the original thinking of TBWA, and the disruption shift.
An agency is often best characterized by its primary research source. The new breed of 'disruption' shop made the shift to planning via a proposition built from category conventions.
The Limitations of Creative Disruption
If there is a fundamental flaw in Creative Disruption, it may well be in the place it has the most leverage - away from advertising itself - which creates a double edged sword.
Jean-Marie Dru himself recognized that Disruption should be applied beyond just communication, attempting to define this as a series of concentric circles.
In the center is the business model, or how the organization makes money. The second circle is the products or services it offers. The third is marketing, or how those products and services are proposed to consumers. The last circle is advertising or the message being communicated.
Disruption can intervene at any of these levels, however the closer it is to the center, the more solid or durable the effects.
In this way then, advertising relegates itself to the icing on the cake (or the much cruder lipstick on a pig).
Advertising can help interrupt the pattern and find novel ways to drive a message home, but if the foundations of the business model or product are not sound, lasting change cannot be achieved. And with most briefs to agencies being pointed around communication (the realm of the CMO), agencies struggle to move to the middle (the realm of the CEO).
The other legacy has been Advertising agencies obsession with pattern interruption at the expense of value. New technology should mean an evaluation of the foundations of the business model, value chain, distribution channel, or a recognition of emergent customer behaviors - instead, agencies are relegated to applying disruption through an obsession with "firsts" - being the first people in market to use a new technology or to fill up decks with outlandish and unachievable vaporware.
How many decks are there in agencies across the board right now featuring a mashup of Jimmy Fallon, Childish Gambino, Pokemon Go, Drones and a VR Headset?
That's not to say Creative Disruption doesn't have its place. Without this approach we wouldn't have a gorilla playing the drums to Phil Collins. We wouldn't have a man who doesn't look like your man but who your man could smell like. And we wouldn't see an ad, only to realize it's a Tide ad.
What we need to do is recognize and be honest about the limitations of Creative Disruption so we can focus on its strengths.
Disruption and Tech
So as a summary, Creative Disruption is best defined as pattern interruption, through the use of advertising and marketing, to create novel ways in which to capture the attention of an audience. But when it only sits at the level of communication, it can lack true, transformative change.
Here's the rub. If you asked anyone from Silicon Valley or the wider tech industry how they define disruption, they will likely have a very different understanding of the term.
In Part Two of this series on the language of disruption, we will explore a different kind of theory that has underpinned a lot of the companies that emerged from the garages of California, and a very different book that was also released in 1996 that developed the theory of Disruptive Innovation.
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Nail Technicians' Health and Workplace Exposure Control
NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSH-Published Research
Health Hazard Evaluation
Extramural Research
OSHA Resources
NIOSH Contacts
Approximately 350,000 people are employed in nail salons and other personal care services in the United States according to industry estimates (Nails Magazine, 2008–2009). These estimates indicate the workforce is largely female (96%) with the industry employing a large number of minority workers (63%). Nail salon employees are potentially exposed to dozens of chemicals including acrylates, solvents, and biocides as dusts or vapors. A small but growing number of studies have examined possible links between nail technicians' work and health outcomes, such as respiratory, neurological, and musculoskeletal effects, as well as other health conditions. Much of the NIOSH-sponsored research to-date has focused on the respiratory system. Concerns about job-related health effects associated with chemicals routinely used by nail technicians drew new attention on May 11, 2015, when Governor Andrew M. Cuomoexternal icon of New York announced a new initiative to "prevent unlawful practices and unsafe working conditions" in New York nail salons, following the publication of a two-part investigative seriesexternal icon in the New York Timesexternal icon.
Nail technicians perform manicures and may also perform pedicures. Manicures are performed over a workstation—or "nail table"—with the client's hands resting on the table as they work. The nail table is, therefore, directly below the nail technicians' breathing zone. Downdraft vented nail tables and portable source capture systems that place local exhaust ventilation close to the work area provide the means to vent (remove) potential dust or chemicals away from the breathing zone. Thus, theoretically, potential contaminants may be removed before they cross the breathing zone and are inhaled. Good general room ventilation is also important. There is some overlap in nail products and processes for manicures and pedicures. Exposures may differ, though, as pedicures involve processes such as soaking feet, filing calluses, and the use of pedicure work stations, but do not typically involve artificial nail application.
The NIOSH publication entitled Controlling Chemical Hazards During the Application of Artificial Fingernails (NIOSH Publication No. 99-112) describes simple measures to reduce exposures during artificial nail application, such as keeping dispensers closed and wearing long sleeves and gloves to protect skin from potential irritants and sensitizers. Information is also provided on engineering controls, such as how to build a downdraft vented nail table that vents to the outdoors, plus references to other sources of information.
View the Spanish version of this report.
NIOSH Report: An Evaluation of Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems for Controlling Hazardous Exposures in Nail Salonspdf icon
EPHB Report No. 005-164
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a research project to examine the effectiveness of different portable source capture ventilation systems (SCVS) units with the potential for use in nail salons. Units received for evaluation in response to a Federal Register Noticeexternal icon featured local exhaust recirculation. With local exhaust recirculation, contaminated air is drawn through a filter and then vented it back into the room (for the NIOSH evaluation, however, air was vented into an exhaust system). The air intakes on these SCVS units could also be positioned so that contaminated air could be drawn into the unit before it crosses the breathing zone of the face. Airflow and capture characteristics of the units as well as the noise levels around them were evaluated.
NIOSHTIC-2 search results on manicurists and nail tables
NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles based on research supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.
Journal Articles and Abstracts Published by NIOSH Authors
A pilot respiratory health assessment of nail technicians: symptoms, lung function, and airway inflammation
Am J Ind Med. 2009 Nov;52(11):868-75.
A pilot respiratory health assessment of nail technicians and a comparison group was conducted. Lung function values and symptoms were presented by group. Among the nail technician group, relationships between respiratory measures (lung function and nitric oxide) and some exposure measures were seen, suggesting a need for further study.
Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations among workers in selected industries: a pilot biomonitoring study
Ann Occup Hyg. 2009 Jan;53(1):1-17.
Workers from manufacturing companies and nail-only (manicure) salons that used phthalates or phthalate-containing materials were recruited into the study. Manicure, pedicure and artificial nail services were provided at nail-only salons where di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) was confirmed in polishes, topcoats and basecoats used by the study participants. Concentrations of 10 phthalate metabolites were measured in workers' urine samples. Occupational exposure to DBP was most evident in rubber gasket, phthalate (raw material) and rubber hose manufacturing, with DBP metabolite concentrations exceeding general population levels by 26-, 25- and 10-fold, respectively, whereas DBP exposure in nail-only salons (manicurists) was 2-fold higher than in the general population.
Risk factors for asthma among cosmetology professionals in Colorado
J Occup Environ Med. 2006 Oct;48(10):1062-9.
A study was conducted of the prevalence, work-attributable risk, and tasks associated with asthma in a random sample of cosmeticians, manicurists, barbers, and cosmetologists holding licenses in Colorado. Application of artificial nails, hairstyling and shaving and honing were significantly associated with asthma arising in the course of employment.
Hazards of Ethyl Methacrylate [NIOSHTIC-2 abstract]
Am J Contact Dermat. 2000 Jun;11(2):119-20.
Letter to the editor with reference to NIOSH Health Report No. ECTB 171-05v, "Controlling Chemical Hazards in the Nail Salon Industry." Contains a reply to commentary regarding the description of hazards of ethyl methacrylate in the NIOSH report.
A new manicure table for applying artificial fingernails [NIOSHTIC-2 abstract]
Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2000 Jan;15(1):1-4.
A multi-station downdraft nail table was developed by NIOSH for workplaces where several clients are served at once. A schematic of the table, which vents to the outdoors, was shown and other measures to reduce exposures are described. The table was evaluated and shown to reduce levels of ethyl methacrylate in personal breathing zones.
Control of ethyl methacrylate exposures during the application of artificial fingernails
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1997 Mar;58(3):214-8.
A commercially available recirculating downdraft nail table with charcoal filters was purchased and evaluated. NIOSH made modifications to the table and vented the system to the outdoors. An evaluation was performed. The average ethyl methacrylate exposure in personal breathing zone samples when using the modified table for approximately 6 hours was 0.6 ppm; when using the unventilated conventional table, the average exposure was 8.7 ppm. The difference in the values was statistically significant.
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Evaluation of Ergonomics, Chemical Exposures, and Ventilation at Four Nail Salonspdf icon [PDF – 1,245 KB]
HHE Report, 2015-0139-3338, Spanishpdf icon Vietnamesepdf icon
Warren Techpdf icon [PDF – 211 KB]
HHE Report, HETA 2002-0306-2911
The Grand Experience Salonpdf icon [PDF – 229 KB]
HHE Report, HETA 97-0153-2694
Tina & Angela's Nail Salon pdf icon [PDF – 176 KB]
HHE Report, HETA 92-128-2241
Haute Nailspdf icon [PDF – 167 KB]
Chapple Hair Styling Salonpdf icon [PDF – 190 KB]
Journal Article Published by Author of NIOSH-Sponsored Extramural Research
Exposure Assessment in Nail Salons: An Indoor Air Approachexternal icon
ISRN Public Health Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 962014, 7 pages
Due to the complexity of the nail salon work environment, traditional approaches to exposure assessment in this context tend to mischaracterize potential hazards as nuisances. For this investigation, a workable "indoor air" approach was devised to characterize potential hazards and ventilation in Boston, Massachusetts area nail salons which are primarily owned and staffed by Vietnamese immigrants. A community-university partnership project recruited salons to participate in a short audit which included carbon dioxide measurements and evaluation of other air quality metrics. Twenty-two salons participated. Seventy-three percent of the salons had spot carbon dioxide measurements in excess of 700 ppm, the level corresponding to a ventilation rate recommended for beauty salons. Fourteen salons (64%) did not have a mechanical ventilation system to provide fresh air and/or exhaust contaminated air. The lack of adequate ventilation is of significant concern because of the presence of potentially hazardous chemicals in salon products and the common self-report of symptoms among nail technicians. Community and worker health may be improved through adoption of recommended ventilation guidelines and reduction in the hazard potential of nail products.
Results from a community-based occupational health survey of Vietnamese-American nail salon workers
J Immigrant Minority Health (2008) 10:353–361.
A community-university collaborative partnership assessed self-reported work-related health effects and environmental factors in Boston's Vietnamese immigrant community via an interviewer-assisted survey. Seventy-one nail technicians responded. Musculoskeletal disorders, skin problems, respiratory irritation and headaches were commonly reported as work-related, as were poor air quality, dusts and offensive odors. The reporting of a work-related respiratory symptom was significantly associated with the reporting of exposure factors such as poorer air quality. Absence of skin disorders was associated with glove use and musculoskeletal symptoms were associated with years worked as a nail technician. Work-related health effects may be common in nail salon work. Chemical and musculoskeletal hazards should be reduced through product and equipment redesign.
Nail Salon Table Evaluation
The OSHA website covering Health Hazards in Nail Salonsexternal icon includes information and steps that nail salon workers and employers can take to prevent injuries and illnesses. Information is also available for workers in OSHA's publication "Stay Healthy and Safe While Giving Manicures and Pedicures: A Guide for Nail Salon Workers," also available through this website.
California Safe Cosmetics Program Product Databaseexternal icon
Cheryl Estill, MS, PE
NIOSH Industrial Hygiene Supervisor
CEstill@cdc.gov
Jack (Ming-Lun) Lu, PhD
NIOSH Research Ergonomist
mlu@cdc.gov
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